Nigeria Army, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Police and Ghana Police teams all served off their campaigns at the 2019 Zone 3 Africa Volleyball Club Championships on winning notes with 3-0 defeats of their opponents at the Sports Hall of the University of Lagos on Monday.

In the women’s event, Nigeria Army defeated Police 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-21) in a hugely exciting match while the Nigeria Customs Service proved too much for the Immigration team in a dominant three set victory (25-11, 25-18) in the men’s category.

Also in the men’s category, Nigeria Police dispatched Entente of Benin 3-0 (25-17, 25- 17, 25-19), while Ghana Police beat OTR of Togo 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-23).

In the women’s event, Nigeria Customs Service defeated Kada Emeralds 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-13) in a one sided game as Kada Emeralds won her second game against AS OTR of Togo.

Speaking after the victory, assistant coach of the Nigeria Customs Service team, Kafas Eric said his team capitalized on the weakness of their opponents.

“It is really great to start with a win and I believe we will continue the way by the grace of God.

“It was not an easy game, these are the players we’ve known. We knew their strength, we knew their weaknesses. So we capitalized on their their weaknesses and work more on their strengths to defeat them. The boys also played according to the instructions of the coaches too.”

Day 2 Fixtures:

MALE CATEGORY

Nigeria Customs Service v Finance of Benin
Entente of Benin v OTR of Togo
Ghana Police v Nigeria Police
Finance of Benin v Nigeria Immigration

FEMALE CATEGORY

Nigeria Immigration vs Nigeria Army
Nigeria Customs vs OTR of Togo
Nigeria Immigration vs Ghana Police