# Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The event took place from 1 August to 6 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

## Format

Teams were made up of three players. Each team match was made up of five individual matches and ended when either side has won three matches. The order of a team match was changed as follows: a doubles match, two singles matches, and if neither side had won three matches by this point, a maximum of two extra singles matches were played. The new order avoids any players playing two matches in succession, and forces players who play two singles to compete in the second individual match.
Order of a team match :
| | | ABC team | vs | XYZ team |
| 1 | Doubles | B + C | vs | Y + Z |
| 2 | Singles | A | vs | X |
| 3 | Singles | C | vs | Z |
| 4 | Singles | A | vs | Y |
| 5 | Singles | B | vs | X |

## Schedule

| Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 |
| P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | | F |

## Seeds

The men’s team Olympic qualification rankings published in July 2021 was used for seeding purposes. The results of the draw are announced on 21 July at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Each team is eligible to nominate one reserve player to the Tokyo Games to replace a team member who is injured or has an illness.
| Rank | Team | Athletes (world ranking in July 2021) | Athletes (world ranking in July 2021) | Athletes (world ranking in July 2021) | Reserve |
| 1 | China (CHN) | Fan Zhendong (1) | Xu Xin (2) | Ma Long (3) | Wang Chuqin (14) |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (10) | Timo Boll (11) | Patrick Franziska (17) | Benedikt Duda (44) |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | Tomokazu Harimoto (4) | Koki Niwa (16) | Jun Mizutani (18) | Yukiya Uda (37) |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | Jang Woo-jin (12) | Jeoung Young-sik (13) | Lee Sang-su (22) | An Jae-hyun (36) |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | Mattias Falck (8) | Kristian Karlsson (33) | Anton Källberg (43) | Jon Persson (42) |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | Hugo Calderano (6) | Gustavo Tsuboi (38) | Vitor Ishiy (58) | Eric Jouti (87) |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | Lin Yun-ju (7) | Chuang Chih-yuan (28) | Chen Chien-an (67) | Liao Cheng-ting (121) |
| 8 | France (FRA) | Simon Gauzy (20) | Emmanuel Lebesson (40) | Alexandre Cassin (134) |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | Marcos Freitas (24) | Tiago Apolónia (57) | João Monteiro (70) | João Geraldo (92) |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | Tomislav Pucar (34) | Andrej Gaćina (49) | Frane Tomislav Kojić (89) | Filip Zeljko (233) |
| 11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | Wong Chun Ting (19) | Lam Siu Hang (94) | Ho Kwan Kit (102) | Ng Pak Nam (190) |
| 12 | Slovenia (SLO) | Darko Jorgić (26) | Bojan Tokič (63) | Deni Kožul (114) | Peter Hribar (300) |
| 13 | Egypt (EGY) | Omar Assar (41) | Ahmed Saleh (46) | Khalid Assar (126) | Mohamed El-Beiali (173) |
| 14 | United States (USA) | Kanak Jha (30) | Nikhil Kumar (178) | Xin Zhou (974) | Feng Yijun (580) |
| 15 | Serbia (SRB) | Žolt Peto (153) | Marko Jevtović (218) | Dimitrije Levajac (383) |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | Hu Heming (131) | Chris Yan (221) | David Powell (250) |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 3 | | | | 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| 15 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | China (CHN) | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Germany (GER) | 0 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Germany (GER) | 0 |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | | | | | | |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | | | |
| 14 | United States (USA) | 1 | 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | | | | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | | | | 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | | | | | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | | | | | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | | | | | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | | | | | | |

