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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship-
Day Three
The emerging Seychelles sets first surprise, Egypt continue the
winning rhythm
Alexandria, Egypt, September 18-: The
emerging Seychelles team sets the first competition surprise
when they defeated the experienced Nigerian team in straight
sets in the third day of eleventh Women’s Under 20 Volleyball
African Nations Championship at Union club hall in Alexandria,
Egypt on Monday. The organizers and defending champions Egypt
had also a straight sets victory over Senegal to secure their
position at the top of the standings in absence of their
compatriots Tunisia who were in a day of. It is well known that
the winners of the competition will secure the 2007 World
Championship African vacancy of this age category.
It was really a great surprise from the new comers Seychelles
when they clinched a straight sets victory (25-19, 25-20, 25-20)
over the experienced Nigerian team who were the runner up of the
last competition in their homelands in 2004. Seychelles played
with very high spirit and used the emerging youngsters specially
Solana, Manuela and Maya to penetrate the undisciplined Nigerian
block and backline defense and get the historic victory which
allowed them to leave the bottom of the table for and advance to
the fourth position.
The organizers Egypt used the support of the spectators in the
Union Club Hall to overcome the highly motivated Senegal players
who were the Bronze medalists in the last competition in
straight sets (25-9, 25-15, 25-16) in less than an hour. Again
the Cuban head coach of the Egyptian team Juan Martinez used his
outstanding line up led by the high performance of the middle
player Hagar Badr and wing spikers Salma Badr, Nada Mahmoud and
Marwa Yassin so that Senegal team couldn’t catch the match.
By the end of the competition third day Egypt lead the table
with six points out of three matches followed by Tunisia four
points from 2 matches, then comes Seychelles 3 points in 2
matches and Nigeria 3 points in 3 matches and finally Senegal 2
points in 2 matches.
Competition day Four will feature the most important match
between Egypt and Tunisia on Tuesday which is considered as a
final of the 5 nations’ Tournament where the winner will be the
African champions and the continental representatives in the
2007 World Championship of this age category. Senegal also meets
Seychelles in a match known to determine the bronze medalists of
the competition.
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