Gambia
Volleyball Federation is preparing to host the second round of the 2020 Olympic
Games beach volleyball qualifiers in
Banjul scheduled to take place from 12-16 March 2020 at Palma Rima. This
will be the third time Gambia will host a CAVB sanctioned event after
successfully hosting Zone II Olympic qualifiers in December 2019.
Kenya,
Mauritius, South Sudan, Botswana and host Gambia will battle for the two spots
available to grab in Group C men to the final round of the qualifiers. We are
happy that Gambia’s bid has been accepted by the Confederation of African
Volleyball (CAVB) to host this very important event and we are looking forward
to another successful event, says GVBF President Bai Dodou Jallow.
The
Gambia beach volleyball team head coach Pa Barrow says their ultimate goal is
to leave an everlasting mark in Africa’s beach volleyball history. We are
tipped as favorites to represent Africa at the Tokyo Games in July and I think
we are ready to make this a reality.
We
are focused on winning and establishing a record in the qualifiers Captain
Amadou Jarju stated. ‘Our goal is to make our country proud by bringing back
medals and creating records, so that people can follow volleyball. The Gambia
men beach volleyball team are current champions of Africa and are ranked 3rd in
Africa.
