Nigeria’s U18 males’s and ladies’s hockey groups have each gained bronze medals on the inaugural U18 Hockey5s Youth Africa Cup in Nairobi, Kenya.
The ladies’s crew secured third place after defeating Ghana 4-3 within the bronze medal match, whereas the boys’s crew recorded an enormous 15-2 victory over Uganda to additionally end with a bronze medal.
Nigeria’s girls had a powerful run within the event, beating South Africa, Uganda and Ghana within the group stage earlier than defeating Ghana once more within the third-place match.
The lads additionally loved a powerful marketing campaign. They drew 7-7 with South Africa and defeated Ghana and Uganda earlier than ending the event with one other convincing win over Uganda.
The event, which was held from August 6 to eight, additionally served as Africa’s qualification occasion for the inaugural FIH Youth Hockey5s World Cup. The highest two groups in each the boys’s and ladies’s classes earned tickets to the World Cup.
Though Nigeria missed out on qualification, the double bronze-medal success provides the nation’s younger hockey gamers worthwhile worldwide expertise.
The Nationwide Sports activities Fee congratulated each groups, their coaches and officers for his or her performances in Nairobi.
