LA 2028 Olympics - 6 Events

[pongfugrasshopper]

So Japan takes the Men's and Women's Singles titles both beating a number of Chinese players in China. S. Korea takes both XD and WD as well. China will have to settle for MD this time.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

So Japan takes the Men's and Women's Singles titles both beating a number of Chinese players in China. S. Korea takes both XD and WD as well. China will have to settle for MD this time.

very happy for Sora
probably the one player that has way more resources than HT in Japan but the least title

I was hoping for a ZYL win though.
Never the less, when last did we have a China Open and Japanese wining both singles title?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Honoka Hashimoto with only 7 results prior to this tournament gets the full 400 pts pushing her to 1650 ahead of Miu Hirano's 1530. She is now Japan's 5th highest ranked woman behind Miwa, Hina, Satsuki, and Mima.

 

[driversbeat]

Miyazaki couldn't be happier about the news given how vulnerable the MT is without Harimoto. All they care about are the medals, and that means events. At the core of it, the players are merely a means to an end. So much for "all other countries are all independent."

I don't fancy Japan's chances in mixed team. IMO they are underdogs against SK in the current format where WS is the ONLY event they have a clear advantage. They're slight underdogs in all the doubles categories and probably only have a marginal advantage with Tomokazu in singles. With NK thrown into the mix they might find themselves in a repeat of Paris XD R1 fighting for survival/bronze instead of gold like they always hope for. Germany and France while lopsided on the men's side could give them a run for their money too especially if their girls can take 1 game off each tie.

JNT's optimism continues to baffle me since the current format essentially means they are trading a guaranteed silver in WT plus good chance at medalling in MT (bronze in Tokyo, 4th in Paris) for a highly volatile new event that they've yet to perform in. It's not as if they are favourites in the new MD and WD events either since they've been neglecting doubles for so long.

 

[driversbeat]

Honoka Hashimoto with only 7 results prior to this tournament gets the full 400 pts pushing her to 1650 ahead of Miu Hirano's 1530. She is now Japan's 5th highest ranked woman behind Miwa, Hina, Satsuki, and Mima.

forgive me but where/how do you guys keep track of each player's number of active events?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

forgive me but where/how do you guys keep track of each player's number of active events?

If you go to ITTF's ranking website , click on a gender and then a player, you will see their events for the past 12 months. For example:

 

[zeio]

I don't fancy Japan's chances in mixed team. IMO they are underdogs against SK in the current format where WS is the ONLY event they have a clear advantage. They're slight underdogs in all the doubles categories and probably only have a marginal advantage with Tomokazu in singles. With NK thrown into the mix they might find themselves in a repeat of Paris XD R1 fighting for survival/bronze instead of gold like they always hope for. Germany and France while lopsided on the men's side could give them a run for their money too especially if their girls can take 1 game off each tie.

JNT's optimism continues to baffle me since the current format essentially means they are trading a guaranteed silver in WT plus good chance at medalling in MT (bronze in Tokyo, 4th in Paris) for a highly volatile new event that they've yet to perform in. It's not as if they are favourites in the new MD and WD events either since they've been neglecting doubles for so long.

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Can't blame JNT's management. Who's behind CNT and KNT? Former Grand Slam holders, Olympic Champions, World Champions and World Cup holders. What about JNT? Former National Champions at best, with little overseas competitive experience.

The optimism for JNT players at TTD is not that much different. I'd venture to say that they are losing their edge in WS when folks turn a blind eye to their losses at the hands of KNT players over the past year.

When I backed Hayata because of her win rate against CNT players (1, 2) despite her results against Kato et al., it didn't sit well with some folks (I even got a passive-aggressive earful from the elusive superboss apacible). Now I'm factually critical of Hayata because of her win rate against CNT players despite her results against most of her teammates and it still doesn't sit well with some folks.

The same goes for Hashimoto and Sato. I got ridiculed when I backed them because of their win rate against CNT players (1, 2, 3) and I still get ridiculed when I'm factually critical of their results against their teammates.

Matsushima: What about me (1, 2)?

