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2016 Olympic Games
Which players qualified?
The 2016 Olympic Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the 5th to 21st August, but which players qualified for the table tennis events? Find out here...
By Martin Hughes
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The 2016 Olympic Games - the Summer Olympics - were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the 5th to 21st August 2016 and the table tennis events were played at the Riocentro (Pavilion 3) which is the city's main exhibition and convention centre.
The table tennis events (men's singles, women's singles, men's team event and women's team event) started on Saturday 6 August 2016 and finished on Wednesday 17 August 2016.
You can see the Qualification System for the 2016 Olympics Games here.
Players first needed to qualify for the Games and then they had to be approved and nominated by their National Olympic Committee (NOC) before their participation could be confirmed.
In addition, a maximum of two players per NOC could take part in the singles, whilst a third player could only take part in the team event.
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So let's take a look at the list of 86 men and 86 women who qualified, and were approved by their National Olympic Committee, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Men Qualifiers for 2016 Olympic Games
Maximum 2 players per National Olympic Committee (NOC)
| Players (Men) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Directly qualified by World Ranking (22 players) As at 5 May 2016 |
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| 1 | Zhang Jike | China |
| 2 | Jun Mizutani | Japan |
| 3 | Chuang Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei |
| 4 | Wong Chun Ting | Hong Kong China |
| 5 | Vladimir Samsonov | Belarus |
| 6 | Tang Peng | Hong Kong China |
| 7 | Lee Sangsu | South Korea |
| 8 | Koki Niwa | Japan |
| 9 | Jung Youngsik | South Korea |
| 10 | Andrej Gacina | Croatia |
| 11 | Stefan Fegerl | Austria |
| 12 | Simon Gauzy | France |
| 13 | Kristian Karlsson | Sweden |
| 14 | Gao Ning | Singapore |
| 15 | Li Ahmet | Turkey |
| 16 | Robert Gardos | Austria |
| 17 | Wang Zengyi | Poland |
| 18 | Wang Yang | Slovakia |
| 19 | Liam Pitchford | Great Britain |
| 20 | Jakub Dyjas | Poland |
| 21 | Paul Drinkhall | Great Britain |
| 22 | Ovidiu Ionescu | Romania |
| Africa (6 players)
All Africa Games (4 players) African Qualification Tournament (2 players) |
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| 23 | Omar Assar (All Africa Games) | Egypt |
| 24 | Khalid Assar (All Africa Games) | Egypt |
| 25 | Quadri Aruna (All Africa Games) | Nigeria |
| 26 | Wang Jianan (All Africa Games) | Republic of Congo |
| 27 | Segun Toriola (African Qualification Tournament) | Nigeria |
| 28 | Suraju Saka (African Qualification Tournament) | Congo Brazzaville |
| Asia (11 players)
Asian Qualification Tournament |
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| 29 | Ma Long (Asian Qualification Tournament-East Asia) | China |
| 30 | Chen Feng (Asian Qualification Tournament-South East Asia) | Singapore |
| 31 | Soumyajit Ghosh (Asian Qualification Tournament-South Asia) | India |
| 32 | Li Ping (Asian Qualification Tournament-West Asia) | Qatar |
| 33 | Nima Alamian (Asian Qualification Tournament-Middle Asia) | Iran |
| 34 | Sharath Kamal Achanta (Asian Qualification Tournament) | India |
| 35 | Chen Chien-An (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Chinese Taipei |
| 36 | Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Thailand |
| 37 | Kirill Gerassimenko (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Kazakhstan |
| 38 | Noshad Alamiyan (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Iran |
| 39 | Zokhid Kenjaev (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Uzbekistan |
| Europe (11 players)
European Games (1 player) European Qualification Tournament (10 players) |
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| 40 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (European Games) | Germany |
| 41 | Panagiotis Gionis (European Qualification Tournament) | Greece |
| 42 | Timo Boll (European Qualification Tournament) | Germany |
| 43 | Marcos Freitas (European Qualification Tournament) | Portugal |
| 44 | Tiago Apolonia (European Qualification Tournament) | Portugal |
| 45 | Alexander Shibaev (European Qualification Tournament) | Russia |
