The Nigeria women's national volleyball team represents

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in international women's

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competitions and friendly matches. Nigeria lastly qualified for the 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship where the team reached the semifinals.

Beach volleyball

Nigeria also features a women's national beach volleyball team. At the beginning of 2019 the team was in

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in Cameroon where Francisca Ikhiede and Tochukwu Nnourge won the gold medal at the Camtel International Beach Volleyball Championship. They won the final match despite the cheers of the crowd as their opposition was the Cameroon team. The Nigerian team were runners up when

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qualified for the postponed

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. Only four African countries have sent teams to the Olympics. The Nigerian national team lost at the

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in Morocco in 2021. The Kenya team of

Yvonne Wavinya Yvonne Wavinga (born 1996) is a Kenyan volleyball player who plays for ''Kenya Prisons''. She has played for Kenya's U23's and helped qualify Kenya women's national volleyball team for the beach volleyball tournament at the postponed 2020 Summer ...

and

Phosca Kasisi Phosca Nekesa Kasisi (born 1993) is a Kenyan female volleyball player who plays for ''Kenya Commercial Bank''. She is in the Kenya women's national volleyball team as captain of the beach volleyball team at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in To ...

beat Tochukwu Nnourge and

Albertina Francis Albertina Francis (born 15 July 1995) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps Team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. Achievements Albertina plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for ...

2-0 while

Brackcides Agala Brackcides Agala Khadambi (born 14 May 1984) is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was captain of the Kenya women's national volleyball team and she competed in beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Life She was born in 1984. She ha ...

, and

Gaudencia Makokha Gaudencia Makokha (born 15 November 1992) is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team playing beach volleyball at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. Life She was born in 1992 and her birthplac ...

beat the other Nigerian pair of Francisca Ikhiede and

Amarachi Uchechukwu Amarachi Uchechukwu (born 2 February 2001) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigeria Customs team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. Achievements Amarachi plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for the Nigeria women's n ...

2–1.

References

External links

Nigeria Volleyball Federation
{{Women's CAVB teams National women's volleyball teams

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Volleyball in Nigeria