 

[dewnyc]

Schedule, though it doesn't say which events in which sessions

Table Tennis Competition Schedule Announced for LA28 Olympics - International Table Tennis Federation

The competition schedule for table tennis at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) has officially been announced. Table tennis events are set to take place over 15 days in Los Angeles, with play beginning on Saturday 15 July, one day after the opening ceremony, and ending on Saturday 29...

www.ittf.com

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Schedule, though it doesn't say which events in which sessions

Table Tennis Competition Schedule Announced for LA28 Olympics - International Table Tennis Federation

The competition schedule for table tennis at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) has officially been announced. Table tennis events are set to take place over 15 days in Los Angeles, with play beginning on Saturday 15 July, one day after the opening ceremony, and ending on Saturday 29...

www.ittf.com

15 days for all the events... so we talking 3 to 4 days per event (MS and WS / MD and WD being simultaneous and then XD + XT, 4 events period, 4 final days)

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

LA 2028 Qualification System is out.

Maximum number of athletes is 3 per gender.

Main difference is that now there is the possibility of countries sending out 2 mixed doubles pairs if both are inside the top 8 ranking. Very odd and probably done just to benefit China... (Japan, Korea, too).

 

[zeio]

Road to LA28 Mapped Out as Qualification System Released
https://www.ittf.com/2026/02/13/road-to-la28-mapped-out-as-qualification-system-released/

Qualification system - Table Tennis
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games
https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/TTE-LA28-Qualification-System.pdf

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2025 #07 Executive Board Meeting minutes
https://documents.ittf.sport/sites/default/files/public/2026-01/2025-12-08_ITTF_EB_Minutes.pdf
8. Events, Rankings and LA28 Qualification
...
On Olympic qualification, the Board recognised that the IOC required submission of the
LA28 system by 31st December 2025. To meet this deadline while respecting relevant
processes, the Board agreed to forward the proposed qualification system to the
Continental Council for vote by correspondence following an optional information
session.

20251208-EB-15
The Executive Board approved that the LA28 Olympic Games Qualification System be
submitted to the Continental Council for decision by correspondence (to conclude by 20
December 2025), following an optional explanatory session.

Similarly, the Board approved the recommendation of Mr. Carlos LEON and Mr.
Mohamed ELDAWLATLY as Olympic IF Delegates, subject to Council ratification.

20251208-EB-16
The Executive Board approved recommending Mr. Carlos LEON (POR) and Mr.
Mohamed ELDAWLATLY (EGY) as ITTF IF Delegates for the LA28 Olympic Games, for
Continental Council ratification.

 

[zeio]

For future reference. Comments at Weibo.

https://weibo.com/7360795486/QrE9Z4Q5p
草莓牛奶特别甜
10小时前
来自 微博网页版
已编辑
2028洛杉矶奥运会乒乓球资格体系丨NOC最多参赛人数
【男单】2人【女单】2人
【男双】1对【女双】1对
【混双】1对，最多2对(如果所属NOC在混双排名前8中有2对组合，且4人均属于奥运6人名单，则该NOC可额外增加1对)
【混团】3男+3女
混合团体名额将为NOC提供男单、女单各2个单打名额

 

[JackJohnson]

LA 2028 Qualification System is out.

Maximum number of athletes is 3 per gender.

Main difference is that now there is the possibility of countries sending out 2 mixed doubles pairs if both are inside the top 8 ranking. Very odd and probably done just to benefit China... (Japan, Korea, too).

No doubt about that this benefits China. Now China do not need to decide which pair out of Wang/Sun and Lin/Kuai should go where both of them can go if they are inside top 8 ranking.

I didn’t expect for this to happen but at the same time if there was any sort of change they were going to do then XD makes perfect sense though cause both China XD pairs are ranked in Top 8 and it was probably going to be most hardest decision for China to decide which pair to send. MD and WD was going to be more unlikely as the XD pairs race is much closer for China than MD and WD.

Unfortunate that they are still doing the 3 players per gender as there could be better players outside the 3 who are better at doubles than singles. Now the teams will prioritise selecting 2 singles player and the 3rd player specialising in doubles.

With this qualification system now it seems Wang and Lin are definitely a shoe in to play MD, XD and singles. 3rd player for China right now could be Wen Ruibo as I don’t think LJK will make it there for LA28. China would only select LJK if there is no other option similar to ML in Paris 2024.

 

[zeio]

A piece by Pengpai/The Surge/The Paper on the doubles being the main issue for China.

人数不变混双松绑，洛奥乒乓的难题仍是双打
https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32603542

 

[JackJohnson]

So we are going back to 2008 Beijing Olympics where each association was allowed to enter at least 3 players each for the singles category. I feel sorry for 2012 ML, 2016 and 2020(2021) XX and 2024 ML.

