Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Table tennis at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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This article details the qualifying phase for table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women coming from the different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions. Each NOC can enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles) with a maximum of two each for the men's and women's singles.[2] As the host nation, France reserves a spot each in the men's and women's teams, respectively, with one per gender competing in the singles tournament; and in the mixed doubles.[3]

Each team event features a draw of sixteen NOCs with a trio of table tennis players. The initial half of the total quota will be awarded to the quarterfinalists at the 2024 ITTF World Teams Championships, scheduled for February 16 to 25 in Busan, South Korea, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the men's and women's team spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the remaining slot will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOC based on the ITTF World Team Ranking list of March 2024.[2]

The mixed doubles tournament shares the same amount with the teams, consisting of sixteen NOCs with a pair of table tennis players. The initial quarter of the total quota will be awarded to the semifinalists of the designated qualifying meet, scheduled for March or April 2024, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the mixed doubles spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the five highest-ranked eligible pairs will obtain the remaining berths to complete the field based on the ITTF World Ranking list of May 7, 2024.[2]

About 70 table tennis players may participate in the men's and women's singles, depending on the number of slots available after the distribution of the mixed doubles quota. Each NOC can enter a maximum of four table tennis players (two per gender). Thirty-two places are reserved for each of the qualified men's and women's teams, with twenty-two more attributed to the individuals coming from NOCs without a qualified team through the continental meets organized by ITTF (four for Africa, six each for Asia and Europe, five for the Americas, and one for Oceania). A maximum of fifteen table tennis players will secure a spot through the ITTF World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, respecting the four-player (two per gender) NOC limit, while the remaining men's and women's singles spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their table tennis players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality system.[2]

Summary

NOC Men Women Mixed Total
Singles Team Singles Team Doubles
 Algeria 1 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Argentina 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Australia 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Austria 1 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Belgium 2 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Brazil 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Cameroon — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Canada 2 Yes 1 Does not appear Does not appear 4
 Chile 1 Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 China 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Chinese Taipei 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Croatia 2 Yes 1 Does not appear Does not appear 4
 Cuba 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Yes 3
 Czech Republic — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Denmark 2 Yes — Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Ecuador 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Egypt 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Fiji 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 France 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Germany 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Great Britain 1 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Greece 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Guyana — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Hong Kong 1 Does not appear 2 Yes Yes 4
 Hungary — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Yes 3
 India 2 Yes 2 Yes Does not appear 6
 Iran 2 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Italy — Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Japan 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Jordan 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Kazakhstan 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Lebanon — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Luxembourg 1 Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Madagascar 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Maldives — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Mexico 1 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 2
 Moldova 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Monaco — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Nepal 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Netherlands — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Nigeria 2 Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 4
 North Korea — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Yes 3
 Poland 1 Does not appear 2 Yes Does not appear 4
 Portugal 2 Yes 2 Does not appear Does not appear 5
 Puerto Rico 2 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Republic of the Congo 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Romania 2 Does not appear 2 Yes Yes 5
 Senegal 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Serbia — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Singapore 1 Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Slovenia 2 Yes — Does not appear Does not appear 3
 Slovakia 1 Does not appear — Does not appear Does not appear 1
 South Korea 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Spain 1 Does not appear 1 Does not appear Yes 2
 Sweden 2 Yes 2 Yes Yes 6
 Thailand — Does not appear 2 Yes Does not appear 3
 Turkey — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
 Ukraine 1 Does not appear 2 Does not appear Does not appear 3
 United States 1 Does not appear 2 Yes Does not appear 4
 Vanuatu — Does not appear 1 Does not appear Does not appear 1
Total: 60 NOCs 67 16 67 16 16 172
  • NOC not qualified in teams and mixed doubles are represented in grey.
  • NOC who qualified in teams will automatically obtain two singles quota.

Timeline

The following table outlines a timeline of the qualification events for table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Teams
2023 Oceania Senior Championships September 2–9, 2023 Australia Townsville[4]
2023 Asian Championships September 3–10, 2023
Pyeongchang
2023 European Team Championships September 10–17, 2023 Sweden Malmö
2023 Pan American Championships September 10–17, 2023 Cuba Havana
2023 African Championships September 11–17, 2023 Tunisia Tunis
2024 ITTF World Team Championships February 16–25, 2024 South Korea Busan[5]
ITTF World Team Rankings March 2024 —
Mixed doubles
2023 European Games June 23 – July 1, 2023 Poland Kraków[6]
2023 Oceania Senior Championships September 2–9, 2023 Australia Townsville[4]
2023 Asian Championships September 3–10, 2023
Pyeongchang
2023 African Championships September 11–17, 2023 Tunisia Tunis
2023 Pan American Games October 29 – November 5, 2023 Chile Santiago
2024 ITTF World Olympic Qualification Tournament April 11–12, 2024 Czech Republic Havířov
ITTF World Mixed Doubles Rankings May 7, 2024 —
Singles
South East Asian Qualification Tournament May 8–10, 2024 Thailand Bangkok
Oceania Qualification Tournament May 10, 2024 New Caledonia Nouméa
South Asian Qualification Tournament May 13–15, 2024 Nepal Kathmandu
Pan American Qualification Tournament May 14–18, 2024 Peru Lima
African Qualification Tournament May 16–18, 2024 Rwanda Kigali
European Qualification Tournament May 15–19, 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
West Asian Qualification Tournament May 17–19, 2024 Iraq Sulaymaniyah
Central Asian Qualification Tournament May 17–19, 2024 Uzbekistan Tashkent
East Asian Qualification Tournament — —
ITTF Continental Singles Rankings June 11, 2024 —
ITTF World Singles Rankings June 18, 2024 —

