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is one of the sports contested at the

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, held in

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. This was the sixth staging of

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since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically. The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including four parasport events).

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:

Venue

The table tennis competitions are being held at the National Exhibition Centre in

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. Five other sports -

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, para powerlifting, and weightlifting - will also take place there.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medallists

Para

Qualification

Table tennis

A total of 160 players (80 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. The majority achieved team qualification as follows: * The host nation. * Nations on the ITTF World Team Rankings as of 2 January 2020. * Recipients of CGF/ITTF Bipartite Invitations (one nation per CGF region). * The highest-ranked nation not yet qualified. In addition, players not in qualified teams were individually picked as follows: * Region-specific invitations (2 per region). * Players on the ITTF World Singles Rankings as of 2 January 2020. * General invitations.

Para table tennis

A total of 32 players (16 per gender) will qualify to compete at the Games. They will qualify for each competition as follows: * Players on the ITTF Para Table Tennis Rankings as of 1 May 2022 (one per CGF region). * A player on the aforementioned ranking not already qualified. * Recipients of CGF/ITTF Bipartite Invitations.

Participating nations

There were 34 participating

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(CGA's) in table tennis and para-table tennis with a total of 190 (94 men and 96 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis
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Table tennis competitions in the United Kingdom Parasports competitions 2022 in disability sport