# Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

## 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:
†: 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 | Dubai | 1 | Ibrahim Al-Hasan (KUW) |
| 2011 All-Africa Games | September 4–13, 2011 | 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 | Guadalajara | 1 | Liu Song (ARG) |
| Middle Asia Qualification Tournament | January 9–11, 2012 | Tehran | 1 | Noshad Alamian (IRI)† |
| Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament | February 4–5, 2012 | Bangkok | 1 | Zhan Jian (SIN)† |
| Latin America Qualification Tournament | March 4 – 6, 2012 | 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 | Sydney | 3 | William Henzell (AUS) Justin Han (AUS) Yoshua Shing (VAN) |
| European Qualification Tournament | April 11–15, 2012 | 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 | 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 | Cary, North Carolina | 3 | Andre Ho (CAN) Pierre-Luc Hinse (CAN) Timothy Wang (USA) |
| Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament | May 10–13, 2012 | Doha | 2 | Tiago Apolonia (POR)† Carlos Machado (ESP) |
| Re-distributed Quota | May 10–13, 2012 | 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 | Total | Total | 86 | 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 | September 4–13, 2011 | 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 | Guadalajara | 1 | Zhang Mo (CAN) |
| West Asian Women's Qualification Tournament | October 19–20, 2011 | Amman | 1 | Tvin Carole Moumjoghlian (LIB) |
| Middle Asia Qualification Tournament | January 9–11, 2012 | Tehran | 1 | Neda Shahsavari (IRI) |
| Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament | February 4–5, 2012 | Bangkok | 1 | Li Jiawei (SIN)† |
| Latin America Qualification Tournament | March 4–6, 2012 | 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 | Sydney | 3 | Lay Jian Fang (AUS) Miao Miao (AUS) Anolyn Lulu (VAN) |
| European Qualification Tournament | April 11–15, 2012 | 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 | 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 | Cary, North Carolina | 2 | Ariel Hsing (USA) Lily Zhang (USA) |
| Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament | May 10–13, 2012 | Doha | 2 | Dana Hadačová (CZE) Sara Ramírez (ESP) |
| Re-distributed Quota | May 10–13, 2012 | 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 | Total | Total | 87 | 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. 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 | TOTAL | 16 | 16 |
| NOC | Continent | Qualifiers | WTC ranking |
| 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 | TOTAL | 16 | 16 |
| NOC | Continent | Qualifiers | WTC ranking |
| 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 |