Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team

Women's team table tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Women's team table tennis; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 3
Date	12–16 August 2016
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
	← 2012 2020 →

Last updated September 25, 2023

Format

Teams were made up of three players. Each team match was made up of five individual matches and ended when either side had won three matches.^[1]

Order of a team match
		ABC team		XYZ team
1	Singles	A		X
2	Singles	B		Y
Choose doubles pair. 5 minutes break.
3	Doubles	C + either A or B	vs	Z + either X or Y
5 minutes break
4	Singles	A or B (non-playing doubles)		Z
5	Singles	C		X or Y (non-playing doubles)

Qualification

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Dates	Start time	Round
12 August	10:00	First round
13 August	10:00	Quarterfinals
14 August	19:30	Semifinals
15 August	10:00	Semifinals
16 August	11:00	Bronze medal match
16 August	19:30	Gold medal match

Seeds

Team ranking was based on the individual ITTF rating points of 31 July 2016 but was taken into consideration only the players qualified from each team.^[2]

Rank	Team	Athletes (world ranking on 31 July)^[3]
1	China (CHN)	Liu Shiwen (1)	Ding Ning (2)	Li Xiaoxia (5)
2	Japan (JPN)	Kasumi Ishikawa (6)	Ai Fukuhara (8)	Mima Ito (9)
3	Germany (GER)	Han Ying (7)	Petrissa Solja (15)	Shan Xiaona (21)
4	Singapore (SIN)	Feng Tianwei (4)	Yu Mengyu (13)	Zhou Yihan (32)
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	Tie Ya Na (16)	Doo Hoi Kem (22)	Lee Ho Ching (24)
6	Netherlands (NED)	Li Jie (17)	Li Jiao (31)	Britt Eerland (95)
7	South Korea (KOR)	Jeon Ji-hee (11)	Seo Hyo-won (17)	Yang Ha-eun (26)
8	North Korea (PRK)	Ri Myong-sun (37)	Kim Song-i (50)	Ri Mi-gyong (69)
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Cheng I-ching (10)	Chen Szu-yu (41)	Huang Yi-hua (61)
10	Romania (ROU)	Elizabeta Samara (29)	Daniela Dodean (58)	Bernadette Szőcs (78)
11	Austria (AUT)	Liu Jia (25)	Sofia Polcanova (55)	Li Qiangbing (108)
12	Poland (POL)	Li Qian (30)	Katarzyna Grzybowska (60)	Natalia Partyka (74)
13	United States (USA)	Lily Zhang (101)	Zheng Jiaqi (111)	Jennifer Wu (146)
14	Brazil (BRA)	Caroline Kumahara (120)	Lin Gui (139)	Bruna Takahashi (181)
15	Egypt (EGY)	Dina Meshref (110)	Nadeen El-Dawlatly (211)	Yousra Abdel Razek (362)
16	Australia (AUS)	Lay Jian Fang (128)	Melissa Tapper (341)	Ziyu Zhang (349)

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal match

1	China (CHN)	3

14	Brazil (BRA)	0
			1	China (CHN)	3

			8	North Korea (PRK)	0
16	Australia (AUS)	0

8	North Korea (PRK)	3
						1	China (CHN)	3

						4	Singapore (SIN)	0
7	South Korea (KOR)	3

10	Romania (ROU)	2
			7	South Korea (KOR)	2

			4	Singapore (SIN)	3
15	Egypt (EGY)	0

4	Singapore (SIN)	3
									1	China (CHN)	3

									3	Germany (GER)	0
3	Germany (GER)	3

13	United States (USA)	0
			3	Germany (GER)	3

			5	Hong Kong (HKG)	1
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1

5	Hong Kong (HKG)	3
						3	Germany (GER)	3

						2	Japan (JPN)	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	1							Bronze medal match

11	Austria (AUT)	3
			11	Austria (AUT)	0				4	Singapore (SIN)	1

			2	Japan (JPN)	3				2	Japan (JPN)	3
12	Poland (POL)	0

2	Japan (JPN)	3

Results

First round

12 August 2016
10:00

China

3–0

Brazil

Duration: 1h 6min

	Individual matches
Liu Shiwen		3–0	Lin Gui	11–8, 11–5, 11–3
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Bruna Takahashi	11–8, 11–7, 11–1
Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen		3–0	Caroline Kumahara / Lin Gui	11–1, 11–4, 11–4

