Olympic Team Events – Seeding, Draw and Alternate Players

For the first time in the Olympic history, table tennis will be played in a team event format. A team consists of three players. Each team can nominate one alternate player that can replace another one in case of injury or sickness.

Seeding List for the Team Competition
Following the specific rules for the Olympics, a special team ranking list taking into consideration only the players qualified from each team was produced on the basis of the ITTF July 2008 World Ranking to establish the seeds for the round robin stage.

Men:
1 China
2 Germany
3 Korea Republic
4 Hong Kong China
5 Japan
6 Chinese Taipei
7 Singapore
8 Austria
9 Croatia
10 Greece
11 Sweden
12 Russia
13 Brazil
14 Nigeria
15 Canada
16 Australia

Women:
1 China
2 Singapore
3 Hong Kong China
4 Korea Republic
5 Japan
6 Germany
7 Netherlands
8 Austria
9 USA
10 Croatia
11 Spain
12 Poland
13 Romania
14 Australia
15 Dominican Republic
16 Nigeria

Possible Groups

Men’s Team event:
Group A: China, Singapore/Austria, Croatia/Greece, Canada/Australia
Group B: Germany, Singapore/Austria, Croatia/Greece, Canada/Australia
Group C: Korea Republic, Japan/Chinese Taipei, Sweden/Russia, Brazil/Nigeria
Group D: Hong Kong China, Japan/Chinese Taipei, Sweden/Russia, Brazil/Nigeria

Women’s Team event:
Group A: China, Netherlands/Austria, USA/Croatia, Dominican Republic/Nigeria
Group B: Singapore, Netherlands/Austria, USA/Croatia, Dominican Republic/Nigeria
Group C: Hong Kong China, Japan/Germany, Spain/Poland, Romania/Australia
Group D: Korea Republic, Japan/Germany, Spain/Poland, Romania/Australia

Example: The Austrian women will either be drawn into Group A with China or into Group B with Singapore. If Austria is in Group A, the Netherlands will be in Group B.

The winning teams of each group shall play-off, in a knockout semi-final format for the gold and silver medals. The second placed teams of each group and the semi-final contest losers shall play-off for the bronze medal.

Date and Place of the Team Draw
The team draw will be held on 7th August 2008 at 15:00 (3:00pm) on the 3rd floor of the hotel Park Plaza Beijing Science Park (25 Zhi Chun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China, www.parkplaza.com/beijingcn_sciencepark).

Complete Team List with Alternate PlayersOn the ITTF website you will find the complete team list including the alternate players. Your direct link is here.