Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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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]
NOC | Men | Women | Total | ||
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Singles | Team | Singles | Team | ||
Australia | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Austria | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Belarus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Brazil | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
China | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Colombia | 1 | 1 | |||
Republic of the Congo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Croatia | 1 | 1 | |||
Cuba | 2 | 2 | |||
Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Denmark | 1 | 1 | |||
Egypt | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
Fiji | 1 | 1 | |||
Finland | 1 | 1 | |||
France | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
Germany | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Great Britain | 2 | X | 3 | ||
Greece | 1 | 1 | |||
Hong Kong | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Hungary | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
India | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Iran | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Japan | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |||
Lebanon | 1 | 1 | |||
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | |||
Mexico | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Netherlands | 2 | X | 3 | ||
Nigeria | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
North Korea | 2 | X | 4 | ||
Paraguay | 1 | 1 | |||
Philippines | 1 | 1 | |||
Poland | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Portugal | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Qatar | 1 | 1 | |||
Romania | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Serbia | 1 | 1 | |||
Singapore | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | |
Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | |||
South Korea | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Sweden | 2 | X | 2 | 5 | |
Syria | 1 | 1 | |||
Chinese Taipei | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Thailand | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Tunisia | 1 | 1 | |||
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
United States | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | |||
Vanuatu | 1 | 1 | |||
Venezuela | 1 | 1 | |||
Total: 56 NOCs | 70 | 16 | 70 | 16 | 172 |
†: Athlete qualified for team event only.
Event | Date | Places | Qualified teams |
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Continental quota | May 30, 2016 | 6 | Nigeria (Africa) China (Asia) Germany (Europe) Brazil (Latin America) United States (North America) Australia (Oceania) |
Host NOC | May 30, 2016 | 1 | — |
Remaining quota | May 30, 2016 | 10 | Japan Hong Kong Portugal South Korea France Sweden Austria Poland Chinese Taipei Great Britain |
Total | 16 |
NOC | Continent/Region | Qualifiers | ITTF ranking |
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China | Asia | 2 | 1 |
Germany | Europe | 2 | 2 |
Japan | Asia | 2 | 3 |
Hong Kong | Asia | 2 | 4 |
Portugal | Europe | 2 | 5 |
South Korea | Asia | 2 | 6 |
France | Europe | 2 | 7 |
Sweden | Europe | 2 | 8 |
Austria | Europe | 2 | 9 |
Poland | Europe | 2 | 10 |
Chinese Taipei | Asia | 2 | 11 |
Great Britain | Europe | 2 | 12 |
Singapore | Asia | 2 | 15 |
India | Asia | 2 | 17 |
Brazil | Latin America | 2 | 20 |
Nigeria | Africa | 2 | 27 |
Egypt | Africa | 2 | 32 |
Iran | Asia | 2 | 33 |
Republic of the Congo | Africa | 2 | 35 |
Cuba | Latin America | 2 | 38 |
United States | North America | 2 | 48 |
Australia | Oceania | 2 | 55 |
Event | Date | Places | Qualified teams |
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Continental quota | May 30, 2016 | 6 | Egypt (Africa) China (Asia) Germany (Europe) Brazil (Latin America) United States (North America) Australia (Oceania) |
Host NOC | May 30, 2016 | 1 | — |
Remaining quota | May 30, 2016 | 10 | Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea Chinese Taipei North Korea Netherlands Romania Poland Austria |
Total | 16 |
NOC | Continent/Region | Qualifiers | ITTF ranking |
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China | Asia | 2 | 1 |
Japan | Asia | 2 | 2 |
Germany | Europe | 2 | 3 |
Singapore | Asia | 2 | 4 |
Hong Kong | Asia | 2 | 5 |
South Korea | Asia | 2 | 6 |
Chinese Taipei | Asia | 2 | 7 |
North Korea | Asia | 2 | 8 |
Netherlands | Europe | 2 | 9 |
Romania | Europe | 2 | 10 |
Poland | Europe | 2 | 11 |
Austria | Europe | 2 | 12 |
Sweden | Europe | 2 | 13 |
Portugal | Europe | 2 | 15 |
Thailand | Asia | 2 | 21 |
United States | North America | 2 | 26 |
India | Asia | 2 | 29 |
Brazil | Latin America | 2 | 30 |
Egypt | Africa | 2 | 31 |
Australia | Oceania | 2 | 32 |
Nigeria | Africa | 2 | 39 |
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