Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team

Table tennis – men's team
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Table tennis – men's team; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Date	1–6 August 2021
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

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 has won three matches. The order of a team match was changed as follows: a doubles match, two singles matches, and if neither side had won three matches by this point, a maximum of two extra singles matches were played.^[1] The new order avoids any players playing two matches in succession, and forces players who play two singles to compete in the second individual match.

Order of a team match
		ABC team	XYZ team
1	Doubles	B + C	Y + Z
2	Singles	A	X
3	Singles	C	Z
4	Singles	A	Y
5	Singles	B	X

Qualification

Schedule

Legend
P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Sun 1	Mon 2		Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6
P	P	¼	¼	½		F

Seeds

The men’s team Olympic qualification rankings published in July 2021 was used for seeding purposes.^[1]^[2] The results of the draw are announced on 21 July at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.^[1]^[3] Each team is eligible to nominate one reserve player to the Tokyo Games to replace a team member who is injured or has an illness.^[4]

Rank	Team	Athletes (world ranking in July 2021)^[5]^[6]			Reserve
1	China (CHN)	Fan Zhendong (1)	Xu Xin (2)	Ma Long (3)	Wang Chuqin (14)
2	Germany (GER)	Dimitrij Ovtcharov (10)	Timo Boll (11)	Patrick Franziska (17)	Benedikt Duda (44)
3	Japan (JPN)	Tomokazu Harimoto (4)	Koki Niwa (16)	Jun Mizutani (18)	Yukiya Uda (37)
4	South Korea (KOR)	Jang Woo-jin (12)	Jeoung Young-sik (13)	Lee Sang-su (22)	An Jae-hyun (36)
5	Sweden (SWE)	Mattias Falck (8)	Kristian Karlsson (33)	Anton Källberg (43)	Jon Persson (42)
6	Brazil (BRA)	Hugo Calderano (6)	Gustavo Tsuboi (38)	Vitor Ishiy (58)	Eric Jouti (87)
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Lin Yun-ju (7)	Chuang Chih-yuan (28)	Chen Chien-an (67)	Liao Cheng-ting (121)
8	France (FRA)	Simon Gauzy (20)	Emmanuel Lebesson (40)	Alexandre Cassin (134)
9	Portugal (POR)	Marcos Freitas (24)	Tiago Apolónia (57)	João Monteiro (70)	João Geraldo (92)
10	Croatia (CRO)	Tomislav Pucar (34)	Andrej Gaćina (49)	Frane Tomislav Kojić (89)	Filip Zeljko (233)
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	Wong Chun Ting (19)	Lam Siu Hang (94)	Ho Kwan Kit (102)	Ng Pak Nam (190)
12	Slovenia (SLO)	Darko Jorgić (26)	Bojan Tokič (63)	Deni Kožul (114)	Peter Hribar (300)
13	Egypt (EGY)	Omar Assar (41)	Ahmed Saleh (46)	Khalid Assar (126)	Mohamed El-Beiali (173)
14	United States (USA)	Kanak Jha (30)	Nikhil Kumar (178)	Xin Zhou (974)	Feng Yijun (580)
15	Serbia (SRB)	Žolt Peto (153)	Marko Jevtović (218)	Dimitrije Levajac (383)
16	Australia (AUS)	Hu Heming (131)	Chris Yan (221)	David Powell (250)

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal match

1	China (CHN)	3

13	Egypt (EGY)	0
			1	China (CHN)	3

			8	France (FRA)	0
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	0

8	France (FRA)	3
						1	China (CHN)	3

						4	South Korea (KOR)	0
6	Brazil (BRA)	3

15	Serbia (SRB)	2
			6	Brazil (BRA)	0

			4	South Korea (KOR)	3
12	Slovenia (SLO)	1

4	South Korea (KOR)	3
									1	China (CHN)	3

									2	Germany (GER)	0
3	Japan (JPN)	3

16	Australia (AUS)	0
			3	Japan (JPN)	3

			5	Sweden (SWE)	1
14	United States (USA)	1

5	Sweden (SWE)	3
						3	Japan (JPN)	2

						2	Germany (GER)	3
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3							Bronze medal match

10	Croatia (CRO)	0
			7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2				4	South Korea (KOR)	1

			2	Germany (GER)	3				3	Japan (JPN)	3
9	Portugal (POR)	0

2	Germany (GER)	3

Results

First round

1 August
19:30

China

3–0

Egypt

Duration: 1h 12min

	Individual matches
Ma Long / Xu Xin		3–0	Ahmed Saleh / Khalid Assar	11–4, 11–7, 11–3
Fan Zhendong		3–0	Omar Assar	11–4, 11–8, 11–5
Xu Xin		3–0	Khalid Assar	11–9, 11–7, 11–2

1 August
14:30

Hong Kong

0–3

France

Duration: 1h 36min

	Individual matches
Lam Siu-hang / Ho Kwan-kit		0–3	Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson	10–12, 8–11, 6–11
Wong Chun-ting		1–3	Simon Gauzy	5–11, 11–7, 12–14, 9–11
Ho Kwan-kit		0–3	Emmanuel Lebesson	10–12, 5–11, 4–11

1 August
14:30

Brazil

3–2

Serbia

Duration: 3h 57min

	Individual matches
Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi		1–3	Zsolt Peto / Marko Jevtović	7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 8–11
Hugo Calderano		3–2	Dimitrije Levajac	11–8, 11–13, 11–5, 10–12, 11–5
Gustavo Tsuboi		2–3	Marko Jevtović	11–8, 11–8, 8–11, 6–11, 13–15
Hugo Calderano		3–2	Zsolt Peto	11–9, 11–4, 9–11, 9–11, 11–8
Vitor Ishiy		3–0	Dimitrije Levajac	11–6, 11–6, 14–12

1 August
10:00

Slovenia

1–3

South Korea

Duration: 2h 38min

	Individual matches
Deni Kožul / Bojan Tokić		0–3	Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik	8–11, 8–11, 6–11
Darko Jorgić		2–3	Jang Woo-jin	11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 11–9, 5–11
Bojan Tokić		3–1	Jeoung Young-sik	9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 12–10
Deni Kožul		1–3	Jang Woo-jin	6–11, 12–10, 9–11, 8–11

2 August
10:30

Japan

3–0

Australia

Duration: 1h 5min

	Individual matches
Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani		3–0	Hu Heming / Chris Yan	11–7, 11–3, 11–8
Tomokazu Harimoto		3–0	David Powell	11–4, 11–9, 11–7
Jun Mizutani		3–0	Chris Yan	11–4, 11–1, 11–9

2 August
10:30

United States

1–3

Sweden

Duration: 2h 5min

	Individual matches
Nikhil Kumar / Xin Zhou		0–3	Kristian Karlsson / Anton Källberg	6–11, 5–11, 5–11
Kanak Jha		3–1	Mattias Falck	9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 14–12
Xin Zhou		0–3	Anton Källberg	7–11, 8–11, 8–11
Kanak Jha		0–3	Kristian Karlsson	10–12, 5–11, 6–11

1 August
10:00

Chinese Taipei

3–0

Croatia

Duration: 1h 50min

	Individual matches
Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan		3–2	Frane Tomislav Kojić / Andrej Gaćina	11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 14–16, 11–5
Lin Yun-ju		3–0	Tomislav Pucar	11–7, 11–6, 11–8
Chuang Chih-yuan		3–0	Andrej Gaćina	12–10, 11–3, 16–14

1 August
19:30

Portugal

0–3

Germany

Duration: 1h 34min

	Individual matches
João Monteiro / Tiago Apolónia		0–3	Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll	15–17, 4–11, 9–11
Marcos Freitas		0–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	9–11, 7–11, 6–11
Tiago Apolónia		0–3	Timo Boll	3–11, 9–11, 8–11

Quarterfinals

2 August
19:30

China

3–0

France

Duration: 1h 54min

	Individual matches
Ma Long / Xu Xin		3–0	Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson	11–6, 11–5, 11–7
Fan Zhendong		3–2	Simon Gauzy	10–12, 12–10, 8–11, 11–5, 11–7
Xu Xin		3–0	Emmanuel Lebesson	11–8, 11–5, 11–6

2 August
14:30

Brazil

0–3

South Korea

Duration: 2h 3min

	Individual matches
Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi		0–3	Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik	6–11, 2–11, 10–12
Hugo Calderano		0–3	Jang Woo-jin	6–11, 8–11, 10–12
Gustavo Tsuboi		2–3	Jeoung Young-sik	6–11, 11–8, 4–11, 11–8, 7–11

3 August
10:00

Japan

3–1

Sweden

Duration: 2h 34min

	Individual matches
Koki Niwa / Tomokazu Harimoto		3–1	Kristian Karlsson / Anton Källberg	11–8, 13–11, 8–11, 11–9
Jun Mizutani		1–3	Mattias Falck	3–11, 9–11, 12–10, 8–11
Tomokazu Harimoto		3–1	Anton Källberg	10–12, 11–9, 11–9, 12–10
Koki Niwa		3–0	Mattias Falck	12–10, 11–5, 11–6

3 August
14:30

Chinese Taipei

2–3

Germany

Duration: 3h

	Individual matches
Chuang Chih-yuan / Chen Chien-an		1–3	Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll	0–11, 11–6, 6–11, 10–12
Lin Yun-ju		3–2	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	10–12, 14–12, 11–7, 12–14, 11–7
Chen Chien-an		0–3	Timo Boll	4–11, 4–11, 6–11
Lin Yun-ju		3–0	Patrick Franziska	11–9, 13–11, 11–6
Chuang Chih-yuan		0–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	8–11, 9–11, 7–11

Semifinals

4 August
14:30

China

3–0

South Korea

Duration: 2h 12min

	Individual matches
Xu Xin / Ma Long		3–0	Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su	11–5, 11–5, 11–8
Fan Zhendong		3–0	Jang Woo-jin	11–7, 11–9, 16–14
Ma Long		3–2	Lee Sang-su	11–9, 11–8, 9–11, 13–15, 11–6

4 August
19:30

Japan

2–3

Germany

Duration: 3h 28min

	Individual matches
Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani		2–3	Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll	2–11, 3–11, 11–9, 11–8, 7–11
Tomokazu Harimoto		3–1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	7–11, 13–11, 11–5, 11–9
Jun Mizutani		1–3	Timo Boll	11–7, 11–13, 7–11, 7–11
Tomokazu Harimoto		3–2	Patrick Franziska	5–11, 9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 11–9
Koki Niwa		0–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	9–11, 7–11, 8–11

Bronze medal match

6 August
11:00

South Korea

1–3

Japan

Duration: 2h 35min

	Individual matches
Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik		1–3	Jun Mizutani / Koki Niwa	9–11, 11–8, 13–15, 5–11
Jang Woo-jin		1–3	Tomokazu Harimoto	7–11, 11–8, 10–12, 7–11
Jeoung Young-sik		3–0	Koki Niwa	11–3, 11–8, 11–7
Jang Woo-jin		0–3	Jun Mizutani	12–14, 9–11, 8–11

Gold medal match

6 August
19:30

China

3–0

Germany

Duration: 2h 3min

	Individual matches
Xu Xin / Ma Long		3–0	Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll	11–7, 11–3, 11–9
Fan Zhendong		3–2	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3–11, 11–6, 9–11, 11–5, 11–3
Ma Long		3–1	Timo Boll	11–5, 11–9, 11–13, 11–7

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References

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↑ "Destiny Set Following Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Draw Ceremony". ittf.com. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
↑ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games update: Injured Liu Shiwen withdraws from Women's Team event". ITTF. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
↑ "Tokyo 2020 List of Qualified Teams" (PDF). ITTF. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
↑ "Olympic Qualification Ranking 2021/07" (PDF). ITTF. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

External links

Results Books : Tokyo 2020. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (2021).
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. ITTF
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[ittf-1] 1 2 3 "Tokyo 2020 Table Tennis Sport Specific Information" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[2] "Tokyo 2020 Men's Team Seeding" (PDF). ITTF. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men'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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