The stakes are extremely excessive on the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup, the place the continent’s greatest desk tennis gamers are set to conflict on the El-Menzah Sports activities Corridor in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. They’re competing for prestigious continental titles and coveted tickets to the ITTF World Cup.
Beginning immediately, the competitors for the continental slots within the Males’s and Ladies’s World Cup can be intense. The semifinalists will earn their locations on the flight to Macao, China, in April.
Within the males’s singles, 29 gamers will compete for 4 coveted spots within the international event in China, whereas 21 gamers will vie for the 4 tickets within the girls’s singles.
Defending champions, Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Egypt’s Dina Meshref, face a Herculean process to retain their titles in opposition to formidable opponents desperate to dethrone them on the stunning El-Menzah Sports activities Corridor.
Aruna is aiming for his sixth title alongside Egypt’s Omar Assar, who can also be concentrating on his sixth laurel in Tunis. They may cope with rising stars like Tunisia’s Wassim Essid, Nigeria’s Matthew Kuti, Cameroon’s Batix Ylane, and different skilled gamers already in Tunis.
Meshref, essentially the most profitable participant within the competitors, seeks to surpass her 9 titles in Tunis. Nevertheless, she should elevate her sport to keep up her dominance. Africa’s highest-ranked feminine participant, Hana Goda of Egypt, will goal her third title after twin victories in Lagos 2022 and Nairobi 2023. Whereas the 2 Egyptians might face off in opposition to one another at some stage of the competitors, they have to preserve an eye fixed out for different contenders searching for to rewrite the document books in Tunis via beautiful upsets.
For the primary time within the event’s historical past, and to strategically spotlight ITTF-Africa’s company companions whereas celebrating excellence in desk tennis, the continental physique is introducing particular person awards at ITTF-Africa occasions beginning with the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup in Tunis.
ValueJet Participant of the Day (women and men) can be awarded to gamers who ship excellent performances on every matchday, ranging from the knockout stage.
Ethiopian Vacation Most Improved Participant of the Match (males & girls) will recognise rising stars and new skills who make important impacts on the occasion, simply because the Stag Honest Play Award (males or girls) will go to gamers, who greatest exhibit sportsmanship and equity all through the event.
