Kenya to take part in Women’s Beach Volleyball World Championships

The national women's beach volleyball team has qualified for the FIVB World Championships slated for 10th to 19th June in Rome, Italy. 

The team has earned the right to represent Africa in the global extravaganza alongside Morocco, Egypt, and Mozambique based on continental rankings.

Qualified teams have been requested to confirm their participation in the FIVB no later than Sunday 24 April 2022.  

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In the event any of the four teams do not confirm participation within the stipulated time, three eligible teams in order of priority, including Nigeria, Gambia and Rwanda shall be awarded the slots. 

"FIVB requested all Confederations to submit their qualification pathway for the FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball World Championships. As we could not organise a qualification tournament within the qualification window we submitted a qualification pathway which was within the FIVB guidelines. The FIVB approved our proposal. Based on the above pathway we computed all points accumulated and drew up a ranking table based on the qualification pathway.

Furthermore, after the ranking, we conducted an eligibility assessment of all teams to ensure they conform to the FIVB eligibility requirements. This allowed us to determine the four teams that would represent Africa at the FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball World Championships and the reserve teams in order or ranking that would replace any qualified team that would have not taken up their slot," read a statement from CAVB. 

This will be the second time Kenya will be participating in the World Championships since 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Naomi Too and Gaudencia Makokha represented the country. 

Last month, the team qualified for the Commonwealth Games slated from 28 July to 8 August through FIVB rankings. The pair of Too and Veronica Adhiambo were in action at the qualifiers held in Ghana, finishing third. 

Makokha and Brackcides Agala were in the team but served as reserves.