| 46 | Par Gerell (European Qualification Tournament) | Sweden |
| 47 | Bojan Tokic (European Qualification Tournament) | Slovenia |
| 48 | Emmanuel Lebesson (European Qualification Tournament) | France |
| 49 | Jonathan Groth (European Qualification Tournament) | Denmark |
| 50 | Kou Lei (European Qualification Tournament) | Ukraine |
| Latin America (6 players)
2015 Pan American Games Latin American Qualification Tournament (6 players) |
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| 51 | Hugo Calderano (PanAm Games 2015) | Brazil |
| 52 | Jorge Campos (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Cuba |
| 53 | Andy Pereira (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Cuba |
| 54 | Marcos Madrid (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Mexico |
| 55 | Brian Afanador (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Puerto Rico |
| 56 | Gustavo Tsuboi (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Brazil |
| North America (3 players)
2015 Pan American Games North American Qualification Tournament (3 players) |
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| 57 | Feng Yijuan (North American Qualification Tournament) | USA |
| 58 | Eugene Wang (North American Qualification Tournament) | Canada |
| 59 | Kanak Jha (North American Qualification Tournament) | USA |
| Oceania (3 players) Oceania Qualification Tournament |
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| 60 | David Powell | Australia |
| 61 | Yan Xin Chris | Australia |
| 62 | Shing Yoshua | Vanuata |
| Invitation (1 player) 30 May 2016 |
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| 63 | Marcelo Aguirre | Paraguay |
| Unused Team Quota and Unused Host Association places 23 May 2016 |
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| 64 | Lubomir Jancarik (World Ranking) | Czech Republic |
| 65 | Benedek Olah (World Ranking) | Finland |
| 66 | Dmitrij Prokopcov (World Ranking) | Czech Republic |
| 67 | Adam Pattantyus (World Ranking) | Hungary |
| 68 | He Zhiwen (World Ranking) | Spain |
| 69 | Aleksander Karakasevic (World Ranking) | Serbia |
| 70 | Adrian Crisan (World Ranking) | Romania |
| Additional Qualifiers for Team Event only (max 22 players) 30 May 2016 |
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| 1 | Abiodun Bode | Nigeria |
| 2 | Xu Xin | China |
| 3 | Bastian Steger | Germany |
| 4 | Cazuo Matsumoto | Brazil |
| 5 | Timothy Wang | USA |
| 6 | Heming Hu | Australia |
| 7 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan |
| 8 | Ho Kwan Kit | Hong Kong China |
| 9 | Joao Monteiro | Portugal |
| 10 | Joo Saehyuk | South Korea |
| 11 | Tristan Flore | France |
| 12 | Mattias Karlsson | Sweden |
| 13 | Daniel Habeson | Austria |
| 14 | Danial Gorak | Poland |
| 15 | Chiang Hung-Chieh | Chinese Taipei |
| 16 | Sam Walker | Great Britain |
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And here's the list of...
Women Qualifiers for 2016 Olympic Games
Maximum 2 players per National Olympic Committee (NOC)
| Players (Women) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Directly qualified by World Ranking (22 players) As at 5 May 2016 |
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| 1 | Ding Ning | China |
| 2 | Kasumi Ishikawa | Japan |
| 3 | Ai Fukuhara | Japan |
| 4 | Jeon Jihee | South Korea |
| 5 | Seo Hyowon | South Korea |
| 6 | Cheng I-Ching | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Yu Mengyu | Singapore |
| 8 | Doo Hoi Kem | Hong Kong China |
| 9 | Lee Ho Ching | Hong Kong China |
| 10 | Chen Szu-Yu | Chinese Taipei |
| 11 | Elizabeta Samara | Romania |
| 12 | Georgina Pota | Hungary |
| 13 | Tetyana Bilenko | Ukraine |
| 14 | Shen Yanfei | Spain |
| 15 | Li Xue | France |
| 16 | Sofia Polcanova | Austria |
| 17 | Jieni Shao | Portugal |
| 18 | Daniela Monteiro-Dodean | Romania |
| 19 | Viktoria Pavlovich | Belarus |
| 20 | Katarzyna Grzybowska | Poland |
| 21 | Iveta Vacenovska | Czech Republic |
| 22 | Barbora Balazova | Slovak Republic |
| Africa (6 players)
All Africa Games (4 players) African Qualification Tournament (2 players) |
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| 23 | Dina Meshref (All Africa Games) | Egypt |
| 24 | Nadeen El-Dawlatly (All Africa Games) | Egypt |
| 25 | Han Xing (All Africa Games) | Republic of Congo |
| 26 | Olufunke Oshonaike (All Africa Games) | Nigeria |
| 27 | Saifa Saidani (African Qualification Tournament) | Tunisia |
| 28 | Offiong Edem (African Qualification Tournament) | Nigeria |
