Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
SinglesTeamSinglesTeam
 Australia2X2X6
 Austria2X2X6
 Belarus123
 Brazil2X2X6
 Canada112
 China2X2X6
 Colombia11
 Republic of the Congo213
 Croatia11
 Cuba22
 Czech Republic224
 Denmark11
 Egypt22X5
 Fiji11
 Finland11
 France2X25
 Germany2X2X6
 Great Britain2X3
 Greece11
 Hong Kong2X2X6
 Hungary123
 India224
 Iran213
 Japan2X2X6
 Kazakhstan11
 Lebanon11
 Luxembourg11
 Mexico112
 Netherlands2X3
 Nigeria2X25
 North Korea2X4
 Paraguay11
 Philippines11
 Poland2X2X6
 Portugal2X25
 Puerto Rico112
 Qatar11
 Romania22X5
 Russia123
 Serbia11
 Singapore22X5
 Slovakia123
 Slovenia11
 South Korea2X2X6
 Spain112
 Sweden2X25
 Syria11
 Chinese Taipei2X2X6
 Thailand123
 Tunisia11
 Turkey112
 Ukraine112
 United States2X2X6
 Uzbekistan11
 Vanuatu11
 Venezuela11
Total: 56 NOCs70167016172

Events

: Athlete qualified for team event only.

Men's singles

EventDateVenuePlacesQualified athletes
2015 European GamesJune 12–28, 2015 Baku1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
2015 Pan American GamesJuly 10–26, 2015 Toronto1 Hugo Calderano (BRA)
2015 All-Africa GamesSeptember 10–19, 2015 Brazzaville4 Wang Jianan (CGO)
 Omar Assar (EGY)
 Khalid Assar (EGY)
 Quadri Aruna (NGR)
African Qualification TournamentFebruary 16–18, 2016 Khartoum2 Segun Toriola (NGR)
 Suraju Saka (CGO)
Oceania Qualification TournamentMarch 20–24, 2016 Bendigo[3]3 David Powell (AUS)
 Chris Yan (AUS)
 Yoshua Shing (VAN)
Latin American Qualification TournamentApril 1–3, 2016 Santiago[3]5 Andy Pereira (CUB)
 Jorge Campos (CUB)
 Marcos Madrid (MEX)
 Brian Afanador (PUR)
 Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA)
North American Qualification TournamentApril 8–10, 2016 Toronto3 Eugene Wang (CAN)
 Feng Yijun (USA)
 Kanak Jha (USA)
European Qualification TournamentApril 12–16, 2016[4] Halmstad11 Panagiotis Gionis (GRE)
 Timo Boll (GER)
 Marcos Freitas (POR)
 Bastian Steger (GER)
 Tiago Apolónia (POR)
 Alexander Shibaev (RUS)
 Pär Gerell (SWE)
 Bojan Tokič (SLO)
 Jonathan Groth (DEN)
 Emmanuel Lebesson (FRA)
 Kou Lei (UKR)
Asian Qualification TournamentApril 13–17, 2016 Hong Kong12 Soumyajit Ghosh (IND)SA
 Chen Feng (SIN)SEA
 Ma Long (CHN)EA
 Nima Alamian (IRI)MA
 Li Ping (QAT)WA
 Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ)
 Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)
 Chen Chien-an (TPE)
 Ho Kwan Kit (HKG)
 Noshad Alamian (IRI)
 Zokhid Kenjaev (UZB)
 Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (THA)
ITTF World Ranking[5]May 5–30, 201624 Xu Xin (CHN)
 Zhang Jike (CHN)
 Jun Mizutani (JPN)
 Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE)
 Wong Chun Ting (HKG)
 Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
 Tang Peng (HKG)
 Lee Sang-su (KOR)
 Maharu Yoshimura (JPN)
 Koki Niwa (JPN)
 Jung Young-sik (KOR)
 Andrej Gaćina (CRO)
 Stefan Fegerl (AUT)
 Simon Gauzy (FRA)
 Kristian Karlsson (SWE)
 Gao Ning (SIN)
 Ahmet Li (TUR)
 Robert Gardos (AUT)
 Wang Zengyi (POL)
 Wang Yang (SVK)
 Liam Pitchford (GBR)
 Jakub Dyjas (POL)
 Paul Drinkhall (GBR)
 Ovidiu Ionescu (ROU)
Tripartite Commission InvitationMay 30, 20161 Marcelo Aguirre (PAR)
Re-allocation of unused quotaMay 15–30, 20167 Lubomír Jančařík (CZE)
 Benedek Oláh (FIN)
 Dmitrij Prokopcov (CZE)
 Ádám Pattantyús (HUN)
 He Zhiwen (ESP)
 Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB)
 Adrian Crișan (ROU)
Team allocationMay 30, 201612 Bode Abiodun (NGR)
 Timothy Wang (USA)
 Hu Heming (AUS)
 João Monteiro (POR)
 Joo Sae-hyuk (KOR)
 Tristan Flore (FRA)
 Mattias Karlsson (SWE)
 Daniel Habesohn (AUT)
 Daniel Górak (POL)
 Chiang Hung-chieh (TPE)
 Sam Walker (GBR)
 Cazuo Matsumoto (BRA)
Total86
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

