ATTF confirms teams for ITTF World Juniors

The African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) has confirmed Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria as the continent’s flag bearers at the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Championship holding in Cape Town, South Africa in October.
A statement signed by ATTF President, Khaled El-Salhy, said the four teams confirmed their qualification among the 12 that featured at the last ITTF African Junior and Cadet Championship in Algiers.
Egypt and Nigeria will compete in the boys and girls events at the global tournament while the girls’ team from Algeria and the boys’ team from Tunisia will join the two continental superpowers at the tournament holding in November this year.
Aside the four countries that will represent Africa at the championship, host South Africa will also present its boys and girls teams.
ATTF also named the eight-man team that will constitute the African team for the 2016 World Cadet Challenge in China.
The team is dominated by players from Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria, while Nigeria and Congo Brazzaville completed the list.
Egypt’s duo of Marwan Abdelwahab and Rinad Fathy top the list. Others are Tunisia’s pair of Aboubaker Bourass and Manel Baklouti as well as Algeria’s Malissa Nasri and Abdelbasset Chaichi.
Other members are Nigeria’s Esther Oribamise and Congo Brazzaville’s Regis Kiassi.
The ITTF World Cadet Challenge holds from October 21 to 29.