Nigeria, Angola, Ghana and Mozambique shines on day one and won their respective matches at the ongoing 2019 Africa Nations Beach Volleyball male and female Cup Seniors holding at the Jabi Lake Park, Abuja.
Nigeria’s duo, Goodluck Anyasodike and Godwin Shekarau beat Tanzania 21-13, 21-14 in the first match of Pool A before defeating Mauritius 21-12, 23-21 in their second game.
In the other Pool A match, Ghana overcame Botswana 3-1 (21-15, 20-22, 16-14) and went on to whitewash Tanzania 2-0 (21-14, 21-12).
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South Africa was too strong for Sudan as they beat them 2-0 (21-12, 21-16) and won Gambia 2-0 (21-18, 21-13), while Mozambique beat Zambia 2-0 (21-13, 21-14) and Sudan 2-1 (21-18, 21-18) in the Pool B.
In Pool C, Angola leads the table after winning two matches against the Benin Republic 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) and Cote d’Ivoire 2-0 (21-05, 21-13).
Rwanda produced an outstanding performance beating Egypt 3-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12) to top Pool D.
Coach of Rwanda, Paul Bitok told newsmen that he is in Abuja to lift the trophy despite having three North Africans in his pool.
In the female category, Tochukwu Nnoruga and Fransica Ikhiede from Nigeria beat Gambia Abie Kujabi and Fatoumata Ceesay 21-10 21-16 to end the game 2-0.
At the end of the game, the captain of team Nigeria, Tochukwu Nnoruga said she was happy that they won their first game.
“The last set was difficult but I’m happy that we won the game, we will be playing Egypt this evening we will work hard to defeat them because they have been our challenges in this beach volleyball,” she said.
A total of 21 countries are participating in the 2019 Africa Nations Beach Volleyball male and female Cup Seniors.
Male Groups:
Pool A: Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, Botswana, Tanzania
Pool B: Mozambique, South Africa, Gambia, Sudan, Zambia.
Pool C: Sierra Leone, Angola, Benin Republic, Cote d’Ivoire
Pool D: Rwanda, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt
Female Groups:
Pool A: Nigeria, Egypt and Gambia,
Pool B: Rwanda, Algeria, Niger
Pool C: Morocco Sierra Leone, Sudan, Botswana
Pool D: Mozambique, Mauritius, Cote d’Ivoire
Day 1 male Results:
Nigeria v Tanzania 2-0 (21-12, 21-18)
Mozambique v Zambia 2-0 (21-13, 21-14)
Sierra Leone v Cote d’Ivoire 2-0 (21-9, 21-13)
Rwanda v Egypt 3-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12)
Ghana v Botswana 3-1 (21-15, 20-22, 16-14)
South Africa v Sudan 2-0 (21-12, 21-16)
Angola v Benin Republic 2-0 (21-15, 21-10)
Morocco v Algeria 1-2 (14-21, 14-21)
Nigeria v Mauritius 2-0 (21-17, 23-21)
South Africa v Gambia 2-0 (21-18, 21-13)
Angola v Cote d’Ivoire 2-0 (21-05, 21-13)
Mozambique v Sudan 2-1 (21-18, 21-18)
Gambia v Zambia 2-0 (21-19, 21-10)
Ghana v Tanzania 2-0 (21-14, 21-12)
Female:
Morocco v Botswana 2-0 (21-14, 21-9)
Nigeria v Gambia 2-0 (21-10, 21-16)
Rwanda v Niger 2-0(21-13, 21-9)
Mozambique v Ivory Coast 2-0 (21-11, 21-7)
Sierra Leone v Sudan (21-19, 21-19)
Algeria v Niger 1-2 (22-24, 21-15, 12-15)
