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Nigeria defeated Ghana to lift the women’s trophy at the ongoing 2023 African U-21 Nations Volleyball Championship.
On Sunday at the ongoing 2023 African U-21 Nations Volleyball Championship Zone 3 in Niamey, Niger Republic, Nigeria defeated Ghana to win the women's title.
Team Nigeria won the competition by going the entire way without dropping a set, defeating Ghana twice in the process.
The girls eased past local rivals Ghana in their first match of the tournament with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-8) win. They continued their winning run in their second match against hosts Niger, winning 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-4).
Coach Rakiya Mohammed’s team swept aside Benin Republic with a dominant display in their third match, claiming a 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-9) win to secure a rematch against Ghana in the final.
The final was one-sided like the previous meeting between both sides as Team Nigeria prevailed with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-10) win to secure the title in Niger. Nigeria’s Aliyat Usman was voted MVP of the Match.
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Nigeria beat Benin Republic to book women's final at African Volleyball Championship
Team Nigeria continues to maintain her unbeaten run at the African U-21 Nations Volleyball Championship Zone 3.
Nigeria qualifies for the World Championship
Team Nigeria qualified for the World Championship after winning the U-21 Championship in the Niger Republic.
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Reacting after the win, the head coach of the Nigeria U-21 women’s team, Rakiya Mohammed, expressed her happiness over the team's victory.
She said, “I am the happiest coach on earth today because this is the first time Nigeria is picking up a trophy in the underage championship, so I feel so happy. The Ghanaians came all out to play the Nigerian team, but the girls showed them that Khaki no be leather.
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05:49 - 08.07.2023
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In front of her home crowd on Friday night, Nigeria defeated the Niger Republic 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-4) to earn her second straight victory.
"That’s how we played and defeated them and we’ve lifted the trophy and we are taking it back to Nigeria and also we’ve qualified for the world championship in Thailand.
“I told them that Ghana played us first, and the second time that we are meeting, it’s going to be difficult. They’re going to push, so we should push more than the first time we played them, and that is exactly what the girls did.
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Both in defence, in attack, in blocks and in service, Nigerian girls were wonderful” remarked Nigeria’s U21 volleyball coach.
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