I must also admit that table tennis has given a lot in terms of exposure; an opportunity to have a better life and also self-discipline. Czech Republic falls short but positive omens in Gondomar 26 Jan 2020 2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Event. At the ZEN-NOH 2019 Team World Cup in Tokyo, Nigeria finished in third place in their initial phase group behind China and Chinese Taipei. Note: You can use the search function, or sort the tournament on the date or on the organization cities. Intense in Gondomar, same in Santiago 24 Jan 2020 Competition is intense in the Portuguese town of Gondomar as teams seek places in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; across the Atlantic Ocean approaching some 7,000 miles to the south west, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January, the tension will just as acute. Based on the ITTF event calendar, here are the lists and the dates of the upcoming tournaments.. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – Table Tennis Dates, Tokyo (JPN): 26 Aug-04 Sep (Postponed) September. In Rabat, the 24 year old exceeded all expectations, at the quarter-final stage of the men’s singles event he accounted for Egypt’s Ahmed Ali Saleh, before ending the hopes of colleague Segun Toriola and Quadri Aruna to seal the title; in Gondomar both Segun Toriola and Quadri Aruna appear on the team sheet as does Bode Abiodun alongside Taiwo Mati.A challenge met in Rabat, the challenge in Gondomar is just as demanding. Now at the 2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament, Nigeria occupies the no.14 seeded position.Only nine places available for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it is tough task but in the past Nigeria has proved an ability to respond.
I must also admit that table tennis has given a lot in terms of exposure; ... Read more. I have been putting in a lot of work ever since I moved to Belgium National Training Center in Blegny. Competition is intense in the Portuguese town of Gondomar as teams seek places in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; across the Atlantic Ocean approaching some 7,000 miles to the south west, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January, the tension will just as acute.The 2020 Chile Para Open takes place in Santiago; titles at stake but more significantly valuable ranking points to qualify to for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.Each class at the Paralympic Games has a quota of players, on Tuesday 31st March according to the world rankings, a further 72 men and 38 women will gain places in the respective men’s singles and women’s singles events in Tokyo.Precious points at stake, notable names from Europe appear on the men’s singles entry list, players who have enjoyed success at the Paralympic Games but as yet have not reserved their places in the Japanese city.Spain’s José Manuel Ruiz and Jorge Cardona travel from Spain, they are the top seeded names in class 10.Notably together they were silver medallists in men’s team class 9-10 in Rio de Janeiro and four years earlier bronze medallists in London. This article details the qualifying phase for table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics.The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players coming from their respective NOCs; each may enter up to six athletes, two male and two female athletes in singles events, up to one men's and one women's team in team events, and up to one pair in mixed doubles. Some players ask me about the list of table tennis tournaments organized by ITTF. Surprise winner of the men’s singles title at the 2019 African Games in Rabat in August, Olajide Omotayo now aims to cause further upsets.He is included the Nigerian squad at the forthcoming 2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament; play commencing in Gondomar on Wednesday 22nd January. Playing at the Olympic Games means a lot to me because it is the biggest sporting event on this planet and I have always dreamt of participating at the Olympics since I was child.Now that I have the opportunity to play at the qualification tournament, I’m going to give it my all and make sure I give my 100 per cent best. Nigeria is ranked number 16 in the world; I know with time we will get better and better.I have never featured at any Olympics in my life; this will be the first time I am even going to play at any Olympic qualification tournament. The members of the team are also ready to put up a good fight in Portugal.My target is to improve my standard and attend more tournaments as possible. Furthermore at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, in class 10 José Manuel Ruiz secured both men’s singles silver and men’s team bronze.Likewise, bronze medallist in men’s team class 4-5 in London, Frenchman Nicolas Savant-Aira in the top seed in class 4-5; Belgium’s Mark Ledoux, men’s singles class 8 silver medal winner in 2004 in Athens, is the no.2 seed in class 8, behind Frenchman, Thomas Bouvais.However, if there is one men’s singles event in Santiago that has the Paralympic Games feel, it is class 7; Brazil’s Israel Stroh is the top seed followed by Germany’s Jochen Wollmert and Frenchman Stéphane Messi.Four years ago in Rio de Janeiro, Israel Stroh was the silver medallist; Stéphane Messi was a men’s team bronze medallist in class 6-8 in 2008, in 2000 in class 6-7 a men’s team silver medallist and men’s singles bronze medallist.Notable performances but none and that means none in the whole Paralympic sphere can compete with Jochen Wollmert.A strong European presence, it is the same in men’s singles class 9, seeking his first Paralympic Games medal, Sweden’s Daniel Gustafsson is the top seed.Meanwhile, for the host nation, yet to win Paralympic Games medals, Luis Bustamente and Tamara Leonelli are very much the players on who eyes focus.Luis Bustamente is the top seed in men’s singles class 1-3, Tamara Leonelli in women’s singles class 2-5; in the one further women’s singles event, Japan’s Nozomi Takeuchi is the leading name in class 7-10.Tamara Leonelli has already qualified for Tokyo, for Luis Bustamente and Nozomo Takeuchi valuable ranking points are at stake.© Copyright 2019 - International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)