Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

This article details the qualifying phase for table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women coming from the different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions. Each NOC can enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles) with a maximum of two each for the men's and women's singles.[1] As the host nation, France reserves a spot each in the men's and women's teams, respectively, with one per gender competing in the singles tournament; and in the mixed doubles.[2]

Each team event features a draw of sixteen NOCs with a trio of table tennis players. The initial half of the total quota will be awarded to the quarterfinalists at the 2024 ITTF World Teams Championships, scheduled for February 16 to 25 in Busan, South Korea, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the men's and women's team spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the remaining slot will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOC based on the ITTF World Team Ranking list of March 2024.[1]

The mixed doubles tournament shares the same amount with the teams, consisting of sixteen NOCs with a pair of table tennis players. The initial quarter of the total quota will be awarded to the semifinalists of the designated qualifying meet, scheduled for March or April 2024, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the mixed doubles spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the five highest-ranked eligible pairs will obtain the remaining berths to complete the field based on the ITTF World Ranking list of May 7, 2024.[1]

About 70 table tennis players may participate in the men's and women's singles, depending on the number of slots available after the distribution of the mixed doubles quota. Each NOC can enter a maximum of four table tennis players (two per gender). Thirty-two places are reserved for each of the qualified men's and women's teams, with twenty-two more attributed to the individuals coming from NOCs without a qualified team through the continental meets organized by ITTF (four for Africa, six each for Asia and Europe, five for the Americas, and one for Oceania). A maximum of fifteen table tennis players will secure a spot through the ITTF World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, respecting the four-player (two per gender) NOC limit, while the remaining men's and women's singles spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their table tennis players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality system.[1]

Summary

NOCMenWomenMixedTotal
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align=left 2 1 4
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align=left 2 2 6
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align=left 1 1
align=left 2 2 6
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align=left 2 2 6
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align=left 1 2 4
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align=left 2 2 6
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align=left 2 2 6
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align=left 2 2 5
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Total: 60 NOCs 67 16 67 16 16 172

Timeline

The following table outlines a timeline of the qualification events for table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Teams
2023 Oceania Senior Championships September 2–9, 2023 Townsville[3]
September 3–10, 2023 Pyeongchang
September 10–17, 2023 Malmö
September 10–17, 2023 Havana
2023 African Championships September 11–17, 2023 Tunis
February 16–25, 2024 Busan[4]
ITTF World Team Rankings March 2024
Mixed doubles
June 23 – July 1, 2023 Kraków[5]
2023 Oceania Senior Championships September 2–9, 2023 Townsville
2023 Asian Championships September 3–10, 2023 Pyeongchang
2023 African Championships September 11–17, 2023 Tunis
October 29 – November 5, 2023 Santiago
2024 ITTF World Olympic Qualification Tournament April 11–12, 2024 Havirov
ITTF World Mixed Doubles Rankings May 7, 2024
Singles
South East Asian Qualification Tournament May 8–10, 2024 Bangkok
Oceania Qualification Tournament May 10, 2024 Nouméa
South Asian Qualification Tournament May 13–15, 2024 Kathmandu
Pan American Qualification Tournament May 14–18, 2024 Lima
African Qualification Tournament May 16–18, 2024 Kigali
European Qualification Tournament May 15–19, 2024 Sarajevo
West Asian Qualification Tournament May 17–19, 2024 Sulaymaniyah
Central Asian Qualification Tournament May 17–19, 2024 Tashkent
East Asian Qualification Tournament
ITTF Continental Singles Rankings June 11, 2024
ITTF World Singles Rankings June 18, 2024

Events

Men's team

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Host nation 1 Simon Gauzy
Alexis Lebrun
Félix Lebrun
2023 Oceania Championships 1 Bae Hwan
Nicholas Lum
Finn Luu
2023 Asian Championships 1 Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Chuqin
2023 European Team Championships 1 Anton Källberg
Kristian Karlsson
Truls Möregårdh
2023 Pan American Championships 2 Hugo Calderano
Vitor Ishiy
Guilherme Teodoro
Jeremy Hazin
Edward Ly
Eugene Wang
2023 African Championships 1 Youssef Abdel-Aziz
Omar Assar
Mohamed El-Beiali
2024 ITTF World Championships 6 Tomokazu Harimoto
Hiroto Shinozuka
Shunsuke Togami
Cho Dae-seong
Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Tiago Apolónia
Marcos Freitas
João Geraldo
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dang Qiu
Chuang Chih-yuan
Kao Cheng-jui
Lin Yun-ju
Martin Buch Andersen
Jonathan Groth
Anders Lind
ITTF World Rankings 3 Peter Hribar
Darko Jorgić
Deni Kožul
Andrej Gaćina
Tomislav Pucar
Filip Zeljko
Sharath Kamal Achanta
Harmeet Desai
Manav Thakkar
Total 16

