Regional paddlers descend on Gaborone

The regional qualifiers will be played at the Botho University from yesterday until Sunday with the World Championship places at stake. A total of nine countries have descended on the capital city for the preliminary round of the World Championship.

The qualifiers started with the team events. Diteemane, as the national table tennis team is called, has been given a fair group in the men’s section. Diteemane is pitted against Zambia, Lesotho and Namibia in Group B while tournament favourites, Angola and South Africa will battle it out in Group A alongside, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Diteemane’s women team could not avoid Angola in the toss and the two teams are drawn in Group B together with Lesotho and Namibia. Group A has South Africa, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe.