OG Qualifiers: 2019 African Games

Olympic qualification continues in Rabat, Morocco where the 2019 African Games takes place from 20-29 August. One team from each gender will qualify a full team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games thorough this tournament.
Medal Summary

2019 African Games Table Tennis Medal Summary
	Champion	Second	Bronze
Men's Team	Egypt	Nigeria	Tunisia
Women's Team	Egypt	Nigeria	Algeria
Mixed Doubles	Omar Assar / Dina Meshref (Egypt)	Ahmed Saleh / Farah Abdel-Aziz (Egypt)	Bode Abiodun / Offiong Edem (Nigeria)	Mohamed Elbeialy/ Reem El-Eraky (Egypt)
Men's Singles	Olajide Omotayo (Nigeria)	Quadri Aruna (Nigeria)	Segun Toriola (Nigeria)	Omar Assar (Egypt)
Men's Doubles	Mohamed Boudjadja/ Sami Kherouf (Algeria)	Ahmed Saleh / Mohamed Elbeialy (Egypt)	Adam Hman / Thameur Mamia (Tunsia)	Segun Toriola / Olajide Omotayo (Nigeria)
Women's Singles	Dina Meshref (Egypt)	Hannfou Nana Sarah (Cameroon)	Offiong Edem (Nigeria)	Farag Andel-Aziz (Egypt)
Women's Doubles	Fatimo Bello/ Olufunke Oshonaike (Nigeria)	Cecilia Otuime Akpan/ Offiong Edem (Nigeria)	Lynda Loghraibi/ Katia Kessaci (Algeria)	Yousra Helmy/ Dina Meshref (Egypt)

The 2019 African Games consists of 7 events, the team, singles, doubles events for both men and women and the mixed doubles event. Among which, the team events are the most anticipated ones as we might see table tennis powerhouses in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria, battling for the top step of the podium in the men and women events, and making this traditional rivals showdown story way more interesting is that the champion-winning team will earn the continental sole slot in the team event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with 2 singles quota places attached to it. 

Top seeded Nigerian men's team led by Quadri Aruna will be aiming to defend the title they won in 2015 but they will have to face up challenges posed by Egypt which has the 2019 African Cup finalists, Assar Omar and Saleh Ahmed, on the team, while the defending women's team champion, the Egyptian ladies led by Dina Meshref and Helmy Yousra who finished first and second at the 2019 African Cup will also be keen to hold the title.

The women's team final is scheduled for 23 August at 16:00 local time (GMT+1) and the men's team final will follow right after it.

Team Draws

Men
Group A	Nigeria	Madagascar	Kenya
Group B	Egypt	Congo DRC	Eritrea
Group C	Congo Brazzaville	Mauritius	Angola
Group D	Algeria	Senegal	Ethiopia
Group E	Togo	Ghana	Djibouti
Group F	South Africa	Tunisia	Morocco

Women
Group A	Egypt	Kenya	Morocco
Group B	Nigeria	Uganda	Congo Brazzaville
Group C	Algeria	Mauritius	Congo DRC
Group D	Tunisia	South Africa	Ethiopia

2 teams from each group advance to the next stage with the winner in the men and women events qualifying for Tokyo 2020 and the top 7 teams in the event will also qualify to the 2020 World Team Champinoships to be hold in Busan, South Korea.

Visit the official website of the 2019 African Games for more details.

How To Watch

Territory	Broadcaster
Botswana	Botswana TV
Republic of the Congo	TeleCongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	RTNC
Egypt	ERTU
Jordan	Amman TV
Libya	LBC
Morocco	SNRT
Sub-Saharan Africa	Canal+ Afrique
	SuperSport
	Africa 24
Middle East and North Africa	beIN Sports
Senegal	RTS
South Africa	SuperSport
	SABC

For viewers outside Africa, the Olympic channel is also streaming the 2019 African Games. Check your cable or satellite provider to see if they provide you with the coverage.

Medalists from 2015 African Games

2015 African Games Table Tennis Medal Summary
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Omar Assar (EGY)	Quadri Aruna (NGA)	Khalid Assar (EGY) Jianan Wang (CON)
Women's Singles	Dina Meshref (EGY)	Nadeen El-Dawlatly (EGY)	Olufunke Oshonaike (NGA) Han Xing (CON)
Mixed Doubles	Jianan Wang/ Yuheng Li (CON)	Ojo Onaolapo/ Olufunke Oshonaike (NGA)	Omar Assar / Dina Meshref (EGY) Ahmed Saleh / Farah Abdel-Aziz (EGY)
Men's Doubles	Bin Hu/ Jianan Wang (CON)	Suraju Saka/ Saheed Idowu (CON)	El-sayed Lashin / Ahmed Saleh (EGY) Omar Assar / Khalid Assar (EGY)
Women's Doubles	Yuheng Li/ Han XIng (CON)	Dina Meshref/ Nadeen El-Dawlaty (EGY)	Olfunke Oshonaike / Rashidat Ogundele (NGR) Offiong Edem / Cecilia Offiong (NGR)
Women's Team	Egypt	Nigeria	Republic of the Congo
Men's Team	Nigeria	Egypt	Republic of the Congo

This is just one Olympic qualifier and more are yet to come. We have constructed an Olympic Qualification Calendar to help you understand and follow the entire Olympic qualification process! Do have a glance so that you won't miss any tournament that matters!