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2020 Olympic Games
Which players have qualified?
The 2020 Olympic Games are being held in Tokyo, Japan from the 23rd July to 8th August 2021, but which players have qualified for the table tennis events? Find out here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced in March 2020 that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be postponed until 23 July to 8 August 2021.
This decision was taken in light of the spread of COVID-19 worldwide and to best protect athletes, officials and fans alike.
These Olympics will still be called Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021.
The Paralympic Games, originally due to start on 25 August 2020, will now take place between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
The ITTF Executive Committee then decided to adjust the qualification pathways accordingly.
The 2020 Olympic Games - the Summer Olympics - are being held in Tokyo, Japan from the 23 July to 8 August 2021 and the table tennis events are being played at the Tokyo Metropolitan gymnasium.
The table tennis events are: mixed doubles, women's singles, men's singles, women's team event, and men's team event.
The number of athletes who can take part in the 2020 Olympic Games table tennis events is limited to 86 men and 86 women.
Therefore, teams and players have to qualify for the Games, and then they have to be approved and nominated by their National Olympic Committee (NOC), before their participation can be confirmed.
In addition, a maximum of three players, per gender, per NOC, can take part.
Each NOC can only have a maximum of three players (per gender) in the team events; two players (per gender) in the singles events; and one player (per gender) in the mixed doubles event.
So let's take a closer look at the qualification system for the table tennis events at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
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So let's take a closer look at the...
Qualification System for the 2020 Olympic Games
The Qualification System for the 2020 Olympics Games is very complicated, but in simple terms it's as follows.
16 teams (per gender) are available for the men's and women's team events, and these places are allocated before the singles or mixed doubles events, based on which teams performed best at their relevant qualification tournaments.
70 places (per gender) are available for the men's and women's singles events. 32 of these places are allocated to players in the team events, whilst the remaining 38 places are allocated based on which players performed best at their relevant qualification tournaments.
16 places (per gender) are available for the mixed doubles events.
So let's take a look at the teams who've qualified...
| Men | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Qualifiers (6 teams) via Continental Events June-December 2019 |
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| 1 | Egypt (Africa) via 2019 All African Games | Omar Assar Ahmed Saleh Khalid Assar |
| 2 | China (Asia) via 2019 Asian TT Championships | Fan Zhendong Ma Long Xu Xin |
| 3 | Germany (Europe) via 2019 European Games | Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll Patrick Franziska |
| 4 | Brazil (Latin America) via 2019 Latin American Team Qual. | Hugo Calderano Gustavo Tsuboi Vitor Ishiy |
| 5 | USA (North America) via 2019 North American Team Qual. | Kanak Jha Nikhil Kumar Zhou Xin |
| 6 | Australia (Oceania) via 2019 Oceania Team Qual. | David Powell Yan Xin Hu Heming |
| Host Team (1 team) | ||
| 7 | Japan | Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Jun Mizutani |
| Qualified Teams (9 teams) via 2020 World Team Qualification Event Gondomar, Portugal 22-26 January 2020 |
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| 8 | Chinese Taipei | Lin Yun-Ju Chuang Chih-Yuan Chen Chien-An |
| 9 | Croatia | Andrej Gacina Tomislav Pucar Frane Kojic |
| 10 | France | Simon Gauzy Emmanuel Lebesson Alexandre Cassin |
| 11 | Portugal | Marcos Freitas Tiago Apolonia Joao Monteiro |
