{"id":2000124264,"date":"2026-08-30T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000124264"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:45:42","slug":"cavb-womens-championship-rwanda-beat-burkina-faso-to-reach-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cavb-womens-championship-rwanda-beat-burkina-faso-to-reach-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda beat Burkina Faso to reach CAVB quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rwanda won the match 25-19, 25-16, 25-8 to maintain its push for a deep run in the continental tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso made a promising start, taking an early 8-6 lead in the opening set as Rwanda struggled to settle into the match. Rwanda gradually regained control, with captain Valentine Munezero and middle blocker Divine Marie Nyirahabimana making important blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso also struggled with service errors, allowing Rwanda to build momentum and eventually take the first set 25-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda won the match 25-19, 25-16, 25-8 to maintain its push for a deep run in the continental tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The West Africans again started strongly in the second set, opening up a five-point advantage. Rwanda responded by improving its attacking game, while Burkina Faso continued to give away points through service mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda turned the set around and pulled clear to win 25-16, moving within one set of the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third set proved one-sided as Rwanda took control from the outset. Nyirahabimana led the attack, scoring eight points from seven attacks, while Flavia Dusabe contributed six points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda built a 14-point advantage as Burkina Faso struggled to cope with the pressure. The Rwandans closed out the set 25-8 to complete the straight-sets victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nyirahabimana finished as Rwanda\u2019s leading scorer with 16 points and was named Player of the Match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory sends Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gu\u00e9rin\u2019s team into the quarter-finals, where Rwanda will continue its campaign for continental honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Burkina Faso started strongly, but Rwanda rallied to take control in the second set.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2026 African Women\u2019s Nations Volleyball Championship after beating Burkina Faso 3-0 in the round of 16 at Kasarani Indoor Arena on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000124268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000124264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","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":2000124268,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","alt":"CAVB Women\u2019s Championship: Rwanda beat Burkina Faso to reach quarterfinals","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1080,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","width":1080,"height":720},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","width":1080,"height":720},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","width":1080,"height":720},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","width":1080,"height":720},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQ9PAbzWEAExYWd.jpeg","width":1080,"height":720}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000124264","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=2000124264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000124264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000124270,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000124264\/revisions\/2000124270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000124268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000124264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000124264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000124264"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000124264"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000124264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}