Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Event:Table tennis
Games:2022
Venue:National Exhibition Centre
Dates:29 July – 8 August 2022
Competitors:190
Nations:34
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Table tennis is one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the sixth staging of table tennis at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically.

The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including four parasport events).[1] [2]

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:[1] [2]

GPreliminary matches (group)PPreliminary matches (knockout)¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8
Session → M E M E M E M E A M E M E M E M E M E M
G P ¼ ½ B F
P P ¼ ½ B F
G G ¼ ½ B F
G P P ¼ ½ B F
P P P ¼ ½ B F
G G ¼ ½ B F
P P ¼ ½ B F
Parasport
G G ½ B F
G G ½ B F
G G ½ B F
G G ½ B F

Venue

The table tennis competitions are being held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull.[3] Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting, and weightlifting - will also take place there.[4]

Medal summary

Medallists

Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Paul Drinkhall
Liam Pitchford

Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Poh Shao Feng Ethan
Clarence Chew
Women's doubles

Feng Tianwei
Zeng Jian

Jee Minhyung
Jian Fang Lay

Charlotte Carey
Anna Hursey
Mixed doubles

Sharath Kamal
Sreeja Akula

Choong Javen
Karen Lyne

Clarence Chew
Zeng Jian
Men's team

Harmeet Desai
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal
Sanil Shetty

Clarence Chew
Poh Shao Feng Ethan
Pang Yew En Koen
Izaac Quek

Paul Drinkhall
Tom Jarvis
Liam Pitchford
Sam Walker
Women's team

Zeng Jian
Zhou Jing Yi
Feng Tianwei
Wong Xin Ru

Tee Ai Xin
Alice Chang
Karen Lyne
Ho Ying

Feng Chunyi
Jian Fang Lay
Jee Minhyung
Liu Yangzi

Para

Men's C3–5
Men's C8–10
Women's C3–5
Women's C6–10

Qualification

See main article: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification.

Table tennis

A total of 160 players (80 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games.[5] The majority achieved team qualification as follows:

In addition, players not in qualified teams were individually picked as follows:

Para table tennis

A total of 32 players (16 per gender) will qualify to compete at the Games.[6] They will qualify for each competition as follows:

Participating nations

There were 34 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in table tennis and para-table tennis with a total of 190 (94 men and 96 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302111234/https://www.birmingham2022.com/schedule/overview. BOCCG. 1 April 2022. 2 March 2022. live.
  2. Book: Competition Schedule Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302111534/https://resources.cwg-qbr.pulselive.com/qbr-commonwealth-games/document/2022/02/25/994bcb57-b109-4c09-a1a0-a49914d1a11f/Birmingham-2022-Competition-Schedule.pdf. BOCCG. 33, 34. 1 April 2022. 2 March 2022. live.
  3. Web site: NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES . The NEC . 19 October 2022 . 1 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211226151929/https://www.thenec.co.uk/press-and-news/nec-will-host-six-sports-at-the-2022-commonwealth-games/ . 26 December 2021 . live.
  4. Web site: Venues THE NEC. BOCCG. 1 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029160718/https://www.birmingham2022.com/venues/the-nec/ . 29 October 2021 . live.
  5. Web site: Athlete Allocation System Table Tennis. https://web.archive.org/web/20220330124236/https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/tta/files/fltwhycq7m0dutrf.pdf. Commonwealth Sport / ITTF. 10 December 2021. 1 April 2022. 30 March 2022. live.
  6. Web site: Athlete Allocation System Para Table Tennis. https://web.archive.org/web/20220416233332/https://dochub.com/timskyrider/275eAYrVo6O1340KzXnBNQ/para-table-tennis-b2022-athlete-allocation-system-revised-v3.pdf. Commonwealth Sport / ITTF. 10 December 2021. 17 April 2022. 16 April 2022. live.
  7. Web site: Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis Number of Entries by CGA. 31 July 2022. www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 1 August 2022.