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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship- Day Four
Egypt beats Tunisia
and qualified to the World Championship
Alexandria, Egypt, September 19-:
Egypt Junior team made it third qualification to the 2007 age
category World Championships for their country when they ended a
marathon against their Arch Rivals Tunisia 3-2 after thriller
performance that made the spectators on their toes for more than
two hours on the fourth day of eleventh Women’s Under 20
Volleyball African Nations Championship at Union club hall in
Alexandria, Egypt on Tuesday. The victory secured the cup of the
competition for the Egyptians and hence the 2007 World
Championship vacancy to follow the footsteps of their Boys’
under 19 and Men’s under 21 counterparts who have already
secured their qualifications last month. Tunisia having already
qualified to both Boys’ under 19 and Girls’ under 18 comes in
the second position of the standings.
Seychelles ensured their role as the black hoarse of the
competition when they achieved their second victory over Senegal
in another exciting five set match to become near the bronze
medal for the first time in their history before the competition
final day on Wednesday.
It was really the day of thrills and mouth watering matches
featuring two games ending in a tie break and lasting about five
hours of exciting volleyball. The match between Egypt and
Tunisia is considered a final of the competition which still has
two matches to end and thus it went very narrowly all through
till Egypt had the lead in the critical time during the tiebreak
(25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-9). The organizers used the
support of the spectators at the Union Club Hall to win the
first set narrowly 25-22 after good fight from the Tunisian team
specially in defense. Tunisia made it 1-1 in the second set when
they used the emerging players to stop the Egyptian attacks
through their solid block and won the set 25-22. Again Egypt had
the lead 2-1 after they won the third set 25-19 more comfortably
when their coach made some changes in the rotation rhythm and
the team adjusted their block against the Tunisian attacks. The
match reached a peak of thrills in the fourth set when Tunisia
won the fourth set narrowly 26-24 to make it 2-2 and extend the
match to tiebreaker. Egypt adjusted their backline defense again
to lead all though the tiebreak and win 15-9 securing the cup
and the World Championship vacancy.
It was really another surprise from the new comers Seychelles
when they clinched their second victory over Senegal in another
marathon lasting about 135 minutes and won 3-2 (17-25, 23-25,
25-11, 25-15, 16-14). Seychelles team showed modern volleyball
using the high spirit of the players who were more motivated to
win the match.
By the end of the competition fourth day Egypt lead the table
with eight points out of four matches as they ended their
matches, followed by Tunisia and Seychelles with 5 points in
three matches and then Nigeria and Senegal three points in three
matches.
The competition last day will feature on Wednesday two matches
which will determine the position from second to fifth as
Tunisia meets Seychelles for the second and third positions
while Nigeria meets Senegal for the fourth and fifth positions. |
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