SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, (THEWILL) – The African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) has announced the postponement of this year’s ITTF-Africa Senior Championships to 2021.
A statement by the ATTF President, Khaled El-Salhy said the tournament, which serves as the continental qualification for the World Championship was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
He said: “I wish to inform all table tennis friends and colleagues in your country, the importance of a safe and healthy lifestyle in the current circumstances due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. On Thursday 2nd July 2020, the ATTF Executive Committee had an online meeting to discuss the case for the ATTF Calendar of 2020 which had been suspended earlier until further notice. We are closely monitoring the global and continental situation day-by-day to come back to you with the following decision.
“We acknowledge the continuation and expansion of the pandemic in the whole world and consequently in Africa, as there is no guaranteed medicine or vaccine available. Even normal international travel will not be possible till the end of 2020, thus it has been decided to postpone our following planned events:
– 2020 ITTF-Africa Youth, Juniors & Cadet Championships to be held in Madagascar
– 2020 ITTF-Africa Senior Championships & WTTC Qualification to be held in Cameroon next year 2021.
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“Exact new dates for both events to be announced soon after checking the 2021 ITTF Calendar to ensure no conflict with other world sanctioned international events to provide better planning to your top players and national teams.”
THEWILL reports that the ITTF Africa Youth, Junior & Cadet Championships was fixed for April in Madagascar while the ITTF-Africa Senior Championships was slated for October in Cameroon.
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