| Event: | Table tennis |
| Games: | 2010 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Dates: | 21 – 26 August 2010 |
| Num Events: | 3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors: | 64 (32 boys, 32 girls) |
| Nations: | 47 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The table tennis competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium between 21 and 26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore (NUS).[1] [2] 64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 and 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.[3] Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.
A total of 64 athletes qualified mainly from tournaments including ITTF Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania).[3] [4] The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee (NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.
| Event (Qualifiers) | Date | Location | Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | ||||
| ITTF Cadet Challenge (4) | 19–25 October 2009 |  Tokyo |  Yin Hang (cancelled) Koki Niwa Simon Gauzy Hampus Soderlund Adem Hmam (reallocated) |  Yang Ha-Eun Ayuka Tanioka Bernadette Szocs Sutashini Sawetabut | |
| African Qualification Tournament (2) | 21–23 November 2009 |  Cairo | Bedair Omar Ojo Onalaopo | Dina Mesheref Islem Laid | |
| ITTF U-15 World Ranking (4) | 31 December 2009 | - | Hung Tzu-Hsiang Kim Dong-Hyun Chiu Chung Hei Phillip Kumiov (rejected) Ondrej Bajger (reallocated) | Gu Yuting Petrissa Solja Yana NoskovaIsabelle Siyun LI | |
| Pan American Qualification Tournament (3) | 1–3 February 2010 | San Salvador |  Jouti Eric Rodrigo Tapia Pablo Saragovi |  Ariel Hsing Caroline KumaharaCarelyn Cordero | |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | 6–7 February 2010 |  Manama |  Emilien Vanrossomme | Britt Eerland | |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | 14–15 February 2010 | Cairo |  Leornado Mutti |  Sofia Polcanova (rejected)  Alice Loveridge (reallocated) | |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | 23–24 March 2010 | Lignano |  Tamas Lakatos | Celine Pang | |
| Oceanian Qualification Tournament (1) | 1 April 2010 |  Auckland | Kevin Wu | Julia Wu | |
| Asian Qualification Tournament (4) | 2–4 April 2010 | Bangkok |  Kim Kwang-Song Hasintha Arsa Marakkala  Avik Das  Elmurod Holikov | Kim Song-i Ng Ka Yee Huang Hsin Mallika Bhandarkar | |
| ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1) | 10 April 2010 | Auckland | Tanapol Santiwattanatarm |  Lily Phan | |
| European Qualification Tournament (4) | 16–18 April 2010 | Novara |  Konrad Kulpa Luka Fucek  Stefan Leitgeb Koen Hageraats | Mateja Jeger Olga Bliznet Alekseja Galič Mercedes Nagyvaradi | |
| ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1) | 24–25 April 2010 |  Valencia | Florian Wagner |  Katsiaryna Baravok | |
| Host Country Representation (1) | - | - | Clarence Chew | Qualified in previous tournament | |
| Unused Quota of Host Country Representation (replacement) | - | - | Quota used | Maria Xiao | |
| NOC Universality Places (4) | - | - | Luis Mejia Patrick Massah Warren Li Kam Wa Axel Gavilan | Jolie Mafuta Ivoso  Letizia Giardi Nuwani G. Vithange  Adielle Roshuevel | |
| TOTAL | 32 | 32 | |||
Qualified athletes from the same NOC teamed up first (17 teams).[5] [6] The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).
| Seed | Team | Female athlete | Male athlete | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | Europe 1 | |||
| 4 | Intercontinental 1 | |||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| 11 | Europe 2 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| 13 | ||||
| 14 | ||||
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | Pan America 1 | |||
| 17 | Europe 3 | |||
| 18 | ||||
| 19 | Europe 4 | |||
| 20 | Europe 5 | |||
| 21 | ||||
| 22 | Intercontinental 2 | |||
| 23 | Pan America 2 | |||
| 24 | ||||
| 25 | Europe 6 | |||
| 26 | Africa 1 | |||
| 27 | Intercontinental 3 | |||
| 28 | ||||
| 29 | ||||
| 30 | Pan America 3 | |||
| 31 | Intercontinental 4 | |||
| 32 | Africa 2 |
| Men's singles | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
| Mixed team | Ayuka Tanioka Koki Niwa | Yang Ha-Eun Kim Dong-Hyun | Intercontinental 1 |