Youssef Abdelaziz brought Omar Assar’s four-year unbeaten run at the ITTF Africa Championships to an end by defeating his Egyptian teammate 4-1 in the men’s singles final in Tangier, Morocco, on Sunday, 25 October.
Abdelaziz claims first continental singles title
- Abdelaziz reversed the result of the 2025 final, when Assar had beaten him, to secure his first African men’s singles championship.
- Assar entered the final as defending champion and a three-time winner of the continental title, having not lost at the event for four years.
Goda extends women’s singles dominance
- Hana Goda retained the women’s singles crown after overcoming fellow Egyptian Dina Meshref 4-1 in the final.
- The victory delivered Goda’s fourth straight African singles title.
- Goda had reached the final with a 4-1 semi-final win against Hend Fathy.
- Meshref earned her place in the title match by beating Mariam Alhodaby by the identical 4-1 score.
Egypt completes doubles clean sweep
Egypt added every available doubles and mixed doubles title to its singles success at the championships.
- Abdelaziz and Alhodaby successfully defended the mixed doubles title, edging Mostapha Badr and Farida Badawy 3-2 in an all-Egyptian final.
- Goda and Meshref won the women’s doubles crown with a 3-0 final victory over Algerian pairing Tania Morice and Jade Morice.
- Mohamed El-Beiali partnered Abdelaziz to take the men’s doubles, beating Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu and Algeria’s Sami Kherouf 3-0.
Earlier in the week-long event, Egypt had already captured both the men’s and women’s team trophies. The tournament was staged at the Olympic Arena in Tangier by the Royal Moroccan Table Tennis Federation.
