Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics . The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 276 athletes coming from their respective NPCs. 31 (20 male, 11 female) will be selected by the Bipartite Commission. A further 55 male and 50 female quota places were reserved for continental competition.

The remaining 99 male and 41 female players earn places for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by ITTF that concluded on December 31, 2015.

Men

The following achieved the necessary ranking by the final date, and have been invited to the Rio 2016 Games.

Class 1

SectionPlacesNOCQualified player
African Qualifier1-
Asian Qualifier1-
American Qualifier1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Aloisio Lima
European Qualifier1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Robert Davies
Oceania Qualifier1-
ITTF World Ranking List
(as of December 21, 2015)
6(+3)*Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Paul Davies
Flag of France.svg  France Jean-François Ducay
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kiwon Nam
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Holger Nikelis
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Young Dae Joo
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Chang-ho
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Borgato
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Fernando Emanuel Eberhardt
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Endre Major
Bipartite Commission1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Silvio Keller
Total12

Class 2

SectionPlacesNOCQualified player
African Qualifier1-
Asian Qualifier1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Soo Yong Cha
American Qualifier1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Iranildo Conceicao Espindola
European Qualifier1Flag of France.svg  France Fabien Lamirault
Oceania Qualifier1-
ITTF World Ranking List
(as of December 21, 2015)
8(+2)*Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Rafal Czuper
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Jan Riapos
Flag of France.svg  France Stephane Molliens
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Oleksandr Yezyk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jiri Suchanek
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Martin Ludrovsky
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kyung-Mook Kim
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Goran Perlic
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Ratislav Revucky
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yan Ming Gao
Bipartite Commission2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Guilherme Marcio Da Costa
Giuseppe Vella
Total15

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