Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 5

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 5 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place from 25 to 29 August, 2021, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 1–5 were designated for athletes with physical impairment affecting their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the classification number, the greater the impact of the impairment on the athlete's ability to compete.

Table tennis at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates	25–29 August 2021
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Valentin Baus  Germany Cao Ningning  China Ali Öztürk  Turkey Jack Hunter-Spivey  Great Britain

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the knock-out stage. In this edition of the Games, no bronze medal match was held. Losers of each semifinal were automatically awarded a bronze medal.

Results

All times are local time in UTC+9.

Main bracket

Final rounds

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Gold medal match
	A1	Cao Ningning (CHN)	11	11	11
	B2	Cheng Ming-chih (TPE)	8	9	6
										A1	Cao Ningning (CHN)	11	11	11
										D2	Ali Öztürk (TUR)	7	9	9
	D2	Ali Öztürk (TUR)	13	8	11	11
	C1	Mitar Palikuća (SRB)	11	11	7	6
																			A1	Cao Ningning (CHN)	4	11	11	11	7
																			D1	Valentin Baus (GER)	11	7	9	13	11
	D1	Valentin Baus (GER)	11	11	11
	A2	Nicolas Savant-Aira (FRA)	3	3	4
										D1	Valentin Baus (GER)	11	12	11
										B1	Jack Hunter-Spivey (GBR)	7	10	7
	C2	Tommy Urhaug (NOR)	11	11	9	12	10
	B1	Jack Hunter-Spivey (GBR)	9	13	11	10	12

Preliminary round

Qualified for the knock-out stage

Group A

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
1	Cao Ningning (CHN)	2	0	+24	1
8	Nicolas Savant-Aira (FRA)	1	1	+1	2
9	Hamza Çalışkan (TUR)	0	2	–25	3

Hamza Çalışkan (TUR)	6	9	8
Cao Ningning (CHN)	11	11	11

Cao Ningning (CHN)	11	11	11
Nicolas Savant-Aira (FRA)	3	9	7

Hamza Çalışkan (TUR)	11	1	6	12	7
Nicolas Savant-Aira (FRA)	9	11	11	10	11

Group B

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
7	Jack Hunter-Spivey (GBR)	2	0	+35	1
2	Cheng Ming-chih (TPE)	1	1	–7	2
10	Bart Brands (BEL)	0	2	–28	3

Bart Brands (BEL)	4	3	14	8
Cheng Ming-chih (TPE)	11	11	12	11

Jack Hunter-Spivey (GBR)	11	11	11
Cheng Ming-chih (TPE)	3	4	3

Jack Hunter-Spivey (GBR)	11	9	11	11
Bart Brands (BEL)	6	11	5	8

Group C

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
5	Mitar Palikuća (SRB)	2	0	+11	1
3	Tommy Urhaug (NOR)	1	1	+17	2
12	Mauro Depergola (ARG)	0	2	–28	3

Mauro Depergola (ARG)	4	7	6
Tommy Urhaug (NOR)	11	11	11

Tommy Urhaug (NOR)	10	11	8	11	8
Mitar Palikuća (SRB)	12	7	11	6	11

Mitar Palikuća (SRB)	11	11	11
Mauro Depergola (ARG)	8	6	7

Group D

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
4	Valentin Baus (GER)	2	0	+29	1
6	Ali Öztürk (TUR)	1	1	+10	2
11	Ayman Zenaty (EGY)	0	2	–39	3

Ayman Zenaty (EGY)	7	3	1
Valentin Baus (GER)	11	11	11

Valentin Baus (GER)	7	9	11	11	11
Ali Öztürk (TUR)	11	11	8	6	6

Ali Öztürk (TUR)	11	11	11
Ayman Zenaty (EGY)	4	8	4