Kenya qualifies for World Beach Volleyball Championships

The national women’s beach volleyball team Friday qualified for the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Championships to be held from June 10 to 19 in Rome, Italy.

This comes barely two weeks after the team also qualified for the Commonwealth Games scheduled for July 28 to August 8, with Kenya bagging the two slots by virtue of FIVB rankings.

Kenya will represent Africa alongside other three top ranked teams namely Morocco, Egypt and Mozambique.

Kenya had missed the Commonwealth Games ticket through the African qualifiers held last month in Ghana after finishing third behind winners Ghana and Mauritius, but received qualification through the Athlete Allocation System and team ranking.

Commenting on the development, the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) deputy president Charles Nyaberi urged the government to facilitate the squad hit the camp in earnest.

“It’s a big boost to Kenya after last month we were also given the ticket to compete in the Commonwealth Games. Our work has been cut out and as a federation we will sit down to plan on how the girls will start the preparations.

“I can say the sport is making a big splash in the country and we will continue to urge the government to pour more resources into beach volleyball because we have many untapped talents there,” Nyaberi told Citizen Digital.

According to the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) there will be no African qualifiers for the championship due to limited time.