22. PARA TABLE TENNISMEDAL EVENTS
Men’s

Women’s

Mixed/OpenTotal

1514231Singles - Class 1
Singles - Class 2Singles - Class 3
Singles - Class 4Singles - Class 5Singles - Class 6
Singles - Class 7
Singles - Class 8Singles - Class 9Singles - Class 10
Singles - Class 11

Singles - Classes 1-2**
Singles - Class 3
Singles - Class 4Singles - Class 5Singles - Class 6
Singles - Class 7
Singles - Class 8Singles - Class 9Singles - Class 10
Singles - Class 11

Doubles - MD4
Doubles - MD8
Doubles - MD14
Doubles - MD18

Doubles - WD5Doubles - WD10Doubles - WD14
Doubles - WD20

Doubles - XD7Doubles - XD17**Women in classes 1 and 2 will compete in a combined event but quotas for each class will beassigned separately.

ATHLETE QUOTAMaleFemale

Gender-freeTotal

1661140280

ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION SLOTSThe qualification slot is allocated to the individual athlete, not to the NPC.
MAXIMUM QUOTA ALLOCATION PER NPC
An NPC may be allocated a maximum of three (3) qualification slots per gender
per class and a maximum of thirty-three (33) male slots and thirty (30) female slots.

INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE2SUMMARY OF THE SLOTSThe overall distribution of the slots per gender and classes will be the following:
ClassMaleFemale

1103218932015416135121061611716118201191411101410111010Total

166

114

ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for selection by an NPC, athletes must:meet the requirements of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
Tournament Credit System in effect for the qualification period (1 January2023 to 31 March 2024). This requirement does not apply to:- Athletes qualified via the World Qualification Tournament, and- Athletes selected by the Bipartite Commission.
be ranked on the ITTF Para Table Tennis Ranking List of 1 April 2024
be internationally classified with a ‘Confirmed’ sport class status or a‘Fixed Review Date’ sport class status with a review date after 31
December 2024.

TOURNAMENT CREDIT SYSTEM
Players are required to participate in a minimum number of events in thequalification period depending on the continent their NPC belongs to:•••Players from Africa, Americas, and Oceania: 2 events
Players from Asia: 3 events
Players from Europe: 4 events

Participation in the tournament will be counted independently by event:

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3- To obtain a slot through one of the single slot allocation methods, only
participation in the single events will count.
- To obtain a slot through the doubles slot allocation method, only
participation in the doubles events will count.
MAXIMUM ENTRY PER NPC
An NPC can enter a maximum of two (2) eligible athletes per singles event.
An NPC can enter a maximum of two (2) eligible pairs per doubles event and two(2) eligible pairs per mixed doubles event, formed by two (2) eligible athletes whomay also be entered in the singles events up to the limit of two (2) athletes persingles event.
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM
The order of priority to assign the qualification slots will be the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

VIRTUS Global Games (class 11 only)
Regional Championships
Individual World Ranking
Doubles World Ranking
World Qualification Tournament
Bipartite Invitations

Qualification slots will be allocated as follows:
METHODQUALIFICATIONTOTALVIRTUS GlobalGames 2023
Allocation

The top ranked male athlete in the singles class 11 1 maleevent from the Virtus Global Games 2023 obtains athleteone (1) slot.
1 female
The top ranked female athlete in the singles class athlete
11 event from the Virtus Global Games 2023 obtainsone (1) slot.
If the VIRTUS Global Games 2023 are notconducted, or an event is not held, the qualification
slot(s) will be allocated via the ITTF PTT Ranking
List Allocation method.

2023 ITTF PTT
The top ranked male athlete in each singles event 55 male
Regionalfrom the following 2023 ITTF PTT Regional athletesChampionships Championships obtains one (1) slot:
Allocation• Africa• Americas

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4• Asia• Europe• Oceania
The top ranked female athlete in each singles event(excluding WS1) from the following 2023 ITTF PTT 50female
Regional Championships obtains one (1) slot:
athletes• Africa• Americas• Asia• Europe• Oceania
Singles events at the 2023 ITTF PTT Regional
Championships may include different sport classcombinations from those at the Paralympic Games.
In such cases, the top ranked player in therespective singles event will be allocated the 2023
ITTF PTT Regional Championships qualification slotfor his/her respective sport class. For those athletescompeting in the same singles event under adifferent sport class, the qualification slot will beallocated to the highest ranked athlete from that
region on the ITTF PTT Male and Female Ranking
List of 1 April 2024.
If a 2023 ITTF PTT Regional Championships is notconducted, or an event is not held, the qualification
slot(s) will be allocated to the highest ranked
eligible athlete from that region in the respectiveclass on the ITTF PTT Male and Female Ranking Listof 1 April 2024.
If the top ranked class 11 athlete is already qualified
via the VIRTUS Global Games 2023, the Regionalslot will not be assigned to the next ranked athlete,
it will instead be allocated via the ITTF PTT Ranking
List Allocation method.
Any slot that cannot be allocated via this method
will be allocated (regardless of region) via the ITTF
PTT Ranking List Allocation method.
ITTF PTTSingles

