Nigeria National team Coach, Imoudu Francis has commended the efforts of Nigeria female beach volleyball team for picking a world cup ticket at the expense of Niger Republic.
Nigeria defeated Niger Republic 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) in the female category to their place at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships billed for Germany next June.
Speaking after the victory Coach, Imoudu Francis said the World Cup ticket is the priority of the team .
“The game was explosive because it was a desired and a qualification ticket people get to misunderstand the concept of this competition, is not winning the cup every team want to make sure that they are in the world cup, that is why we supported Sierra Leone to clinch the other ticket so that west Africa will have at less a nation in the world championship.”
President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod also said he’s happy with the performance of the ladies.
“Qualifying to the world championship is what we have being looking forward for; because it is one of the reasons we are hosting the games.”
Meanwhile, Nigeria male team lost to Mozambique 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) in the first quarter final on Thursday.