There are 2 things in 4.1.9.6 I don’t get:

“with the exception of Singles players who meet either of the following criteria of (i) being the incumbent World Champion in the Singles event; or (i) incumbent Singles World Cup winner.” (Does this mean they can select at least 6 members as long as they are the current singles champion for World Championship and World Cup champion)

“however, each Association can only enter a maximum of 2 combined pairs (players from different Associations) per doubles event.” (Do players from different associations mean that they can be a mixed pairing e.g. Japan/Korea)

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

No doubt about that this benefits China. Now China do not need to decide which pair out of Wang/Sun and Lin/Kuai should go where both of them can go if they are inside top 8 ranking.

I didn’t expect for this to happen but at the same time if there was any sort of change they were going to do then XD makes perfect sense though cause both China XD pairs are ranked in Top 8 and it was probably going to be most hardest decision for China to decide which pair to send. MD and WD was going to be more unlikely as the XD pairs race is much closer for China than MD and WD.

Unfortunate that they are still doing the 3 players per gender as there could be better players outside the 3 who are better at doubles than singles. Now the teams will prioritise selecting 2 singles player and the 3rd player specialising in doubles.

With this qualification system now it seems Wang and Lin are definitely a shoe in to play MD, XD and singles. 3rd player for China right now could be Wen Ruibo as I don’t think LJK will make it there for LA28. China would only select LJK if there is no other option similar to ML in Paris 2024.

I think the hardest double for China right now is MD. WD is in a good place and XD can always rely on WQC and Sun Yingsha, while MD has very difficult competition with Felix brothers, Korea, Japan, and HKG all having strong pairs. But as you said, Wang and Lin seem like a lock, so the results will improve as they play more tournaments.

I'm not sure if its ideal for China to have WQC playing all events, with him being the only single players that they can trust (for now)...They need the youngsters to come through this cycle or FZD to comeback

 

[zeio]

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So we are going back to 2008 Beijing Olympics where each association was allowed to enter at least 3 players each for the singles category. I feel sorry for 2012 ML, 2016 and 2020(2021) XX and 2024 ML.

There are 2 things in 4.1.9.6 I don’t get:

“with the exception of Singles players who meet either of the following criteria of (i) being the incumbent World Champion in the Singles event; or (i) incumbent Singles World Cup winner.” (Does this mean they can select at least 6 members as long as they are the current singles champion for World Championship and World Cup champion)

“however, each Association can only enter a maximum of 2 combined pairs (players from different Associations) per doubles event.” (Do players from different associations mean that they can be a mixed pairing e.g. Japan/Korea)

Those 4.1.x.x articles are for WTTC.

Likewise, the 4.3.x.x articles are for World Cup, and the 4.5.x.x articles for Olympics, both of which don't specify anything on entries (the number of players each NOC can enter etc.) unlike those for WTTC. For World Cup, entries are governed/determined by Qualification Pathway & Playing System (e.g. 2025_WC_Qual_PlayingSystem4Mar25.pdf). For Olympics, entries are governed/determined by Qualification system - Table Tennis (e.g. TTE-LA28-Qualification-System.pdf), which states that each NOC is limited to 2 players for singles.

 

[JackJohnson]

I think the hardest double for China right now is MD. WD is in a good place and XD can always rely on WQC and Sun Yingsha, while MD has very difficult competition with Felix brothers, Korea, Japan, and HKG all having strong pairs. But as you said, Wang and Lin seem like a lock, so the results will improve as they play more tournaments.

I'm not sure if its ideal for China to have WQC playing all events, with him being the only single players that they can trust (for now)...They need the youngsters to come through this cycle or FZD to comeback

Too risky for WCQ to play all 3 singles, mixed and men doubles at the Olympics. If FZD does not come back he should prioritised singles and mixed doubles. Let one of the junior players prioritised mens doubles with LSD. Assuming they are after a left hander it would be Huang Youzheng or Chen Junsong.

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

Too risky for WCQ to play all 3 singles, mixed and men doubles at the Olympics. If FZD does not come back he should prioritised singles and mixed doubles. Let one of the junior players prioritised mens doubles with LSD. Assuming they are after a left hander it would be Huang Youzheng or Chen Junsong.

Agree but I don't see China winning gold in MD without WQC. LSD + a junior is asking for trouble