By Amaechi Agbo

The Vice President, Nigeria Teqball Federation, NIGTEQ, Dr Ibrahim Abdul, Saturday declared open the capacity training for coaches and referees in Abuja.

Declaring the training organised by NIGTEQ in collaboration with International Federation of Teqball, FITEQ, open in Abuja, Dr Abdul advised the selected coaches and referees to take the training seriously.

On his part, the General Secretary of the federation, Mr Ndudi Edede said that the training which is first of many to come by the federation with a view to training and building capacity for the federation, noted that at the end of the training, coaches and referees will be accessed and certificate issued to them based on their performance.

Mr Edede added that the capacity training is geared towards training the trainers noting that subsequent trainings will be organised within the year.

Team leader of the International Federation of Teqball, FITEQ, Mr Fordos Soma expressed joy over the enthusiasm shown by the trainees for the programme.

“We are happy to see you guys here and happy to be in Nigeria. We are here to share ideas and learn. Nigeria is among the countries with huge potentials for Teqball and I can see that right here we have capable hands who are managing the sport.

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“For you to organise this training at a relatively short notice shows the managerial capacity you have here and I believe with the zeal and commitment shown, Nigeri will be a force in global Teqball.

The four-day capacity training Workshop will end on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 with 24 officials made up 12 coaches and 12 referees selected from 24 states of the federation taking part

What Is Teqball?

Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of football and table tennis . Back and forth, the players hit a football with any part of the body except arms and hands.

Teqball can be played between two friends as a singles game, or between four friends as a doubles game.

The game is represented at an international level by the
International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ). A number of world-class footballers have been attracted by the game, and after being added to the programmes for the 2021 Asian Beach Games and the African Beach Games , the sport is now aiming for Olympic inclusion.

Teqball became the world’s fastest recognised sport in August 2018 when FITEQ was officially recognised by the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) and in June 2019 it was officially recognised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

In November 2020, the highest governing body of International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) was granted full membership of the Global Association of International Sports Federations ( GAISF).

Teqball was first introduced in Nigeria by the Hungarian Embassy in 2018 but gained official recognition on January 2021 when the National Olympic Committee, NOC granted approval for the establishment of Nigeria Teqball Federation, NIGTEQ