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African Women's Olympic Qualifiers:Women's Volleyball Team Trip Called Off

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From The Herald (Harare)




THE senior women's national volleyball team players broke into tears after being informed that their trip to Algeria for the Olympic Games qualifiers had been called off.




The team was initially set to leave on Saturday but the date was rescheduled to Monday following the Zimbabwe Volleyball Association's failure to secure enough foreign currency.




ZVA had been banking on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to access to the U.S.$96 000 needed but the association hit a brick wall and were forced to cancelled the trip on Monday night.




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Finals of the African Volleyball Olympic Qualification

Algerian Volleyball Federation click here to view the picture and the standings of the finals of the African Volleyball Olympic Qualification with Algeria’s Women winning.

Most Valuable player MVP : Lydia Oulmou (Algeria)
Best Digger : Nawal Mansuri (Algeria)
Best Reception : Milored Amoyi (Kenya)
Best Spiker : Faiza Tsabet (Algeria)
Best Blocker : Lydia Oulmou (Algeria)
Best Server : Jane Wacu (Kenya)
Best setter : Fatima Okazi (Algeria)
Best Libero : Nawal Mansuri (Algeria)
 
The Algerian women's team is Africa’s representative to the Olympics for the first time in history.

VOLLEYBALL: National team receives cash from the IOC

The International Olympic Committee has funded the national women’s volleyball team’s preparation for the Africa Olympic qualifiers to the tune of $33,000 (Sh2.2 million).

Edna Rotich of the national women’s volleyball team during a training session at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani yesterday. The team is preparing for the Africa Olympic qualifiers to be staged in Algeria next week. Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO
The money was meant to cater for the team’s preparation for three events — World Cup qualification tournament (Nairobi), World Cup finals (Japan) and the Olympic qualification in Blida, Algeria.

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Beijing 2008: Algerian women’s volleyball team clinch Olympic ticket

Algeria made as the representative from Africa much to the surprise of many who thought Kenya would go back to China.

"With Algeria, eight nations out of a total of 12 will be making the Olympic journey. The Algerians will be joining China, Italy, Brazil, the USA, Venezuela, Cuba and the Russian Federation. click Summer Olympics to read more.

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Women’s African Olympic qualifications:Algeria Women ready to compete for the African Slot

Algeria Women ready to compete for the African Slot

Alger, Algeria, January 11, 2008-: The 2007 All Africa gold medalists Algeria Women’s Volleyball
team will finalize their preparations for the 2008 African Olympic Qualification in an external camp in
Toulouse, France as they will return back to their homelands on Tuesday before the qualifications
which will be held at Moustafa Tchaker complex in Blida, Algeria 20-28 January.

The Algerian team started their preparations last November where they practiced in an internal
camp in Bejaia until 24th of December 2007 when they started another programme including a camp
in Italy 27 December to 5 January 2008. they played two matches during this camp with Roma team
and lost in straight sets before playing a selection of Italian clubs.

The team is now in their third and last preparation stage in Toulouse, France according to the
cooperation Protocol between the two countries. The Algerian team plays two matches with the
French Junior team as the last friendly matches before the Olympic qualifications.

The Algerian Head Coach Ikhedji Mouloud selected the final squad for the Olympic qualifications
that includes mainly the team that won the 2007 All Africa Games gold medal as well as the second
place in the 2007 African Nations Championship in Kenya. The selection includes 9 local players
Oukazi Fatma Zohra(Mca)-Mouni Abderrahim-Boukhima Safia-Aissou Tassadit (Aswbj)-Madani
Narimane-Hamouche Salima-Mansouri Nawel-Djoudi Fatma-Azem Amina (Ncbj) and 4 European
based professionals,

Oulmou Lydia, Tsabet Faiza(Istres France) Redouani Amina (Volleyball Romainais) and Rouabhia
Raoua (Venelles).

By Moustafa Nasser, Algeria Volleyball Federation Press Officer.

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Francais

Tournoi de qualification au J.O Pékin 2008.

L’E.N en preparation a Toulouse (France) ce Dimanche

En prévision du tournoi de qualification au jeux olympique d’été Pékin 2008 prévu au complexe
Tchaker de Blida du 20 au 28 janvier 2008.

La sélection féminine de volley-ball est entrain de continuer sa préparation entamée a Bejaia au
cours du mois de novembre a mi décembre 2007 par un regroupement a alger le 24 decembre
2007 A l’hotel EL MEHDI (Staoueli) pour le controle medico-sportif au niveau du C.N.M.S Dr
MAOUCHE (Alger) puis elle sont parti pour deux (2) stage précompétitif a l’etranger.

Le premier a débuté le 27 décembre au 05 janvier 2008 en Italie ou elles ont donner la replique aux
clubs de la ville de Rome (0-3), Bruneli et la selection Italienne.

Le second sa sera a Toulouse (France) au centre IFVB du 06 au 14 janvier 2008 ce dernier rentre
dans le cadre du protocole d’échange signée entre la fédération algérienne de volley-ball et son
homologue française en Avril 2007 a Blida, nos volleyeuses joueront contre la selection juniors
feminine de France (deux fois) contre les clubs ALBI et l’UNION.

En perspective de ce rendez-vous international qui regroupera les pays : ALGERIE-EGYPTE-
KENYA-CAMEROUN-AFRIQUE DU SUD.SENEGAL… qui ont confirmer leur participation a ce
tournoi a ce jour… le staff technique : IKHEDJI MOULOUD et BOUSSAID SALAH ont convoqués
neuf (9) joueuses évoluent dans le championnat national a savoir : OUKAZI FATMA ZOHRA(MCA)
-MOUNI ABDERRAHIM-BOUKHIMA SAFIA-AISSOU TASSADIT (ASWBJ)-MADANI NARIMANE-
HAMOUCHE SALIMA-MANSOURI NAWEL-DJOUDI FATMA-AZEM AMINA (NCBJ)-

et quatre (4) joueuses professionnels qui sont :OULMOU LYDIA, TSABET FAIZA(ISTRES France)

REDOUANI AMINA (VOLLEYBALL ROMAINAIS)

et l’immigrée ROUABHIA RAOUA (Venelles) la nouvelle découverte de la fédération Algérienne de
volley-ball.

Women’s African Olympic qualifications:The big favorites achieve first victory

Women’s African Olympic qualifications: Day 1

Alger, Algeria, January 23, 2008 - The big favorite teams the host Algeria and the African champions Kenya achieved their first victory in opening day of the 5 Nations Women’s African Olympic qualification tournament in the Algerian capital of Alger. The host team and the 2007 All Africa Games gold medalists Algeria started their competition by a big victory over Cameroon 3-0 in a repeated final that happened for the gold medal in the African Games.

The 2007 African champions and the continental representatives in the last years FIVB World Cup Kenya took over their opponent Senegal also in straight sets. The big favorites Algeria and Kenya will meet today in the competition second day while Cameroon meets South Africa as the champion of this five Nations tournament will have the African ticket in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In the first match of the opening day the host team star studded with 4 European based players succeeded to take over Cameroon easier than expected 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-14) due to the skillful setting by Fatima Okazi and the usual spikes of Faiza Tsabet.

Cameroon team collected in Algeria in two groups from the European based professional and the local players couldn’t withstand the highly disciplined Algerian team.
The more experienced Kenyan players succeeded to overcome Senegal 3-0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-16) through the better block and the backline defense.
The African Olympic Qualification features five teams (Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Senegal and South Africa) competing for the lone African slot in the 2008 Olympic Games.

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