Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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An NOC may enter up to six athletes, two male and two female athletes in singles events and up to one men's and one women's team in team events.[1][2]

Qualification summary

NOC Men's
Singles
Men's
Team
Women's
Singles
Women's
Team
Total
Athletes
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 2 X 2 X 6
 Austria 2 X 2 X 6
 Belarus 1 2 3
 Belgium 1 1
 Brazil 2 X 2 X 6
 Cameroon 1 1
 Canada 2 X 1 4
 Chile 1 1
 China 2 X 2 X 6
 Colombia 1 1
 Republic of the Congo 2 1 3
 Croatia 2 2 4
 Cuba 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 2
 North Korea 2 X 2 X 6
 Denmark 2 1 3
 Djibouti 1 1
 Dominican Republic 1 1
 Egypt 2 X 2 X 6
 France 1 2 3
 Germany 2 X 2 X 6
 Great Britain 1 X 1 X 6
 Greece 2 2
 Hong Kong 2 X 2 X 6
 Hungary 2 2 4
 India 1 1 2
 Iran 1 1 2
 Italy 1 1 2
 Japan 2 X 2 X 6
 South Korea 2 X 2 X 6
 Kuwait 1 1
 Latvia 1 1
 Lebanon 1 1
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Mexico 1 1
 Netherlands 2 X 3
 Nigeria 2 2 4
 Paraguay 1 1
 Poland 1 2 X 4
 Portugal 2 X 1 4
 Qatar 1 1
 Romania 1 2 3
 Russia 2 X 2 5
 Serbia 2 2
 Singapore 2 X 2 X 6
 Slovenia 1 1
 Spain 2 2 X 5
 Sweden 2 X 3
 Chinese Taipei 1 2 3
 Thailand 1 1
 Togo 1 1
 Turkey 1 1 2
 Ukraine 2 2 4
 United States 1 2 X 4
 Vanuatu 1 1 2
 Venezuela 1 1
Total: 57 NOCs 69 48 70 48 173

Qualifiers

Singles

A total of 69 athletes qualified for each singles event as follows:[3][4]

: Athlete qualified for team event only.

Men

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualifiers
ITTF World Ranking May 15, 2011
28
 Wang Hao (CHN)
 Timo Boll (GER)
 Zhang Jike (CHN)
 Jun Mizutani (JPN)
 Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
 Joo Se-Hyuk (KOR)
 Oh Sang-Eun (KOR)
 Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE)
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
 Gao Ning (SIN)
 Tang Peng (HKG)
 Michael Maze (DEN)
 Alexey Smirnov (RUS)
 Adrien Mattenet (FRA)
 Werner Schlager (AUT)
 Jiang Tianyi (HKG)
 Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE)
 Seiya Kishikawa (JPN)
 Jörgen Persson (SWE)
 Chen Weixing (AUT)
 Adrian Crişan (ROU)
 Jean-Michel Saive (BEL)
 Panagiotis Gionis (GRE)
 Zoran Primorac (CRO)
 Pär Gerell (SWE)
 Yang Zi (SIN)
 Alexander Shibaev (RUS)
 Bojan Tokič (SLO)
West Asian Men's Qualification Tournament June 27–30, 2011 United Arab Emirates Dubai
1
 Ibrahim Al-Hasan (KUW)
2011 All-Africa Games[5] September 4–13, 2011 Mozambique Maputo
6
 Omar Assar (EGY)
 El-Sayed Lashin (EGY)
 Quadri Aruna (NGR)
 Segun Toriola (NGR)
 Suraju Saka (CGO)
 Saheed Idowu (CGO)
2011 Pan American Games October 15–20, 2011 Mexico Guadalajara
1
 Liu Song (ARG)
Middle Asia Qualification Tournament January 9–11, 2012 Iran Tehran
1
 Noshad Alamian (IRI)
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament February 4–5, 2012 Thailand Bangkok
1
 Zhan Jian (SIN)
Latin America Qualification Tournament March 4 – 6, 2012 Brazil Rio de Janeiro
5
 Lin Ju (DOM)
 Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA)
 Marcelo Aguirre (PAR)
 Hugo Hoyama (BRA)
 Andy Pereira (CUB)
Oceania Qualification Tournament March 5–8, 2012 Australia Sydney
3
 William Henzell (AUS)
 Justin Han (AUS)
 Yoshua Shing (VAN)
European Qualification Tournament April 11–15, 2012 Luxembourg Luxembourg City
11
 Marcos Freitas (POR)
 Robert Gardos (AUT)
 João Monteiro (POR)
 Bastian Steger (GER)
 Dániel Zwickl (HUN)
 Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB)
 Marko Jevtović (SRB)
 He Zhiwen (ESP)
 Kirill Skachkov (RUS)
 Jens Lundqvist (SWE)
 Ádám Pattantyús (HUN)
Asian Qualification Tournament April 19–22, 2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong
8
 Leung Chu Yan (HKG)
 Koki Niwa (JPN)
 Ma Long (CHN)
 Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)
 Kim Hyok-Bong (PRK)
 Kim Song-Nam (PRK)
 Jang Song-Man (PRK)
 Soumyajit Ghosh (IND)*
Northern American Qualification Tournament April 20–22, 2012 United States Cary, North Carolina
3
 Andre Ho (CAN)
 Pierre-Luc Hinse (CAN)
 Timothy Wang (USA)
Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament May 10–13, 2012 Qatar Doha
2
 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
 Carlos Machado (ESP)
Re-distributed Quota May 10–13, 2012 Qatar Doha
8
 Oleksandr Didukh (UKR)
 Wang Zeng Yi (POL)
 Andrej Gaćina (CRO)
 Bora Vang (TUR)
 Allan Bentsen (DEN)
 Mihai Bobocica (ITA)
 Yaroslav Zhmudenko (UKR)
 Matīss Burģis (LAT)
Host Country Representation May 13, 2012
1
 Paul Drinkhall (GBR)
Tripartite Commission Invitation Place May 30, 2012
1
 Mawussi Agbetoglo (TOG)
Team Allocation May 30, 2012
6
 Zhen Wang (CAN)
 Liam Pitchford (GBR)
 Andrew Baggaley (GBR)
 Ahmed Saleh (EGY)
 Robert Frank (AUS)
 Thiago Monteiro (BRA)
Total 86

