Nigeria
on Sunday won the third place in the ongoing African Women Beach Volleyball
2016 Olympics Qualifiers at the Jabi lakeside in Abuja.
The
Nigerian teams 1 and 2 will now participate in the Women Beach Volleyball World
Championship after failing to qualify for the Olympic Games.
The
final Beach Volleyball Olympics Qualifiers began on Thursday and will end on
Sunday.
The qualifiers
are being hosted by the Nigeria Volleyball Federation in conjunction with the
Confederation of African Volleyball.
Sunday’s
win saw Nigeria’s team 2, which has African champions Priscilla Agera and
Isabella Laju, defeating Mauritius’s team 1 of Angelique Ramdoss and Vanessa
Gellumber, 21-15 and 21-15 to end the game 2-0.
In
another game, Nigeria’s team 1, made up of Fransisca Ikhiede and Tochukwu
Nnoruga, beat Mauritius’s team 2 of Maita Cousin and Heidy Bauda 21-10, 21-15
for a 2-0 finish.
The
winners from the qualifying series will go to the Olympics, while the
second-placed and third-placed teams qualify for the World Cup and World
Championship respectively.
The
2016 Olympic Games will hold from Aug. 5 to Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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