| Date | 12 – 16 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 Liu Shiwen, Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia did not lose any match and won all their matches 3-0. They were never threatened and had been the pre-tournament favourites. Surprisingly Germany won their semi-final 3-2 against Japan and went on to collect the silver medal, with the bronze going to Japan.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | Gold | |||||
| Liu Shiwen • Li Xiaoxia • Ding Ning | ||||||||
| 2 | Germany |  GER | Silver | |||||
| Ying Han • Xiaona Shan • Petrissa Solja | ||||||||
| 3 | Japan |  JPN | Bronze | |||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa • Mima Ito • Ai Fukuhara | ||||||||
| 4 | Singapore |  SGP | ||||||
| Yu Mengyu • Feng Tianwei • Zhou Yihan | ||||||||
| =5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea |  PRK | ||||||
| Ri Mi-Gyong • Ri Myong-Sun • Kim Song-I | ||||||||
| =5 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | ||||||
| Jeon Ji-Hui • Seo Hyo-Won • Yang Ha-Eun | ||||||||
| =5 | Hong Kong, China |  HKG | ||||||
| Lee Ho Ching • Doo Hoi Kem • Tie Ya Na | ||||||||
| =5 | Austria |  AUT | ||||||
| Sofia Polcanova • Liu Jia • Li Qiangbing | ||||||||
| =9 | Brazil |  BRA | ||||||
| Gui Lin • Bruna Takahashi • Carol Kumahara | ||||||||
| =9 | Australia |  AUS | ||||||
| Jian-Fang Lay • Sally Zhang • Melissa Tapper | ||||||||
| =9 | Romania |  ROU | ||||||
| Eliza Samara • Daniela Dodean-Monteiro • Bernadette Szőcs | ||||||||
| =9 | Egypt |  EGY | ||||||
| Dina Meshref • Nadeen El-Dawlatly • Yousra Helmy | ||||||||
| =9 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Jiaqi Zheng • Lily Zhang • Jennifer Wu | ||||||||
| =9 | Chinese Taipei |  TPE | ||||||
| Cheng I-Ching • Huang Yi-Hua • Chen Szu-Yu | ||||||||
| =9 | Netherlands |  NED | ||||||
| Jie Li • Jiao Li • Britt Eerland | ||||||||
| =9 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc • Qian Li • Natalia Partyka | ||||||||
| Date | 12 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 10:00 | Table 1 | Liu / Li / Ding | CHN | 3 – 0 | Lin / Takahashi / Kumahara | BRA | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 10:00 | Table 4 | Ri / Ri / Kim | PRK | 3 – 0 | Lay / Zhang / Tapper | AUS | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 10:00 | Table 2 | Jeon / Seo / Yang | KOR | 3 – 2 | Samara / Dodean-Monteiro / Szőcs | ROU | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 10:00 | Table 3 | Yu / Feng / Zhou | SGP | 3 – 0 | Meshref / El-Dawlatly / Helmy | EGY | |
| Match #5 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Table 1 | Han / Shan / Solja | GER | 3 – 0 | Zheng / Zhang / Wu | USA | |
| Match #6 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Table 2 | Lee / Doo / Tie | HKG | 3 – 1 | Cheng / Huang / Chen | TPE | |
| Match #7 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Table 3 | Polcanova / Liu / Li | AUT | 3 – 1 | Li / Li / Eerland | NED | |
| Match #8 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Table 4 | Ishikawa / Ito / Fukuhara | JPN | 3 – 0 | Grzybowska-Franc / Li / Partyka | POL |
| Date | 13 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 10:00 | Table 1 | Liu / Li / Ding | CHN | 3 – 0 | Ri / Ri / Kim | PRK | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 10:00 | Table 2 | Yu / Feng / Zhou | SGP | 3 – 2 | Jeon / Seo / Yang | KOR | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 19:30 | Table 2 | Han / Shan / Solja | GER | 3 – 1 | Lee / Doo / Tie | HKG | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Ishikawa / Ito / Fukuhara | JPN | 3 – 0 | Polcanova / Liu / Li | AUT |
| Date | 14 – 15 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug 10:00 | Table 1 | Liu / Li / Ding | CHN | 3 – 0 | Yu / Feng / Zhou | SGP | |
| Match #2 | 14 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Han / Shan / Solja | GER | 3 – 2 | Ishikawa / Ito / Fukuhara | JPN |
| Date | 16 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 16 Aug 19:30 | Table 1 | Liu / Li / Ding | CHN | 3 – 0 | Han / Shan / Solja | GER | |
| Match 3/4 | 16 Aug 11:00 | Table 1 | Ishikawa / Ito / Fukuhara | JPN | 3 – 1 | Yu / Feng / Zhou | SGP |
