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Volleyball of Saturday, 21 January 2012

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Algeria beat Ghana 3-0

Tunisia clinch the Olympic volleyball ticket to London 2012?

Tunisia men’s volleyball team secured a ticket to 2012 London Olympic Games after the efficiently won the African Olympic Qualification tournament after winning all their matches, the last was against the hosts Cameroon 3-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21) in the fifth and final day at the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Saturday in front of full house attendance of 4000 spectators.
With the victory, Tunisia will represent the African continent in the prestigious Olympic Games for the sixth time after Munich 1972, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004.

The final day showed also Algeria achieving their first and only victory over the winless Ghana 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-18). Tunisia top the 5 nation tournament in the final day with a win- loss ratio of 4-0 followed by Egypt second (3-1), Cameroon third (2-2), Algeria fourth (1-3) and Ghana at the bottom of the table (0-4).
Algeria recorded their only victory in the tournament against Ghana in straight sets 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-18). Although the Algerian players were depressed after losing against the big three Cameroon, Tunisia and Egypt, they succeeded to dominate their match against Ghana to finish fourth.