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African Hockey teams to battle for World Cup ticket in Namibia

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Namibian Hockey Union (NHU) will host the Africa Under-21 Junior Hockey Word Cup Qualifiers from March 18-27 here.

The continental showpiece will see the Namibian junior men and ladies square off with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria and Tanzania, while Egypt has confirmed that they will only be sending a men's team to the tournament.

Marc Nel, President of the NHU, said on Tuesday that all games will be played on the astro turfs of both the Windhoek High School (WHS) and the Windhoek Gymnasium.

The top two teams will qualify for the World Cup in Indian (for men) and in Chile (for women) respectively. Endit