Twelve teams to compete in AAG

Twelve teams have booked their tickets to the 2015 All Africa Games (AAG) volleyball championships scheduled for September 4-19 in Congo Brazzaville after the zonal qualifiers concluded in all the seven continental zones. In the mens category, Algeria will represent Zone 1, Cape Verde and Gambia Zone 2, while Nigeria and Ghana will represent Zone 3 at the quadrennial event. Cameroon and hosts Congo Brazzaville qualified from Zone 4 while Egypt join Rwanda to represent Zone 5. Zone 6 is represented by Mozambique and Botswana while Seychelles will represent Zone 7. In the womens category, Algeria (Zone 1), Senegal and Cape Verde (Zone 2), Nigeria and Ghana (Zone 3) confirmed their tickets too. Hosts Congo Brazzaville and Cameroon will represent Zone 4 while Kenya and Egypt will represent Zone 5. Botswana and Mozambique will represent Zone 6 while Seychelles will represent Zone 7. The 12 teams in each category will be divided into two preliminary pools with the teams playing on a round-robin basis and the top two teams will qualify for the semi-finals. The winner of Pool A meets the second side in Pool B and the winner of Pool B faces the second team in Pool A in the semi-finals with the winners qualifying to the final and the losers facing off for the bronze medal. editorial@newtimes.co.rw

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Twelve teams to compete in AAG