LA 2028 Olympics - 6 Events

[Tony's Table Tennis]

There is now 6 events scheduled for the next OG:

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Teams

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

ITTF Celebrates Historic Inclusion of Mixed Team Event at Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games - International Table Tennis Federation

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) warmly welcomes the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board to introduce a groundbreaking Mixed Team event for table tennis at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. This historic development significantly enhances the...

www.ittf.com

So I wonder if they will keep the same number of players per nation: 3 per gender. I hope they increase the number of potential players. It's the same number of events so it won't affect scheduling, but the doubles pairs might not make the best individual singles players and vice versa. It would also add some flexibility into Mixed Teams.

 

[Shine]

Very funny
They eliminated the teams event because of God knows what, and now they've brought it back via the mixed teams, plus a side of doubles.
More chances for the Swedes, Koreans and Koreans to be Olympic Champions.

 

[JackJohnson]

There is now 6 events scheduled for the next OG:

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Teams

Mens and Womens doubles should have never been dropped in the first place. It effectively ruined some of the smaller nations pairing outside of China who did well in doubles but not in Singles/Team events.

I think they should have kept the original Men and Womens team event. Outside of China the Mixed team events will be too one sided as we saw from the previous Mixed Team World Cups the other associations don’t have both a good mens team and womens team. It’s usually one or the other.

Will they limit it to 3 players per association like 2024 Olympics (2 singles only, 1 mixed pair, 3 members-Team) so only those same 3 players could play any of those events whether singles, doubles, mixed doubles and mixed teams? There could be a pair of doubles outside the main 3 players allowed?

 

[JackJohnson]

ITTF Celebrates Historic Inclusion of Mixed Team Event at Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games - International Table Tennis Federation

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) warmly welcomes the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board to introduce a groundbreaking Mixed Team event for table tennis at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. This historic development significantly enhances the...

www.ittf.com

So I wonder if they will keep the same number of players per nation: 3 per gender. I hope they increase the number of potential players. It's the same number of events so it won't affect scheduling, but the doubles pairs might not make the best individual singles players and vice versa. It would also add some flexibility into Mixed Teams.

At this stage I’m thinking the Japans Womens Team. With Japan womens doubles there is Hashimoto/Sato, Odo/Yokoi, Miwa/Miyu Kihara so they should get rid of 3 per gender/nation as doubles pair might not make the best individual singles player and vice versa.

Sweden Men’s team, Falck/Karlsson probably the best mens doubles for Sweden.

I can’t think of anyone else who would be outside of 3 per gender/association.

 

[NextLevel]

Mens and Womens doubles should have never been dropped in the first place. It effectively ruined some of the smaller nations pairing outside of China who did well in doubles but not in Singles/Team events.

I think they should have kept the original Men and Womens team event. Outside of China the Mixed team events will be too one sided as we saw from the previous Mixed Team World Cups the other associations don’t have both a good mens team and womens team. It’s usually one or the other.

Will they limit it to 3 players per association like 2024 Olympics (2 singles only, 1 mixed pair, 3 members-Team) so only those same 3 players could play any of those events whether singles, doubles, mixed doubles and mixed teams? There could be a pair of doubles outside the main 3 players allowed?

The problem with the Teams events regardless of format is controlling the time to play the matches. I don't like this mixed team either but I guess 8-0 matches will help things move along....

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I guess this is China's way of telling the rest of the world, you have to take the Mixed Team World Cup seriously.

 

[driversbeat]

This completely changes the selection process. It will be absolutely crazy if they want the exact same players for all 3 events. Good singles players =/= Good MD/WD players =/= Good XD players. Stonks for Hirano and Ito just crashed and Kihara, Nagasaki, Hashimoto, Sato, Yokoi, and Odo's value just went way up.

Not sure if I read the document correctly but seems like they are indeed keeping the total limit to 6 players per country.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I guess this is China's way of telling the rest of the world, you have to take the Mixed Team World Cup seriously.

There are only a few countries that can take it seriously.
As there isn't that much depth in many other countries.

I also doubt one player can play all the events possible, there could be restrictions on how many events 1 player can entry, so this will test the depth greatly.
If one player can enter all, this is also very taxing on the player, given that it is normally 3 to 4 weeks competition period for max 4 events.

 

[JackJohnson]

This completely changes the selection process. It will be absolutely crazy if they want the exact same players for all 3 events. Good singles players =/= Good MD/WD players =/= Good XD players. Stonks for Hirano and Ito just crashed and Kihara, Nagasaki, Hashimoto, Sato, Yokoi, and Odo's value just went way up.

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Not sure if I read the document correctly but seems like they are indeed keeping the total limit to 6 players per country.

It would definitely suck if they will keep the limit to 6 (3 per gender) for each association. There shouldn’t be a limit on how many players they utilised as long as they only enter the maximum amount of players for each event.

 

[joshmak10]

I don’t know how to feel about this yet tbh. But it has a lot of potential for non-chinese gold medals. China will likely make doubles more of a priority now.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I don’t know how to feel about this yet tbh. But it has a lot of potential for non-chinese gold medals. China will likely make doubles more of a priority now.

if singles can't be same players as doubles and mixed doubles,
then the non-Chinese medal count is more likely.

China has always been super strong in doubles, other than Tokyo finals.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

It's the same number of events so it won't affect scheduling,

Tokyo was 5 events, LA is 6 events.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Tokyo was 5 events, LA is 6 events.

