Summer Games Table Tennis Tickets

It's like tennis.....on a table. Except it's not. The principles are similar but there's a very different scoring system.

As in tennis, players must allow the ball only one bounce on their side of the court before returning it to their opponent. Points are scored if the opponent is unable to return the ball, or if they hit the ball ‘out’ of the court, ie it does not bounce on the table.

Singles matches are played over the best of seven games, with the first player to 11 (by a margin of two) winning each game. In team matches, four singles matches and one doubles match are played, each decided by the the best of five games.

Both disciplines are run in a knockout format with players and teams going through to the finals where the medals will be decided.

Events / disciplines

Men’s singles, women’s singles

Men’s team, women’s team

Gold medals available - 4