by Ian Marshall, Editor

Overall a total of 84 players (42 men and 42 women) compete in the table tennis events at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games to be staged from Friday 26th July to Sunday 11th August.

A total of 12 outfits compete in each of the men’s team and women’s team events, three players per team, a total of 72 players (36 men and 36 women). Thus there are 12 places remaining, six for men and six for women.

It is for these positions, places in the respective men’s singles and women’s singles events, for players who have not qualified via the team events, that are on offer in Guatemala, a tournament in which a National Olympic Committee is limited to two men and two women entrants.

Play is organised in a series of three knock-out tournaments, each tournament divided into blue draw and red draw. The respective winners of the blue draw and red draw in the first knock-out tournament, seeding as per the current world rankings, qualify. On the same principle, a  second knock-out tournament, seeding based on final places in the first followed by world ranking, will be staged, followed by third to decide the six places.

On the concluding day of action, six men and six women will be named as reserves.

At the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, a National Olympic Committee is limited to two players in each of the men’s singles and women’s singles events, one pair in each of the men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles events.

Information

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Prospectus

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Schedule of Play

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Entries (as on Thursday 23rd May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Seeding (First Knock-Out)

Draws

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Men’s Singles (Knock Out 1)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Women’s Singles (Knock Out 1)

Qualified Teams for Pan American Games

Host Nation
Men: Peru
Women: Peru

2018 Pan American Championships
Men: Brazil, United States, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Cuba
Women: Brazil, United States, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Argentina

2019 Caribbean Qualification
Men: Puerto Rico
Women: Dominican Republic

2019 Central America Qualification
Men: Guatemala
Women: Mexico

2019 North America Qualification
Men: Canada
Women: no nomination

2019 South America Qualification
Men: Ecuador
Women: Colombia

2019 World Ranking (May)
Men: Dominican Republic
Women: Chile, Mexico

Note:  Canada and the United States both qualified for the for the women’s team event as a result of finishing in the top six at the 2018 Pan American Championships. Therefore, there was no nomination via 2019 North America qualification; thus as the second high team on the May 2019 world rankings, Mexico gained the final place.