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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Wednesday<\/p>\n Kenya v Rwanda 1PM<\/p>\n Rwanda women volleyball national team has a daunting task to overcome 2021 African Nations Championship runners up Kenya when the pair face off in the opening game of the 2023 African Volleyball Championship which officially begins on Wednesday in Yaounde\u0301 Multipurpose Sports Complex.<\/p>\n Paulo de Tarso\u2019s side was drawn in Group B alongside Kenya, Morocco, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Lesotho.<\/p>\n The team will, after Kenya, take on Lesotho next on Thursday, August 17 and Burkina Faso on Friday, August 18, before playing East African neighbours Uganda on Saturday, August 19. They will wind up the group stage matches against Morocco on Sunday, August 20.<\/p>\n Reacting to the draw, De Traso said, \u201cWe have the quality, physical preparations and now we need to get the players mentally ready for these matches and we will go into every game by giving all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n “Players want to prove that they can do better and we know they can do better. Everything is possible. We will take the game by game. We are optimistic, we want to play better volleyball,\u201d he added<\/p>\n A total of 12 teams have confirmed their participation in the tournament. They include hosts Cameroon, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda and Rwanda.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, five teams including Tunisia, DR Congo and Co\u0302te d’Ivoire, Ghana and Zambia pulled out of the competition at the last minute.<\/p>\n The Indomitable Lionesses de Cameroon are defending champions.<\/p>\n Group stages<\/p>\n Group A: Cameron, Nigeria, Burundi, Mali, Algeria and Egypt<\/p>\n Group B: Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Lesotho<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peter Kamasa Africa-Press – Rwanda. Wednesday Kenya v Rwanda 1PM Rwanda women volleyball national team has a daunting task to overcome 2021 African Nations Championship runners up Kenya when the pair face off in the opening game of the 2023 African Volleyball Championship which officially begins on Wednesday in Yaounde\u0301 Multipurpose Sports Complex. Paulo de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18,772],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-50323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\n