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Table tennis competitions at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
singles	Women	Men
team	Women	Men
Double	Mixed

This article describes how to qualify for the table tennis competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics . A total of 172 athletes can take part. Each nation has a maximum of two athletes per gender in the individual competitions. In team competitions, each nation may only have one team per gender. In mixed doubles, only one doubles per nation can start.

The Japanese delegation is entitled to a quota place as the host nation in both the doubles and the two team competitions. Furthermore, Japan receives two places per gender in the individual competitions.

There are 16 quota places in each team competition. Each continent holds a qualifying tournament, whereby six teams are determined. Nine other teams qualify through a separate international qualifying tournament and Japan, as the host of the games, completes the field of participants.

In mixed doubles, too, six quota places are awarded via the continental qualifying tournaments. Four more will be played at the Grand Finals of the ITTF World Tour 2019 and five at the World Tour 2020. There is also a double from Japan in this competition.

For the individual competitions, each nation may register two athletes from the respective team competition (a total of 32 athletes per gender). 22 more qualify through continental qualifying tournaments. There is also the possibility of qualification via an international qualification tournament. In addition, the best placed athlete in the ITTF world rankings who has not yet qualified will receive a quota place.

Overview

nation	singles		team		Double	quota places
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Mixed
Egypt	2	2	X	X	X	7th
Algeria	1					1
Australia	2	2	X	X		6th
Brazil	2	2	X	X		6th
China	2	2	X	X	X	7th
Chinese Taipei	2	2	X	X	X	7th
Denmark	1					1
Germany	2	2	X	X	X	7th
France	2		X			3
Hong Kong	2	2	X	X	X	7th
Japan	2	2	X	X	X	7th
Cameroon		1				1
Canada	1	1			X	3
Croatia	2		X			3
Luxembourg		1				1
Nigeria	1	1				2
North Korea		2		X		3
Austria		2		X		3
Poland		2		X		3
Portugal	2	1	X			4th
Puerto Rico		1				1
Romania		2		X		3
Saudi Arabia	1					1
Sweden	2		X			3
Senegal	1					1
Serbia	2		X			3
Singapore		2		X		3
Slovenia	2		X			3
South Korea	2	2	X	X		6th
Syria		1				1
Tunisia	1	1				2
Hungary		2		X		3
United States	2	2	X	X		6th
Total: 33 NOKs	39	41	16	16	7th	112

Competitions

Team men

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
European Games 2019	27.-29. June 2019	Minsk	1	Germany
African Games 2019	20.-30. August 2019	Rabat	1	Egypt
Asian Cup 2019	15-22 September 2019	Yogyakarta	1	China
North American qualifying tournament	5th October 2019	Rockford	1	United States
Latin American qualifying tournament	25-27 October 2019	Lima	1	Brazil
Oceania qualifying tournament	6-8 December 2019	Mornington	1	Australia
International qualification tournament	22-26 January 2020	Gondomar	9	Chinese Taipei
				France
				Hong Kong
				Croatia
				Portugal
				Sweden
				Serbia
				Slovenia
				South Korea
total			16	16

Team women

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
European Games 2019	27.-29. June 2019	Minsk	1	Germany
African Games 2019	20.-30. August 2019	Rabat	1	Egypt
Asian Cup 2019	15-22 September 2019	Yogyakarta	1	China
North American qualifying tournament	5th October 2019	Rockford	1	United States
Latin American qualifying tournament	25-27 October 2019	Lima	1	Brazil
Oceania qualifying tournament	6-8 December 2019	Mornington	1	Australia
International qualification tournament	22-26 January 2020	Gondomar	9	Chinese Taipei
				Hong Kong
				North Korea
				Austria
				Poland
				Romania
				Singapore
				South Korea
				Hungary
total			16	16

Mixed doubles

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified NOKs
European Games 2019	23-25 June 2019	Minsk	1	Germany
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2019	12-15 December 2019	Zhengzhou	4th	China
				Japan
				Hong Kong
				Chinese Taipei
African qualifying tournament	February 27-29, 2020	Tunis	1	Egypt
North American qualifying tournament	7th-8th March 2020	Kitchener	1	Canada
Asian qualifying tournament	still open 1)	Bangkok	1
Latin American qualifying tournament		Rosario	1
Oceania qualifying tournament		Brisbane	1
Japan Open 2020		Kitakyushu	1
ITTF world rankings	June 2020	-	5
total			16	7th

Single men

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
European Games 2019	22-26 June 2019	Minsk	1	Jonathan Groth
Pan American Games 2019	4-10 August 2019	Lima	1 0	-
West Asian qualifying tournament	February 23-26, 2020	Amman	1	Ali al-Khadrawi
African qualifying tournament	February 27-29, 2020	Tunis	4th	[[ Ibrahima Diaw ]]
				Adam Hmam
				Olajide Omotayo
				Larbei Bouriah
North American qualifying tournament	7th-8th March 2020	Kitchener	1 2)	Eugene Wang
Asian qualifying tournament	still open 1)	Bangkok	5
European qualifying tournament		Moscow	3
Latin American qualifying tournament		Rosario	4 2)
Oceania qualifying tournament		Brisbane	1
International qualification tournament		Doha	2
Qualified teams (2 athletes per team)	-	-	32	Japan
				Germany
				Egypt
				China
				United States
				Brazil
				Australia
				Chinese Taipei
				France
				Hong Kong
				Croatia
				Portugal
				Sweden
				Serbia
				Slovenia
				South Korea
ITTF world rankings	June 2020		1
total			64	39

Single women

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
European Games 2019	22-26 June 2019	Minsk	2	Fu Yu
				Ni Xialian 3)
Pan American Games 2019	4-10 August 2019	Lima	1	Adriana Díaz
West Asian qualifying tournament	February 23-26, 2020	Amman	1	Hend Zaza
African qualifying tournament	February 27-29, 2020	Tunis	4th	Offiong Edem
				Fadwa Garci
				Spark Oshonaike
				Sarah Hanffou
North American qualifying tournament	7th-8th March 2020	Kitchener	1 2)	Zhang Mo
Asian qualifying tournament	still open 1)	Bangkok	5
European qualifying tournament		Moscow	4th
Latin American qualifying tournament		Rosario	3 2)
Oceania qualifying tournament		Brisbane	1
International qualification tournament		Doha	2
Qualified teams (2 athletes per team)	-	-	32	Japan
				Germany
				Egypt
				China
				United States
				Brazil
				Australia
				Chinese Taipei
				Hong Kong
				North Korea
				Austria
				Poland
				Romania
				Singapore
				South Korea
				Hungary
ITTF world rankings	June 2020		1
total			64	41

Remarks

¹⁾These tournaments were originally supposed to take place in April and May 2020, respectively. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , these tournaments have been postponed.

²⁾The number depends on how many quota places are allocated at the Pan American Games 2019 .

³⁾Since Germany had already achieved the maximum number of two quota places in the individual through the qualification in the team competition, the starting place fought for by Han Ying at the European Games 2019 was awarded to Ni Xialian .

Web links

• The ITTF qualification system