The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from Friday 12 August to Wednesday 17 August 2016 at Riocentro.
The medals were presented by Yu Zaiqing, IOC Vice President and Melecio Rivera, Executive Vice President of the ITTF.
Format Teams were made up of three players. Each team match was made up of five individual matches and ended when either side had won three matches. + Order of a team match ABC team XYZ team1 SinglesA X2 Singles B YChoose doubles pair. 5 minutes break.3 DoublesC + either A or BvsZ + either X or Y5 minutes break4 SinglesA or B(non-playing doubles)Z5 SinglesC X or Y(non-playing doubles)
Qualification
Schedule All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3). DatesStart timeRound12 August 19:30 First round13 August 15:0014 August 10:00 Quarterfinals15 August 15:00 Semifinals17 August 11:00 Bronze medal match19:30 Gold medal match
Seeds Team ranking was based on the individual ITTF rating points of 30 July 2016 but was taken into consideration only the players qualified from each team.
RankTeamAthletes (world ranking on 30 July)1Ma Long (1)Xu Xin (3)Zhang Jike (4)2Dimitrij Ovtcharov (5)Timo Boll (13)Bastian Steger (24)3Jung Young-sik (12)Joo Sae-hyuk (14)Lee Sang-su (16)4Jun Mizutani (6)Maharu Yoshimura (21)Koki Niwa (22)5Wong Chun Ting (8)Tang Peng (15)Ho Kwan Kit (41)6Marcos Freitas (11)Tiago Apolónia (18)João Monteiro (35)7Simon Gauzy (17)Emmanuel Lebesson (30)Tristan Flore (66)8Kristian Karlsson (27)Pär Gerell (32)Mattias Karlsson (37)9Chuang Chih-yuan (7)Chen Chien-an (33)Chiang Hung-chieh (75)10Stefan Fegerl (20)Robert Gardos (48)Daniel Habesohn (89)11Liam Pitchford (48)Paul Drinkhall (58)Sam Walker (131)12Wang Zengyi (46)Jakub Dyjas (52)Daniel Górak (62)13Hugo Calderano (54)Gustavo Tsuboi (68)Cazuo Matsumoto (79)14Quadri Aruna (40)Segun Toriola (120)Bode Abiodun (180)15Feng Yijun (271)Kanak Jha (275)Timothy Wang (291)16David Powell (278)Chris Yan (350)Hu Heming (366)
Bracket
Results First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
References
External links Official site of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Results Book : Rio 2016. Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.