2020 Men’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers : Preparations Hot Up

Preparations have intensified in the country ahead of the upcoming qualifying tournament for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that will take place from January 6 to 12, 2020 in Cairo, Egypt. In order to ensure the best result in the competition, some 14 home-based players of the men’s national volleyball team had been training in Yaounde for the past three weeks. Coach Re-Niof Blaise Mayam and the players are working out winning strategies to ensure a ticket for the Olympic Games.

Seven foreign-based players have joined the team: Ahmed Awal, Cedric Boyomo, Noubissi Moyo, Kofane Boyomo, Sem Dolemgombaï, Charles Engohe and Yvan Kody. Training takes place twice daily at the Yaounde Multipurpose Sports Complex from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the morning and from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the evening. The coach, Blaise Mayam has put in a new team which is made up of two passers, four central attackers, four receptionists- attackers and two liberos. According to the coach, the new team has good players and much work will be done to integrate them in the team. He explained that for the competition in Cairo, two or three new players will be added to give them the opportunity to have an experien...