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Idris Adesina
More than 170 players from 27 countries have confirmed their participation in the Open ITTF Challenge Nigeria 2018.
The tournament, which will be held from August 8 to 12 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, will feature Beginning players from Eight countries
This is the first time in the history of the five-year old competition that a Chinese player will participate in the tournament, which has a prize of $ 46,000 [19659003] Also, England, Denmark, Norway Thailand, Slovenia, Iran and Mauritius will make their debut at the tournament, which has the second highest prize in the ITTF Challenge Series.
According to the organizers, European countries dominated entries with 13 nations heading to Lagos. These are Norway, Russia, Scotland, Denmark, England, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Romania, France, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Low. Brazil while others are Colombia and Argentina. The hosts of Nigeria dominated Africa, while Mauritius, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Egypt and South Africa
have welcomed 148 players from 22 countries as part of the ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open
. The Enitan Oshodi tournament stated that the competition had lifted the sport on the continent.
Oshodi said: "This year has the highest number of top 100 players in the men's and women's categories, with more entries than previous editions and showing that competition is gaining more and more. more recognition and change the chances of table tennis in Africa.
"There will be more quality performance and greater attention to detail ITTF standards. Fans will have fun watching these top players compete with the best players in Nigeria. "
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