The African men’s Sevens Rugby Olympics 2024 Qualifying Championship will take place at Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe, from October 16 to 17, 2023.
In the African Men's Sevens Rugby Olympics 2024 Qualifying Championship, Nigeria's senior men's national team, the Black Stallions, will compete against South Africa, the current world champion, and some other challenging nations.
The African men’s Sevens Rugby Olympics 2024 Qualifying Championship will take place at Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe, from October 16 to 17, 2023.
Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF), General Manager, Azeez Ladipo, said the other countries to jostle for the Olympics ticket with Nigeria are Uganda, hosts, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Algeria and Cote d’Ivoire.
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Steve's first task will be to guide the national men's and women's sevens teams to the 2024 Olympic Games pre-qualifiers in Mauritius and Zambia, which will take place in June and July, respectively.
Ladipo, confirmed to the Guardian that the champion of the 12-nation tournament in Zimbabwe would get automatic entry into the Paris Olympics in 2024.
He said, “The championship in Zimbabwe will be tough and we will prepare hard to give it our best shot. At the end of the championship, the winner will qualify for the Paris Olympics, while the second and third placed teams will join other continents in a tourney organised by the World Rugby Federation to determine their qualification from that level.
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Nigeria lost to Algeria in the final of the pre-Olympic qualifying series in Mauritius on Sunday.
“We hope to give a good fight in Zimbabwe after the successful outing in Mauritius, where Nigeria took the second position.
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Nigeria lost to Algeria in the final of the pre-Olympic qualifying series in Mauritius on Sunday.