| 12 | Serbia | Aleksandar Karakasevic Zsolt Peto Marko Jevtovic |
| 13 | Slovenia | Jorgic Darko Tokic Bojan Kozul Deni |
| 14 | South Korea | Jeong Youngsik Jang Woojin Lee Sangsu |
| 15 | Sweden | Mattias Falck Anton Kallberg Kristian Karlsson |
| 16 | Hong Kong China | Wong Chun Ting Lam Siu Hang Ho Kwan Kit |
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| Women | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Qualifiers (6 teams) via Continental Events June-December 2019 |
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| 1 | Egypt (Africa) via 2019 All African Games | Dina Meshref Yousra Helmy Farah Abdel-Aziz |
| 2 | China (Asia) via 2019 Asian TT Championships | Chen Meng Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu |
| 3 | Germany (Europe) via 2019 European Games | Petrissa Solja Han Ying Shan Xiaona |
| 4 | Brazil (Latin America) via 2019 Latin American Team Qual. | Bruna Takahashi Jessica Yamada Caroline Kumahara |
| 5 | USA (North America) via 2019 North American Team Qual. | Lily Zhang Liu Juan Wang Huijing |
| 6 | Australia (Oceania) via 2019 Oceania Team Qual. | Michelle Bromley Stephanie Sang Melissa Tapper |
| Host Team (1 team) | ||
| 7 | Japan | Mima Ito Kasumi Ishikawa Miu Hirano |
| Qualified Teams (9 teams) via 2020 World Team Qualification Event Gondomar, Portugal 22-26 January 2020 |
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| 8 | Austria | Sofia Polcanova Liu Jia Liu Yuan |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei | Cheng I-Ching Chen Szu-Yu Cheng Hsien-Tzu |
| 10 | Hong Kong China | Doo Hoi Kem Soo Wai Yam Minnie Lee Ho Ching |
| 11 | Hungary | Dora Madarasz Georgina Pota Szandra Pergel |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | Poland | Li Qian Natalia Partyka Natalia Bajor |
| 14 | Romania | Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szocs Daniela Dodean Monteiro |
| 15 | Singapore | Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu Lin Ye |
| 16 | South Korea | Jeon Jihee Shin Yubin Choi Hyojoo |
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Let's now take a look at the players in the Singles and Mixed Doubles events...
Men Qualifiers for 2020 Olympic Games
A maximum of 86 men and 86 women can qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics table tennis events, and all players have to then be approved by their National Olympic Committee.
Maximum 2 players per National Olympic Committee (NOC)
| Players (Men) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominated by NOCs with a qualified team (32 players) to be announced in June 2021 |
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| 1 | Fan Zhendong | China |
| 2 | Ma Long | China |
| 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Germany |
| 4 | Timo Boll | Germany |
| 5 | Lam Siu Hang | Hong Kong China |
| 6 | Wong Chun Ting | Hong Kong China |
| 7 | Tomokazu Harimoto | Japan |
| 8 | Koki Niwa | Japan |
| 9 | Chuang Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei |
| 10 | Lin Yun-Ju | Chinese Taipei |
| 11 | Ahmed Saleh | Egypt |
| 12 | Omar Assar | Egypt |
| 13 | Kanak Jha | USA |
| 14 | Nikhil Kumar | USA |
| 15 | Mattias Falck | Sweden |
| 16 | Anton Kallberg | Sweden |
| 17 | Simon Gauzy | France |
| 18 | Emmanuel Lebesson | France |
| 19 | Marcos Freitas | Portugal |
| 20 | Tiago Apolonia | Portugal |
| 21 | Aleksander Karakasevic | Serbia |
| 22 | Zsolt Peto | Serbia |
| 23 | Andrej Gacina | Croatia |
| 24 | Tomislav Pucar | Croatia |
| 25 | Darko Jorgic | Slovenia |
| 26 | Bojan Tokic | Slovenia |
| 27 | Hugo Calderano | Brazil |
| 28 | Gustavo Tsuboi | Brazil |
| 29 | David Powell | Australia |
| 30 | Yan Xin | Australia |
| 31 | Jeoung Youngsik | South Korea |
| 32 | Jang Woojin | South Korea |
| Africa (4 players) African Qualification Tournament Tunis, Tunisia 27-29 Feb 2020 |
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| 33 | Ibrahima Diaw | Senegal |
| 34 | Adam Hmam | Tunisia |
| 35 | Olajide Omotayo | Nigeria |
| 36 | Larbi Bouriah | Algeria |