## Results
### First round

| 1 August 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Egypt | Duration: 1h 12min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Ma Long / Xu Xin | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Ahmed Saleh / Khalid Assar | 11–4, 11–7, 11–3 |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–0 | Omar Assar | 11–4, 11–8, 11–5 |
| Xu Xin | Xu Xin | 3–0 | Khalid Assar | 11–9, 11–7, 11–2 |
| 1 August 14:30 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | France | Duration: 1h 36min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Lam Siu-hang / Ho Kwan-kit | Lam Siu-hang / Ho Kwan-kit | 0–3 | Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson | 10–12, 8–11, 6–11 |
| Wong Chun-ting | Wong Chun-ting | 1–3 | Simon Gauzy | 5–11, 11–7, 12–14, 9–11 |
| Ho Kwan-kit | Ho Kwan-kit | 0–3 | Emmanuel Lebesson | 10–12, 5–11, 4–11 |
| 1 August 14:30 | Brazil | 3–2 | Serbia | Duration: 3h 57min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi | Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi | 1–3 | Zsolt Peto / Marko Jevtović | 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 8–11 |
| Hugo Calderano | Hugo Calderano | 3–2 | Dimitrije Levajac | 11–8, 11–13, 11–5, 10–12, 11–5 |
| Gustavo Tsuboi | Gustavo Tsuboi | 2–3 | Marko Jevtović | 11–8, 11–8, 8–11, 6–11, 13–15 |
| Hugo Calderano | Hugo Calderano | 3–2 | Zsolt Peto | 11–9, 11–4, 9–11, 9–11, 11–8 |
| Vitor Ishiy | Vitor Ishiy | 3–0 | Dimitrije Levajac | 11–6, 11–6, 14–12 |
| 1 August 10:00 | Slovenia | 1–3 | South Korea | Duration: 2h 38min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Deni Kožul / Bojan Tokić | Deni Kožul / Bojan Tokić | 0–3 | Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik | 8–11, 8–11, 6–11 |
| Darko Jorgić | Darko Jorgić | 2–3 | Jang Woo-jin | 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 11–9, 5–11 |
| Bojan Tokić | Bojan Tokić | 3–1 | Jeoung Young-sik | 9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 12–10 |
| Deni Kožul | Deni Kožul | 1–3 | Jang Woo-jin | 6–11, 12–10, 9–11, 8–11 |
| 2 August 10:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | Duration: 1h 5min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani | Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani | 3–0 | Hu Heming / Chris Yan | 11–7, 11–3, 11–8 |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–0 | David Powell | 11–4, 11–9, 11–7 |
| Jun Mizutani | Jun Mizutani | 3–0 | Chris Yan | 11–4, 11–1, 11–9 |
| 2 August 10:30 | United States | 1–3 | Sweden | Duration: 2h 5min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Nikhil Kumar / Xin Zhou | Nikhil Kumar / Xin Zhou | 0–3 | Kristian Karlsson / Anton Källberg | 6–11, 5–11, 5–11 |
| Kanak Jha | Kanak Jha | 3–1 | Mattias Falck | 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 14–12 |
| Xin Zhou | Xin Zhou | 0–3 | Anton Källberg | 7–11, 8–11, 8–11 |
| Kanak Jha | Kanak Jha | 0–3 | Kristian Karlsson | 10–12, 5–11, 6–11 |
| 1 August 10:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Croatia | Duration: 1h 50min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan | Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan | 3–2 | Frane Tomislav Kojić / Andrej Gaćina | 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 14–16, 11–5 |
| Lin Yun-ju | Lin Yun-ju | 3–0 | Tomislav Pucar | 11–7, 11–6, 11–8 |
| Chuang Chih-yuan | Chuang Chih-yuan | 3–0 | Andrej Gaćina | 12–10, 11–3, 16–14 |
| 1 August 19:30 | Portugal | 0–3 | Germany | Duration: 1h 34min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| João Monteiro / Tiago Apolónia | João Monteiro / Tiago Apolónia | 0–3 | Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll | 15–17, 4–11, 9–11 |
| Marcos Freitas | Marcos Freitas | 0–3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 9–11, 7–11, 6–11 |
| Tiago Apolónia | Tiago Apolónia | 0–3 | Timo Boll | 3–11, 9–11, 8–11 |

