Algeria sweeps Ghana on final day of African Olympic Qualification tournament – Volleyball news
The final day of the men’s African Olympic Qualification tournament saw the Algerian squad competing with the Ghana team recently.
The tournament was being staged in Cameroon with the city of Yaoundé playing host to the matches.
The contest between the two sides did not take long to reach its close as the Algerians were able to make a clean sweep over their opponents. Not only did the Algerians win the match in three back-to-back sets, they asserted themselves over their opponents
in each frame of the game. The Algerians were able to smother the Ghana squad in order to seal the deal on the match at the following final set scores: 25-15, 25-19 and 25-18.
The recent win was the first time that the Algerians have been able to make a win in the tournament which has earned the team the fourth position in the tournament. In all, the championship featured a total of five African nations including Cameroon, Egypt
and Tunisia.
The team that was able to come at the top was Tunisia as they scored four wins at the expense of incurring no loss at all. The second place went to Egypt, who have ended the tournament by securing three wins at the cost of experiencing one defeat. The squad
that has gotten itself the third position in the tournament is Cameroon with two wins in their bag and the same number of defeats as well. The team that ended up in the last slot is that of Ghana, which has had four defeats but not a single win in the entire
tournament.
The first set of the match between Algeria and Ghana started with both the teams almost on level ground but before long, Algeria was able to speed on ahead leaving Ghana behind. It was only a matter of time afterwards before Algeria bagged the opening frame
of the game.
The momentum generated by winning the first set got the Algerians to start the second set well and take the lead early on.
Despite the fact that Ghana kept trailing behind, they could not overtake their opponents and lost another set. The third set followed the same pattern as the previous one and gave the match away to the Algerians.
Tags: