Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
| Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Teams | men | women |
This article details the qualifying phase for table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players coming from their respective NOCs; each may enter up to six athletes, two male and two female athletes in singles events and up to one men's and one women's team in team events.[1][2] Host nation Brazil has automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles.
The top 22 male and top 22 female players on the International Table Tennis Federation's Olympic ranking list as of May 2016 will be qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation can have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty-eighth position are given a qualifying place based on ranking.[1]
Forty places will be awarded to the table tennis players with a maximum of two per NOC and gender through the following continental qualification tournaments between July 1, 2015 and April 24, 2016: six each from Africa and Latin America, eleven each from Asia and Europe, and three each from North America and Oceania. One invitational place per gender will be allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[1]
For the team events, the highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contains two qualified players for the singles adds a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secures a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams are allotted to the nine highest-ranked NOCs in any continent and to the host nation Brazil (if not qualified by any means) that have two players qualified for the singles. If less than nine nations, the next best team with a single player secures a place for the Olympics.[1][2]
Summary
| NOC | Men | Women | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Team | Singles | Team | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | 2 | |||
 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 2 | X | 3 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 2 | X | 3 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
 | 2 | X | 4 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total: 56 NOCs | 70 | 16 | 70 | 16 | 172 |
Events
†: Athlete qualified for team event only.
Men's singles
- Legend
- EA – Winner from the East Asia zone
- SEA – Winner from the Southeast Asia zone
- SA – Winner from the South Asia zone
- MA – Winner from the Middle Asia zone
- WA – Winner from the West Asia zone
Men's team
| Event | Date | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental quota | May 30, 2016 | 6 | |
| Host NOC | May 30, 2016 | 1 | — |
| Remaining quota | May 30, 2016 | 10 | |
| Total | 16 | ||
| NOC | Continent/Region | Qualifiers | ITTF ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 2 | 1 |
| Europe | 2 | 2 |
| Asia | 2 | 3 |
| Asia | 2 | 4 |
| Europe | 2 | 5 |
| Asia | 2 | 6 |
| Europe | 2 | 7 |
| Europe | 2 | 8 |
| Europe | 2 | 9 |
| Europe | 2 | 10 |
| Asia | 2 | 11 |
| Europe | 2 | 12 |
| Asia | 2 | 15 |
| Asia | 2 | 17 |
| Latin America | 2 | 20 |
| Africa | 2 | 27 |
| Africa | 2 | 32 |
| Asia | 2 | 33 |
| Africa | 2 | 35 |
| Latin America | 2 | 38 |
| North America | 2 | 48 |
| Oceania | 2 | 55 |
Women's singles
- Legend
- EA – Winner from the East Asia zone
- SEA – Winner from the Southeast Asia zone
- SA – Winner from the South Asia zone
- MA – Winner from the Middle Asia zone
- WA – Winner from the West Asia zone
Women's team
| Event | Date | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental quota | May 30, 2016 | 6 | |
| Host NOC | May 30, 2016 | 1 | — |
| Remaining quota | May 30, 2016 | 10 | |
| Total | 16 | ||
| NOC | Continent/Region | Qualifiers | ITTF ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 2 | 1 |
| Asia | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | 2 | 3 |
| Asia | 2 | 4 |
| Asia | 2 | 5 |
| Asia | 2 | 6 |
| Asia | 2 | 7 |
| Asia | 2 | 8 |
| Europe | 2 | 9 |
| Europe | 2 | 10 |
| Europe | 2 | 11 |
| Europe | 2 | 12 |
| Europe | 2 | 13 |
| Europe | 2 | 15 |
| Asia | 2 | 21 |
| North America | 2 | 26 |
| Asia | 2 | 29 |
| Latin America | 2 | 30 |
| Africa | 2 | 31 |
| Oceania | 2 | 32 |
| Africa | 2 | 39 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Rio 2016 – ITTF Table Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- 1 2 "The Road to Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Games, Starts in Baku". ITTF. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "ITTF Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Halmstad to Stage European Olympic Qualifier: Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th April". International Table Tennis Federation. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- 1 2 "ITTF Olympic Singles Ranking (for information purposes only)". ITTF. April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Galia Dvorak to Compete in Rio, Replaces Injured Carole Grundisch". ITTF. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.