{"id":3453,"date":"2026-09-01T15:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:40:40","slug":"rwanda-defeat-ghana-3-1-to-reach-african-volleyball-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/rwanda-defeat-ghana-3-1-to-reach-african-volleyball-semifinals\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda defeat Ghana 3-1 to reach African volleyball semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1aa-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1aa-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1aa-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1aa-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1aa.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda advanced to the semifinals of the African Women\u2019s Volleyball Championship on Tuesday after defeating Ghana 3-1 in the quarterfinals at Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory sends Rwanda into the last four for the second consecutive edition of the continental championship, after the team reached the semifinals in 2023 in Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda made a strong start, winning the opening set 25-17 and putting Ghana under pressure from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rwandans maintained their momentum in the second set, building a six-point advantage at 18-12 as they looked set to take a commanding 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana responded strongly late in the set, cutting Rwanda\u2019s lead before taking advantage of errors and a lack of coordination from the Rwandan side to win 26-24 and level the match at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda regrouped in the third set and regained control, winning 25-19 to move within one set of the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rwandans then closed out the match in the fourth set, winning 25-18 to secure a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Egypt and Tunisia in the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The continental championship is being held in Nairobi, bringing together some of Africa\u2019s leading women\u2019s volleyball teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda advanced to the semifinals of the African Women\u2019s Volleyball Championship on Tuesday after defeating Ghana 3-1 in the quarterfinals at Kasarani Indoor Arena in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,41,34,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-hot_topics","category-national","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}