Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[2]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.^[3]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Summary

NOC	Men		Women		Mixed	Total
NOC	Singles	Team	Singles	Team	Doubles	Total
Algeria	1	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Argentina	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Australia	2		2			6
Austria	1	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Belgium	2	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Brazil	2		2			6
Cameroon	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Canada	2		1	Does not appear	Does not appear	4
Chile	1	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
China	2		2			6
Chinese Taipei	2		2			6
Croatia	2		1	Does not appear	Does not appear	4
Cuba	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear		3
Czech Republic	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Denmark	2		—	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Ecuador	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Egypt	2		2			6
Fiji	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
France	2		2			6
Germany	2		2			6
Great Britain	1	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Greece	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Guyana	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Hong Kong	1	Does not appear	2			4
Hungary	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear		3
India	2		2		Does not appear	6
Iran	2	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Italy	—	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Japan	2		2			6
Jordan	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Kazakhstan	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Lebanon	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Luxembourg	1	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Madagascar	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Maldives	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Mexico	1	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	2
Moldova	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Monaco	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Nepal	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Netherlands	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Nigeria	2	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	4
North Korea	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear		3
Poland	1	Does not appear	2		Does not appear	4
Portugal	2		2	Does not appear	Does not appear	5
Puerto Rico	2	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Republic of the Congo	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Romania	2	Does not appear	2			5
Senegal	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Serbia	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Singapore	1	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Slovenia	2		—	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
Slovakia	1	Does not appear	—	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
South Korea	2		2			6
Spain	1	Does not appear	1	Does not appear		2
Sweden	2		2			6
Thailand	—	Does not appear	2		Does not appear	3
Turkey	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Ukraine	1	Does not appear	2	Does not appear	Does not appear	3
United States	1	Does not appear	2		Does not appear	4
Vanuatu	—	Does not appear	1	Does not appear	Does not appear	1
Total: 60 NOCs	67	16	67	16	16	172

NOC not qualified in teams and mixed doubles are represented in grey.

NOC who qualified in teams will automatically obtain two singles quota.

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^[4]
2023 Asian Championships	September 3–10, 2023	Pyeongchang
2023 European Team Championships	September 10–17, 2023	Malmö
2023 Pan American Championships	September 10–17, 2023	Havana
2023 African Championships	September 11–17, 2023	Tunis
2024 ITTF World Team Championships	February 16–25, 2024	Busan^[5]
ITTF World Team Rankings	March 2024	—
Mixed doubles
2023 European Games	June 23 – July 1, 2023	Kraków^[6]
2023 Oceania Senior Championships	September 2–9, 2023	Townsville^[4]
2023 Asian Championships	September 3–10, 2023	Pyeongchang
2023 African Championships	September 11–17, 2023	Tunis
2023 Pan American Games	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

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

Italic: Qualified only for the team event.

Women's team

Event	Places	Qualified team	Selected players
Host nation	1	France	Charlotte Lutz Prithika Pavade Jia Nan Yuan
2023 Oceania Championships	1	Australia	Michelle Bromley Minhyung Jee Melissa Tapper
2023 Asian Championships	1	China	Chen Meng Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu
2023 European Team Championships	1	Germany	~~Han Ying~~ Annett Kaufmann^[a] Nina Mittelham Shan Xiaona
2023 Pan American Championships	2	United States	Rachel Sung Amy Wang Lily Zhang
2023 Pan American Championships	2	Brazil	Bruna Alexandre Bruna Takahashi Giulia Takahashi
2023 African Championships	1	Egypt	Mariam Alhodaby Hana Goda Dina Meshref
2024 ITTF World Championships	5	South Korea	Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye Shin Yu-bin
		Chinese Taipei	Chen Szu-yu Cheng I-ching Chien Tung-chuan
		Hong Kong	Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Zhu Chengzhu
		Japan	Miwa Harimoto Hina Hayata Miu Hirano
		Romania	Adina Diaconu Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szőcs
ITTF World Rankings	4	Thailand	Orawan Paranang Jinnipa Sawettabut Suthasini Sawettabut
		Poland	Natalia Bajor Katarzyna Węgrzyn Zuzanna Wielgos
		India	Sreeja Akula Manika Batra Archana Kamath
		Sweden	Filippa Bergand Linda Bergström Christina Källberg
Total	16

Italic: Qualified only for the team event.

