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SANI Mohammed, the Head Coach, National Under 21 Men’s Volleyball team, on Friday urged the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) to keep the present team for future encounters.
Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that there was need to keep the team and coaches crew so as to have a better performance in subsequent international meet.
NAN reports that Nigeria team lost to Cameroon 0-3 in the third place to finish fourth position on the just concluded 2022 African U-21 Men’s Volleyball Championship in Tunisia.
He said the players needed to be kept alongside with their coaches so that they could continue to work together.
“We need to maintain this team for our future because they will still be the team that would represent the country in the senior team ahead.
“The best thing for the Federation is to maintain the team, let them play more friendly matches before they will go for a major tournament,” he said.
He said the team participated in the last edition of the championship and finished sixth position.
“This year Championship, we played the semi final and quarter finals, and we finished the fourth position.
“There is an improvement in our performance but this is not what we wanted, our desire was to pick a ticket for the world cup championship,” he said
Mohammed said he appreciated the president of the Federation and the board members for their support .
“They assisted the team to go to Tunisia to participate in the championship.
“They did everything possible to make sure that we were confortable in our stay in Tunis,” he said.
NAN reports that Egypt finished first, Tunisia the host finished second while Cameroon finished third place.
NAN also reports that eight countries participated in the championship: Morocco, Nigeria, Gambia, Egypt, Cameroon, Rwanda, Libya and the host Tunisia.
NAN reports that the 2022 Under-21 Men’s African Volleyball Championship started on Aug. 13 and ended on Aug. 23 in Tunisia. (NAN)
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