Events

Men's team

Event Places Qualified team Selected players
Host nation 1  France Simon Gauzy
Alexis Lebrun
Félix Lebrun
2023 Oceania Championships 1  Australia Bae Hwan
Nicholas Lum
Finn Luu
2023 Asian Championships 1  China Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Chuqin
2023 European Team Championships 1  Sweden Anton Källberg
Kristian Karlsson
Truls Möregårdh
2023 Pan American Championships 2  Brazil Hugo Calderano
Vitor Ishiy
Guilherme Teodoro
 Canada Jeremy Hazin
Edward Ly
Eugene Wang
2023 African Championships 1  Egypt Youssef Abdel-Aziz
Omar Assar
Mohamed El-Beiali
2024 ITTF World Championships 6  Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Hiroto Shinozuka
Shunsuke Togami
 South Korea Cho Dae-seong
Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
 Portugal Tiago Apolónia
Marcos Freitas
João Geraldo
 Germany Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dang Qiu
 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan
Kao Cheng-jui
Lin Yun-ju
 Denmark Martin Buch Andersen
Jonathan Groth
Anders Lind
ITTF World Rankings 3  Slovenia Peter Hribar
Darko Jorgić
Deni Kožul
 Croatia Andrej Gaćina
Tomislav Pucar
Filip Zeljko
 India
Sharath Kamal Achanta
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Total 16
  • Italic: Qualified only for the team event.

Women's team

Event Places Qualified team Selected players
Host nation 1  France Charlotte Lutz
Prithika Pavade
Jia Nan Yuan
2023 Oceania Championships 1  Australia Michelle Bromley
Minhyung Jee 
Melissa Tapper
2023 Asian Championships 1  China Chen Meng
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
2023 European Team Championships 1  Germany Han Ying
Annett Kaufmann[a]
Nina Mittelham
Shan Xiaona
2023 Pan American Championships 2  United States Rachel Sung
Amy Wang
Lily Zhang
 Brazil Bruna Alexandre
Bruna Takahashi
Giulia Takahashi
2023 African Championships 1  Egypt Mariam Alhodaby
Hana Goda
Dina Meshref
2024 ITTF World Championships 5  South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
Lee Eun-hye
Shin Yu-bin
 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching
Chien Tung-chuan
 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Zhu Chengzhu
 Japan Miwa Harimoto
Hina Hayata
Miu Hirano
 Romania Adina Diaconu
Elizabeta Samara
Bernadette Szőcs
ITTF World Rankings 4  Thailand Orawan Paranang
Jinnipa Sawettabut
Suthasini Sawettabut
 Poland Natalia Bajor
Katarzyna Węgrzyn
Zuzanna Wielgos
 India Sreeja Akula
Manika Batra
Archana Kamath
 Sweden Filippa Bergand
Linda Bergström
Christina Källberg
Total 16
  • Italic: Qualified only for the team event.

Mixed doubles

Event Places Qualified NOC Selected players
Host nation 1  France Alexis Lebrun
Jia Nan Yuan
2023 European Games 1  Germany Dang Qiu
Nina Mittelham
2023 Asian Championships [b] 1  China —
2023 Oceanian Championships 1  Australia Nicholas Lum
Minhyung Jee
2023 African Championships 1  Egypt Omar Assar
Dina Meshref
2023 Pan American Games 2  Brazil Vitor Ishiy
Bruna Takahashi
 Cuba Jorge Campos
Daniela Fonseca
ITTF World Olympic Qualification Tournament 4  North Korea
Kim Kum-yong
 Hong Kong
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
 Spain
Álvaro Robles
María Xiao
 Sweden Kristian Karlsson
Christina Källberg
ITTF World Rankings 6  China Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha
 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Hina Hayata
 South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
Shin Yu-bin
 Romania Ovidiu Ionescu
Bernadette Szőcs
 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Chen Szu-yu
 Hungary Nándor Ecseki
Dóra Madarász
Total 16

Note:

  1. ^ Han Ying, originally set to compete in the women's singles and team event, was replaced by Annett Kaufmann after suffering an injury in a competition prior to the Olympics.
  2. ^ Lin Gaoyuan & Wang Yidi earned a slot for China after winning the 2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles. Since China adopt their own Olympics ranking system, the quota was declined and it was relocated to world ranking. [7]

Men's singles

Event Places Qualified players
Qualified teams (2 individuals per team) 32  Australia
 Brazil
 Canada
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Croatia
 Denmark
 Egypt
 France
 Germany
 India
 Japan
 Portugal
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Sweden
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Izaac Quek (SGP)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Alfred Dela Pena (NZL)[a]
South Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Santoo Shrestha (NEP)
African Qualification Tournament 3  Olajide Omotayo (NGR)
 Fabio Rakotoarimanana (MAD)
 Mehdi Bouloussa (ALG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 4  Santiago Lorenzo (ARG)
 Marcos Madrid (MEX)
 Kanak Jha (USA)
 Andy Pereira (CUB)
European Qualification Tournament 5  Miłosz Redzimski (POL)
 Panagiotis Gionis (GRE)
 Vladislav Ursu (MDA)
 Yaroslav Zhmudenko (UKR)
 Wang Yang (SVK)
Central Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Nima Alamian (IRI)
West Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Zaid Abo Yaman (JOR)
East Asian Qualification Tournament 1  
Wong Chun Ting (HKG)[b]
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Quadri Aruna (NGR)
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Nicolás Burgos (CHI)
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ)
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  
Álvaro Robles (ESP
)
Oceanian Top Ranking 1  Roger Wang (NZL)
 Vicky Wu (FIJ)
ITTF World Rankings 12  Liam Pitchford (GBR)
 Ovidiu Ionescu (ROU)
 Noshad Alamian (IRI)
 Daniel Habesohn (AUT)
 Eduard Ionescu (ROU)
 Brian Afanador (PUR)
 Martin Allegro (BEL)
 Alberto Miño (ECU)
 Ibrahima Diaw (SEN)
 Daniel González (PUR)
 Luka Mladenovic (LUX)
 Cedric Nuytinck (BEL)
Universality Places 1  Saheed Idowu (CGO)
Total 67
  1. ^ The quota was originally obtained by Alfred Dela Pena from New Zealand. The quota was declined due to not confirmed by deadline. This slot will be allocated to the highest ITTF Oceania player on June 18, 2024. [8]
  2. ^ The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Wong Chun Ting, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. [9]

Women's singles

Event Places Qualified players
Qualified teams (2 individuals per team) 32  Australia
 Brazil
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Egypt
 France
 Germany
 Hong Kong
 India
 Japan
 Poland
 Romania
 South Korea
 Sweden
 Thailand
 United States
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Zeng Jian (SGP)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Priscila Tommy (VAN)
South Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Fathimath Dheema Ali (MDV)
African Qualification Tournament 3  Offiong Edem (NGR)
 Sarah Hanffou (CMR)
 Fatimo Bello (NGR)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 4  
Zhang Mo (CAN)
 María Paulina Vega (CHI)
 Zhiying Zeng (CHI)
 Arantxa Cossío Aceves (MEX
)
European Qualification Tournament 5  Anna Hursey (GBR)
 Britt Eerland (NED)
 Shao Jieni (POR)
 Fu Yu (POR)
 Margaryta Pesotska (UKR)
Central Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Neda Shahsavari (IRI)
West Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Mariana Sahakian (LBN)
East Asian Qualification Tournament 1  Pyon Song-gyong (PRK)[a]
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Lynda Loghraibi (ALG)
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Adriana Díaz (PUR)
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  Zhou Jingyi (SGP)
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1  
Yang Xiaoxin (MON
)
ITTF World Rankings 12  
Ni Xia Lian (LUX)
 Giorgia Piccolin (ITA)
 María Xiao (ESP)
 Georgina Póta (HUN)
 Ivana Malobabić (CRO)
 Hana Matelová (CZE)
 Izabela Lupulesku (SRB)
 Debora Vivarelli (ITA)
 Sarah De Nutte (LUX)
 Sibel Altınkaya (TUR)
 Solomiya Brateyko (UKR
)
Universality Places 1  Chelsea Edghill (GUY)
Total 67
  1. ^ The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Pyon Song-Gyong, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Meng, Licheng (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for table tennis at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled". ITTF. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Griffiths, Barry (16 May 2023). "Target Townsville: 2023 Olympic Qualification and Oceania Championships". Oceania Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Busan to Host the 2024 World Championships". ITTF. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ Mohamed, Ahmed (29 March 2023). "Table tennis line-up for 2023 European Games confirmed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ "PARIS 2024 - LIST OF QUALIFIED MIXED DOUBLES" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Quota declined" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  9. ^ "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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