No, what I mean is you can increase the number of players while keeping the same number (6) of events so increasing the number of players does not affect the scheduling. Thus, no good reason not to increase the available pool of players.

 

[zeio]

This completely changes the selection process. It will be absolutely crazy if they want the exact same players for all 3 events. Good singles players =/= Good MD/WD players =/= Good XD players. Stonks for Hirano and Ito just crashed and Kihara, Nagasaki, Hashimoto, Sato, Yokoi, and Odo's value just went way up.

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Not sure if I read the document correctly but seems like they are indeed keeping the total limit to 6 players per country.

The subhead of the article made it very clear. Table tennis just gets an additional event. Paris 2024 for comparison.

Hayata actually gets hit the worst, as her hand can no longer handle multiple events.

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/l...itment-towards-innovation-and-gender-equality

With a total of 351 medal events, 22 more than at Paris 2024 (329), the LA28 programme maintains the core athlete quota of 10,500, with an extra 698 quota places allocated for the five sports proposed by the LA28 Organising Committee (baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash).
...

Gender equality was a key consideration when deciding on the athlete quota and the number of events. In the initial sports programme, with 10,500 athletes, the number of female athletes is 5,333 and the number of male athletes 5,167. The additional sports add 322 female athletes and 376 male athletes. In addition, six mixed events were added to the event programme. Out of 351 events, there are 161 women’s events, 165 men’s events and 25 mixed events.

A powerful platform for female athletes

• Expanded mixed events: archery, athletics (4x100m mixed relay), golf, gymnastics, rowing coastal beach sprint and table tennis will all see the inclusion of a new mixed team event.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

The subhead of the article made it very clear. Table tennis just gets an additional event. Paris 2024 for comparison.

Hayata actually gets hit the worst, as her hand can no longer handle multiple events.

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/l...itment-towards-innovation-and-gender-equality

She doesn't need to do more than 2 events ... most likely Singles + either WD or Mixed Teams. Being a lefty and having quite a bit of doubles experience (both XD and WD), she would be quite valuable to the team. Even with an injured arm at Paris, she and Miwa nearly pulled off the doubles vs. China win. Even when not at her best, she still was strong enough to claim the 2025 All Japan title. Miwa is a lock. Odo is coming on strong. But injury notwithstanding, at least at this point, she's not any worse than 3rd best player in Japan.

 

[zeio]

I guess this is China's way of telling the rest of the world, you have to take the Mixed Team World Cup seriously.

Not KOR and HKG as they have taken it seriously since 2023, unlike the others that were so short-sighted. ITTF made itself very clear in 2019.

Weikert hoped the XT to debut at Paris 2024 and Dainton concurred...
ITTF to Bid for Mixed Team Event for Future Olympics
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...m-event-for-future-olympics.20938/post-272370

Another fake news from a certain member, beside going on and on how the XTWC was useless and yet was butthurt...
ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2023, Chengdu, 12/4-10
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...ld-cup-2023-chengdu-12-4-10.31810/post-436877
https://web.archive.org/web/2024012...cup-2023-chengdu-12-410_topic93561_page3.html (12/13/2023 at 1:04am)

Mounir Bessah thought the XT was going to debut at Brisbane 2032...
ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2024, Chengdu, 12/1-8

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/ittf-mixed-team-world-cup-2024-chengdu-12-1-8.35213/post-497606

 

[zeio]

She doesn't need to do more than 2 events ... most likely Singles + either WD or Mixed Teams. Being a lefty and having quite a bit of doubles experience (both XD and WD), she would be quite valuable to the team. Even with an injured arm at Paris, she and Miwa nearly pulled off the doubles vs. China win. Even when not at her best, she still was strong enough to claim the 2025 All Japan title. Miwa is a lock. Odo is coming on strong. But injury notwithstanding, at least at this point, she's not any worse than 3rd best player in Japan.

Get real.

How many events is she in for WTTC 2025? 1.

How many CNT players has she beaten after Paris 2024? 0.

Her track record in XTWC 2023 especially where JPN 4-8 KOR (beside TWC 2018 and WTTC 2022) shows she could be just as shaky when not on form.

It's likely she won't be able to handle WS well if she forces it and takes on multiple events. Pain set in as little as 2 matches a day (1, 2).

 

[Jslick89]

see you guys there? how much do you think tickets will be so see the QF or SF? Final?? lol

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Get real.

How many events is she in for WTTC 2025? 1.

How many CNT players has she beaten after Paris 2024? 0.

Her track record in XTWC 2023 especially where JPN 4-8 KOR (beside TWC 2018 and WTTC 2022) shows she could be just as shaky when not on form.

It's likely she won't be able to handle WS well if she forces it and takes on multiple events. Pain set in as little as 2 matches a day (1, 2).

Yeah, it hasn't been a great start to 2025 internationally, but it's not like she's losing to weak players: CXT, CIC, WYD, Hashimoto, ZYL. Even her last match, she lost a close one to ZYL, who, btw, beat Odo twice (3-0,4-2), Hirano 3-0, Yokoi 3-2.

As for XTWC 2023, you're really gonna fault her for "only" beating Kim Nayeong 2-1? What about Togami/Miwa losing 1-2 JJH/Lee, Tomo losing 1-2 to JWJ, and Togami/Tomo losing to JWJ/Lim 0-3? Looks more like her teammates underperformed.

We'll see what she can handle as the Olympics nears.