Ghana Stop Eagles From CHAN As Cameroon Beat Nigeria In Volleyball Tourney Inside Abuja Stadium

The Black Galaxies of Ghana on Saturday qualified for the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) holding in Algeria next year after beating the Nigeria Super Eagles Team B on penalties at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

A day earlier in the same stadium, Cameroon Under -19 Girls Volleyball team beat Nigeria 3-1 in the opening match of the 2022 U-19 African Nations Volleyball Championship.

The penalty route came after Nigeria came back from the two goal deficit in the first leg to lead 2-0 at the end of the playing time in Abuja.

GWG reports that the Super Eagles B put up a resilient show at the Moshood Abiola Stadium with goals from Zulkifilu Mohammed in the 76th minute and Chijioke Akuneto in the 94th minute sending the game into penalty shootout where Ghana edged Nigeria 5-4.

By beating Nigeria, Ghana will be making a return to CHAN after missing out on the last three editions.

This will be the second occasion this year Ghana will be stopping a national team from Nigeria from qualifying for a major competition.

In March, the Black Stars of Ghana denied the Super Eagles a ticket to the World Cup holding in December in Qatar.

Meanwhile, in further bad news for Nigeria besides the CHAN humiliation in the hands of Ghana, Cameroon Under -19 Girls Volleyball team on Friday beat Nigeria 3-1 in the opening match of the 2022 U-19 African Nations Volleyball Championship.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match, played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, saw Nigeria team manage to win only the first set of the the match by 29-27.

They were unable to win the remaining sets because the Cameroonian girls defended their supremacy in the game.

Nigerian girls lost the second set 20-25, lost the third set 14- 25 and finally lost the fourth set by 20-25.

Speaking after the match, Cameroon’s captain said they were here to retain their title as the defending champions.

“We are happy to win our first match against Nigeria. The outcome of the match showed that we came very prepared for the championship.

” In our next match against Egypt, we will play according to our coaches instructions which will also end with a victory.

“We will go back home with the trophy so as to maintain our title in the championship,” she said.

NAN reports that Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt are the countries participating at the 2022 U-19 Africa Girls Nations Championship.

The Championship, which started on Thursday with a technical meeting with officials, is expected to end on Sept. 6.(NAN)

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