Women's team

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Host nation 1 Charlotte Lutz
Prithika Pavade
Jia Nan Yuan
2023 Oceania Championships 1 Michelle Bromley
Minhyung Jee 
Melissa Tapper
2023 Asian Championships 1 Chen Meng
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
2023 European Team Championships 1 Han Ying
Annett Kaufmann
Nina Mittelham
Shan Xiaona
2023 Pan American Championships 2 Rachel Sung
Amy Wang
Lily Zhang
Bruna Alexandre
Bruna Takahashi
Giulia Takahashi
2023 African Championships 1 Mariam Alhodaby
Hana Goda
Dina Meshref
2024 ITTF World Championships 5 Jeon Ji-hee
Lee Eun-hye
Shin Yu-bin
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching
Chien Tung-chuan
Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Zhu Chengzhu
Miwa Harimoto
Hina Hayata
Miu Hirano
Adina Diaconu
Elizabeta Samara
Bernadette Szőcs
ITTF World Rankings 4 Orawan Paranang
Jinnipa Sawettabut
Suthasini Sawettabut
Natalia Bajor
Katarzyna Węgrzyn
Zuzanna Wielgos
Sreeja Akula
Manika Batra
Archana Kamath
Filippa Bergand
Linda Bergström
Christina Källberg
Total 16

Mixed doubles

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Host nation 1 Alexis Lebrun
Jia Nan Yuan
1 Dang Qiu
Nina Mittelham
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2023 Oceanian Championships 1 Nicholas Lum
Minhyung Jee
2023 African Championships 1 Omar Assar
Dina Meshref
2 Vitor Ishiy
Bruna Takahashi
Jorge Campos
Daniela Fonseca
4 Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
Álvaro Robles
María Xiao
Kristian Karlsson
Christina Källberg
ITTF World Rankings 6 Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha
Tomokazu Harimoto
Hina Hayata
Lim Jong-hoon
Shin Yu-bin
Ovidiu Ionescu
Bernadette Szőcs
Lin Yun-ju
Chen Szu-yu
Nándor Ecseki
Dóra Madarász
Total 16
Note:

Men's singles

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Qualified teams (2 individuals per team) 32














1
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1
South Asian Qualification Tournament 1
African Qualification Tournament 3

Pan American Qualification Tournament 4


European Qualification Tournament 5



Central Asian Qualification Tournament 1
West Asian Qualification Tournament 1
East Asian Qualification Tournament 1
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
Oceanian Top Ranking 1
ITTF World Rankings 12










Universality Places 1
Total 67

Women's singles

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Qualified teams (2 individuals per team) 32















1
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1
South Asian Qualification Tournament 1
African Qualification Tournament 3

Pan American Qualification Tournament 4


European Qualification Tournament 5



Central Asian Qualification Tournament 1
West Asian Qualification Tournament 1
East Asian Qualification Tournament1
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024) 1
ITTF World Rankings 12










Universality Places 1
Total 67

Notes and References

  1. News: Meng. Licheng. How to qualify for table tennis at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. . 12 December 2022. 28 January 2023.
  2. News: Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled. ITTF. 11 July 2022. 28 January 2023.
  3. News: Barry. Griffiths. Target Townsville: 2023 Olympic Qualification and Oceania Championships. Oceania Table Tennis Federation. 16 May 2023. 6 June 2023.
  4. News: Busan to Host the 2024 World Championships. ITTF. 25 November 2021. 28 January 2023.
  5. News: Ahmed. Mohamed. Table tennis line-up for 2023 European Games confirmed. Inside the Games. 29 March 2023. 6 May 2023.