The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between August 13 and 18, at the Peking University Gymnasium.

The two semifinal winners met in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers each played against one of the winners from the bronze medal playoffs, with the winners of those games meeting in the bronze medal match.

Each match consisted of up to five games, with the first team to win three being declared the winner.

Each team member competed in two of the five games, according to a set rotation.

[1] Only the players qualified from each team were taking into consideration to establish the ranking.