The top ranked male athletes, not otherwise 71 malequalified, up to the established quota for the athletes
individual singles event, on the ITTF PTT Male

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5Ranking ListAllocation

Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024, obtain slots according
to the matrix below:
Individual EventQuota
Class 13Class 27Class 311Class 48Class 54Class 67Class 77Class 810Class 96Class 106Class 112
The top ranked female athletes, not otherwise
qualified, up to the established quota for theindividual singles event, on the ITTF PTT Female
Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024, obtain slots
according to the matrix below:
Individual EventClass 1Class 2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10Class 11

ITTF PTTDoubles
Ranking ListAllocation(Men’s andWomen’sdoubles)

24femaleathletes

Quota
3153211132217 male
The top ranked male athletes, not otherwise
athletes
qualified, up to the established quota on the ITTF
PTT Male Doubles Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024,
obtain slots according to the matrix below:

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6Doubles EventClass 2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10Quota
421122311The top ranked female athletes, not otherwise
qualified, up to the established quota, on the ITTF
PTT Female Doubles Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024,
obtain slots according to the matrix below:
Doubles EventClass 2Class 3
Class 4
Class 5Class 6Class 7
Class 8Class 9Class 10

19femaleathletes

Quota
133
13
3
3
11

Any slot that cannot be allocated via this method
will be allocated via the Bipartite Commission
Invitation Allocation method.
WorldQualification
TournamentAllocation(only for singleevents)

The top ranked athlete, not otherwise qualified, in 11 maleeach medal event (Women class 1 and 2 will be athletescombined) at the World Qualification Tournament
10will obtain one (1) qualification slot.
femaleathletes
If a particular medal event is not offered at theWorld Qualification Tournament, the respective
slot will be allocated via the Bipartite Commission
Invitation Allocation method. If two or moreclasses are combined at the World Qualification
Tournament, the top ranked athlete in such a
combined event obtains the qualification slot intheir class while the vacant slot(s) will be allocated

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method.
If the World Qualification Tournament cannot beconducted, all slots will be allocated via theBipartite Commission Invitation Allocation method.
BipartiteCommission
Invitation
Allocation

Eleven (11) eligible male athletes will be considered 11 maleby the IPC and ITTF for Bipartite Commission
athletes
Invitation qualification slots, up to the establishedquota for the individual singles event andaccording to the matrix below:
Individual Event

Quota

Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10Class 1111111111111Ten (10) eligible female athletes will be consideredby the IPC and ITTF for Bipartite Commission 10Invitation qualification slots, up to the established female
quota for the individual singles event and athletes
according to the matrix below:
Individual EventQuota

Class 1-2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10Class 111111111111

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8Two (2) male and two (2) female Bipartite slots arereserved for the host country. If the host country
obtains any slot(s) via the allocation methodsabove, the Bipartite slot reservation willautomatically be reduced accordingly.
To be considered for a Bipartite slot, NPCs
(including host country) must submit an official
application in writing to ITTF by 13 May 2024.
Total

166
male
athletes
114
femaleathletes

TIMELINE
1 January 2023

Start of the period for athletes to attain performances
to be recorded on the ITTF PTT Male and Female World
Ranking Lists

5-9 June 2023

2023 VIRTUS Global Games, Vichy, France.

4-9 September 2023

ITTF European Para Championships, Sheffield, GreatBritain.

20-23 September 2023

ITTF African Para Championships, Giza, Egypt.

23-27 October 2023

2022 Asian Para Games, Hangzhou, China.

16-20 November 2023

2023 Parapan American Games, Santiago de Chile,Chile.

17-20 November 2023

ITTF Oceania Para Championships, Honiara, Solomon
Islands.

1 January 2024

Start of period for NPCs to send by email theirapplications for the doubles events slots.

31 March 2024

End of the period for athletes to attain performances tobe recorded on the ITTF PTT Male and Female Ranking
Lists for qualification purposes

2 April 2024

Start of Bipartite Commission Invitation application
process

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ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the allocation ofqualification slots from VIRTUS Global Games, Regional
Championships and World Rankings

15 April 2024

NPCs confirm inqualification slots

19 April 2024

ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the reallocation ofunused qualification slots from VIRTUS Global Games,Regional Championships and World Rankings

20 April 2024

End of period for NPCs to send by email theirapplications for the doubles slots

22 April 2024

ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the allocation ofdoubles slots

3 May 2024

Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee toreceive accreditation application forms submitted byNPCs (“Accreditation Long List”)

13 May 2024

Deadline to submit Bipartite Commission Invitation
applications to ITTF

23-25 May 2024

ITTF Paralympic World Qualification Tournament,Pattaya, Thailand

27 May 2024

ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the allocation ofqualification slots from the World Qualification
Tournament

3 June 2024

NPCs confirm in writing the use of qualification slots
from the World Qualification Tournament.

