Lagos – The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) on Tuesday said a Nigerian Open qualification would hold between April 2 and April 4.
NTTF’s Secretary-General, Chinedu Ezealah-Ogundare, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the qualification was to select more players that would participate in the forthcoming Nigeria Open.
“Our top four players will not be participating in the qualifiers. They have merit slots.
“The qualification is to select more players to join our top players in making up the number of entries allocated to us.
“There are three categories involved in the competition and ideally, each country can have 12 entries in each category.
“We have the men and women, U-21 boys and girls and the doubles.
“In past editions, we have always pleaded with the International Table Tennis Federation to increase our number of entries.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
“We are the host and as such, we can use the opportunity to allow our players have a feel of how international competitions are being conducted,’’ she said.
She, however, urged players willing to participate in the competition to enrol in the qualifiers.
“It is an open qualifiers that players are not expected to pay to take part. There is no limit to the number of persons that can participate,’’ Ezealah-Ogundare said.
NAN reports that the Nigeria Open is an annual competition which the International Table Tennis Federation has listed as a series for 2016.
The 4th edition of the competition will hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. (NAN)
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