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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship-
Final Day
Egypt Champions, Seychelles the black hoarse, Tunisia for bronze
 Alexandria,
Egypt, September 20-: After Egypt Junior team secured the title
of the eleventh Women’s Under 20 Volleyball African Nations
Championship for the second time in a raw, before the end of the
competition and hence clinched the World Championship vacancy of
this age category, the black hoarse of the competition
Seychelles continued their surprises to defeat Tunisia in a
thriller five sets match considered one of the best in the five
nations tournament to clinch the silver medal from the
experienced Tunisian team who got the Bronze medal.
Senegal ended the competition in the fourth position following
their victory over Nigeria who came at the bottom of the table.
This is the third qualification for Egypt to the 2007 age
category World Championships following their Boys’ under 19 and
Men’s under 21 counterparts who have already secured their
qualifications last month. Tunisia has already qualified to both
Boys’ under 19 and Girls’ under 18 World Championships.
 Seychelles
were the actual stars of this competition as they came from the
first defeat against Egypt in the opening day to achieve three
successive victories ended by the most exciting against Tunisia
in the competition final day on Wednesday in a very thrilling
five set match (20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 15-13). Seychelles
players did their best to stop the Tunisian attacks by the net
and their solid backline defense was the star of the match.
Sechelles Player Maya Jione played a great role in the victory
through here strong service and she was chosen already the
competition best server.
Senegal achieved their only victory in the competition over
Nigeria 3-1 (11-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21) to clinch the fourth
position leaving Nigeria in the fifth and last position.
Final Ranking:
1. Egypt 8 points.
2. Seychelles 7 points
3. Tunisia 6 points.
4. Senegal 5 points.
5. Nigeria 4 points.
Individual Prizes:
· Best Spiker: 11. Marwa Yassin (Egypt)
· Best Blocker: 14. Hagar Badr (Egypt)
· Best Server: 6. Maya Jione (Seychells)
· Best Libero: 16. Ranya Gouini (Tunisia)
· Best receiver: 1. Nahla Sameh (Egypt)
· Best Setter: 2. Marwa Barhoumi (Tunisia)
· Most Valuable Player (MVP): 16. Nada Ayman (Egypt)
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