Malkia Strikers will be looking to set a mark in the CAVB African Championship once they face Cameroon at exactly 4p.m today. The squad's rivalry with giants Cameroon is set to be rekindled in Kigali after the two heavyweights were drawn together in Group B of the tournament.
Malkia Strikers, nine-time African champions, have prevailed in the last two matches the teams have met-at the African Games in Morocco and during the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers, but the West Africans have stood in between Kenya and their record-tenth African title in the 2017 and 2019 editions.
In the draws announced Saturday night at the Kigali Convention Centre, the two heavy weights landed in pool ‘B’ to set up a potentially bruising battle. The other opponents in the pool are former champions Tunisia, Burundi and DRC Congo while pool ‘A’ has hosts Rwanda, Senegal, Morocco and Nigeria.
“The championship has attracted very tough opponents who are ready for the title and my first aim is to qualify for the semis. It will be a kin to committing suicide if we focus only on Cameroon and forget we have good teams also like Tunisia who started their preparations as early as June,”Bitok stated with regards to the tough pool the team landed in.