{"id":2000123841,"date":"2026-08-27T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123841"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:36:51","slug":"rwanda-overpower-burundi-to-finish-african-volleyball-group-stage-unbeaten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-overpower-burundi-to-finish-african-volleyball-group-stage-unbeaten\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda overpower Burundi to finish African Volleyball group stage unbeaten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The match, played at Ulinzi Complex Hall in Nairobi, Kenya, saw Rwanda dominate from the opening set as they secured their third consecutive victory in Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda raced to a 25-6 win in the first set before claiming the second 25-11. They completed the sweep with a 25-13 victory in the third set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first set lasted 18 minutes, while the second and third sets took 22 and 18 minutes, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory gave Rwanda a perfect nine points from three matches and secured their place at the top of Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda had earlier defeated Algeria 3-0 before recording another straight-set victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda will face the fourth-placed team from Group B in the round of 16. Senegal and Burkina Faso are among the teams in contention for that position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s women\u2019s national volleyball team finished the group stage of the 2026 African Volleyball Championship unbeaten after defeating Burundi 3-0 on Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The match, played at Ulinzi Complex Hall in Nairobi, Kenya, saw Rwanda dominate from the opening set as they secured their third consecutive victory in Group D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda\u2019s women\u2019s national volleyball team finished the group stage of the 2026 African Volleyball Championship unbeaten after defeating Burundi 3-0 on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000123842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000123842,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/whatsapp_image_2026-08-26_at_4.01_16_pm-cd88d.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000123841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123844,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123841\/revisions\/2000123844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123841"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123841"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}