Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 23 August at the Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

Table Tennis
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueWutaishan Sports Center
Dates17–23 August
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 8 spots, 4 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission, however one spot was unused and was reallocated. The remaining 54 places shall be decided in four qualification phases: the 2014 World Qualification Event, the Under-18 World Rankings, six Road to Nanjing series events and six continental qualification tournaments.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999.[1]

Boys

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualified
Host Nation[2]--1 Zhendong Fan (CHN)
2014 World Qualification Event[2] Vila Nova de Gaia22–23 January 20144 David Reitspies (CZE)
 Kilian Ort (GER)
 Adam Szudi (HUN)
 Heng-Wei Yang (TPE)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings[2]-1 February 20143 Yuto Muramatsu (JPN)
 Hugo Calderano (BRA)
 Minhyeok Kim (KOR)
European Qualification Event[2] Hodonin9–11 February 20144 Can Akkuzu (FRA)
 Patryk Zatowka (POL)
 Diogo Chen (POR)
 Tomislav Pucar (CRO)
Road to Nanjing series 1[2] Metz3–4 March 20141 Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (THA)
Road to Nanjing series 2[2] Goa23–24 March 20141 Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ)
Latin American Qualification Event[2] Santo Domingo29–30 March 20142 Fermin Tenti (ARG)
 Brian Afanador (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event[2] Bangkok5–7 April 20144 Ka Tak Hung (HKG)
 Abhishek Yadav (IND)
 Abdulrahman Al-Naggar (QAT)
 Jing Yuan Yin (SIN)
Road to Nanjing series 3[2] Missisauga7–8 April 20141 Andreas Levenko (AUT)
North American Qualification Event[2] Missisauga9 April 20141 Krishnateja Avvari (USA)
African Qualification Event[2] Cairo12–13 April 20142 Aly Ghallab (EGY)
 Kerem Ben Yahia (TUN)
Road to Nanjing series 4[2] Cairo14–15 April 20141 Elia Schmid (SUI)
Road to Nanjing series 5[2] Buenos Aires21–22 April 20141 Martin Allegro (BEL)
Oceania Qualification Event[2] Avarua22 May 20141 Dominic Huang (AUS)
Road to Nanjing series 6[2] Avarua30–31 May 20141 Elias Ranefur (SWE)
Tripartite Invitation[2]--4 Alejandro Toranzos (PAR)
 Christ Bienatiki (CGO)
 T'Anje Johnson (SKN)
 Soudes Alassani (TOG)
TOTAL32

Girls

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualified
Host Nation[2]--1 Gaoyang Liu (CHN)
2014 World Qualification Event[2] Vila Nova de Gaia22–23 January 20144 Doo Hoi Kem (HKG)
 Miyu Kato (JPN)
 Adina Diaconu (ROU)
 Ssu-Hua Chiu (TPE)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings[2]-1 February 20143 Chantal Mantz (GER)
 Lily Zhang (USA)
 Tamolwan Khetkhuan (THA)
European Qualification Event[2] Hodonin9-11 February 20144 Natalia Bajor (POL)
 Leila Imre (HUN)
 Nicole Trosman (ISR)
 Audrey Zarif (FRA)
Road to Nanjing series 1[2] Metz3-4 March 20141 Karoline Mischek (AUT)
Road to Nanjing series 2[2] Goa23-24 March 20141 Park Seri (KOR)
Latin American Qualification Event[2] Santo Domingo29-30 March 20142 Maria Lorenzotti (URU)
 Gremlis Arvelo (VEN)
Asian Qualification Event[2] Bangkok5-7 April 20144 Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)
 Yuliya Ryabova (KAZ)
 Herng Hwee Yee (SIN)
 Regina Kim (UZB)
Road to Nanjing series 3[2] Missisauga7-8 April 20141 Lisa Lung (BEL)
North American Qualification Event[2] Missisauga9 April 20141 Anqi Luo (CAN)
African Qualification Event[2] Cairo12-13 April 20142 Sannah Lagsir (ALG)
 Alaa Saad (EGY)
Road to Nanjing series 4[2] Cairo14-15 April 20141 Giorgia Piccolin (ITA)
Road to Nanjing series 5[2] Buenos Aires21-22 April 20141 Lea Rakovac (CRO)
Oceania Qualification Event[2] Avarua22 May 20141 Vy Bui (AUS)
Road to Nanjing series 6[2] Avarua30-31 May 20141 Sophia Dong (NZL)
Tripartite Invitation[2]--3 Chelsea Edghill (GUY)
 Fatouma Ali Salah (DJI)
 Florence Seera (UGA)
Reallocation[2]--1 Kristyna Stefcova (CZE)
TOTAL32

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[3]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event DateEvent DayStarting TimeEvent Details
August 17Sunday10:00Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 17Sunday16:00Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 18Monday10:00Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 18Monday16:00Boys' Singles 1/8 Finals
Girls' Singles 1/8 Finals
August 19Tuesday10:00Boys' Singles Quarterfinals
Girls' Singles Quarterfinals
August 19Tuesday15:00Boys' Singles Semifinals
Girls' Singles Semifinals
August 20Wednesday10:00Boys' Singles Medal Matches
Girls' Singles Medal Matches
August 20Wednesday15:30Mixed Team Group Stage
August 21Thursday10:00Mixed Team Group Stage
August 21Thursday16:15Mixed Team Group Stage
August 22Friday10:00Mixed Team 1/8 Finals
August 22Friday17:00Mixed Team Quarterfinals
August 23Saturday10:00Mixed Team Semifinals
August 23Saturday17:00Mixed Team Medal Matches

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)*3003
2 Japan (JPN)0202
3 Hong Kong (HKG)0112
4 Brazil (BRA)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (5 nations)3339

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles
Fan Zhendong
 China
Yuto Muramatsu
 Japan
Hugo Calderano
 Brazil
Girls' singles
Liu Gaoyang
 China
Doo Hoi Kem
 Hong Kong
Lily Zhang
 United States
Mixed team
 China (CHN)
Liu Gaoyang
Fan Zhendong
 Japan (JPN)
Miyu Kato
Yuto Muramatsu
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Doo Hoi Kem
Hung Ka Tak

References

  1. "Qualification System: Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. "Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes" (PDF). ITTF. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Table Tennis" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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