| Asia (11 players)
Asian Qualification Tournament |
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| 29 | Li Xiaoxia (Asian Qualification Tournament-East Asia) | China |
| 30 | Feng Tianwei (Asian Qualification Tournament-South East Asia) | Singapore |
| 31 | Manika Batra (Asian Qualification Tournament-South Asia) | India |
| 32 | Mariana Sahakian (Asian Qualification Tournament-West Asia) | Lebanon |
| 33 | Neda Shahsavari (Asian Qualification Tournament-Middle Asia) | Iran |
| 34 | Ri Myong Sun (Asian Qualification Tournament) | North Korea |
| 35 | Suthasini Sawettabut (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Thailand |
| 36 | Kim Song I (Asian Qualification Tournament) | North Korea |
| 37 | Nanthana Komwong (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Thailand |
| 38 | Mouma Das (Asian Qualification Tournament) | India |
| 39 | Ian Lariba (Asian Qualification Tournament) | Philippines |
| Europe (11 players)
European Games (1 player) European Qualification Tournament (10 players) |
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| 40 | Li Jiao (European Games) | Netherlands |
| 41 | Han Ying (European Qualification Tournament) | Germany |
| 42 | Petrissa Solja (European Qualification Tournament) | Germany |
| 43 | Hu Melek (European Qualification Tournament) | Turkey |
| 44 | Yu Fu (European Qualification Tournament) | Portugal |
| 45 | Li Qian (European Qualification Tournament) | Poland |
| 46 | Polina Mikhailova (European Qualification Tournament) | Russia |
| 47 | Liu Jia (European Qualification Tournament) | Austria |
| 48 | Li Jie (European Qualification Tournament) | Netherlands |
| 49 | Li Fen (European Qualification Tournament) | Sweden |
| 50 | Matilda Ekholm (European Qualification Tournament) | Sweden |
| Latin America (6 players)
2015 Pan American Games Latin American Qualification Tournament (6 players) |
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| 51 | Adriana Diaz (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Puerto Rico |
| 52 | Lady Ruano (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Colombia |
| 53 | Caroline Kumahara (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Brazil |
| 54 | Gui Lin (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Brazil |
| 55 | Yadira Silva (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Mexico |
| 56 | Gremlis Arvelo (Latin American Qualification Tournament) | Venezuela |
| North America (3 players)
2015 Pan American Games North American Qualification Tournament (3 players) |
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| 57 | Wu Yue (PanAm Games 2015) | USA |
| 58 | Lily Zhang (North American Qualification Tournament) | USA |
| 59 | Zhang Mo (North American Qualification Tournament) | Canada |
| Oceania (3 players)
Oceania Qualification Tournament |
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| 60 | Lay Jian Fang | Australia |
| 61 | Melissa Tapper | Australia |
| 62 | Sally Yee | Fiji |
| Invitation (1 player) 30 May 2016 |
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| 63 | Heba Allejji | Syria |
| Unused Team Quota and Unused Host Association places 23 May 2016 |
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| 64 | Ni Xialian (World Ranking) | Luxembourg |
| 65 | Petra Lovas (World Ranking) | Hungary |
| 66 | Maria Dolgikh (World Ranking) | Russia |
| 67 | Hana Matelova (World Ranking) | Czech Republic |
| 68 | Carole Grundish (World Ranking) | France |
| 69 | Eva Odorova (World Ranking) | Slovak Republic |
| 70 | Alexandra Privalova (World Ranking) | Belarus |
| Additional Qualifiers for Team Event only (max 22 players) 30 May 2016 |
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| 1 | Yousra Abdelrazek | Egypt |
| 2 | Liu Shiwen | China |
| 3 | Shan Xiaona | Germany |
| 4 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil |
| 5 | Zheng Jiaqi | USA |
| 6 | Sally Ziyu Zhang | Australia |
| 7 | Mima Ito | Japan |
| 8 | Yihan Zhou | Singapore |
| 9 | Tie Yana | Hong Kong China |
| 10 | Haeun Yang | South Korea |
| 11 | Lee I-Chen | Chinese Taipei |
| 12 | Ri Mi Gyong | North Korea |
| 13 | Britt Eerland | Netherlands |
| 14 | Bernadette Szocs | Romania |
| 15 | Natalia Partyka | Poland |
| 16 | Li Qiangbing | Austria |
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16 teams competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics, made up from the players who qualified for the singles, as follows...