Mixed doubles

Event	Places	Qualified NOC	Selected players
Host nation	1	France	Alexis Lebrun Jia Nan Yuan
2023 European Games	1	Germany	Dang Qiu Nina Mittelham
2023 Asian Championships ^[b]	1	~~China~~	—
2023 Oceanian Championships	1	Australia	Nicholas Lum Minhyung Jee
2023 African Championships	1	Egypt	Omar Assar Dina Meshref
2023 Pan American Games	2	Brazil	Vitor Ishiy Bruna Takahashi
2023 Pan American Games	2	Cuba	Jorge Campos Daniela Fonseca
ITTF World Olympic Qualification Tournament	4	North Korea	Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong
		Hong Kong	Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem
		Spain	Álvaro Robles María Xiao
		Sweden	Kristian Karlsson Christina Källberg
ITTF World Rankings	6	China	Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha
		Japan	Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata
		South Korea	Lim Jong-hoon Shin Yu-bin
		Romania	Ovidiu Ionescu Bernadette Szőcs
		Chinese Taipei	Lin Yun-ju Chen Szu-yu
		Hungary	Nándor Ecseki Dóra Madarász
Total	16

Note:

^ Han Ying, originally set to compete in the women's singles and team event, was replaced by Annett Kaufmann after suffering an injury in a competition prior to the Olympics.
^ Lin Gaoyuan & Wang Yidi earned a slot for China after winning the 2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles. Since China adopt their own Olympics ranking system, players selections are not yet confirmed. The quota was declined and it was relocated to world ranking. ^[7]

Men's singles

Event	Places	Qualified players
Qualified teams (2 individuals per team)	32	Australia Brazil Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Denmark Egypt France Germany India Japan Portugal Slovenia South Korea Sweden
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Izaac Quek (SGP)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	~~Alfred Dela Pena (NZL)~~^[a]
South Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Santoo Shrestha (NEP)
African Qualification Tournament	3	Olajide Omotayo (NGR) Fabio Rakotoarimanana (MAD) Mehdi Bouloussa (ALG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	4	Santiago Lorenzo (ARG) Marcos Madrid (MEX) Kanak Jha (USA) Andy Pereira (CUB)
European Qualification Tournament	5	Miłosz Redzimski (POL) Panagiotis Gionis (GRE) Vladislav Ursu (MDA) Yaroslav Zhmudenko (UKR) Wang Yang (SVK)
Central Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Nima Alamian (IRI)
West Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Zaid Abo Yaman (JOR)
East Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Wong Chun Ting (HKG)^[b]
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Quadri Aruna (NGR)
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Nicolás Burgos (CHI)
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ)
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Álvaro Robles (ESP)
Oceanian Top Ranking	1	~~Roger Wang (NZL)~~ Vicky Wu (FIJ)
ITTF World Rankings	12	Liam Pitchford (GBR) Ovidiu Ionescu (ROU) Noshad Alamian (IRI) Daniel Habesohn (AUT) Eduard Ionescu (ROU) Brian Afanador (PUR) Martin Allegro (BEL) Alberto Miño (ECU) Ibrahima Diaw (SEN) Daniel González (PUR) Luka Mladenovic (LUX) Cedric Nuytinck (BEL)
Universality Places	1	Saheed Idowu (CGO)
Total	67

^ The quota was originally obtained by Alfred Dela Pena from New Zealand. The quota was declined due to not confirmed by deadline. This slot will be allocated to the highest ITTF Oceania player on June 18, 2024. ^[8]
^ The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Wong Chun Ting, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. ^[9]

Women's singles

Event	Places	Qualified players
Qualified teams (2 individuals per team)	32	Australia Brazil China Chinese Taipei Egypt France Germany Hong Kong India Japan Poland Romania South Korea Sweden Thailand United States
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Zeng Jian (SGP)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Priscila Tommy (VAN)
South Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Fathimath Dheema Ali (MDV)
African Qualification Tournament	3	Offiong Edem (NGR) Sarah Hanffou (CMR) Fatimo Bello (NGR)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	4	Zhang Mo (CAN) María Paulina Vega (CHI) Zhiying Zeng (CHI) Arantxa Cossío Aceves (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament	5	Anna Hursey (GBR) Britt Eerland (NED) Shao Jieni (POR) Fu Yu (POR) Margaryta Pesotska (UKR)
Central Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Neda Shahsavari (IRI)
West Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Mariana Sahakian (LBN)
East Asian Qualification Tournament	1	Pyon Song-gyong (PRK)^[a]
African Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Lynda Loghraibi (ALG)
American Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Adriana Díaz (PUR)
Asian Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Zhou Jingyi (SGP)
European Top Ranking (June 11, 2024)	1	Yang Xiaoxin (MON)
ITTF World Rankings	12	Sofia Polcanova (AUT) Ni Xia Lian (LUX) Giorgia Piccolin (ITA) María Xiao (ESP) Georgina Póta (HUN) Ivana Malobabić (CRO) Hana Matelová (CZE) Izabela Lupulesku (SRB) Debora Vivarelli (ITA) Sarah De Nutte (LUX) Sibel Altınkaya (TUR) Solomiya Brateyko (UKR)
Universality Places	1	Chelsea Edghill (GUY)
Total	67

^ The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Pyon Song-Gyong, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. ^[10]

References

^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Meng, Licheng (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for table tennis at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled". ITTF. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b Griffiths, Barry (16 May 2023). "Target Townsville: 2023 Olympic Qualification and Oceania Championships". Oceania Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ "Busan to Host the 2024 World Championships". ITTF. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Mohamed, Ahmed (29 March 2023). "Table tennis line-up for 2023 European Games confirmed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "PARIS 2024 - LIST OF QUALIFIED MIXED DOUBLES" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
^ "Quota declined" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
^ "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

[7] Han Ying, originally set to compete in the women's singles and team event, was replaced by Annett Kaufmann after suffering an injury in a competition prior to the Olympics.

[9] Lin Gaoyuan & Wang Yidi earned a slot for China after winning the 2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles. Since China adopt their own Olympics ranking system, players selections are not yet confirmed. The quota was declined and it was relocated to world ranking. ^[7]

[11] The quota was originally obtained by Alfred Dela Pena from New Zealand. The quota was declined due to not confirmed by deadline. This slot will be allocated to the highest ITTF Oceania player on June 18, 2024. ^[8]

[13] The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Wong Chun Ting, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. ^[9]

[15] The East Asian Qualification Tournament was not played due to limited participants. Therefore, Pyon Song-Gyong, who ranked first in the region, obtained the East Asian quota. ^[10]

[table_tennis_qual-1] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[table-tennis-qual-2] Meng, Licheng (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for table tennis at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[table-tennis-qual-2-3] "Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled". ITTF. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[ittf-OC-4] Griffiths, Barry (16 May 2023). "Target Townsville: 2023 Olympic Qualification and Oceania Championships". Oceania Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[5] "Busan to Host the 2024 World Championships". ITTF. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[6] Mohamed, Ahmed (29 March 2023). "Table tennis line-up for 2023 European Games confirmed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[8] "PARIS 2024 - LIST OF QUALIFIED MIXED DOUBLES" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

[10] "Quota declined" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[12] "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

[14] "Quota reallocation" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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