The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Friday 3 August to Wednesday 8 August 2012 at ExCeL London. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists.
Qualification
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). DatesStart timeRound3 August 19:00 First round4 August 10:005 August 10:00 Quarterfinals6 August 14:30 Semifinals8 August 11:00 Bronze medal match15:30 Gold medal match
Seeds Team ranking was based on the individual Ranking List of July 2012, taking into consideration those players qualified from each team. RankTeamAthletes (world ranking on 4 July)1Zhang Jike (1)Ma Long (2)Wang Hao (4)2Joo Se-Hyuk (10)Oh Sang-Eun (11)Ryu Seung-Min (17)3Jun Mizutani (5)Koki Niwa (16)Seiya Kishikawa (21)4Timo Boll (7)Dimitrij Ovtcharov (12)Bastian Steger (24)5Gao Ning (15)Zhan Jian (25)Yang Zi (54)6Jiang Tianyi (20)Tang Peng (32)Leung Chu Yan (35)7Robert Gardos (29)Chen Weixing (32)Werner Schlager (47)8Marcos Freitas (31)Tiago Apolónia (34)João Monteiro (39)9Alexander Shibaev (29)Kirill Skachkov (41)Alexey Smirnov (46)10Jens Lundqvist (51)Pär Gerell (80)Jörgen Persson (90)11Jang Song-Man (59)Kim Hyok-Bong (77)Kim Song-Nam (181)12Gustavo Tsuboi (104)Thiago Monteiro (126)Hugo Hoyama (217)13Paul Drinkhall (107)Andrew Baggaley (133)Liam Pitchford (143)14El-sayed Lashin (123)Ahmed Saleh (157)Omar Assar (209)15Eugene Wang (113)Pierre-Luc Hinse (305)Andre Ho (393)16William Henzell (130)Justin Han (386)Robert Frank (434)
Bracket The draw for team events took place on 25 July 2012.
Results
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
References
External links Official results book – XXX Olympic Games – London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. (2013). 2012 Olympic Games. International Table Tennis Federation.