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2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's Tournament
The 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners qualify for the Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, 2024 Summer Paralympics. Rwanda women's national sitting volleyball team, Rwanda are the three-time defending champions. Rwanda won the competition and qualified for the Paralympics after a 3–0 over Kenya. Host selection Lagos, Nigeria was given the hosting rights. Qualified teams Four countries entered for this championship. There were originally three teams, but Kenya women's sitting national volleyball team, Kenya entered the competition a week before the event began. Shortly before the tournament started, Zimbabwe women's sitting national volleyball team, Zimbabwe withdrew, bringing the number of teams back to three. * * (hosts) * * (withdrew) Venue The venue is the Teslim Balogun Stadium, near the National Stadium in Lagos. Squads Teams can select 12 players for the tournament. Draw The dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the Government of Nigeria, government's decision to move their capital to Abuja in the center of the country. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total Population and housing censuses by country, population of roughly 23.5 million as of 2018, making it List of urban areas in Africa by population, the largest metropolitan area in Africa. Lagos is a major African financial center and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The city has been described as the cultural, financial, and entertainment capital of Africa, and is a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's Event
The 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event was the 8th edition of this Sitting volleyball#World ParaVolley (formerly WOVD) World Championships, tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winners secure a ticket to the Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, 2024 Summer Paralympics. Russia women's national Sitting volleyball team, Russia were the defending champions, but couldn't defend their title due to their suspension because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, war in Ukraine. Brazil women's national Sitting volleyball team, Brazil won their first title, beating Canada women's national Sitting volleyball team, Canada, 3–2, in the final. Host selection * , (Hangzhou) (original hosts but withdrew) * (Sarajevo) Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Hangzhou, China on the 18–24 May. But due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed and China had to withdraw as h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 2024 Events In Nigeria
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the ''leap day''. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the third and last month of meteorological summer (being the seasonal equivalent of what is August in the Northern Hemisphere). Pronunciation "February" is pronounced in several different ways. The beginning of the word is commonly pronounced either as or ; many people drop the first "r", replacing it with , as if it were spelled "Febuary". This comes about by analogy with "January" (), as well as by a dissimilation effect whereby having two "r"s close to each other causes one to change. The ending of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
