Olympic Games | 20 May 2021
Olympic table tennis teams confirmed for Tokyo
16 National Olympic Committees (NOC) have confirmed their men’s table tennis teams for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics whilst the women’s team will include 15 NOCs. A total of 93 players are set to contest both the men’s and women’s team event in the rescheduled summer games.
For the Men’s team event, Europe has the largest representation featuring Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, France, Portugal and Serbia.
Asia is a close second featuring China, Japan, Korea Republic, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China whilst Egypt, Brazil, USA and Australia will represent Africa, Latin America, North America and Oceania respectively.
In the Women’s team event, the NOCs in Asia will be represented by China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Korea Republic. The NOCs’ hopes’ in Europe for a medal in the women’s team event rest with Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Romania whilst Egypt, USA, Brazil and Australia will be the flagbearers for Africa, North America, Latin America and Oceania respectively.
Each NOC can nominate three athletes per qualified team, with two athletes permitted to compete in the singles event, at the discretion of the NOC. Details of the line-up for Mixed Doubles and Singles will be announced in June.
The rescheduled Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held from July 23 to August 8 with the Table Tennis competitions set to take place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium from 24 July to 6 August, 2021.
Men’s Team
Africa (1)
Egypt Omar ASSAR, Ahmed SALEH, Khalid ASSAR
Asia (5)
China MA Long, FAN Zhendong, XU Xin
Japan Tomokazu HARIMOTO, Koki NIWA, Jun MIZUTANI
Korea Republic YOUNGSIK Jeong, WOOJIN Jang, SANGSU Lee
Chinese Taipei LIN Yun-Ju, CHUANG Chih-Yuan, CHEN Chien-An
Hong Kong WONG Chun Ting, LAM Siu Hang, HO Kwan Kit
Europe (7)
Germany Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, Timo BOLL, Patrick FRANZISKA
Slovenia Jorgic DARKO, Tokic BOJAN, Kozul DENI
Croatia Andrej GACINA, Tomislav PUCAR, Frane KOJIC
Sweden Mattias FALCK, Anton KALLBERG, Kristian KARLSSON
France Simon GAUZY, Emmanuel LEBESSON, Alexandre CASSIN
Portugal Marcos FREITAS, Tiago APOLONIA, Joao MONTEIRO
Serbia Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC, Zsolt PETO, Marko JEVTOVIC
Latin America (1)
Brazil Hugo CALDERANO, Gustavo TSUBOI, Vitor ISHIY
North America (1)
USA KANAK Jha, Nikhil KUMAR, ZHOU Xin
Oceania (1)
Australia David POWELL, YAN Xin, HU Heming
Women’s Team
Asia (6)
China CHEN Meng, SUN Yingsha, LIU Shiwen
Japan Mima ITO, Kasumi ISHIKAWA, Miu HIRANO
Hong Kong DOO Hoi Kem, SOO Wai Yam Minnie, LEE Ho Ching
Singapore FENG Tianwei, YU Mengyu, LIN Ye
Chinese Taipei CHENG I-Ching, CHEN Szu-Yu, CHENG Hsien-Tzu
Korea Republic JEON Jihee, SHIN Yubin, CHOI Hyojoo
Europe (5)
Germany Petrissa SOLJA, HAN Ying, SHAN Xiaona
Austria Sofia POLCANOVA, LIU Jia, LIU Yuan
Poland LI Qian, Natalia PARTYKA, Natalia BAJOR
Hungary Dora MADARASZ, Georgina POTA, Szandra PERGEL
Romania Elizabeta SAMARA, Bernadette SZOCS, Daniela DODEANMONTEIRO
Africa (1)
Egypt Dina MESHREF, Yousra HELMY, Farah Abdel-AZIZ
North America (1)
USA Lily ZHANG, LIU Juan, WANGHuijing
Latin America (1)
Brazil Bruna TAKAHASHI, Jessica YAMADA, Caroline KUMAHARA
Oceania (1)
Australia Michelle BLOMLEY, Stephanie SANG, Melissa TAPPER
