Junior V-ball team wins bronze at CAVB Champs

Rwanda national junior volleyball team beat Morocco 3-0 captured bronze medal at the CAVB Junior Championships that ended on Saturday in Tunis, Tunisia.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Saturday

Rwanda  3-0    MoroccoRwanda national junior volleyball team beat Morocco 3-0 captured bronze medal at the CAVB Junior Championships that ended on Saturday in Tunis, Tunisia.It was the second medal for in the history of Rwanda indoor volleyball following the success of the youth team in January.  Paul Bitok’s team win 27-25, 27-25, 25-21 in the battle for the third place.Four teams Egypt, Tunisia, Rwanda and Morocco qualified for the 2013 Men Junior U21 FIVB Championships slated for later this year in Turkey.Egypt won the gold medal while Tunisia came on second and hosts Algeria were fourth in the four-team tournament. After Friday’s matches, Bitok hailed his team’s performances despite failing to reach the final."It has been a big learning for the boys since this was good competition for them to learn more, it’s good for experience and good for our volleyball, this is good history,” said Kenyan.