{"id":57270,"date":"2023-11-07T16:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-world-para-volley"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:59:18","slug":"rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-world-para-volley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-world-para-volley","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda handed tough draw in World Para Volley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b> Peter Kamasa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda Sitting Volleyball team head coach Mossad Rashad insists his teams will need to sweat for results to survive early elimination from the 2023 World Para Volley Sitting Volleyball World Cup after both teams were handed \u2018tough\u2019 opponents in their respective groups during a draw ceremony held in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s national team found themselves in Group B alongside hosts Egypt, Mongolia, China and Germany while the men\u2019s team were pooled in Group A alongside Egypt and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the draw, Mossad said, \u201cTough groups because we have been tied with the big teams. But we have a talented group of players and we started preparations early enough, it gives us a good chance to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t feel pressure but we are going to give our best against better teams. We have been to many international Sitting Volleyball competitions and we have managed to perform well. I have a feeling that my players are going to do the same or even be better in this competition,\u201d he added<\/p>\n<p>Africa will be represented by Algeria, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Egypt in men\u2019s World Cup while only two nations, namely Rwanda and hosts Egypt, will represent the continent in the women\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Rwanda tops Africa&#8217;s women&#8217;s rankings followed by Egypt while the hosts top men\u2019s rankings well ahead of Rwanda which comes in second place.<\/p>\n<p>Full draw:<\/p>\n<p>Men<\/p>\n<p>Pool A: Egypt, Rwanda and Iraq<\/p>\n<p>Pool B: Iran, Japan and Algeria<\/p>\n<p>Pool C: Brazil, China, India and Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Pool D: Germany, Ukraine, France and Great Britain<\/p>\n<p>Women<\/p>\n<p>Pool A: Egypt, China, Rwanda, Germany and Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>Pool B: Canada, Brazil, Slovenia, Ukraine and Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Kamasa Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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