EventDatePlacesQualified teams
Continental quotaMay 30, 20166 Nigeria (Africa)
 China (Asia)
 Germany (Europe)
 Brazil (Latin America)
 United States (North America)
 Australia (Oceania)
Host NOCMay 30, 20161
Remaining quotaMay 30, 201610 Japan
 Hong Kong
 Portugal
 South Korea
 France
 Sweden
 Austria
 Poland
 Chinese Taipei
 Great Britain
Total16
NOCContinent/RegionQualifiersITTF ranking
 ChinaAsia21
 GermanyEurope22
 JapanAsia23
 Hong KongAsia24
 PortugalEurope25
 South KoreaAsia26
 FranceEurope27
 SwedenEurope28
 AustriaEurope29
 PolandEurope210
 Chinese TaipeiAsia211
 Great BritainEurope212
 SingaporeAsia215
 IndiaAsia217
 BrazilLatin America220
 NigeriaAfrica227
 EgyptAfrica232
 IranAsia233
 Republic of the CongoAfrica235
 CubaLatin America238
 United StatesNorth America248
 AustraliaOceania255

Women's singles

EventDateVenuePlacesQualified athletes
2015 European GamesJune 12–28, 2015 Baku1 Li Jiao (NED)
2015 Pan American GamesJuly 10–26, 2015 Toronto1 Jennifer Wu (USA)
2015 All-Africa GamesSeptember 10–19, 2015 Brazzaville4 Han Xing (CGO)
 Nadeen El-Dawlatly (EGY)
 Dina Meshref (EGY)
 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR)
African Qualification TournamentFebruary 16–18, 2016 Khartoum2 Offiong Edem (NGR)
 Safa Saidani (TUN)
Oceania Qualification TournamentMarch 22–25, 2016 Bendigo[3]3 Lay Jian Fang (AUS)
 Melissa Tapper (AUS)
 Sally Yee (FIJ)
Latin American Qualification TournamentApril 1–3, 2016 Santiago[3]6 Adriana Diaz (PUR)
 Lady Ruano (COL)
 Caroline Kumahara (BRA)
 Lin Gui (BRA)
 Gremlis Arvelo (VEN)
 Yadira Silva (MEX)
North American Qualification TournamentApril 8–10, 2016 Toronto2 Lily Zhang (USA)
 Zhang Mo (CAN)
European Qualification TournamentApril 12–16, 2016[4] Halmstad11 Han Ying (GER)
 Petrissa Solja (GER)
 Shan Xiaona (GER)
 Melek Hu (TUR)
 Yu Fu (POR)
 Li Qian (POL)
 Polina Mikhailova (RUS)
 Liu Jia (AUT)
 Li Jie (NED)
 Li Fen (SWE)
 Matilda Ekholm (SWE)
Asian Qualification TournamentApril 13–17, 2016 Hong Kong11 Manika Batra (IND)SA
 Feng Tianwei (SIN)SEA
 Mariana Sahakian (LIB)WA
 Neda Shahsavari (IRI)MA
 Li Xiaoxia (CHN)EA
 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
 Ri Myong-sun (PRK)
 Kim Song-i (PRK)
 Nanthana Komwong (THA)
 Mouma Das (IND)
 Ian Lariba (PHI)
ITTF World Ranking[5]May 5–30, 201623 Liu Shiwen (CHN)
 Ding Ning (CHN)
 Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
 Ai Fukuhara (JPN)
 Jeon Ji-hee (KOR)
 Seo Hyo-won (KOR)
 Cheng I-ching (TPE)
 Yu Mengyu (SIN)
 Doo Hoi Kem (HKG)
 Lee Ho Ching (HKG)
 Chen Szu-yu (TPE)
 Elizabeta Samara (ROU)
 Georgina Póta (HUN)
 Tetyana Bilenko (UKR)
 Shen Yanfei (ESP)
 Li Xue (FRA)
 Sofia Polcanova (AUT)
 Shao Jieni (POR)
 Daniela Dodean (ROU)
 Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR)
 Katarzyna Grzybowska (POL)
 Iveta Vacenovská (CZE)
 Barbora Balážová (SVK)
Tripartite Commission InvitationMay 30, 20161 Heba Allejji (SYR)
Re-allocation of unused quotaMay 15–30, 20167 Ni Xialian (LUX)
 Maria Dolgikh (RUS)
 Hana Matelová (CZE)
 Carole Grundisch (FRA)
 Eva Ódorová (SVK)
 Alexandra Privalova (BLR)
 Petra Lovas (HUN)
 Galia Dvorak (ESP) [6]
Team allocationMay 30, 201613 Yousra Abdel Razek (EGY)
 Zheng Jiaqi (USA)
 Ziyu Zhang (AUS)
 Mima Ito (JPN)
 Zhou Yihan (SIN)
 Tie Ya Na (HKG)
 Yang Ha-eun (KOR)
 Ri Mi-gyong (PRK)
 Britt Eerland (NED)
 Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)
 Natalia Partyka (POL)
 Li Qiangbing (AUT)
 Bruna Takahashi (BRA)
Total86
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

EventDatePlacesQualified teams
Continental quotaMay 30, 20166 Egypt (Africa)
 China (Asia)
 Germany (Europe)
 Brazil (Latin America)
 United States (North America)
 Australia (Oceania)
Host NOCMay 30, 20161
Remaining quotaMay 30, 201610 Japan
 Singapore
 Hong Kong
 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
 North Korea
 Netherlands
 Romania
 Poland
 Austria
Total16
NOCContinent/RegionQualifiersITTF ranking
 ChinaAsia21
 JapanAsia22
 GermanyEurope23
 SingaporeAsia24
 Hong KongAsia25
 South KoreaAsia26
 Chinese TaipeiAsia27
 North KoreaAsia28
 NetherlandsEurope29
 RomaniaEurope210
 PolandEurope211
 AustriaEurope212
 SwedenEurope213
 PortugalEurope215
 ThailandAsia221
 United StatesNorth America226
 IndiaAsia229
 BrazilLatin America230
 EgyptAfrica231
 AustraliaOceania232
 NigeriaAfrica239

References

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