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2020 Olympic Games
Table Tennis Schedule
Where and when do the 2020 Olympic Games table tennis schedule get underway? Find out here...
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UPDATE
30 March 2020
The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board have decided that the Tokyo Olympic Games will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
These Olympics will still be called Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021.
The Paralympic Games, originally due to start on 25 August 2020, will now take place between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
UPDATE
29 March 2020
The ITTF Executive Committee have decided that adjustments to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games qualification pathways will be worked on after the dates of the Games have been decided.
UPDATE
24 March 2020
In a joint statement made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, it was announced today that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021.
This decision was taken in light of the spread of COVID-19 worldwide and to best protect athletes, officials and fans alike.
The Table Tennis competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be played at the Tokyo Metropolitan gymnasium from Saturday 25 July to Friday 7 August 2020.
The competition consists of five medal events - men's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles, men's team event and women's team event.
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Singles events
The Singles events are being run using a single-elimination format.
The winners of the two semi-finals in each event compete for the gold medal, while the semi-final losers play for the bronze medal.
The draw for the Singles events will be held during July 2020 according to a seeding structure based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published on 1 July 2020.
The 16 highest-ranked players qualify directly to the third round of the event whilst the players ranked from 17 to 32 qualify directly to the second round; whilst all other players qualify either to the first or preliminary rounds.
Mixed Doubles event
This is a new event at this Olympic Games.
Team events
The Team events are run using a single-elimination format.
The winners of the two semi-finals in each event compete for the gold medal, while the semi-final losers play for the bronze medal.
Each team consists of three players, and each match consists of four singles matches and one doubles match.
Individual matches are the best of five games.
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So let's take a look at when the players are in action...
Competition Schedule
All matches are being played at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium from Saturday 25 July to Friday 7 August 2020.
Here is the schedule of play for the 2020 Olympic Games table tennis events.
All times are Japan Standard Time (GMT +9 hours)
| Date | Times | Events | Round |
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| Sat 25 July 2020 | 09:00 - 12:45 | Women's Singles | Preliminary |
| Men's Singles | Preliminary | ||
| Mixed Doubles | Round of 16 | ||
| 14:15 - 17:15 | Women's Singles | One | |
| Men's Singles | One | ||
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Men's Singles | One | |
| Women's Singles | One | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Sun 26 July 2020 | 10:00 - 12:00 | Mixed Doubles | Quarter Finals |
| 14:00 - 17:45 | Women's Singles | Two | |
| Men's Singles | Two | ||
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Mixed Doubles | Semi Finals | |
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Mon 27 July 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Singles | Two |
| Men's Singles | Two | ||
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Women's Singles | Three | |
| Men's Singles | Three | ||
| 20:00 - 22:10 | Mixed Doubles | Bronze Medal Match | |
| Mixed Doubles | Gold Medal Match | ||
| Mixed Doubles | Medal ceremony | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Tue 28 July 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Singles | Three |
| Men's Singles | Three | ||
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Women's Singles | Three | |
| Men's Singles | Three | ||
| Women's Singles | Round of 16 | ||
| Men's Singles | Round of 16 | ||
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | |
| Men's Singles | Round of 16 | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Wed 29 July 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Singles | Quarter Finals |
| Men's Singles | Quarter Finals | ||
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Women's Singles | Quarter Finals | |
| Men's Singles | Quarter Finals | ||
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Men's Singles | Quarter Finals | |
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Thu 30 July 2020 | 11:00 - 13:00 | Women's Singles | Semi Finals |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Men's Singles | Semi Finals | |
| 20:00 - 22:10 | Women's Singles | Bronze Medal match | |
| Women's Singles | Gold Medal match | ||
| Women's Singles | Medal ceremony | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Fri 31 July 2020 | 20:00 - 22:10 | Men's Singles | Bronze Medal match |
| Men's Singles | Gold Medal match | ||
| Men's Singles | Medal ceremony | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Sun 2 August 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Team | Round of 16 |
| Men's Team | Round of 16 | ||
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Women's Team | Round of 16 | |
| Men's Team | Round of 16 | ||
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Women's Team | Round of 16 | |
| Men's Team | Round of 16 | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Mon 3 August 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Team | Round of 16 |
| Men's Team | Round of 16 | ||
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals | |
| Men's Team | Quarter Finals | ||
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals | |
| Men's Team | Quarter Finals | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Tue 4 August 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals |
| Men's Team | Quarter Finals | ||
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals | |
| Men's Team | Quarter Finals | ||
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Women's Team | Semi Final | |
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Wed 5 August 2020 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's Team | Semi Final |
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Men's Team | Semi Final | |
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Men's Team | Semi Final | |
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Thu 6 August 2020 | 11:00 - 14:00 | Women's Team | Bronze Medal match |
| 19:30 - 22:40 | Women's Team | Gold Medal match | |
| Women's Team | Medal ceremony | ||
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| Date | Times | Events | Round |
| Fri 7 August 2020 | 11:00 - 14:00 | Men's Team | Bronze Medal match |
| 19:30 - 22:40 | Men's Team | Gold Medal match | |
| Men's Team | Medal ceremony | ||
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