2019 Africa Beach Vball: Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda shine on Day 1

Host Nigeria, Angola, Ghana and Mozambique won their respective matches at the ongoing 2019 Africa Nations Beach Volleyball male and female Cup Seniors holding at the Jabi Lake Park, Abuja.Nigerias duo, Goodluck Anyasodike and Godwin Shekarau beat Tanzania 21-13, 21-14 in the first match of Pool A before defeating Mauritius 21-12, 23-21 in their second game.In the other Pool A match, Ghana overcame Botswana 3-1 (21-15, 20-22, 16-14) and went on to whitewash Tanzania 2-0 (21-14, 21-12).South Africa were too strong for Sudan as they beat them 2-0 (21-12, 21-16) and won Gambia 2-0 (21-18, 21-13), while Mozambique beat Zambia 2-0 (21-13, 21-14) and Sudan 2-1 (21-18, 21-18) in the Pool B.In the Pool C, Angola lead the table after winning two matches against Benin Republic 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) and Cote dIvoire 2-0 (21-05, 21-13).Rwanda produced an outstanding performance beating Egypt 3-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12) to top Pool D.Coach of Rwanda, Paul Bitok told newsmen that he is in Abuja to lift the trophy despite having three North Africans in his pool.In the female category, Tochukwu Nnoruga and Fransica Ikhiede from Nigeria beat Gambia Abie Kujabi and Fatoumata Ceesay21-10 21-16to end the game 2-0.At the end of the game, the captain of team Nigeria, Tochukwu Nnoruga said she was happy that they won their first game.The last set was difficult but Im happy that we won the game, we will be playing Egypt this evening we will work hard to defeat them because they have been our challenges in this beach volleyball, she said.A total of 21 countries are participating in the 2019 Africa Nations Beach Volleyball male and female Cup Seniors.Male Groups:Pool A: Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, Botswana, TanzaniaPool B: Mozambique, South Africa, Gambia, Sudan, Zambia.Pool C: Sierra Leone, Angola, Benin Republic, Cote dIvoirePool D: Rwanda, Morocco, Algeria, EgyptFemale Groups:Pool A: Nigeria, Egypt and Gambia,Pool B: Rwanda, Algeria, NigerPool C: Morocco Sierra Leone, Sudan, BotswanaPool D: Mozambique, Mauritius, Cote dIvoireDay 1 male Results:Nigeria v Tanzania 2-0 (21-12, 21-18)Mozambique v Zambia 2-0 (21-13, 21-14)Sierra Leone v Cote dIvoire 2-0 (21-9, 21-13)Rwanda v Egypt 3-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12)Ghana v Botswana 3-1 (21-15, 20-22, 16-14)South Africa v Sudan 2-0 (21-12, 21-16)Angola v Benin Republic 2-0 (21-15, 21-10)Morocco v Algeria 1-2 (14-21, 14-21)Nigeria v Mauritius 2-0 (21-17, 23-21)South Africa v Gambia 2-0 (21-18, 21-13)Angola v Cote dIvoire 2-0 (21-05, 21-13)Mozambique v Sudan 2-1 (21-18, 21-18)Gambia v Zambia 2-0 (21-19, 21-10)Ghana v Tanzania 2-0 (21-14, 21-12)Female:Morocco v Botswana 2-0 (21-14, 21-9)Nigeria v Gambia 2-0 (21-10, 21-16)Rwanda v Niger 2-0(21-13, 21-9)Mozambique v Ivory Coast 2-0 (21-11, 21-7)Sierra Leone v Sudan (21-19, 21-19)Algeria v Niger 1-2 (22-24, 21-15, 12-15)
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