Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Madagascar have superior to the quarter-finals of the desk tennis males’s workforce occasion on the thirteenth African Video games in Accra, Ghana.
This was disclosed in an announcement by the Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation (ITTF), obtained by NAN on Wednesday.
Egypt emerged chief in group one after beating Ethiopia and Gabon 3-0, respectively to take care of their 100% document.
The assertion added that Nigeria, drawn in group two alongside Congo DR and Mauritania, topped the group after a 3-0 victory over the 2 groups.
Algeria additionally defeated Angola and Guinea with 3-0 margin to progress to the quarter-final.
Tunisia defeated Cote d’Ivoire and Kenya to progress.
In line with the assertion, Madagascar edged Ghana and Sudan to affix the league of the elite groups within the last-8.
Nevertheless, second-placed groups in every group will battle for the remaining three slots within the quarter-final to find out the quarter-final pairing.
In the meantime, Within the ladies’s workforce occasion, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria and Tunisia have booked their spots within the semi-finals after topping their teams.
They await the second-placed groups within the 4 teams to find out their semi-final pairing.
The President of African Desk Tennis Federation (ATTF), Khaled El-Salhy, has counseled all of the taking part groups for the usual of play.
El-Salhy additionally hailed the host, Ghana, for placing up a very good environment for the occasion.
“I’m so excited that we’ve got over 19 international locations within the occasion and we’re significantly pleased with what Ghana has put in place to make sure the success of the occasion.
“We’re fortunate to be the primary sport to begin competing on the thirteenth African Video games and this has proven once more that desk tennis is quick returning to Ghana similar to it was within the Nineteen Seventies.
“We sit up for extra thrilling matches similar to what we had within the finals of the singles occasion which is an efficient commercial for desk tennis to the world,” he mentioned.
