A guide to the year 2021 in sports including the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Table Tennis

Tokyo 2020 dates

24 July–6 August 2021

Other key events

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2021, USA. Exact location and dates to be announced.

ITTF World Olympic Singles Qualification Event. Doha, Qatar. 16–19 March 2021

Continental qualification events will also be held in singles and mixed doubles in locations and dates to be confirmed.

Taekwondo

Tokyo 2020 dates

24–27 July 2021

Other key events

European and Asian continental Olympic qualifiers will be held from January onwards.

World Taekwondo Championships. Dates and location to be announced.

Tennis

Tokyo 2020 dates

24 July–1 August 2021

Other key events

Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia. 8–21 February 2021

ITF Billie Jean King Cup Finals, Budapest, Hungary. 13–18 April 2021

French Open, Paris, France. 24 May–13 June 2021

Wimbledon, London, England, UK. 28 June–11 July 2021

US Open, New York, USA. 30 August–12 September 2021

WTA Finals, Shenzhen, China. Dates to be announced.

ATP Finals, Turin, Italy. 14–21 November 2021

ITF Davis Cup Finals, Innsbruck, Austria; Turin, Italy; Madrid, Spain. 25 November–5 December 2021

ATP and WTA World Rankings Olympic qualification cutoff date: 7 June 2021

Players must make themselves available for Fed Cup or Davis Cup selection (including in qualifiers or zonal events) at least twice between 2016 and 2020 to be eligible to play at Tokyo 2020, with the exception of any cancelled ties due to Covid-19.

Triathlon

Tokyo 2020 dates

26–31 July 2021

Dates for Olympic qualification events and rankings cut-offs to be confirmed.

Volleyball (Beach and Indoor)

Tokyo 2020 dates

Beach: 24 July–7 August 2021

Volleyball: 24 July–8 August 2021

Other key events

Final beach volleyball qualifiers will be decided through each continent’s Continental Cup Final, scheduled from 21–27 June 2021.

Some spots will be allocated through the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Rankings. Ranking cutoff date: 13 June 2021