Day Two:
Tunisia one more step towards the World Championship
Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria, August 26-: Tunisia cut one more step towards the 2007 Girls U 18 World Championship when they defeated Algeria in straight sets in the second day of the eighth Girls under 18 African Nations Championship on Friday at Tezroet Said hall in Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria. The defending champions, Egypt clinched their first victory over South Africa.
The highly motivated Tunisian Girls needed less than an hour to defeat the organizers, Algeria 3-0 using their dominance on the net action through their good Solid block and efficient spikes. The victory put Tunisia at the top of the pool with two victories in two matches.
The defending champions, Egypt clinched their competition first victory over South Africa in straight sets. The Egyptian girls appeared in higher performance than their first match against Tunisia in the opening day. Egypt comes in the second position with one victory and one defeat with the point’s differential ahead of Algeria, and then South Africa comes at the bottom of the standings.
The matches were broadcasted live in the Algerian TV.
The competition third and final day will feature two important matches as Tunisia meets South Africa and if they won they will win the cup and qualify to the World Championship while Egypt plays Algeria.
 

Day One:
Tunisia upset Egypt and Algeria achieved easy victory
Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria, August 25-: the Tunisian girls upset the defending champions, Egypt in the opening day of the eighth Girls under 18 African Nations Championship which started on Thursday at Tezroet Said hall in Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria.
The promising Tunisian team won in a thriller five set match to became near a second World championship vacancy after the Tunisian boys had the slot in the 2007 Boys U- 19 World championship last week in Kelibia, Tunisia. In the second match the organizers, Algeria had a straight sets victory over South Africa.
Tunisia girls did their utmost to take the revenge from Egypt after they lost the last competition against them in 2005. they used the promising stars by the net to dominate the critical parts of the match and win 3-2.
Algeria found it easy to overcome South Africa 3-0 using the support of their spectators.
The matches were broadcasted live in the Algerian TV.
The competition second day will feature two important matches as Tunisia meets Algeria in an expected final while Egypt plays South Africa in a critical face of.

Preview

Algeria, Egypt, South Africa and Tunisia compete for World Championship spot

Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria, August 24-: Four African teams will compete for the second African qualifier for the age group World Championships in the eighth Girls under 18 African Nations Championship which will start on Thursday in Tizi-Ouzu, Algeria. The opening day of the competition will feature two important clashes as Egypt meets Tunisia in a usual big clash considered as an early final, while Algeria plays South Africa in Tezroet Said hall. The competition will determine the Continental representative in the 2007 World Championship of this age category after Tunisia already secured the first African vacancy in the 2007 Boys U 19 World Championship this week following their victory in the African competition in their homelands.

Algeria comes as the most experienced teams as their line up includes nine players who participated in the last competition in 2005 and had also a good preparation programme. The team ended the last edition in the third position. They played 8 friendly matches against Tunisia in Tunis during the ten days camp from 1-10 August and after the early arrival of the Tunisian team to Algeria.

The South African team had a short camp in Cairo where they were received by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani, in their way to Algeria as they played a friendly match against Egypt and then both teams had the same flight to Algeria and arrived there last Wednesday. The team includes many promising players who may lead their country in the near future to compete at the senior level.

The Egyptian team had a long preparation through a local camp under supervision of the experienced head coach, Hesham Badrawy who led the senior Egyptian team before to qualify to the 2002 and 2006 World Championships. They started the preparation since the start of July and had two camps in the Olympic Centre in Cairo and in Ras Elbar. The team includes now four players from the previous team who won the last competition in Egypt, January 2005, they are Nahla Sameh, Nada Ayman, Dina Elbetar and yomna Tarek.

Tunisia was the first team to arrive to Algeria as they arrived to Tizi Ouzu on August 15 and played friendly matches against the host team. Tunisia is a usual competitor in all the African competitions and enter the competition to take the revenge after they lost the last competition against Egypt who represented the continent in the 2005 World Championship of this age category.

The competition will be held in a round robin format between the four teams and the winner will have the only African vacancy in the 2007 Girls U 18 World Championship.

Algeria, Egypt, South Africa and Tunisia compete for World Championship spot
Cairo, Egypt, August 20-: Algeria will host the eighth Girls under 18 African Nations Championship in Tizi-Ouzu 24-27 August which will determine the Continental representative in the 2007 World Championship. The competition will feature four national teams competing for the only vacancy for Africa in the prestigious FIVB competition; the defending champions, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa and the organizers, Algeria.

The South African team arrived to Cairo on Sunday in its way to Algeria as they meet Egypt on Monday in their final preparation for the African championship as they will leave for Algeria on Tuesday. The team include many promising players who my lead their country in the near future to compete at the senior level.

The Egyptian team had a long preparation through a local camp under supervision of the experienced head coach, Hesham Badrawy who led the senior Egyptian team before to qualify to the 2002 and 2006 World Championships. They started the preparation since the start of July and had two camps in the Olympic Centre in Cairo and in Ras Elbar. The team includes now four players from the previous team who won the last competition in Egypt, January 2005, they are Nahla Sameh, Nada Ayman, Dina Elbetar and yomna Tarek.

Algeria comes as the most experienced teams as their line up includes nine players who participated in the last competition and had also a good preparation programme. The team ended the last edition in the thirds position.

Tunisia is a usual competitor in all the African competitions and enter the competition to take the revenge after they lost the last competition against Egypt who represented the continent in the 2005 World Championship of this age category.

The competition well be held in a round robin format between the four teams and the winner will have the only African vacancy in the 2007 World Championship.