Table Tennis: Nigeria, Egypt Clash In African Games Final
African table tennis heavyweights, Nigeria and Egypt, will clash in the men and women’s team event finals at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.
According to a statement by the International Table Tennis Federation Africa (ITTFA), the teams will clash on Friday. The two countries in the team event lived up to expectations from the group matches to the knockout rounds.
Today, we’ll crown the best Table Tennis Teams on the continent in Accra.
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— ITTF-Africa (@ITTFAfrica) March 8, 2024
In the men’s event, Quadri Aruna guided the Nigerian side to the final after spearheading a hard-fought 3-1 win over Tunisia in the semi-final round to set up another epic final against the Egyptian side.
The Egyptians as the defending champions were not threatened until the semi-final round where they were tested by the Mehdi Boloussa-inspired Algerian side. But it was the Egyptians that prevailed to qualify for the final, scheduled for March 8th at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Nigeria had a smooth ride to the final with a convincing 3-0 win over South Africa in the semi-final of the women’s event. The Egyptian ladies, like their male counterparts, had a smooth passage to the final where they will face the Offiong Edem-led Nigerian side.
In their last meeting at Rabat 2019, Egypt prevailed in the men’s event to dethrone Nigeria, while the Egyptians have dominated the women’s event in the last three editions of the championships.
Meanwhile, South Africa became the history makers in the women’s event as the Danisha Patel-inspired side claimed their first ever medal at the African Games.
They settled for a bronze medal with an all-important quarter-final win over Ghana.
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