WWW.THEGAMBIATODAY.COM / SUNDIATA SUNE KEITA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Youth and Sports is sponsoring the Gambia female national volleyball team’s participation in the four-nation World Cup qualifiers to be held in Cape Verde next month. The Gambian team will be participating in the zonal stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers to be held in the Cape Verdean capital of Praia between the 7th to 11th, November. This latest development comes at the back of a successful campaign in the sub-zonal stage which was held in the Senegalese capital Dakar, in August this year. Cape Verde and the Gambia will join Senegal and Guinea Conakry in the qualification process. The two teams that finish top of the log at the end of the triangular games will qualify to the continental and final stage of the qualification process. The secretary general of the Gambia Volleyball Association (GVBA), Bai Dodou Jallow, told Observer Sports that The Gambia’s participation in the island nation qualifier is mainly supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports under the leadership of Hon. Alieu Kebba Tamba Jammeh. He said the ministry has provided the funding for the travel and necessary logistics to support and ensure the smooth participation of the team in the competition. The Gambian team will leave for Praia on the 5th November. The 2014 FIVB world cup The 2014 edition of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Women’s Volleyball World Championship will be held in the Southern European country of Italy from September 23rd to October 12th 2014 and it will be contested by 24 teams. The regional qualification stage will determine the 24 teams that will compete in the championship proper. Host Italy is granted automatic qualification but defending champions Russia was made to ensure qualification through a qualifying round. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 23 spots. Africa was granted two, Asia four, North America six, South America two, and Europe nine places with Italy making it ten. As well as Italy, eight other countries in Thailand, Japan, Russia, Germany, Brazil, China, Kazakhstan and Argentina have all booked their places in the championship that will be contested at six different venues.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:32:45 +0000
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