Four athletes qualified based on their results, including track star Luiza Gega, who won Gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in the 3000m steeplechase run.

[13] The nation's team for the 2020 games was composed of six male and three female competitors, including athletes Izmir Smajlaj and Luiza Gega, gymnast Matvei Petrov, judoka Indrit Cullahj, shooter Manuela Delilaj, swimmers Kledi Kadiu and Nikol Merizaj as well as weightlifters Briken Calja and Erkand Qerimaj.

[14] Albanian athletes further achieved the entry standards, by world ranking (one female) or by Universality place (one man), in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[15][16] Albania received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a male gymnast to the Games, marking the country's debut in the sport.

Matvei Petrov entered the men's pommel horse and finished tenth in the qualification round, failing to qualify for the final but being listed as first reserve.

[17] Albania entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite commission quota.

[14] The nation received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission (TC) to send a women's air pistol shooter to the games, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 2021.