12 August 2016
10:00

Australia

0–3

North Korea

Duration: 1h 12min

	Individual matches
Lay Jian Fang		0–3	Ri Mi-gyong	8–11, 6–11, 9–11
Ziyu Zhang		0–3	Ri Myong-sun	4–11, 6–11, 3–11
Melissa Tapper / Ziyu Zhang		1–3	Kim Song-i / Ri Myong-sun	2–11, 12–10, 3–11, 8–11

12 August 2016
10:00

South Korea

3–2

Romania

Duration: 3h 9min

	Individual matches
Jeon Ji-hee		3–0	Elizabeta Samara	11–6, 11–7, 11–7
Seo Hyo-won		0–3	Daniela Dodean	6–11, 9–11, 9–11
Yang Ha-eun / Jeon Ji-hee		3–1	Bernadette Szőcs / Daniela Dodean	12–10, 9–11, 13–11, 11–8
Yang Ha-eun		1–3	Elizabeta Samara	8–11, 11–7, 10–12, 9–11
Seo Hyo-won		3–2	Bernadette Szőcs	11–13, 14–12, 12–10, 9–11, 11–7

12 August 2016
10:00

Egypt

0–3

Singapore

Duration: 1h 10min

	Individual matches
Dina Meshref		0–3	Yu Mengyu	3–11, 6–11, 6–11
Nadeen El-Dawlatly		1–3	Feng Tianwei	4–11, 11–9, 5–11, 4–11
Yousra Abdel Razek / Nadeen El-Dawlatly		0–3	Zhou Yihan / Yu Mengyu	7–11, 6–11, 4–11

12 August 2016
15:00

Germany

3–0

United States

Duration: 1h 56min

	Individual matches
Han Ying		3–0	Zheng Jiaqi	11–9, 12–10, 11–6
Shan Xiaona		3–0	Lily Zhang	11–9, 11–4, 11–2
Petrissa Solja / Shan Xiaona		3–2	Jennifer Wu / Zheng Jiaqi	11–9, 12–14, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7

12 August 2016
15:00

Chinese Taipei

1–3

Hong Kong

Duration: 2h 29min

	Individual matches
Cheng I-ching		3–1	Lee Ho Ching	10–12, 11–9, 11–3, 12–10
Huang Yi-hua		0–3	Doo Hoi Kem	9–11, 7–11, 7–11
Chen Szu-yu / Huang Yi-hua		0–3	Tie Ya Na / Lee Ho Ching	13–15, 9–11, 12–14
Chen Szu-yu		0–3	Doo Hoi Kem	8–11, 6–11, 8–11

12 August 2016
15:00

Netherlands

1–3

Austria

Duration: 3h 17min

	Individual matches
Li Jie		3–2	Sofia Polcanova	11–9, 11–13, 11–5, 8–11, 11–5
Li Jiao		1–3	Liu Jia	12–10, 5–11, 6–11, 7–11
Britt Eerland / Li Jiao		1–3	Li Qiangbing / Sofia Polcanova	16–14, 9–11, 6–11, 9–11
Britt Eerland		2–3	Liu Jia	4–11, 6–11, 11–7, 17–15, 10–12

12 August 2016
15:00

Poland

0–3

Japan

Duration: 1h 38min

	Individual matches
Katarzyna Grzybowska		0–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	5–11, 7–11, 6–11
Li Qian		1–3	Mima Ito	6–11, 6–11, 12–10, 2–11
Natalia Partyka / Katarzyna Grzybowska		1–3	Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito	5–11, 11–9, 2–11, 9–11

