Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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Table Tennis
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
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VenueWutaishan Sports Center
Dates17–23 August
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
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Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 23 August at the Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

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[]

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation[2] - - 1  Zhendong Fan (CHN)
2014 World Qualification Event[2] Portugal Vila Nova de Gaia 22–23 January 2014 4   (CZE)
  (GER)
 Adam Szudi (HUN)
  (TPE)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings[2] - 1 February 2014 3   (JPN)
 Hugo Calderano (BRA)
  (KOR)
European Qualification Event[2] Czech Republic Hodonin 9–11 February 2014 4   (FRA)
  (POL)
  (POR)
 Tomislav Pucar (CRO)
Road to Nanjing series 1[2] France Metz 3–4 March 2014 1  Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (THA)
Road to Nanjing series 2[2] India Goa 23–24 March 2014 1  Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ)
Latin American Qualification Event[2] Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 29–30 March 2014 2   (ARG)
 Brian Afanador (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event[2] Thailand Bangkok 5–7 April 2014 4   (HKG)
 Abhishek Yadav (IND)
  (QAT)
  (SIN)
Road to Nanjing series 3[2] Canada Missisauga 7–8 April 2014 1   (AUT)
North American Qualification Event[2] Canada Missisauga 9 April 2014 1   (USA)
African Qualification Event[2] Egypt Cairo 12–13 April 2014 2   (EGY)
  (TUN)
Road to Nanjing series 4[2] Egypt Cairo 14–15 April 2014 1   (SUI)
Road to Nanjing series 5[2] Argentina Buenos Aires 21–22 April 2014 1   (BEL)
Oceania Qualification Event[2] Cook Islands Avarua 22 May 2014 1   (AUS)
Road to Nanjing series 6[2] Cook Islands Avarua 30–31 May 2014 1   (SWE)
Tripartite Invitation[2] - - 4   (PAR)
  (CGO)
  (SKN)
  (TOG)
TOTAL 32

Girls[]

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation[2] - - 1  Gaoyang Liu (CHN)
2014 World Qualification Event[2] Portugal Vila Nova de Gaia 22–23 January 2014 4  Doo Hoi Kem (HKG)
 Miyu Kato (JPN)
 Adina Diaconu (ROU)
  (TPE)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings[2] - 1 February 2014 3  Chantal Mantz (GER)
 Lily Zhang (USA)
 Tamolwan Khetkhuan (THA)
European Qualification Event[2] Czech Republic Hodonin 9-11 February 2014 4  Natalia Bajor (POL)
  (HUN)
  (ISR)
 Audrey Zarif (FRA)
Road to Nanjing series 1[2] France Metz 3-4 March 2014 1  Karoline Mischek (AUT)
Road to Nanjing series 2[2] India Goa 23-24 March 2014 1   (KOR)
Latin American Qualification Event[2] Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 29-30 March 2014 2   (URU)
 Gremlis Arvelo (VEN)
Asian Qualification Event[2] Thailand Bangkok 5-7 April 2014 4  Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)
  (KAZ)
  (SIN)
  (UZB)
Road to Nanjing series 3[2] Canada Missisauga 7-8 April 2014 1  Lisa Lung (BEL)
North American Qualification Event[2] Canada Missisauga 9 April 2014 1  Anqi Luo (CAN)
African Qualification Event[2] Egypt Cairo 12-13 April 2014 2   (ALG)
  (EGY)
Road to Nanjing series 4[2] Egypt Cairo 14-15 April 2014 1  Giorgia Piccolin (ITA)
Road to Nanjing series 5[2] Argentina Buenos Aires 21-22 April 2014 1   (CRO)
Oceania Qualification Event[2] Cook Islands Avarua 22 May 2014 1   (AUS)
Road to Nanjing series 6[2] Cook Islands Avarua 30-31 May 2014 1   (NZL)
Tripartite Invitation[2] - - 3  Chelsea Edghill (GUY)
  (DJI)
  (UGA)
Reallocation[2] - - 1   (CZE)
TOTAL 32

Mixed Team[]

Schedule[]

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

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 17 Sunday 10:00 Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 17 Sunday 16:00 Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 18 Monday 10:00 Boys' Singles Group Stage
Girls' Singles Group Stage
August 18 Monday 16:00 Boys' Singles 1/8 Finals
Girls' Singles 1/8 Finals
August 19 Tuesday 10:00 Boys' Singles Quarterfinals
Girls' Singles Quarterfinals
August 19 Tuesday 15:00 Boys' Singles Semifinals
Girls' Singles Semifinals
August 20 Wednesday 10:00 Boys' Singles Medal Matches
Girls' Singles Medal Matches
August 20 Wednesday 15:30 Mixed Team Group Stage
August 21 Thursday 10:00 Mixed Team Group Stage
August 21 Thursday 16:15 Mixed Team Group Stage
August 22 Friday 10:00 Mixed Team 1/8 Finals
August 22 Friday 17:00 Mixed Team Quarterfinals
August 23 Saturday 10:00 Mixed Team Semifinals
August 23 Saturday 17:00 Mixed 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

 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
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Doo Hoi Kem

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "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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