5 June 2024

ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the reallocation ofunused qualification slots from the World Qualification
Tournament

24 June 2024

ITTF confirms in writing the awarding of Bipartite
Commission Invitation slots as well as the doubles andmixed doubles compositions

1 July 2024

NPCs confirm in writing the use of reallocatedqualification slots and Bipartite slots as well as thedoubles compositions

15 July 2024

ITTF confirms in writing to the NPCs the final
competition formats for doubles and mixed doubles
eventswritingtheuseINTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEEofallocated105 August 2024

Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee toreceive sport entry forms submitted by NPCs

CONFIRMATION PROCESS OF ALLOCATED SLOTS
By 15 April 2024 and 3 June 2024 respectively each NPC must confirm to ITTF inwriting (email is accepted) the number of qualification slots for selected players
which they will use. NPCs that have not replied by these dates will have lost their
qualification slots, and the ITTF may reallocate these slots.
By 5 June 2024 ITTF will confirm in writing the reallocation of all unused
qualification slots.
By 1 July 2024 it is officially declared that the respective NPCs will use theallocated slots for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Any NPC that does not use
its allocated slots may be subject to sanctions by IPC and ITTF.
REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUALIFICATION SLOTS
Any qualification slots that are not used by the respective NPC will be reallocatedas follows:

Slots allocated at the 2023 VIRTUS Global Games, 2023 ITTF PTT Regional
Championships or the World Qualification Tournament
Any qualification slots obtained through the individual qualification method andnot used by the respective NPC will be reallocated to the next highest ranked
athlete(s) from that respective competition (not otherwise qualified). If no eligible
athlete is available, the slot(s) will be reallocated to the next highest rankedathlete(s) on the ITTF PTT Ranking List of 1 April 2024.

Slots allocated through the ITTF PTT Singles Ranking List Allocation Method
Any qualification slots that are not used by an NPC will be reallocated by the ITTF
to the next highest ranked athlete on the ITTF PTT Male and Female Singles
Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024.

Slots allocated through the ITTF PTT Doubles Ranking List Allocation Method
Any qualification slots that are not used by an NPC will be reallocated by the ITTF
to the next highest ranked athlete on the ITTF PTT Male and Female Doubles
Ranking Lists of 1 April 2024. If no eligible athlete is available, the slot(s) will bereallocated via the Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation method.

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TIE SOLVING METHOD FOR RANKING SLOTS
Qualification by Ranking will be taken from the ITTF Para Table Tennis Ranking
Lists of 1 April 2024. If two or more players or pairs have the same ranking position,
ties shall be broken as follows for qualification purposes:•••

The ranking positions of the players or pairs in previous months until the tie
is broken;
If there is still a tie, the player or pair with more victories in the qualification
period;If there is still a tie, the qualification slot will be decided by lot.

APPLICATION FOR DOUBLES SLOTS
An athlete can obtain a qualification slot through the men’s doubles ranking or
women’s doubles ranking (mixed doubles ranking is not considered). Any player
qualified through a doubles ranking will be allowed to play singles and vice versa.
Allocation of a qualification slot through the ITTF PTT Doubles Ranking List
Allocation method as well as subsequent entry into a doubles event require anapplication from the players’ NPC. The application period will go from 1 January2024 until 31 May 2024.
The application must include the names of both players who will form a pair andthe doubles event that they will enter. Entry permission by ITTF will be decided
based on the sum of rating points of both members of the pair. No player will
receive a qualification slot through the ITTF PTT Doubles Ranking List Allocation
method if he or she does not have a partner designated by their NPC.
For each athlete, there is one preferred doubles event that the athlete may enter
based on the athlete’s sport class. The table of priorities is the following:
Maledoubles

Event with priority

Femaledoubles

Event with priority

Class 2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10MD4MD4MD8MD8MD14
MD14MD14MD18MD18Class 2Class 3Class 4Class 5Class 6Class 7Class 8Class 9Class 10WD5WD5WD5WD10WD14WD14WD14WD20WD20INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

12Doubles entries shall be awarded to players who intend to enter in the prioritised
event. If there are not enough applications for a particular prioritised event, thedoubles entries shall be awarded to players who have applied to enter otherevents.

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONInternational Table Tennis Federation
Avenue de Rhodanie, 54B, 21007 Lausanne
Switzerland
Email: paris2024pg@ittf.com

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