African U-17 Volleyball: Egypt Defeat Nigeria 3-1 to Lift Trophy

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Egypt’s U-17 female volleyball team defeated their hosts Nigeria 3-1 in the final match to win the 2023 Girl’s U-17 African Nations Volleyball championship.

The match took place on Thursday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.

The Egyptians demonstrated their dominance in the championship.

Egypt won the opening set 25-21, while Nigeria won the second set 25-20, rallying to win the third set 25-22 and the fourth set 25-21.

This is a new division added to the continental tournament by the Conference of African Volleyball (CAVB).

After the game, Nigeria team coach Sunday Akapson expressed disappointment that his team had lost the final match, stating that the girls came in second place but that they gave a good performance and he was proud of them.

“These are young girls, and this is their first time playing an international championship; they fought hard to secure a ticket for the World Cup next year.

“This is a very good grassroots sport for Nigeria Volleyball in general; we will continue to work on these girls to prepare them for future encounters,” he said.

The coach of Egypt, Islam Tayea, congratulated his girls for the victory, adding that it was well-deserved.

“The girls have been in camp for six months, working day and night for this competition.

“This is just a new category by CAVB, and the girls did well in all their games.

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“We came intending to win all our matches in the tournament, and we played well to achieve our target.

“We will return home to prepare for the world championship,” he said.

The captain of Egypt, Elsafy Nour, said they worked hard for the championship.

“We came with the mind to win the competition; we have been in camp for eight months preparing for the championship.

“This is our first experience outside Egypt for the competition; the weather is very hot, but we are used to it because it also gets hot in Egypt.

NAN reports that Egypt finished first, Nigeria second, and Cameroon third.

The 2023 Girls U-17 African Nations Volleyball, which started on Saturday, ended on Thursday.

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