Nigeria’s youth volleyball national team have received confirmation from International Federation of Volleyball of their qualification for the 2019 FIVB World U-19 Championship in Tunisia.
President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Musa Nimrod disclosed this to sports247.ng, after receiving the letter of confirmation from FIVB Vice-President, Amr Elwani.
In the letter to Nimrod, Elwani felicitated with Nigeria over the qualification, which he said was secured at the 2018 African Youth Games held in Algiers, Algeria, in July.
Elwani stated: “On behalf of African Volleyball Family, we have great pleasure to inform you that the FIVB has approved the qualification of your U19 boys’ team to the FIVB 2019 U19 Boy’s World Volleyball Championship that will be held in Tunisia.
“This follows the team’s participation in the 2018 African Youth Games that was held in Algiers, Algeria from July 19 to 23, 2018 and in which the team emerged in position one.
“Kindly accept our sincere congratulations for the team’s qualification and well wishes in their preparations to represent Africa in the 2019 World Championship.”
In reaction, Nimrod admitted he was excited with the news and promised that the team will prepare adequately, in order to do well at the tournament.
Nimrod added: “We promise to make Africa proud at the World Championship in Tunisia. The federation will support the players and ensure they are camped early in order to understand themselves better.”