* Highest ranked South Asian athlete.

Women

Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualifiers
ITTF World Ranking May 15, 2011
28
 Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
 Ding Ning (CHN)*
 Feng Tianwei (SIN)
 Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
 Ai Fukuhara (JPN)
 Kim Kyung-Ah (KOR)
 Wang Yuegu (SIN)
 Tie Ya Na (HKG)
 Wu Jiaduo (GER)
 Li Jiao (NED)
 Jiang Huajun (HKG)
 Shen Yanfei (ESP)
 Park Mi-Young (KOR)
 Li Jie (NED)
 Huang Yi-hua (TPE)
 Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR)
 Melek Hu (TUR)
 Li Qian (POL)
 Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
 Daniela Dodean (ROU)
 Kim Jong (PRK)
 Georgina Póta (HUN)
 Elizabeta Samara (ROU)
 Li Xue (FRA)
 Ni Xialian (LUX)
 Kristin Silbereisen (GER)
 Liu Jia (AUT)
 Iveta Vacenovská (CZE)
2011 All-Africa Games[5] September 4–13, 2011 Mozambique Maputo
6
 Offiong Edem (NGR)
 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR)
 Xing Han (CGO)
 Nadeen El-Dawlatly (EGY)
 Dina Meshref (EGY)
 Sarah Hanffou (CMR)
2011 Pan American Games October 15–20, 2011 Mexico Guadalajara
1
 Zhang Mo (CAN)
West Asian Women's Qualification Tournament October 19–20, 2011 Jordan Amman
1
 Tvin Carole Moumjoghlian (LIB)
Middle Asia Qualification Tournament January 9–11, 2012 Iran Tehran
1
 Neda Shahsavari (IRI)
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament February 4–5, 2012 Thailand Bangkok
1
 Li Jiawei (SIN)
Latin America Qualification Tournament March 4–6, 2012 Brazil Rio de Janeiro
6
 Lígia Silva (BRA)
 Paula Medina (COL)
 Yadira Silva (MEX)
 Caroline Kumahara (BRA)
 Fabiola Ramos (VEN)
 Berta Rodríguez (CHI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament March 5–8, 2012 Australia Sydney
3
 Lay Jian Fang (AUS)
 Miao Miao (AUS)
 Anolyn Lulu (VAN)
European Qualification Tournament April 11–15, 2012 Luxembourg Luxembourg City
11
 Irene Ivancan (GER)
 Natalia Partyka (POL)
 Mie Skov (DEN)
 Xian Yi Fang (FRA)
 Cornelia Molnar (CRO)
 Margaryta Pesotska (UKR)
 Tian Yuan (CRO)
 Aleksandra Privalova (BLR)
 Li Qiangbing (AUT)
 Amelie Solja (AUT)
 Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA)
Asian Qualification Tournament April 19–22, 2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong
8
 Guo Yue (CHN)
 Ri Myong-Sun (PRK)
 Sayaka Hirano (JPN)
 Seok Ha-Jung (KOR)
 Chen Szu-yu (TPE)
 Nanthana Komwong (THA)
 Ri Mi-Gyong (PRK)
 Ankita Das (IND)**
Northern American Qualification Tournament April 20–22, 2012 United States Cary, North Carolina
2
 Ariel Hsing (USA)
 Lily Zhang (USA)
Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament May 10–13, 2012 Qatar Doha
2
 Dana Hadačová (CZE)
 Sara Ramírez (ESP)
Re-distributed Quota May 10–13, 2012 Qatar Doha
6
 Galia Dvorak (ESP)
 Anna Tikhomirova (RUS)
 Yana Noskova (RUS)
 Lee Ho Ching (HKG)
 Lei Huang Mendes (POR)
 Tetyana Bilenko (UKR)
Host Country Representation May 13, 2012
1
 Joanna Parker (GBR)
Tripartite Commission Invitation Place May 30, 2012
1
 Yasmin Hassan Farah (DJI)
Team Allocation May 30, 2012
8
 Katarzyna Grzybowska (POL)
 Erica Wu (USA)
 Kelly Sibley (GBR)
 Na Liu (GBR)
 Elena Timina (NED)
 Raghd Magdy (EGY)
 Tan Zhenhua (AUS)
 Gui Lin (BRA)
Special Invitation by IOC July 12, 2012
1
 Aia Mohamed (QAT)
Total 87

* Guo Yan is replaced by Ding Ning.

** Highest ranked South Asian athlete.

Team

Sixteen teams, including one team from each of six continents and the host NOC, qualified the team events.[2] The qualification of an NOC was based on the number of the qualified players and the ranking of the 2012 World Team Championships. The 2012 World Team Championships were held from March 25 to April 1, 2012, in Dortmund, Germany. A total of fourteen quota places per gender were reserved for completing qualified teams representing NOCs with less than three qualified individual athletes. Eight men's quotas and four women's quotas remained unused, and were transferred to the singles competition of the same gender and added to the Final Qualification Tournament.

Men's team

Event Date Vacancies Qualifiers
Continental Quota May 14, 2012
6
 Egypt (Africa)
 China (Asia)
 Germany (Europe)
 Brazil (Latin America)
 Canada (Northern America)
 Australia (Oceania)
Host NOC May 14, 2012
1
 Great Britain
Remaining Quota May 14, 2012
9
 South Korea
 Japan
 Austria
 Sweden
 Singapore
 Hong Kong
 Portugal
 North Korea
 Russia
TOTAL 16
NOC Continent Qualifiers WTC ranking[6]
 China Asia 3 1
 Germany Europe 3 2
 Japan Asia 3 3
 South Korea Asia 3 3
 Austria Europe 3 5
 Sweden Europe 3 6
 Singapore Asia 3 8
 Hong Kong Asia 3 9
 Portugal Europe 3 11
 North Korea Asia 3 13
 Russia Europe 3 14
 Greece Europe 2 15
 Serbia Europe 2 16
 Hungary Europe 2 17
 Denmark Europe 2 20
 Spain Europe 2 21
 Croatia Europe 2 22
 Ukraine Europe 2 25
 Brazil Latin America 2 28
 Egypt Africa 2 30
 Nigeria Africa 2 32
 Australia Oceania 2 35
 Canada Northern America 2 43
 Republic of the Congo Africa 2 71

Women's team

Event Date Vacancies Qualifiers
Continental Quota May 14, 2012
6
 Egypt (Africa)
 China (Asia)
 Germany (Europe)
 Brazil (Latin America)
 United States (Northern America)
 Australia (Oceania)
Host NOC May 14, 2012
1
 Great Britain
Remaining Quota May 14, 2012
9
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 North Korea
 Austria
 Spain
 Netherlands
 Poland
TOTAL 16
NOC Continent Qualifiers WTC ranking[6]
 China Asia 3 1
 Singapore Asia 3 2
 South Korea Asia 3 3
 Hong Kong Asia 3 3
 Japan Asia 3 5
 Germany Europe 3 7
 North Korea Asia 3 9
 Austria Europe 3 10
 Spain Europe 3 17
 Netherlands Europe 2 6
 Poland Europe 2 8
 Hungary Europe 2 11
 Romania Europe 2 12
 Belarus Europe 2 13
 Chinese Taipei Asia 2 14
 Russia Europe 2 15
 Croatia Europe 2 16
 Czech Republic Europe 2 18
 Ukraine Europe 2 19
 France Europe 2 22
 United States Northern America 2 23
 Australia Oceania 2 25
 Brazil Latin America 2 36
 Egypt Africa 2 39
 Nigeria Africa 2 42

References

  1. ^ London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Table Tennis
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System - Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). ITTF. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Players Qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games - Men" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Players Qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games - Women" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Qualifers [sic] From Africa For Olympic Games London 2012" (PDF). ITTF. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Final Positions of the 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

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