| Date | 12 – 17 August 2016 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Riocentro Pavilhão 3, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro |
| Participants | 48 from 16 countries |
A total of 16 teams were invited to participate in the team tournament. The highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contained two qualified players for the singles had a third player added to make up their team. These six teams were joined by the ten highest-ranked NOCs from any continent.
All matches were played in the so-called Beijing System: two singles matches, one doubles, and up to two more singles - if required, as the first team to win three matches won the contest. All matches were played to the best-of-five sets. China’s Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Xu Xin lost only one match in the whole tournament, when Xu lost 2-3 to Japan’s Jun Mizutani in the final. Germany claimed the bronze medal, just as they had done at London in 2012.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | Gold | |||||
| Xu Xin • Ma Long • Zhang Jike | ||||||||
| 2 | Japan |  JPN | Silver | |||||
| Maharu Yoshimura • Jun Mizutani • Koki Niwa | ||||||||
| 3 | Germany |  GER | Bronze | |||||
| Timo Boll • Dimitrij Ovtcharov • Bastian Steger | ||||||||
| 4 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | ||||||
| Ju Se-Hyeok • Jeong Yeong-Sik • Lee Sang-Su | ||||||||
| =5 | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Liam Pitchford • Paul Drinkhall • Sam Walker | ||||||||
| =5 | Sweden |  SWE | ||||||
| Pär Gerell • Kristian Karlsson • Mattias Karlsson | ||||||||
| =5 | Hong Kong, China |  HKG | ||||||
| Tang Peng • Wong Chun Ting • Ho Kwan Kit | ||||||||
| =5 | Austria |  AUT | ||||||
| Robert Gardos • Stefan Fegerl • Daniel Habesohn | ||||||||
| =9 | Nigeria |  NGR | ||||||
| Segun Toriola • Quadri Aruna • Bode Abiodun | ||||||||
| =9 | France |  FRA | ||||||
| Simon Gauzy • Emmanuel Lebesson • Tristan Flore | ||||||||
| =9 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Tom Feng • Kanak Jha • Timothy Wang | ||||||||
| =9 | Brazil |  BRA | ||||||
| Hugo Calderano • Cazuo Matsumoto • Gustavo Tsuboi | ||||||||
| =9 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Zengyi Wang • Jakub Dyjas • Daniel Górak | ||||||||
| =9 | Australia |  AUS | ||||||
| David Powell • Chris Yan • Heming Hu | ||||||||
| =9 | Portugal |  POR | ||||||
| Tiago Apolónia • Marcos Freitas • João Pedro Monteiro | ||||||||
| =9 | Chinese Taipei |  TPE | ||||||
| Chen Chien-An • Chuang Chih-Yuan • Chiang Hung-Chieh | ||||||||
| Date | 12 – 13 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 19:30 | Table 4 | Xu / Ma / Zhang | CHN | 3 – 0 | Toriola / Aruna / Abiodun | NGR | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Pitchford / Drinkhall / Walker | GBR | 3 – 2 | Gauzy / Lebesson / Flore | FRA | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 19:30 | Table 2 | Gerell / Karlsson / Karlsson | SWE | 3 – 0 | Feng / Jha / Wang | USA | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 19:30 | Table 3 | Ju / Jeong / Lee | KOR | 3 – 0 | Calderano / Matsumoto / Tsuboi | BRA | |
| Match #5 | 13 Aug 15:00 | Table 3 | Yoshimura / Mizutani / Niwa | JPN | 3 – 2 | Wang / Dyjas / Górak | POL | |
| Match #6 | 13 Aug 15:00 | Table 4 | Tang / Wong / Ho | HKG | 3 – 0 | Powell / Yan / Hu | AUS | |
| Match #7 | 13 Aug 15:00 | Table 2 | Gardos / Fegerl / Habesohn | AUT | 3 – 1 | Apolónia / Freitas / Monteiro | POR | |
| Match #8 | 13 Aug 15:00 | Table 1 | Boll / Ovtcharov / Steger | GER | 3 – 1 | Chen / Chuang / Chiang | TPE |
| Date | 14 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 14 Aug 10:00 | Table 1 | Xu / Ma / Zhang | CHN | 3 – 0 | Pitchford / Drinkhall / Walker | GBR | |
| Match #2 | 14 Aug 10:00 | Table 2 | Ju / Jeong / Lee | KOR | 3 – 1 | Gerell / Karlsson / Karlsson | SWE | |
| Match #3 | 14 Aug 15:00 | Table 2 | Yoshimura / Mizutani / Niwa | JPN | 3 – 1 | Tang / Wong / Ho | HKG | |
| Match #4 | 14 Aug 15:00 | Table 1 | Boll / Ovtcharov / Steger | GER | 3 – 1 | Gardos / Fegerl / Habesohn | AUT |
| Date | 15 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Xu / Ma / Zhang | CHN | 3 – 0 | Ju / Jeong / Lee | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 15 Aug 15:00 | Table 1 | Yoshimura / Mizutani / Niwa | JPN | 3 – 1 | Boll / Ovtcharov / Steger | GER |
| Date | 17 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 17 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Xu / Ma / Zhang | CHN | 3 – 1 | Yoshimura / Mizutani / Niwa | JPN | |
| Match 3/4 | 17 Aug 11:00 | Table 1 | Boll / Ovtcharov / Steger | GER | 3 – 1 | Ju / Jeong / Lee | KOR |
