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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship:
The Favorites Tunisia and
Nigeria meet in the opening
 Alexandria,
Egypt, September 15-: Two of the big favorites Tunisia and
Nigeria will meet face to face in the opening day of the
eleventh 2006 Women’s Under 20 African Nations Championship
which will be hosted at Union club hall in Alexandria, Egypt.
The organizers also play the emerging Seychelles in their target
to defend their title they achieved two years ago in Nigeria.
The winner of the competition will secure the 2007 World
Championship vacancy of this age category.
The competition will be a great battle between the biggest
forces of this age category including the defending champions,
Egypt, the big favorites Tunisia, the last competition runner up
Nigeria, the 2004 Bronze medalists Senegal and the new comers
Seychelles.
The competition will be held in a round robin format between the
participating five teams.
Egypt team had good preparation during last two months under
supervision of the Cuban coach Luis Martinez who will lead the
Egyptian first team also in the 2006 World Championship in Japan
aided by the Egyptian assistant coach Emad Nawar. The team had a
camp in the Olympic centre in Cairo since the start of July till
they shifted the camp to Alexandria since a week to finalize the
preparation. The team includes some first team players as led by
Hagar Badr, Nahla Sameh and Menat allah as well as some of the
younger age players who participated in the Girls Under 18
African Nations championship in Algeria last August.
Tunisia will be as usual one of the big forces competing for the
World Championship vacancy after their Girls under 18 and Boys
under 19 counterparts clinched the prestigious qualification to
the FIVB events. The Tunisian team will depend on four players
from the team that won the Girls under 18 African Nations
Championship in Algeria last month after mouth watering final
against Egypt ended in five sets.
Nigeria had good preparation last month and depends on the new
generation that will lead the country in the next year’s senior
African Nations championship as well as defending their gold
medal in the 2007 All Africa Games in Algeria.
Senegal also is a promising team as they depend on a new
generation with the remains of the team that achieved the bronze
medal in the last competition in Nigeria 2004.
Photo Caption
Egypt women under 20 the champions in the last competition in
2004
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