### Quarterfinals

| 2 August 19:30 | China | 3–0 | France | Duration: 1h 54min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Ma Long / Xu Xin | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson | 11–6, 11–5, 11–7 |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–2 | Simon Gauzy | 10–12, 12–10, 8–11, 11–5, 11–7 |
| Xu Xin | Xu Xin | 3–0 | Emmanuel Lebesson | 11–8, 11–5, 11–6 |
| 2 August 14:30 | Brazil | 0–3 | South Korea | Duration: 2h 3min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi | Vitor Ishiy / Gustavo Tsuboi | 0–3 | Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik | 6–11, 2–11, 10–12 |
| Hugo Calderano | Hugo Calderano | 0–3 | Jang Woo-jin | 6–11, 8–11, 10–12 |
| Gustavo Tsuboi | Gustavo Tsuboi | 2–3 | Jeoung Young-sik | 6–11, 11–8, 4–11, 11–8, 7–11 |
| 3 August 10:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Sweden | Duration: 2h 34min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Koki Niwa / Tomokazu Harimoto | Koki Niwa / Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–1 | Kristian Karlsson / Anton Källberg | 11–8, 13–11, 8–11, 11–9 |
| Jun Mizutani | Jun Mizutani | 1–3 | Mattias Falck | 3–11, 9–11, 12–10, 8–11 |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–1 | Anton Källberg | 10–12, 11–9, 11–9, 12–10 |
| Koki Niwa | Koki Niwa | 3–0 | Mattias Falck | 12–10, 11–5, 11–6 |
| 3 August 14:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–3 | Germany | Duration: 3h |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Chuang Chih-yuan / Chen Chien-an | Chuang Chih-yuan / Chen Chien-an | 1–3 | Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll | 0–11, 11–6, 6–11, 10–12 |
| Lin Yun-ju | Lin Yun-ju | 3–2 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 10–12, 14–12, 11–7, 12–14, 11–7 |
| Chen Chien-an | Chen Chien-an | 0–3 | Timo Boll | 4–11, 4–11, 6–11 |
| Lin Yun-ju | Lin Yun-ju | 3–0 | Patrick Franziska | 11–9, 13–11, 11–6 |
| Chuang Chih-yuan | Chuang Chih-yuan | 0–3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 8–11, 9–11, 7–11 |

### Semifinals

| 4 August 14:30 | China | 3–0 | South Korea | Duration: 2h 12min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Xu Xin / Ma Long | Xu Xin / Ma Long | 3–0 | Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su | 11–5, 11–5, 11–8 |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–0 | Jang Woo-jin | 11–7, 11–9, 16–14 |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–2 | Lee Sang-su | 11–9, 11–8, 9–11, 13–15, 11–6 |
| 4 August 19:30 | Japan | 2–3 | Germany | Duration: 3h 28min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani | Koki Niwa / Jun Mizutani | 2–3 | Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll | 2–11, 3–11, 11–9, 11–8, 7–11 |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–1 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 7–11, 13–11, 11–5, 11–9 |
| Jun Mizutani | Jun Mizutani | 1–3 | Timo Boll | 11–7, 11–13, 7–11, 7–11 |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–2 | Patrick Franziska | 5–11, 9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 11–9 |
| Koki Niwa | Koki Niwa | 0–3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 9–11, 7–11, 8–11 |

### Bronze medal match

| 6 August 11:00 | South Korea | 1–3 | Japan | Duration: 2h 35min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik | Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik | 1–3 | Jun Mizutani / Koki Niwa | 9–11, 11–8, 13–15, 5–11 |
| Jang Woo-jin | Jang Woo-jin | 1–3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 7–11, 11–8, 10–12, 7–11 |
| Jeoung Young-sik | Jeoung Young-sik | 3–0 | Koki Niwa | 11–3, 11–8, 11–7 |
| Jang Woo-jin | Jang Woo-jin | 0–3 | Jun Mizutani | 12–14, 9–11, 8–11 |

### Gold medal match

| 6 August 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Germany | Duration: 2h 3min |
| | Individual matches | Individual matches | Individual matches | |
| Xu Xin / Ma Long | Xu Xin / Ma Long | 3–0 | Patrick Franziska / Timo Boll | 11–7, 11–3, 11–9 |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–2 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 3–11, 11–6, 9–11, 11–5, 11–3 |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–1 | Timo Boll | 11–5, 11–9, 11–13, 11–7 |