2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship
The 2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship, it was held 20 to 27 October 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The tournament was organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, in association with Kenya Volleyball Association. The tournament served as the African qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ljubljana, Slovenia which the top tow teams of the tournament qualified for the world championship. Egypt won the tournament for the second time. Kenya finished second. Participated teams Venue Final group Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player : Aya Ahmed See also * 2017 Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship References External linksEgypt & Kenya Qualify for 2017 U23 Women's World Championships- ''afvb.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:African U23 Women's Volleyball Championship 2016 in women's volleyball 2016 in Kenyan sport Volle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship
The Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship is a national teams continental sport competition for players under 23 years, held biannually and organized by the African Volleyball Confederation since 2014. Summary Teams reaching the top four Participation by nation MVP by edition *2014 – *2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ... – Medal summary See also * Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship References {{International volleyball U23 U23 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kenya Women's National Volleyball Team
The Kenya women's national volleyball team, the ''Malkia Strikers'', represents Kenya in international volleyball competitions. Kenya has dominated the African continent since the 1990s, winning the Women's African Volleyball Championship a record nine times. They have qualified three times for the Olympics; in 2000, 2004 and for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Kenya also has a beach volleyball team, who were the only women's team at the Tokyo Olympics. Kenya's women's sitting volleyball team did not qualify for Tokyo. History Women were not invited to play volleyball at the All-Africa Games until 1978. Those games were in Algiers, Algeria and Kenya did not send a team. The team was there in 1991 for the Volleyball at the 1991 All-Africa Games where they were first. They were also in Cairo when eight teams were present for the 1991 Women's African Volleyball Championship and Kenya again took the gold medal. Violet Barasa, as national team captain, lead the natio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 In Kenyan Sport
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2017 Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship
The 2017 Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship, it was held in Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ..., Algeria from 20 to 22 February 2017. The winners Algeria qualified for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship. Participated teams After the cancellation of the 2016 edition in Durban, South Africa, the tournament, held at the last minute by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB), brought together only two countries, Algeria and Mauritius. Venue Round robin Final standing References External linksOfficial website {{African U23 Volleyball Championship U23 2017 in Algerian sport International volleyball competitions hosted by Algeria 2017 in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moi International Sports Centre
The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as MISC) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 60,000 seat arena with a running track and a pitch used for football and rugby union, a competition size swimming pool, an indoor arena and a 108-bed capacity hotel. Located at 1,612 metres above sea level, it is slightly above 1 mile in altitude. The stadium was closed in January 2010 for renovation works worth KSh.900 million/= and funded by a grant to the Government of Kenya by the Government of China. Chinese firm, Sheng Li Engineering Construction Company Limited was contracted to conduct the renovations and the stadium was reopened in March 2012 after completion of the renovations. In April and May 2014, after terror attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa, the main stadium was used as a screening center as part of 'Operation Usalama Watch' during which thousands of people were rounde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Egypt Women's National Volleyball Team
The Egypt women's national volleyball team represents Egypt in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. World Championship * 1952 to 1986 — did not participate * 1990 — 16th place * 1994 to 1998 — did not participate * 2002 — 22nd place * 2006 — 23rd place * 2010 to 2014 — did not participate African Championship * 1976 — 1st place * 1985 — 2nd place * 1987 — 3rd place * 1989 — 1st place * 1991 — 2nd place * 1993 — 2nd place * 2003 — 1st place * 2005 — 3rd place * 2007 — 4th place * 2011 — 3rd place All Africa games * 1978 : did not compete * 1987 : 1st place * 1991 : 2nd place * 1995 : 3rd place * 1999 : 2nd place * 2003 : 2nd place * 2007 : 6th place * 2011 : did not compete Pan Arab Games *1992 : 1st place *1997 : 1st place *1999 : 1st place * 2011 : 1st place Mediterranean Games *1975 : 4th *1979 : 6th *1983 to 1987 : did not compete ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the area. Ljubljana itself was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. Situated at the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , ... region, it was the historical capital of Carniola, one of the Slovenes, Slovene-inhabited parts of the Habsburg monarchy. It was under House of Habsburg, Habsburg rule from the Middle Ages until the dissolution of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the So ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |