14th AFRICAN WOMEN'S NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP-SECOND DAY
EGYPT DEFEATED KENYA IN EARLY FINAL
Nairobi-Kenya, August 17-: Superstar Tahani Tosson of Egypt led here team to pull off the favorite host team, Kenya in the most exciting match of the second day of the African Women's Nations Championship in presence of more than 6000 spectators to lead Group A. The match was the first in the tournament to be prolonged to tie break as Egypt won 3-2 (25-15, 27-25, 12-25, 23-25, 16-14). Tunisia achieved the first win over RD Congo 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-10) after losing the first match to Egypt. Egyptian team raised its points to four by two successive wins followed by Kenya three points leading by set average over Tunisia, then came RD Congo by 2 points.
In Group B both Algeria and Cameroon achieved the second win in raw to lead the group by four points. Algeria clinched a 3-1 win over Seychelles (25-18, 25-18, 19-25, 25-19), and in the same result Cameroon rolled off the promising Senegal team 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19).
In presence of the biggest number of Audiences in Kasarani hall it was the most exciting game between the biggest two team in history of the African women volleyball in what is described as an early final of the competition but the best spiker in Africa in the last 10 years Tahani played a historical game specially in the final set as Egypt was behind 12-14 to score 4 successive points to win 16-14. Violet Braza the Kenyan professional player was one of the most prominent stars of the match.
Cameroon team insured its picture as one of the favorite for the cup with its new emerging team specially the spiker Rose. Senegal Team although losing both matches in the championship, they were very impressive by its young players specially Diouca Fatou.
RESULTS:

1st DAY: GROUP A; Egypt- Tunisia 3-0 (29-27, 25-18, 25-21)

Kenya- RD Congo 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-15)

GROUP B; Algeria- Senegal 3-0 (27-25, 25-16, 25-10)

Cameroon- Seychelles (25-13, 25-18, 25-20)

2nd DAY: GR.A; Tunis- RDC 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-10)

Egypt- Kenya 3-2 (25-15, 27-25, 12-25, 23-25, 16-14

GR.B; Algeria- Seychelles (25-18, 25-18, 19-25, 25-19)

Cameroon- Senegal (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19)

14th AFRICAN WOMEN'S NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
EIGHT COUNTRIES COMPETE FOR WORLD CUP SPOT

Nairobi-Kenya, August 15-: Eight African women teams will compete for a place in the World Cup in Japan next November through the 14th African Nations Championship in Nairobi-Kenya, August 16-23. The competition will be held in Kasarani Hall. Drawing of lots made Friday put the strongest teams Kenya, the Organizer which has the record of gaining the cup, with Egypt in the same Group A with Tunisia and R.D. Congo. Egypt and Kenya represented Africa in the last World Championship in Germany 2002. Group B is headed by Seychelles the defending Champions with Senegal, Cameroon and Nigeria. Kenya team which include the most experienced players in the continent comes as favorites for the cup with Egyptian team which won the title twice in the last 8 years and led by the best player in Africa in the last 10 years Tahany Tosson.

GROUPS:

· GROUP A: Kenya- RD Congo- Tunisia- Egypt.

· GROUP B: Seychelles- Senegal- Cameroon- Algeria.

MATCH SCHEDULE:

· August 16: Egypt-Tunisia, RD Congo-Kenya, Senegal-Algeria, Cameroon-Seychelles.

· August 17: Tunisia-RD Congo, Algeria-Seychelles, Senegal-Cameroon, Kenya-Egypt.

· August 18: Cameroon-Algeria, Seychelles-Senegal, Egypt-RD Congo, Tunisia-Kenya.

· August 19: Rest

· August 20: 4th Gr. A- 4th Gr. B , 3rd Gr. A-3rd Gr. B

Semifinal: 1st Gr. A-2nd Gr. B

1st Gr. B-2nd Gr. A

· August 21: Rest

· August 22: Third place match.

· August 23: Final.