The championship will be held from December 21 to 22 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
At least 64 players in the U-15 and U-19 categories will compete at the First Daniel Ford International Elite Youth Invitational National Table Tennis Championships.
21:01 - 25.11.2023
Table Tennis: Nigeria missing as Egypt set to represent Africa at ITTF Mixed Team World Cup
The World Cup will occur at the Sichuan Gymnasium in Chengdu, China, from December 4th to 10th, 2023.
06:34 - 23.11.2023
Aruna Open Table Tennis Tournament set to unearth new talents
The organizers unveiled that the third edition of the competition would take place at the Eko Club in Lagos from November 29 to December 3.
The championship will be held from December 21 to 22 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
The tournament is sponsored by UK-based property firm Daniel Ford International and organized by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF).
The founder and CEO of Daniel Ford International, Yemi Edun, said the decision to organize the championship intends to identify potential players and advance table tennis in the nation.
He added that the tournament was borne out of his passion for the sport, having grown up in the Surulere area of Lagos, considered Nigeria's sports capital.
14:37 - 09.11.2023
Nigeria to lead African countries to World Table Tennis Championships in Korea
The ITTF reports that in the men's categories, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Madagascar will represent Africa, and in the women's categories, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritius will represent the continent.
06:32 - 10.10.2023
Table Tennis: Quadri Aruna targets WTT title in Oman
Aruna is expected to begin his campaign in the main draw, where he will face top seeds such as Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, Brazil's Hugo Calderano, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun-Ju, and Germany's title candidates Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Dang Qiu.
He said, "Table tennis was widely played at homes and on the streets growing up, but I also lived in Surulere, which was and still is, to some extent, the sports capital of Nigeria.
"The National Stadium located in Surulere is also known as Sports City, and living in this neighbourhood made me acutely aware of all things sport, including table tennis. Aside from that, I grew up when table tennis legends like Atanda Musa were routinely featured on the front pages of national newspapers," he said.
06:47 - 28.09.2023
Equip Table Tennis Coaches for better results – NTTF Board member
The NTTF Board member stated that Nigeria has a common problem with the development of coaches
The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with the 16 (boys and girls each) in U-15 and 16 (boys and girls each) in U-19 would be drawn into a group of four, with the top two in each group advancing to the knockout stage of the tournament.