The Nigeria women's national volleyball team represents Nigeria in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.[1]
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| Association | Nigeria Volleyball Federation | |
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| FIVB ranking | 53 (as of 10 July 2024) | |
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Nigeria lastly qualified for the 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship[2] where the team reached the semifinals.
Beach volleyball
editNigeria also features a women's national beach volleyball team.[3] At the beginning of 2019 the team was in Yaoundé in Cameroon where Francisca Ikhiede and Tochukwu Nnourge won the gold medal at the Camtel International Beach Volleyball Championship. They won the final match despite the cheers of the crowd as their opposition was the Cameroon team.[4]
The Nigerian team were runners up when Kenya qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. Only four African countries have sent teams to the Olympics.[5]
The Nigerian national team lost at the African Continental Cup Finals in Morocco in 2021.[5] The Kenya team of Yvonne Wavinya and Phosca Kasisi beat Tochukwu Nnourge and Albertina Francis 2-0 while Brackcides Agala, and Gaudencia Makokha beat the other Nigerian pair of Francisca Ikhiede and Amarachi Uchechukwu 2–1.[5]
References
edit- ^ Nigeria Women Volleyball Team Clinch World Cup Ticket, leadershipt.ng, Retrieved 2 May 2016
- ^ "Rwanda Kicks Off Quest for Africa Women's Volleyball Championship Against Morocco". Damas Sikubwabo (AllAfrica). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Ernest Ndunda (16 January 2021). "Kenya to compete in annulled Beach Volleyball Olympic qualifiers". The Standard. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Team Nigeria women's team wins beach volleyball championship in Cameroon". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b c volleyballworld.com. "Argentina, China, Cuba and Kenya take Olympic berths". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.