Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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The table tennis
competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium
between 21–26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore
(NUS).
64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 to 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.
Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.
Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania). The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee
(NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.
The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...
between 21–26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
(NUS).
64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 to 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.
Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.
Singles
A total of 64 athletes qualified mainly from tournaments including ITTFInternational Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...
Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania). The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
(NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.
| Event (Qualifiers) | Date | Location | Qualifiers | |
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| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | |||
| ITTF Cadet Challenge (4) | October 19–25, 2009 |  TokyoTokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
 Yin Hang (cancelled) Koki Niwa Simon Gauzy Hampus Soderlund Adem Hmam (reallocated) |
 Yang Ha-Eun Ayuka Tanioka Bernadette SzocsBernadette Szocs Bernadette Szocs , is a Romanian professional table tennis player. She is one of the best players from the world in the ITTF Junior Circuit.-External links:*...  Sutashini Sawetabut |
| African Qualification Tournament (2) | November 21–23, 2009 |  CairoCairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
Bedair Omar Ojo Onalaopo |
Dina Mesheref Islem Laid |
| ITTF U-15 World Ranking (4) | December 31, 2009 | - |  Hung Tzu-Hsiang Kim Dong-Hyun Chiu Chung Hei Phillip Kumiov (rejected) Ondrej Bajger (reallocated) |
Gu Yuting  Petrissa Solja Yana Noskova Isabelle Siyun LI |
| Pan American Qualification Tournament (3) | February 1–3, 2010 |  San SalvadorSan Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... |
 Jouti Eric Rodrigo Tapia Pablo Saragovi |
 Ariel Hsing Caroline Kumahara Carelyn Cordero |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | February 6–7, 2010 |  ManamaManama Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155,000 people.Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population... |
 Emilen Vanrossomme |
 Britt Eerland |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | February 14–15 , 2010 | Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
 Leornado Mutti |
 Sofia Polcanova (rejected)  Alice Loveridge (reallocated) |
| ITTF Specific Tournament (1) | March 23–24, 2010 | Lignano Lignano Sabbiadoro Lignano Sabbiadoro is a village and comune within the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . It is one of the main summer resorts in northern Italy and in the Adriatic Sea coast.-History:... |
 Tamas Lakatos |
Celine Pang |
| Oceanian Qualification Tournament (1) | April 1, 2010 |  AucklandAuckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... |
Kevin Wu |
Julia Wu |
| Asian Qualification Tournament (4) | April 2–4, 2010 | Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
 Kim Kwang-Song  Hasintha Arsa Marakkala  Avik Das  Elmurod Holikov |
Kim Song-I Ng Ka Yee Huang Hsin Mallika Bhandarkar |
| ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1) | April 10, 2010 | Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... |
Tanapol Santiwattanatarm |
 Lily Phan |
| European Qualification Tournament (4) | April 16–18, 2010 | Novara Novara Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin... |
 Konrad Kulpa  Luka Fucek  Stefan Leitgeb Koen Hageraats |
Mateja Jeger Olga Bliznet  Alekseja Galič Mercedes Nagyvaradi |
| ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1) | April 24–25, 2010 |  Valencia |
Florian Wagner |
 Katsiaryna Baravok |
| Host Country Representation (1) | - | - | Clarence Chew |
Qualified in previous tournament |
| Unused Quota of Host Country Representation (replacement) | - | - | Quota used |  Maria Xiao |
| NOC Universality Places (4) | - | - | Luis Mejia Luis Mejia Luis Mejía is a Panamanian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for the Ligue 1 side Toulouse FC.-International career:...  Patrick Massah  Warren Li Kam Wa Axel Gavilan |
 Jolie Mafuta Ivoso  Letizia Giardi Nuwani G. Vithange Adielle Roshuevel |
| TOTAL | 32 | 32 | ||
Mixed team
Qualified athletes from the same NOC teamed up first (17 teams).The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).
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| 3 | Europe 1 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 4 | Intercontinental 1 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 16 | Pan America 1 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 17 | Europe 3 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 19 | Europe 4 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 20 | Europe 5 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 22 | Intercontinental 2 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 23 | Pan America 2 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 25 | Europe 6 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 26 | Africa 1 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 27 | Intercontinental 3 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 30 | Pan America 3 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 31 | Intercontinental 4 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
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| 32 | Africa 2 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
Medal table
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | Mixed-NOC team Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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Events
| Men's singles |
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| Women's singles |
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| Mixed team |
Ayuka Tanioka Koki Niwa |
Yang Ha-Eun Kim Dong-Hyun |
Intercontinental 1 Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees , called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. These teams participated in either events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams, or in events which saw the participation of mixed-NOCs teams and... ' ' |