L. MathekaGSU land Rwanda Air as Bitok tournament draws are released
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Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 05.04.23. | 16:55
Winners of the three-day tournament walk home with Ksh 100,000 in prize money
Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) men’s league champions General Service Unit (GSU) have been pooled against Rwanda Air, the only foreign team that has signed up for the three-day Bitok International tournament.
Set to serve off on Friday 7 April, the Paul Bitok Foundation-sponsored tournament has attracted 12 men’s teams and nine women’s teams that have been divided into four and two groups respectively.
Each of the four pools for the men have three teams that will compete in a round robin first. The top two teams move to the quarters with pool A teams meeting pool D sides. The top place team plays the second finisher in the other team.
The quarters matches are set for Saturday afternoon with the winners booking a semis place. Action will move to Kasarani for the semis and finals set for Sunday in both the men and women’s category.
“We are ready for action. All things are in place and we expect a very competitive tournament. These are the top teams in the league and they have everything to fight for. This is a perfect platform for the teams preparing for continental duty to gauge themselves,” Bitok offered after the draws.
2023 KVF/PAUL BITOK INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
— Volleyballkenya (@Volleyballkeny3) April 5, 2023
POOLING
WOMEN
POOL A
1.NAIROBI WATER
2.KPC
3.KDF
4.DCI
POOL B
1.NAIROBI PRISONS
2.KENYA PRISONS
3.POSTBANK
4.KCB
5.KENYA ARMY
LET THE GAMES BEGIN AND MAY THE BEST TEAM WI pic.twitter.com/5yEsUO1tya
In the women’s category, league holders Kenya Pipeline have landed Nairobi Water, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) while Prisons Kenya headlines the other pool that has Prisons Nairobi, Post Bank, KCB and Kenya Army.
The women’s competition will be held at Kasarani from Friday and will not have the quarters. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semis set for Sunday.
The winners will take home Ksh 100,000 Ksh 50,000
MEN
POOL A
1. GSU
2. RWANDAIR
3. KAPU
POOL B
1. KENYA ARMY
2. KPA
3. EQUITY BANK
POOL C
1. AP KENYA
2. TRAILBLAZERS VC
3. PRISONS NAIROBI
POOL D
1. KFS
2. PRISONS KENYA
3. KDF
WOMEN
POOL A
1. NAIROBI WATER
2. KPC
3. KDF
4. DCI
POOL B
1. NAIROBI PRISONS
2. KENYA PRISONS
3. POSTBANK
4. KCB
5. KENYA ARMY
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