Egypt depends on the experience of Egyptian players in African Competition - CAVB.org
CAIRO - 28 July 2017: Egypt’s Women Volleyball team face Rwanda on Friday in their first match in Zone 5 African Cup of Nations qualifiers held in Kenya.
Egyptian coach, Hesham Badrawy, hopes to achieve their first win to increase Egypt’s chances of qualifying for the competition held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from October 7 to 14.
The team arrived to Kenya on Thursday night in preparation for Friday’s match. Badrawy has the following squad playing for the qualifier matches: Shorouk Fouad, Farida Asklany, Doaa Mohamed, Aya El Shamy, Aya Khaled, Nahla Sameh, Rahma Hassan, Sarah Amin, Doaa Ghobashy, Hedya Mostafa, Noor Yassin and Maryam Mostafa.
The Egyptian team will utilize the experience gained from playing in African competitions to qualify for the African Cup of Nations, which qualifies for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.
Kenya has the most titles in African Cup of Nations record with nine titles; Egypt has won three titles with the most recent in 2003 in Kenya.
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