Tunisian men’s volleyball team comes on top after a long break – Volleyball news
The men’s volleyball squad of Tunisia recently secured the top slot at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament, which completed its spell in Yaoundé, Cameroon, last week.
Tunisian men stole the show with their stellar feat and pushed everyone aside. They claimed final match victory, which allowed them to reserve a berth in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Earning an Olympic spot was the real deal and a dream job for Tunisia.
The Tunisian studs remained absent from the top African level for about eight years but came back with a bang this year. They performed brilliantly well and achieved their set goal of going into the Olympics.
Previously, only four teams were finalised for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Great Britain Team did not have to go through any qualification process but earned the Olympic seat on account of being the host nation of the event. The upcoming Summer Olympic
Games are supposed to be hosted by city of London.
Moreover, Russia, Poland and Brazil secured their spots in the Olympics via 2011 FIVB Men’s World Cup, which was held in Japan. These three teams finished as top three teams of the World Cup and qualified for the Olympics.
Tunisia also joined the grid of Olympic Qualifiers by giving out a spectacular performance at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament, this past Saturday. The African country Tunisia emerged as the first team to qualify from the continental tournament
as well. They had a tough competition archrival Egypt, which represented African continent in the last Olympic Games.
Tunisia appeared in the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 and now returned to Olympic after a break of eight years. In between, Egyptian ruled the game and clinched success in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 African Continental Championships.
However, the Tunisian team proved its endeavours and dismantled the power of rivals in the 2012 edition of the African Continental Tournament. Tunisia opened the tournament with a splendid 3-1 win over Egypt, which boosted the morale of Tunisian players.
They found their motivation and continued with a great pace to beat Algeria, Ghana and then host Cameroon in the competition.
The happy coach of Tunisia, Fethi Mkaouer, was more than happy about the wonderful act of his team.
Speaking of the Olympic qualification, he stated, “Now Tunisia is starting to build up a new generation for the Olympic Games and the coming seasons as we had to get the benefit of developing a lot of youth and junior teams who win the African championships
in the last few years. I think now we have to work harder to achieve good results in London.”
Tunisia is now all set to give its best in the upcoming Olympic Games, which are scheduled to take centre stage in the month of June. Lets’ see how Tunisia makes the use of this vital opportunity.
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