| Asia (6 players) Western Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament (1 place) Amman, Jordan 23-26 Feb 2020 Asian Qualification Tournament (4 places) Olympic Rankings (1 place) April 2021 |
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| 37 | Ali Alkhadrawi (West) | Saudi Arabia |
| 38 | Lkhagvasuren Enkhbat (East) | Mongolia |
| 39 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (South) | India |
| 40 | Nima Alamian (Central) | Iran |
| 41 | Clarence Chew Zhe Yu (South East) | Singapore |
| 42 | Sharath Kamal Achanta | India |
| Europe (6 players) European Games (1 place) Minsk, Belarus 22-29 June 2019 European Qualification Tournament (5 places) |
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| 43 | Jonathan Groth (European Games) | Denmark |
| 44 | Panagiotis Gionis | Greece |
| 45 | Ovidiu Ionescu | Romania |
| 46 | Pavel Sirucek | Czech Republic |
| 47 | Alvaro Robles | Spain |
| 48 | Kou Lei | Ukraine |
| Latin America (4 players) Latin American Qualification Tournament Rosario, Argentina |
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| 49 | Brian Afanador | Puerto Rica |
| 50 | Horacio Cifuentes | Argentina |
| 51 | Alberto Mino | Ecuador |
| 52 | Gaston Alto | Argentina |
| North America (1 player) North American Qualification Tournament Canada 7-8 March 2020 |
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| 53 | Jeremy Hazin |
Canada |
| Oceania (1 player) |
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| 54 | Yoshua Shing | Vanuata |
| World Singles Qualifying Tournament (4 players) Doha, Qatar |
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| 55 | Lubomir Jancarik | Czech Republic |
| 56 | Bence Majoros | Hungary |
| 57 | Wang Yang | Slovakia |
| 58 | Kirill Skachkov | Russia |
| Invitation (1 player) |
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| 59 | Dodji Fanny | Togo |
| ITTF World/Olympic Ranking (6 players) June 2021 |
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| 60 | Liam Pitchford | Great Britain |
| 61 | Quadri Aruna | Nigeria |
| 62 | Robert Gardos | Austria |
| 63 | Daniel Habesohn | Austria |
| 64 | Kirill Gerassimenko | Kazakhstan |
| 65 | Paul Drinkhall | Great Britain |
| Mixed Doubles (16 pairs) | ||
| 1 | Patrick Franziska (with Petrissa Solja) | Germany |
| 2 | Wong Chun Ting (with Doo Hoi Kem) | Hong Kong China |
| 3 | Jun Mizutani (with Mima Ito) | Japan |
| 4 | Xu Xin (with Liu Shiwen) | China |
| 5 | Lin Yun-Ju (with Cheng I-Ching) | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Omar Assar (with Dina Meshref) | Egypt |
| 7 | Eugene Wang (with Mo Zhang) | Canada |
| 8 | Sharath Kamal Achanta (with Manika Batra) | India |
| 9 | Jorge Campos (with Daniela Fonseca-Carrazana) | Cuba |
| 10 | Hu Heming (with Melissa Tapper) | Australia |
| 11 | Lee Sangsu (with Jeon Jihee) | South Korea |
| 12 | Lubomir Pistej (with Barbora Balazova) | Slovak Republic |
| 13 | Stefan Fegerl (with Sofia Polcanova) | Austria |
| 14 | Ovidiu Ionescu (with Bernadette Szocs) | Romania |
| 15 | Emmanuel Lebesson (with Yuan Jia Nan) | France |
| 16 | Adam Szudi (with Szandra Pergel) | Hungary |
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And here's the list of...
Women Qualifiers for 2020 Olympic Games
Maximum 2 players per National Olympic Committee (NOC)
| Players (Women) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominated by NOCs with a qualified team (32 players) to be announced in June 2021 |
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| 1 | Chen Meng | China |
| 2 | Sun Yingsha | China |
| 3 | Petrissa Solja | Germany |
| 4 | Han Ying | Germany |
| 5 | Dina Meshref | Egypt |
| 6 | Yousra Helmy | Egypt |
| 7 | Lily Zhang | USA |
| 8 | Liu Juan | USA |
| 9 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil |
| 10 | Jessica Yamada | Brazil |
| 11 | Michelle Bromley | Australia |
| 12 | Stephanie Sang | Australia |
| 13 | Mima Ito | Japan |
| 14 | Kasumi Ishikawa | Japan |
| 15 | Doo Hoi Kem | Hong Kong China |
| 16 | Soo Wai Yam Minnie | Hong Kong China |
| 17 | Sofia Polcanova | Austria |
| 18 | Liu Jia | Austria |
| 19 | Li Qian | Poland |
| 20 | Natalia Partyka | Poland |
| 21 | Feng Tianwei | Singapore |
| 22 | Yu Mengyu | Singapore |
| 23 | Dora Madarasz | Hungary |
| 24 | Georgina Pota | Hungary |
| 25 | Elizabeta Samara | Romania |
| 26 | Bernadette Szocs | Romania |
| 27 | Cheng I-Ching | Chinese Taipei |
| 28 | Chen Szu-Yu | Chinese Taipei |
| 29 | Jeon Jihee | South Korea |
| 30 | Shin Yubin | South Korea |
| 31 | - | |
| 32 | - | |
| Africa (4 players) African Qualification Tournament Tunis, Tunisia 27-29 Feb 2020 |
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| 33 | Offiong Edem | Nigeria |
| 34 | Fadwa Garci | Tunisia |
| 35 | Olufunke Oshonaike | Nigeria |
| 36 | Sarah Hanffou | Cameroon |
| Asia (6 players) Western Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament (1 place) Amman, Jordan 23-26 Feb 2020 Asian Qualification Tournament (4 places) Olympic Rankings (1 place) April 2021 |
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| 37 | Hend Zaza (West) | Syria |
| 38 | Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh (East) | Mongolia |
| 39 | Sutirtha Mukherjee (South) | India |
| 40 | Anastassiya Lavrova (Central) | Kazakhstan |
| 41 | Orawan Paranang (South East) | Thailand |
| 42 | Manika Batra | India |
| Europe (6 players) European Games (2 places) Minsk, Belarus 22-29 June 2019 European Qualification Tournament (4 places) |
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| 43 | Yu Fu (European Games) | Portugal |
| 44 | Ni Xia Lian (European Games) | Luxembourg |
| 45 | Yana Noskova | Russia |
| 46 | Maria Xiao | Spain |
| 47 | Prithika Pavade | France |
| 48 | Yuan Jia Nan | France |
| Latin America (4 players) 2019 Pan American Games (1 place) Lima, Peru 4-10 August 2019 Latin American Qualification Tournament (3 places) Rosario, Argentina |
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| 49 | Adriana Diaz (Pan American Games) | Puerto Rico |
| 50 | Melanie Diaz | Puerto Rica |
| 51 | Paulina Vega | Chile |
| 52 | Daniela Fonseca-Carrazana | Cuba |
| North America (1 player) North American Qualification Tournament Canada 7-8 March 2020 |
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| 53 | Mo Zhang | Canada |
| Oceania (1 player) |
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| 54 | Sally Yee | Fiji |
| World Singles Qualifying Tournament (5 players) Doha, Qatar |
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| 55 | Britt Eerland | Netherlands |
| 56 | Linda Bergstrom | Sweden |
| 57 | Polina Mikhailova | Russia |
| 58 | Yang Xiaoxin | Monaco |
| 59 | Suthasini Sawettabut | Thailand |
| Invitation (1 player) |
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| 60 | Chelsea Edghill | Guyana |
| ITTF World/Olympic Ranking (10 players) June 2021 |
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| 61 | Margaryta Pesotska | Ukraine |
| 62 | Hana Matelova | Czech Republic |
| 63 | Barbora Balazova | Slovak Republic |
| 64 | Jieni Shao | Portugal |
| 65 | Ganna Gaponova | Ukraine |
| 66 | Debora Vivarelli | Italy |
| 67 | Sarah De Nutte | Luxembourg |
| 68 | Galia Dvorak | Spain |
| 69 | Rachel Moret | Switzerland |
| 70 | Tin-Tin Ho | Great Britain |
| Mixed Doubles (16 pairs) | ||
| 1 | Petrissa Solja (with Patrick Franziska) | Germany |
| 2 | Doo Hoi Kem (with Wong Chun Ting) | Hong Kong China |
| 3 | Mima Ito (with Jun Mizutani) | Japan |
| 4 | Liu Shiwen (with Xu Xin) | China |
| 5 | Cheng I-Ching (with Lin Yun-Ju) | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Dina Meshref (with Omar Assar) | Egypt |
| 7 | Mo Zhang (with Eugene Wang) | Canada |
| 8 | Manika Batra (with Sharath Kamal Achanta) | India |
| 9 | Daniela Fonseca-Carrazana (with Jorge Campos) | Cuba |
| 10 | Melissa Tapper (with Hu Heming) | Australia |
| 11 | Jeon Jihee (with Lee Sangsu) | South Korea |
| 12 | Barbora Balazova (with Lubomir Pistej) | Slovak Republic |
| 13 | Sofia Polcanova (with Stefan Fegerl) | Austria |
| 14 | Bernadette Szocs (with Ovidiu Ionescu) | Romania |
| 15 | Yuan Jia Nan (with Emmanuel Lebesson) | France |
| 16 | Szandra Pergel (with Adam Szudi) | Hungary |
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