Nigeria Men’s table tennis team has been drawn in Group F alongside India, Slovakia, Vietnam,
Switzerland and Turkey at the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
World Team Championships holding in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
India is highest rated team in the group
followed by Slovakia, while Nigeria is the third rated team in the group.
Just like their male counterparts, the Nigeria
women’s also face a Herculean task as they have been pitched against India as
well in Group G. Other teams in the group are Croatia, Puerto Rico, Colombia
and Portugal.
The battle for promotion to the elite
division for Nigeria will commence on February 28 as the matches will be played
in a round robin format with the two top teams progressing to the knockout
stage.
Meanwhile, Crowned European champions,
Austria faces a prodigious familiar adversary in their quest to add more
silverware to their laurel as they are expected to compete against world
champion, China in Group A of the Championship division.


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