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African Championships 2024

12 to 19 October 2024Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Champions

Men's singles champion

Omar Assar

Beat Youssef Abdel-Aziz 4-2 in the final

Women's singles champion

Hana Goda

Beat Mariam Alhodaby 4-3 in the final10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8

Men's doubles champions

Muizz Adegoke / Abdulbasit Abdulfatai

Beat Matthew Kuti / Olajide Omotayo in the final

Women's doubles champions

Hend Fathy / Hana Goda

Beat Yassamine Bouhenni / Malissa Nasri in the final

Mixed doubles champions

Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby

Beat Milhane Jellouli / Amina Kessaci in the final

Men's team champions

Nigeria

Beat Algeria 3-1 in the final

Women's team champions

Egypt

Beat Nigeria 3-0 in the final

How it was won

Egypt won five of the seven titles at the African Championships in Addis Ababa. Omar Assar beat Youssef Abdel-Aziz 4-2 in the men's singles final, and Hana Goda beat Mariam Alhodaby 4-3, 11-8 in the seventh game. Egypt's women beat Nigeria 3-0 in the team final.

Nigeria's men won the team title for the first time since 2018, beating Algeria 3-1 with two wins for Quadri Aruna. Aruna then withdrew from the singles with a thigh injury. Ethiopia's Dufera Darara Mokonen beat the third seed, Mohamed El-Beiali, to reach the semi-finals and win a home bronze.