Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Saudi Arabia is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Saudi Arabia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKSA
NOCSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Websiteolympic.sa (in Arabic and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors19 in 2 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Football
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary

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Saudi Arabia men's Men's tournament

Men's tournament
Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Saudi Arabia men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996.[2][3]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Table tennis
Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Saudi Arabia entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in 16 years. Ali Al-Khadrawi secured an outright berth in the men's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2020 West Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[4]

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Ali Al-Khadrawi Men's singles
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References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "New champions to be crowned as Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia make final". Asian Football Confederation. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. "Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia secure Tokyo 2020 qualification". FIFA. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. "Ali Alkhadrawi and Hend Zaza book Olympic Games places". ITTF. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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