Table tennis at the 2023 African Games – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the 2023 African Games
Venue Accra International Conference Centre
Date4 – 5 March 2024
Competitors84 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
  2019
2027  

The men's singles table tennis event at the 2023 African Games took place from 4 to 5 March 2024 at the Accra International Conference Centre. [1] [2]

Contents

Olajide Omotayo was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Omar Assar. [3]

Assar went on to win the title, defeating Quadri Aruna in the final, 4–3. [4]

Schedule

All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00)

DateTimeEvent
Wednesday, 4 March 20249:00Round of 128
10:30Round of 64
16:00Round of 32
18:30Round of 16
Tuesday, 5 March 202410:40Quarterfinals
12:40Semifinals
19:40Final

Results

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)129 111110 11 
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)10 117 7 126   Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)13111211   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Khalid Assar  (EGY)115 8 12 9    Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed El-Beiali  (EGY)11 5 10 6    
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed El-Beiali  (EGY)9 11111411   Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)6 11117 118 6
 Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Diaw  (SEN)12 1111117 11  Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)112 2 119 1111
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Saheed Idowu  (CGO)146 9 5 118   Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Diaw  (SEN)8 5 11117 2  
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olajide Omotayo  (NGR)8 7 10 9     Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)11119 6 1111 
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)11111211   

Top half

Section 1

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)w/o    
 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Gyslain Mbati  (CAF)     
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)111111  
 Flag of Mauritania.svg  Harouna Sagna  (MTN)4 5 3    Flag of Angola.svg  Elizandro Andre  (ANG)2 1 1   
 Flag of Gabon.svg  Franck Essawe  (GAB)111111   Flag of Gabon.svg  Franck Essawe  (GAB)5 1 5   
 Flag of Angola.svg  Elizandro Andre  (ANG)111111  
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Quadri Aruna  (NGR)11116 11 
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Stéphane Ouaiche  (ALG)6 7 119  
 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Exaucé Ngefuassa  (COD)6 2 3   
 Flag of Sudan.svg  El Mutasim Idris  (SUD)2 4 115   Flag of Ghana.svg  Samuel Akayade  (GHA)111111  
 Flag of Ghana.svg  Samuel Akayade  (GHA)11117 11  Flag of Ghana.svg  Samuel Akayade  (GHA)4 5 4   
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Stéphane Ouaiche  (ALG)111111  
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Stéphane Ouaiche  (ALG)111111  
 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Fabio Rakotoarimanana  (MAD)7 3 9   

Section 2

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Arnaud Kekessi  (BUR)4 7 5    Flag of South Africa.svg  Liam Beukes  (RSA)3 2 2   
 Flag of South Africa.svg  Liam Beukes  (RSA)111111   Flag of Egypt.svg  Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of Senegal.svg  Hamidou Sow  (SEN)w/o     Flag of Senegal.svg  Hamidou Sow  (SEN)2 6 5   
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Cheldon Sindani  (CGO)      Flag of Senegal.svg  Hamidou Sow  (SEN)6 111111 
 Flag of Uganda.svg  Samuel Ankunda  (UGA)119 9 5  
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)11115 6 11
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Mehdi Bouloussa  (ALG)5 4 11115
 Flag of Kenya.svg  Brian Mutua  (KEN)112 10 10  
 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Eyob Sissay Abeje  (ETH)w/o     Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Eyob Sissay Abeje  (ETH)9 111212 
 Flag of Liberia.svg  Arma Kamara  (LBR)      Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Eyob Sissay Abeje  (ETH)5 3 4   
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Mehdi Bouloussa  (ALG)111111  

Section 3

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Taiwo Mati  (NGR)111111  
 Flag of Gabon.svg  Tresor Ndong  (GAB)6 8 7   
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Taiwo Mati  (NGR)118 7 119
 Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Muturi  (KEN)w/o     Flag of Egypt.svg  Khalid Assar  (EGY)4 11119 11
 Flag of Guinea.svg  Maret Camara  (GUI)      Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Muturi  (KEN)6 6 7   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Khalid Assar  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Khalid Assar  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Youssef Ben Attia  (TUN)3 5 6   
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Youssef Ben Attia  (TUN)111111  
 Flag of Uganda.svg  Sharif Nsereko  (UGA)6 9 8    Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Daniel Beyene  (ETH)5 6 2   
 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Daniel Beyene  (ETH)111111   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Youssef Ben Attia  (TUN)111113  
 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Bradford Sawyer  (SLE)7 6 2    Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ben Moussa Dosso  (CIV)1 8 11   
 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ben Moussa Dosso  (CIV)111111   Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ben Moussa Dosso  (CIV)118 1511 
 Flag of South Africa.svg  Chetan Nathoo  (RSA)4 1113 4  

Section 4

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Oba Kizito Oba  (CIV)111111  
 Flag of Angola.svg  Roberto Fabiano  (ANG)6 10 10    Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Awraris Zerihun  (ETH)3 6 9   
 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Awraris Zerihun  (ETH)111212   Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Oba Kizito Oba  (CIV)7 11126 7
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Matthew Kuti  (NGR)111112   Flag of Algeria.svg  Bella Maheidine  (ALG)118 10 1111
 Flag of Ghana.svg  Israel Aklie  (GHA)6 6 10    Flag of Nigeria.svg  Matthew Kuti  (NGR)115 7 11  
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Regis Kiassi  (CGO)      Flag of Algeria.svg  Bella Maheidine  (ALG)7 111113 
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Bella Maheidine  (ALG)w/o     Flag of Algeria.svg  Bella Maheidine  (ALG)6 3 9   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed El-Beiali  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Gedeon Kassa  (COD)118 1111 
 Flag of Zambia.svg  Charles Banda  (ZAM)7 116 4  
 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Gedeon Kassa  (COD)2 3 5   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed El-Beiali  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of Mauritania.svg  Youssef Ahmed  (MTN)     
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed El-Beiali  (EGY)w/o    

Bottom half

Section 5

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Diaw  (SEN)111111  
 Flag of Gabon.svg  Andy Bringaud  (GAB)1 4 7   
 Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Diaw  (SEN)111111  
 Flag of South Africa.svg  Cowen Lodewyk  (RSA)5 7 111114  Flag of Libya.svg  Habeb al-Ajaebi  (LBA)1 3 8   
 Flag of Angola.svg  Valdemar Cassanga  (ANG)11115 6 16 Flag of Angola.svg  Valdemar Cassanga  (ANG)7 11 126  
 Flag of Libya.svg  Habeb al-Ajaebi  (LBA)111310 11 
 Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Diaw  (SEN)10 111111 
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Shouman  (EGY)128 6 8  
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Milhane Jellouli  (ALG)111111  
 Flag of Kenya.svg  Anaab Abduldaim  (KEN)5 10 159   Flag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Adam  (SUD)3 5 4   
 Flag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Adam  (SUD)111213 11  Flag of Algeria.svg  Milhane Jellouli  (ALG)14 9 117  
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Shouman  (EGY)16119 11 
 Flag of Ghana.svg  Bernard Sam  (GHA)2 5 4   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Shouman  (EGY)111111  

Section 6

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Amadi Omeh  (NGR)11117 11 
 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Daneil Hadsh  (ETH)2 9 1    Flag of Madagascar.svg  Mamy Rakotoarisoa  (MAD)3 7 117  
 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Mamy Rakotoarisoa  (MAD)111111   Flag of Nigeria.svg  Amadi Omeh  (NGR)118 5 5  
 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Setra Rakotoarisoa  (MAD)w/o     Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wassim Essid  (TUN)6 111111 
 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Teddy Ingamoyen  (CAF)      Flag of Madagascar.svg  Setra Rakotoarisoa  (MAD)9 119 115
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wassim Essid  (TUN)116 119 11
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wassim Essid  (TUN)6 9 9   
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Saheed Idowu  (CGO)111111  
 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Bertin Mingashanga  (COD)2 8 151  
 Flag of Ghana.svg  Emmanuel Commey  (GHA)111110 11  Flag of Ghana.svg  Emmanuel Commey  (GHA)111113 11 
 Flag of Uganda.svg  Joseph Sebatindira  (UGA)3 8 123   Flag of Ghana.svg  Emmanuel Commey  (GHA)5 7 4   
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Saheed Idowu  (CGO)111111  
 Flag of Angola.svg  Antonio Lemos  (ANG)7 5 10   
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Saheed Idowu  (CGO)111112  

Section 7

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olajide Omotayo  (NGR)111111  
 Flag of Angola.svg  Délcio Cassule  (ANG)5 8 6   
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olajide Omotayo  (NGR)111111  
 Flag of Mauritius.svg  Ryan Desscann  (MRI)5 111111  Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Darara Dufera  (ETH)9 5 1   
 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Ousseni Tapsoba  (BUR)117 6 6   Flag of Mauritius.svg  Ryan Desscann  (MRI)7 7 9   
 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Darara Dufera  (ETH)111111  
 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olajide Omotayo  (NGR)111111  
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Khalil Sta  (TUN)3 3 8   
 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Khalil Sta  (TUN)9 111211 
 Flag of Liberia.svg  Bogton Pyee  (LBR)      Flag of Ghana.svg  Ernest Quarcoo  (GHA)112 10 3  
 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ernest Quarcoo  (GHA)w/o     Flag of Tunisia.svg  Khalil Sta  (TUN)9 111111 
 Flag of Sudan.svg  Mohamed Nadir  (SUD)115 1111  Flag of South Africa.svg  Luke Abrahams  (RSA)116 7 7  
 Flag of Zambia.svg  Choolwe Hamalambo  (ZAM)9 115 5   Flag of Sudan.svg  Mohamed Nadir  (SUD)1110 5 113
 Flag of South Africa.svg  Luke Abrahams  (RSA)4 12118 11

Section 8

Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Sami Kherouf  (ALG)111111  
 Flag of Uganda.svg  Jonathan Senyonga  (UGA)111111   Flag of Uganda.svg  Jonathan Senyonga  (UGA)4 6 4   
 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Emmanuel Koroma  (SLE)8 6 4    Flag of Algeria.svg  Sami Kherouf  (ALG)111111  
 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Jean-Pierre Bayala  (CIV)111111   Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Christian Mbongia  (COD)7 3 6   
 Flag of Mauritania.svg  El Hacen Ahmed  (MTN)1 2 2    Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Jean-Pierre Bayala  (CIV)119 116 5
 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Christian Mbongia  (COD)4 115 1111
 Flag of Algeria.svg  Sami Kherouf  (ALG)2 9 10   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)111112  
 Flag of Kenya.svg  Josiah Wandera  (KEN)w/o    
 Flag of Guinea.svg  Abdoulaye Bangoura  (GUI)     
 Flag of Kenya.svg  Josiah Wandera  (KEN)2 1 4   
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)111111  
 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Brijack Tando  (CGO)     
 Flag of Egypt.svg  Omar Assar  (EGY)w/o    

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