Nigeria 3rd in African Women Beach Volleyball 2016 Olympic Qualifiers

The African Women Beach Volleyball 2016 Olympics Qualifiers resulted in the Nigerian women’s team bagging third place in the ongoing qualifiers.

Nigeria has two teams entered into the competition – team 1 and team 2 – and both took part in the championship that would see one team go to the Olympics in Brazil later this year after competing in the upcoming World Champs.

Sunday’s championship took place at the Jabi lakeside in Abudja.

Both of Nigeria’s teams will now take part in the Women Beach Volleyball World Championship.

On Sunday, Nigeria’s team 1 beat Mauritius’ team 2 with a score of 21-10, 21-15 for a 2-0 finish. Then, Nigeria’s team 2 also conquered as they beat Mauritius’ team 1 with 21-15 and 21-15 to end the game 2-0.

Nigeria’s teams featured African champions Priscilla Agera and Isabella Laju as well as Fransisca Ikhiede and Tochukwu Nnoruga.

The winners of this qualifying series will make their way to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where they will take part in the 2016 Olympics.

The second-placed team will then qualify for the World Cup, while the third-placed team will qualify for the World Championship.