Nigeria’s hopes of a first-ever appearance in a hockey event at the Olympics were dashed on Sunday, after the country’s women’s team lost 9-0 to South Africa in the final of the African qualifiers.
It was the second defeat handed to the Nigerian team by the South Africans at the qualifiers in Pretoria after the first meeting in pool and saw the South African women’s team triumph 8-2.
In the men’s event the South African also qualified for the Olympics following a 2-1 win against Egypt. However, Egypt will now move on to the FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers where they will get a second opportunity to qualify for the Paris games.
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