Clash of titans expected at KPC Anniversary Volleyball Tournament
3rd April 2024
Winning teams will take home Ksh 100,000 each with the runners-up pocketing Ksh75,000.
- 12 men’s and 9 women’s teams have confirmed participation at the three-day event.
- The tournament will be used to celebrate Kenya Pipeline’s Golden Jubilee.
- Prisons, who won the league last year – their first since 2016 - will be looking to add another trophy to their cabinet.
The men’s national volleyball league champions Kenya Prisons and
hosts Kenya Pipeline (women) are among the teams that will be gunning for
victory when the Kenya Pipeline Company @50 volleyball tournament serves off
this Friday at the Nyayo National Stadium and Moi International Sports Center,
Kasarani.
The duo are among 21 teams (12 men’s and 9 women’s) that
have confirmed participation at the three-day event which will be used to
celebrate Kenya Pipeline’s Golden Jubilee.
Also joining the half-century milestone celebrations are two
girls' teams—Kwanthanze and Soweto—and two boys' teams—Ruthimitu Mixed and
Hospital Hill.
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Prisons, who won the league last year – their first since
2016 - will be looking to add another trophy to their cabinet but must first
navigate their Group D which also has fellow league side Administration Police
and Division 2 stalwarts KAPU.
Meanwhile, dethroned champions GSU go in as favorites,
albeit in a challenging Pool B alongside Equity Bank and Kenya Army.
League runners-up Kenya Ports Authority are in Group A
alongside the unpredictable Trailblazers and DoD.
Hosts and seven-time African Champions Kenya Pipeline
headline the women’s event and have been drawn in Pool A alongside DCI,
Postbank and Nairobi Prisons.
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Reigning women’s champions, KCB are in Pool B alongside
Kenya Prisons, Maranatha and KDF.
Winning teams will take home Ksh 100,000 each with the
runners-up pocketing Ksh75,000.
Friday Fixtures (Men Pool B & D at Kasarani):
08:00 Equity vs Kenya Army
10:00 AP Kenya vs KAPU
12:00 Equity vs GSU
14:00 AP Knya vs Kenya Prisons
16:00 GSU vs Kenya Army
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Friday Fixtures (Men Pool A & C at Nyayo Outdoor):
08:00 Trailblazers vs DoD
10:00 Prisons Nairobi vs Kenya Forest Service
12:00 Trailblazers vs KPA
14:00 Kenya Forest Service vs KDF
16:00 DoD vs KPA
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Friday Fixtures (Women Pool A at Nyayo Gym):
08:00 Kenya Pipeline vs Nairobi Prisons
10:00 DCI vs Post Bank
12:00 Nairobi Prisons vs Post Bank
14:00 DCI vs Kenya Pipeline
16:00 DCI vs Nairobi Prisons
Friday Fixtures (Women Pool B at KDF Arena):
08:00 Prisons Kenya vs Kenya Army
10:00 KDF vs Maranatha
12:00 Kenya Army vs KDF
14:00 KCB vs Prisons
16:00 KDF vs KCB
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