Quarterfinals

13 August 2016
10:00

China

3–0

North Korea

Duration: 1h 16min

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Ri Mi-gyong	11–8, 11–6, 11–8
Liu Shiwen		3–0	Kim Song-i	11–4, 11–5, 11–8
Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen		3–0	Ri Myong-sun / Kim Song-i	11–7, 11–3, 11–3

13 August 2016
10:00

South Korea

2–3

Singapore

Duration: 3h 11min

	Individual matches
Seo Hyo-won		0–3	Feng Tianwei	2–11, 9–11, 10–12
Jeon Ji-hee		3–1	Yu Mengyu	11–8, 11–4, 9–11, 11–6
Yang Ha-eun / Jeon Ji-hee		3–2	Zhou Yihan / Yu Mengyu	11–7, 11–4, 4–11, 10–12, 11–7
Seo Hyo-won		0–3	Zhou Yihan	8–11, 9–11, 8–11
Yang Ha-eun		1–3	Feng Tianwei	3–11, 11–9, 14–16, 4–11

13 August 2016
19:30

Germany

3–1

Hong Kong

Duration: 2h 40min

	Individual matches
Han Ying		3–0	Lee Ho Ching	11–6, 11–3, 11–4
Petrissa Solja		2–3	Doo Hoi Kem	11–9, 3–11, 11–9, 9–11, 12–14
Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja		3–0	Tie Ya Na / Lee Ho Ching	11–7, 11–3, 12–10
Han Ying		3–1	Tie Ya Na	11–5, 5–11, 11–7, 11–3

13 August 2016
19:30

Austria

0–3

Japan

Duration: 1h 34min

	Individual matches
Sofia Polcanova		0–3	Ai Fukuhara	5–11, 9–11, 8–11
Liu Jia		1–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	11–5, 4–11, 7–11, 7–11
Li Qiangbing / Sofia Polcanova		1–3	Mima Ito / Ai Fukuhara	5–11, 12–10, 7–11, 10–12

Semifinals

14 August 2016
19:30

Germany

3–2

Japan

Duration: 3h 54min

	Individual matches
Petrissa Solja		3–2	Mima Ito	5–11, 11–4, 8–11, 11–6, 12–10
Han Ying		2–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	11–6, 11–9, 6–11, 6–11, 8–11
Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja		3–2	Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito	11–6, 10–12, 7–11, 11–9, 11–7
Shan Xiaona		0–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	2–11, 11–13, 12–14
Han Ying		3–2	Ai Fukuhara	7–11, 11–9, 11–4, 6–11, 11–9

15 August 2016
10:00

China

3–0

Singapore

Duration: 1h 32min

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Feng Tianwei	12–10, 11–8, 11–9
Ding Ning		3–1	Zhou Yihan	11–7, 9–11, 11–6, 11–2
Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen		3–0	Yu Mengyu / Zhou Yihan	11–4, 11–1, 11–9

Bronze medal match

16 August 2016
11:00

Singapore

1–3

Japan

Duration: 2h 19min

	Individual matches
Yu Mengyu		3–2	Ai Fukuhara	4–11, 11–5, 11–3, 4–11, 11–5
Feng Tianwei		0–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	10–12, 6–11, 7–11
Yu Mengyu / Zhou Yihan		1–3	Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito	11–9, 9–11, 1–11, 12–14
Feng Tianwei		0–3	Mima Ito	9–11, 4–11, 6-11

Gold medal match

16 August 2016
19:30

China

3–0

Germany

Duration: 1h 25min

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Han Ying	11–9, 11–3, 11–7
Liu Shiwen		3–0	Petrissa Solja	11–3, 11–5, 11–4
Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen		3–1	Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja	11–6, 11–5, 9–11, 11–7

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↑ "2016 Olympic Games Women's Team Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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External links

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[2] "2016 Olympic Games Women's Team Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[3] "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team

Contents

Format

Qualification

Schedule

Seeds

Bracket

Results

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Related Research Articles

References

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