Competition: | African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament |
Gender: | svbw |
Continent: | Africa |
Year: | 2024 |
Size: | 300 |
City: | Lagos |
Dates: | 29 January – 3 February |
Teams: | 3 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champions: | RWA |
Title Number: | 4 |
Second: | KEN |
Third: | NGA |
Matches: | 7 |
Website: | Lagos 2024 |
Last: | 2021 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament |
Next: | 2025 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament |
The 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Rwanda are the three-time defending champions. Rwanda won the competition and qualified for the Paralympics after a 3–0 over Kenya.[1] [2]
Lagos, Nigeria was given the hosting rights.
Four countries entered for this championship. There were originally three teams, but Kenya entered the competition a week before the event began. Shortly before the tournament started, Zimbabwe withdrew, bringing the number of teams back to three.
The venue is the Teslim Balogun Stadium, near the National Stadium in Lagos.[3]
Lagos | ||
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Teslim Balogun Stadium | ||
Capacity: unknown | ||
Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.
The draw took place on 6 January 2024 in Rabat, Morocco.[4]
The 3 teams all play in one group. Each team plays each other twice, with the top 2 making the final.
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics |