This article details the qualifying phase for table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players coming from their respective NOCs; each 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. Host nation Brazil has automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles.

The top 22 male and top 22 female players on the International Table Tennis Federation's Olympic ranking list as of May 2016 will be qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation can have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty-eighth position are given a qualifying place based on ranking.

Forty places will be awarded to the table tennis players with a maximum of two per NOC and gender through the following continental qualification tournaments between July 1, 2015 and April 24, 2016: six each from Africa and Latin America, eleven each from Asia and Europe, and three each from North America and Oceania. One invitational place per gender will be allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

For the team events, the highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contains two qualified players for the singles adds a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secures a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams are allotted to the nine highest-ranked NOCs in any continent and to the host nation Brazil (if not qualified by any means) that have two players qualified for the singles. If less than nine nations, the next best team with a single player secures a place for the Olympics.

Summary NOC Men WomenTotalSingles Team Singles Team 2 X 2 X 6 2 X 2 X 6 1 2 3 2 X 2 X 6 1 1 2 2 X 2 X 6 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 X 5 1 1 1 1 2 X 2 5 2 X 2 X 6 2 X 3 1 1 2 X 2 X 6 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 X 2 X 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 X 3 2 X 2 5 2 X 4 1 1 1 1 2 X 2 X 6 2 X 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 X 5 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 X 5 1 2 3 1 1 2 X 2 X 6 1 1 2 2 X 2 5 1 1 2 X 2 X 6 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 X 2 X 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total: 56 NOCs 70 16 70 16 172

Events †: Athlete qualified for team event only.

Men's singles Event Date Venue Places Qualified athletes 2015 European Games June 12–28, 2015 Baku 1 2015 Pan American Games July 10–26, 2015 Toronto 1 2015 All-Africa Games September 10–19, 2015 Brazzaville 4 African Qualification Tournament February 16–18, 2016 Khartoum 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament March 20–24, 2016 Bendigo 3 Latin American Qualification Tournament April 1–3, 2016 Santiago 5 North American Qualification Tournament April 8–10, 2016 Toronto 3 European Qualification Tournament April 12–16, 2016 Halmstad 11 † Asian Qualification Tournament April 13–17, 2016 Hong Kong 12 SASEAEAMAWA† ITTF World Ranking May 5–30, 2016 — 24 †† Tripartite Commission Invitation May 30, 2016 — 1 Re-allocation of unused quota May 15–30, 2016 — 7 Team allocation May 30, 2016 — 12 ††††††††††††Total 86

Legend

EA – Winner from the East Asia zone SEA – Winner from the Southeast Asia zone SA – Winner from the South Asia zone MA – Winner from the Middle Asia zone WA – Winner from the West Asia zone

Men's team Event Date Places Qualified teams Continental quota May 30, 2016 6 (Africa) (Asia) (Europe) (Latin America) (North America) (Oceania) Host NOC May 30, 2016 1 — Remaining quota May 30, 2016 10 Total 16

NOC Continent/Region Qualifiers ITTF ranking Asia 2 1 Europe 2 2 Asia 2 3 Asia 2 4 Europe 2 5 Asia 2 6 Europe 2 7 Europe 2 8 Europe 2 9 Europe 2 10 Asia 2 11 Europe 2 12 Asia 2 15 Asia 2 17 Latin America 2 20 Africa 2 27 Africa 2 32 Asia 2 33 Africa 2 35 Latin America 2 38 North America 2 48 Oceania 2 55

Women's singles Event Date Venue Places Qualified athletes 2015 European Games June 12–28, 2015 Baku 1 2015 Pan American Games July 10–26, 2015 Toronto 1 2015 All-Africa Games September 10–19, 2015 Brazzaville 4 African Qualification Tournament February 16–18, 2016 Khartoum 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament March 22–25, 2016 Bendigo 3 Latin American Qualification Tournament April 1–3, 2016 Santiago 6 North American Qualification Tournament April 8–10, 2016 Toronto 2 European Qualification Tournament April 12–16, 2016 Halmstad 11 † Asian Qualification Tournament April 13–17, 2016 Hong Kong 11 SASEAWAMAEA ITTF World Ranking May 5–30, 2016 — 23 † Tripartite Commission Invitation May 30, 2016 — 1 Re-allocation of unused quota May 15–30, 2016 — 7 Team allocation May 30, 2016 — 13 †††††††††††††Total 86

Legend

EA – Winner from the East Asia zone SEA – Winner from the Southeast Asia zone SA – Winner from the South Asia zone MA – Winner from the Middle Asia zone WA – Winner from the West Asia zone

Women's team Event Date Places Qualified teams Continental quota May 30, 2016 6 (Africa) (Asia) (Europe) (Latin America) (North America) (Oceania) Host NOC May 30, 2016 1 — Remaining quota May 30, 2016 10 Total 16

NOC Continent/Region Qualifiers ITTF ranking Asia 2 1 Asia 2 2 Europe 2 3 Asia 2 4 Asia 2 5 Asia 2 6 Asia 2 7 Asia 2 8 Europe 2 9 Europe 2 10 Europe 2 11 Europe 2 12 Europe 2 13 Europe 2 15 Asia 2 21 North America 2 26 Asia 2 29 Latin America 2 30 Africa 2 31 Oceania 2 32 Africa 2 39

References

External links International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)