Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan will take place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. There will be expected to be 280 qualified slots to compete in male and female events.
Qualification
The qualification period will start on 1 January 2019 and end on 31 March 2020. The qualification slots are allocated to the individual athletes not to the NPCs. Athletes who compete in their regional championships will be likely to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics if they win in their class category respectively.Competitions | Dates | Venue | Berths |
2019 ITTF PTT Oceania Championships | 1 - 4 May 2019 | Darwin | 101 qualified slots 55 male 50 female |
2019 ITTF PTT African Championships | 30 June - 3 July 2019 | Alexandria | 101 qualified slots 55 male 50 female |
2019 ITTF PTT Asian Championships | 23 - 27 July 2019 | Taichung | 101 qualified slots 55 male 50 female |
2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August - 1 September 2019 | Lima | 101 qualified slots 55 male 50 female |
2019 ITTF PTT European Championships | 16 - 21 September 2019 | Helsingborg | 101 qualified slots 55 male 50 female |
2020 ITTF PTT World Qualification Tournament | 9 - 11 May 2021 | Laško | 21 qualified slots 11 males 10 females |
ITTF PTT World Ranking List Allocation | 31 March 2020 | - | 100 qualified slots 72 males 28 females |
Bipartite Invitation Allocation | 15 February 2021 | - | 50 qualified slots 36 males 14 females |
Total | 280 |
On 9 January 2019, the International Table Tennis Federation announced that the 2019 INAS Global Games held in Brisbane, Australia will be recognised and it would mean that class 11 players will be able to achieve ranking points to compete in the Paralympics. As well as table tennis, athletics and swimming.
Qualified nations
As of July 2019.Medal table