Team Events for 2016 Olympic Games
| Men | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Quota (6 teams) | ||
| 1 | Nigeria (Africa) | Quadri Aruna Segun Toriola Abiodun Bode |
| 2 | China (Asia) | Zhang Jike Ma Long Xu Xin |
| 3 | Germany (Europe) | Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll Bastian Steger |
| 4 | Brazil (Latin America) | Hugo Calderano Gustavo Tsuboi Cazuo Matsumoto |
| 5 | USA (North America) | Feng Yijuan Kanak Jha Timothy Wang |
| 6 | Australia (Oceania) | David Powell Yan Xin Chris Heming Hu |
| Other Teams (10 teams) by World Ranking as at 5 May 2016 |
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| 7 | Japan (Olympic Team Ranking) | Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura |
| 8 | Hong Kong China (Olympic Team Ranking) | Wong Chun Ting Tang Peng Ho Kwan Kit |
| 9 | Portugal (Olympic Team Ranking) | Marcos Freitas Tiago Apolonia Joao Monteiro |
| 10 | South Korea (Olympic Team Ranking) | Lee Sangsu Jung Youngsik Joo Saehyuk |
| 11 | France (Olympic Team Ranking) | Simon Gauzy Emmanuel Lebesson Tristan Flore |
| 12 | Sweden (Olympic Team Ranking) | Kristian Karlsson Par Gerell Mattias Karlsson |
| 13 | Austria (Olympic Team Ranking) | Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habeson |
| 14 | Poland (Olympic Team Ranking) | Wang Zengyi Jakub Dyjas Danial Gorak |
| 15 | Chinese Taipei (Olympic Team Ranking) | Chuang Chih-Yuan Chen Chien-An Chiang Hung-Chieh |
| 16 | Great Britain (Olympic Team Ranking) | Liam Pitchford Paul Drinkhall Sam Walker |
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| Women | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Quota (6 teams) | ||
| 1 | Egypt (Africa) | Dina Meshref Nadeen El-Dawlatly Yousra Abdelrazek |
| 2 | China (Asia) | Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen |
| 3 | Germany (Europe) | Han Ying Petrissa Solja Shan Xiaona |
| 4 | Brazil (Latin America) | Caroline Kumahara Gui Lin Bruna Takahashi |
| 5 | USA (North America) | Wu Yue Lily Zhang Zheng Jiaqi |
| 6 | Australia (Oceania) | Lay Jian Fang Melissa Tapper Sally Ziyu Zhang |
| Other Teams (10 teams) by World Ranking as at 5 May 2016 |
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| 7 | Japan (Olympic Team Ranking) | Kasumi Ishikawa Ai Fukuhara Mima Ito |
| 8 | Singapore (Olympic Team Ranking) | Yu Mengyu Feng Tianwei Yihan Zhou |
| 9 | Hong Kong China (Olympic Team Ranking) | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Tie Yana |
| 10 | South Korea (Olympic Team Ranking) | Jeon Jihee Seo Hyowon Haeun Yang |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei (Olympic Team Ranking) | Cheng I-Ching Chen Szu-Yu Lee I-Chen |
| 12 | North Korea (Olympic Team Ranking) | Ri Myong Sun Kim Song I Ri Mi Gyong |
| 13 | Netherlands (Olympic Team Ranking) | Li Jiao Li Jie Britt Eerland |
| 14 | Romania (Olympic Team Ranking) | Elizabeta Samara Daniela Monteiro-Dodean Bernadette Szocs |
| 15 | Poland (Olympic Team Ranking) | Katarzyna Grzybowska Li Qian Natalia Partyka |
| 16 | Austria (Olympic Team Ranking) | Sofia Polcanova Liu Jia Li Qiangbing |
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