Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) Poh Li San said inexperience has cost the women’s team a place at the Paris Olympics, ending a run that spanned four Summer Games beginning at the 2008 edition in Beijing.

The latest world team ranking was released on March 4, and the Republic slipped from 10th to 18th. This meant they missed out on the last four qualifying spots based on world rankings. These instead went to Thailand (No. 11), Poland (12), India (13) and Sweden (15).