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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) |
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