Lagos will host the 2028 African Table Tennis Championships
Nigeria beat Tunisia 23 votes to 15 at the ITTF Africa general meeting in Tangier, and will also host the 2027 African Para Championships.
Tangier — Lagos will host the 2028 ITTF Africa Championships after Nigeria beat Tunisia in a vote at the ITTF Africa annual general meeting in Tangier, Morocco, confirmed on Thursday, 22 October, BusinessDay reports.
Nigeria won 23 votes to 15 among 38 certified voters (31 delegates in the room and seven proxies). Its experience of staging major table tennis events was seen as decisive.
Two continental events in two years
Nigeria will also host the 2027 African Para Championships. Other hosts confirmed in Tangier:
- 2027: Libya (Africa Cup), Algeria (Africa Championships), Botswana (youth event)
- 2028: Rwanda (youth event), Egypt (Para Championships); the 2028 Africa Cup host is still to be chosen
Adesoji Tayo, president of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, thanked delegates for trusting Nigeria to host a fitting tournament, and promised that Lagos would again show the best of table tennis and be the place to be in 2028.
Source: BusinessDay, 22 October 2026.
