Ahead of 2016 ITTF World Team Championships: Nigeria Draws India, Four Others

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.

At the draw held at the weekend, Nigeria will battle for the knockout stage against highly-rated India team led by veteran Sharath Achanta, who has always being a turn in the flesh for Nigerian team as well as Aruna Quadri’s conqueror at the 2015 World Championship in China, Soumyajit Ghosh.

 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.