Table tennis scoring, rules and officials Scoring A competitive game of table tennis is played to the best of five or seven games. The first player to get to 11 points in a game is the winner.

How to win In order to win a match of Olympic table tennis, one player must reach 11 points before the other. In an instance where the score is tied, 10-10, the first player to reach 11 will not win.

Olympic table tennis is back in 2021. Get Olympic table tennis rules, history and information like what happens when a player touches the table with their hand.