This page lists the table tennis events for 2016.
- December 30, 2015 – December 18, 2016: 2016 ITTF Events Calendar
2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)
- August 6–17: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
- Men's singles: Ma Long; Zhang Jike; Jun Mizutani
- Women's singles: Ding Ning; Li Xiaoxia; Kim Song-i
- Men's team: China (CHN); Japan (JPN); Germany (GER)
- Women's team: China (CHN); Germany (GER); Japan (JPN)
Table tennis World Cups & Championships
- February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur
- Men's team winners: China
- Women's team winners: China
- October 1–3: 2016 Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken
- Winner: Fan Zhendong
- October 7–9: 2016 Women's World Cup in Philadelphia
- Winner: Miu Hirano
- October 21–29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai
- Cadet boys' singles winner: CHO Dae-seong
- Cadet girls' singles winner: Miyuu Kihara
- Cadet boys' doubles winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladimir Sidorenko
- Cadet girls' doubles winners: HUANG Yingqi / RYU Han-na
- Cadet mixed doubles winners: CHO Dae-seong / Amy Wang
- November 30 – December 7: 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town
- Junior boys' team winners: Japan
- Junior girls' team winners: Japan
Continental table tennis championships
- February 1–7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Men's singles winner: Hugo Calderano
- Women's singles winner: Lin Gui
- Men's U21 singles winner: Brian Afanador
- Women's U21 singles winner: Adriana Díaz
- Men's doubles winners: Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik
- Women's doubles winners: Gremlis Arvelo / Neridee Nino
- Mixed doubles winners: Vitor Ishiy / Caroline Kumahara
- February 5–7: 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal
- Men's singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Women's singles winner: Shen Yanfei
- February 14–15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum
- Men's singles winner: Quadri Aruna
- Women's singles winner: Dina Meshref
- March 20–24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo
- Men's singles winner: Chris Yan
- Women's singles winner: Jian Fang Lay
- Men's doubles winners: Choy Freddy / Yoshua Shing
- Women's doubles winners: New Zealand (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)
- Mixed doubles winners: New Zealand (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)
- April 6–12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers
- Junior boys' singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
- Junior girls' singles winner: Amira Yousry
- Cadet boys' singles winner: Marwan Abdelwahab
- Cadet girls' singles winner: Rinad Fathy
- Junior boys' doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Karim Elhakem
- Junior girls' doubles winners: Mariam Alhodaby / Amira Yousry
- Junior mixed doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby
- April 9–10: 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales
- Boys' junior singles winner: Benjamin Gould
- Girls' junior singles winner: Holly Nicholas
- Boys' cadet singles winner: Zhao Yanglun
- Girls' cadet singles winner: Vong Hui Ling
- Boys' junior team winners: Australia
- Girls' junior team winners: Australia
- Boys' cadet team winners: New Zealand
- Girls' cadet team winners: Australia
- April 28–30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai
- Men's singles winner: Xu Xin
- Women's singles winner: Liu Shiwen
- June 3–5: 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Guatemala City
- Men's singles winner: Hugo Calderano
- Women's singles winner: Lady Ruano
- June 13–14: 2016 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Melbourne
- Men's singles winner: David Powell
- Women's singles winner: Zhenhua Dederko
- June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Burnaby
- Men's singles winner: FENG Yijun
- Women's singles winner: WU Yue
- June 25–30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Burnaby
- Boys' junior singles winner: Kanak Jha
- Girls' junior singles winner: Adriana Diaz
- Boys' junior doubles winners: Horacio Cifuentes / Francisco Sanchi
- Girls' junior doubles winners: Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi
- Junior mixed doubles winners: Yomar Gonzalez / Adriana Diaz
- Boys' junior team winners: United States
- Girls' junior team winners: United States
- July 8–17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb
- Junior boys' singles winner: Alexandre Cassin
- Junior boys' doubles winners: Tobias Hippler / Nils Hohmeier
- Junior girls' singles winner: Adina Diaconu
- Junior girls' doubles winners: Lisa Lung / Eline Loyen
- Cadet boys' singles winner: Vladimir Sidorenko
- Cadet boys' team winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladislav Ursu
- Cadet girls' singles winner: Maria Tailakova
- Cadet girls' team winners: Tania Plaian / Ekaterina Zironova
- September 10: 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships in Milpitas, California
- Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.
- Men's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–1, in matches played.
- Women's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–2, in matches played.
- September 16–21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok
- Junior boys' singles winner: XU Haidong
- Junior boys' doubles winners: KIM Song Gun / HAM Yu Song
- Junior girls' singles winner: QIAN Tianyi
- Junior girls' doubles winners: Minnie Wai-Yam Soo / MAK Tze Wing
- Junior mixed doubles winners: CAO Wei / SHI Xunyao
- Cadet boys' singles winner: NIU Guankai
- Cadet girls' singles winner: SHI Xunyao
- October 7–9: 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 in Prague
- Junior boys' singles winner: Tomáš Polansky
- Junior girls' singles winner: Audrey Zarif
- Cadet boys' singles winner: Truls Moregard
- Cadet girls' singles winner: Anastasia Kolish
- October 18–23: 2016 European Table Tennis Championships in Budapest
- Men's singles winner: Emmanuel Lebesson
- Women's singles winner: Melek Hu
- Men's doubles winners: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's doubles winners: Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter
- Mixed doubles winners: João Monteiro / Daniela Dodean
- October 24–30: 2016 African Table Tennis Championships in Agadir
- Men's singles winner: Omar Assar
- Women's singles winner: Olufunke Oshonaike
- Men's doubles winners: Quadri Aruna / Segun Toriola
- Women's doubles winners: Yousra Abdel Razek / Dina Meshref
- Mixed doubles winners: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref
2016 ITTF World Tour
- January 20–24: Hungarian Open in Budapest
- Men's singles: Chuang Chih-yuan
- Women's singles: Tie Ya Na
- Men's doubles: Chuang Chih-yuan / HUANG Sheng-Sheng
- Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
- January 27–31: German Open in Berlin
- Men's singles: Ma Long
- Women's singles: Wu Yang
- Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
- Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
- February 10–14: Philippines Open in Manila
- Event cancelled.
- March 16–20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City
- Men's singles: Zhang Jike
- Women's singles: Li Xiaoxia
- Men's doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
- Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
- March 23–27: Qatar Open in Doha
- Men's singles: Ma Long
- Women's singles: Liu Shiwen
- Men's doubles: Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike
- Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
- April 5–9: Chile Open in Santiago
- Men's singles: Antoine Hachard
- Women's singles: Rachel Moret
- Men's doubles: Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz
- Women's doubles: Maria Lorenzotti / Candela Molero (default)
- April 20–24: Polish Open in Warsaw
- Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's singles: Miu Hirano
- Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
- Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
- May 18–22: Nigeria Open in Lagos
- Men's singles: Benedek Olah
- Women's singles: Jieni Shao
- Men's doubles: Andrey Bukin / Vasilij Filatov
- Women's doubles: Irina Ermakova / Olga Kulikova
- May 24–28: Croatia Open in Zagreb
- Men's singles: Joo Sae-hyuk
- Women's singles: Hitomi Satō
- Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's doubles: Doo Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching
- June 1–5: Slovenia Open in Otočec
- Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's singles: Feng Tianwei
- Men's doubles: HO Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting
- Women's doubles: Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova
- June 8–12: Australian Open in Melbourne
- Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's singles: Hina Hayata
- Men's doubles: Takuya Jin / Yuki Morita
- Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
- June 15–19: Japan Open in Tokyo
- Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
- Women's singles: Liu Shiwen
- Men's doubles: Ma Long / Xu Xin
- Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia
- June 22–26: Korea Open in Incheon
- Men's singles: Xu Xin
- Women's singles: Ding Ning
- Men's doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
- Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
- June 29 – July 3: North Korea Open in Pyongyang
- Men's singles: KANG Wi Hun
- Women's singles: KIM Song I
- Men's doubles: Cao Wei / XU Yingbin
- Women's doubles: KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun
- August 24–28: Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte
- Men's singles: Tomáš Konečný
- Women's singles: Yuka Ishigaki
- Men's doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
- Women's doubles: Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono
- August 31 – September 4: Czech Open in Olomouc
- Men's singles: Yuto Muramatsu
- Women's singles: YANG Xiaoxin
- Men's doubles: CHO Eon-rae / PARK Jeong-woo
- Women's doubles: Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta
- September 7–11: Belarus Open in Minsk
- Men's singles: JANG Woo-jin
- Women's singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's doubles: JANG Woo-jin / LIM Jong-hoon
- Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
- September 14–18: China Open in Chengdu
- Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
- Women's singles: Ding Ning
- Men's doubles: Ma Long / Zhang Jike
- Women's doubles: Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling
- September 20–24: Belgium Open in De Haan
- Men's singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Women's singles: Georgina Póta
- Men's doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
- Women's doubles: Georgina Póta / Yulia Prokhorova
- November 9–13: Austrian Open in Linz
- Men's singles: Kenta Matsudaira
- Women's singles: Mima Ito
- Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
- November 15–20: Swedish Open in Stockholm
- Men's singles: Yuya Oshima
- Women's singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
- Men's doubles: Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi
- Women's doubles: Cheng I-ching / Lee I-Chen
- December 8–11: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha
- Men's singles: Ma Long
- Women's singles: Zhu Yuling
- Men's doubles: Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su
- Women's doubles: Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata
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