Table tennis at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
| Table tennis at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games | |
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| Venue | TÜYAP Konya International Fair Center |
| Dates | 7–11 August 2022 |
| Competitors | 146 from 28 nations |
Table tennis at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Konya, Turkey from 7 to 11 August 2022 in TÜYAP Konya International Fair Center. Seeded players were based on ITTF 2021 Individual World Ranking and were approved by the Technical Delegates. Table Tennis Individual Competitions were held according to the elimination format, over 7 sets. All matches in Table Tennis Team categories were played over 5 sets.[1][2] Para table tennis competitions were organized in KTO TUYAP Konya International Fair Center between 13–15 August 2022.[3]
The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021 in Konya, Turkey.[4] In May 2020, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), who are responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games, postponed the games as the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to July and August 2021, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]
Medalists
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Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
Para table tennis
[edit]Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles Class 4 |
Nesim Turan Turkey
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Abdullah Öztürk Turkey
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Amin Sadeghian Iran
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| Hamid Reza Sheikhzadeh Iran
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| Men's singles Class 5 |
Ali Öztürk Turkey
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Hamza Çalışkan Turkey
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Javad Fouladi Iran
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| Mehdi Masoumi Iran
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| Men's team Class 4 |
Turkey Abdullah Öztürk Nesim Turan Süleyman Vural |
Iran Amin Sadeghian Hamid Reza Sheikhzadeh |
 Pakistan / UzbekistanAltaf-Ur-Rehman Rasul Atamuratov |
| None awarded | |||
| Men's team Class 5 |
Turkey Hamza Çalışkan Ali Öztürk Ahmet Nihat Yıldırım |
Iran Javad Fouladi Mehdi Masoumi |
 PalestineKhaled Al-Fararja Maher Naqib |
| None awarded | |||
| Women's singles Class 9 |
Neslihan Kavas Turkey
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Ekaterina Ishchenko Tajikistan
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Pegah Kalahroudi Iran
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| None awarded | |||
| Women's singles Class 10 |
Merve Cansu Demir Turkey
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Fatemeh Mohammadi Iran
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Ümran Ertiş Turkey
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| None awarded | |||
| Women's team Class 9–10 |
Turkey Merve Cansu Demir Ümran Ertiş Neslihan Kavas |
Iran Fatemeh Etesaminia Fatemeh Mohammadi |
 Azerbaijan /  TajikistanDinara Suncheleyeva Ekaterina Ishchenko |
| None awarded |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey (TUR) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |
Participating nations
[edit]Table tennis
[edit]110 athletes from 25 countries participated:
Albania (2)
Azerbaijan (8)
Bangladesh (7)
Benin (1)
Cameroon (2)
Comoros (1)
Djibouti (4)
Guyana (6)
Indonesia (6)
Iran (8)
Kazakhstan (3)
Kuwait (4)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Lebanon (3)
Maldives (8)
Mauritania (2)
Pakistan (5)
Saudi Arabia (4)
Senegal (3)
Tajikistan (8)
Togo (2)
Uganda (6)
Uzbekistan (4)
Yemen (4)
Turkey (6)
Para table tennis
[edit]A total of 28 athletes from 9 nations competed in para table tennis at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games:
Algeria (4)- Azerbaijan (1)
- Iran (8)
- Pakistan (1)
Palestine (2)- Tajikistan (1)
The Gambia (1)- Turkey (9)
- Uzbekistan (1)
References
[edit]- ^ "Konya 2021". www.konya2021.com.
- ^ Table Tennis Islamic Solidarity Games 2021
- ^ "Konya 2021". www.konya2021.com.
- ^ "Konya to host the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games". Daily Sabah. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Ali, Muhammad (16 May 2020). "5th Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 in Turkey postponed". Daily Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (17 May 2020). "Islamic Solidarity Games postponed to avoid Tokyo 2020 clash". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2020.