First African Tchoukball Championship

From the 13th to 14th august 2010, on the Aviation Social Centre, in Accra (Ghana) was held the first African Tchoukball Championship, with the participation of the male teams from Togo, Benin and Ghana.
All the matches were very intensives and with a very tight scores, having the winner just on the final minutes! After having defeat Benin in a amazing and very difficult matches, Togo and Ghana met in the final.
Despite of having the best defense of the tournament, Ghana couldn’t hold the victory and in the last 2 minutes of the match, the strong boys from Togo won by score of 47 x 43.
At the end of the competition, all the three countries received from the hand of the director of International Promotion of the FITB, mr Julio Calegari, the medals, trophies and some gifts/equipments (balls, uniforms, cds, nets/elastics).
The Ghana B team also took part in the event by playing friendly matches with Togo and Benin.
Results
Ghana (A) 46 x 45 Benin
Togo 37 x 10 Ghana (B)
Benin 50 x 55 Togo
Benin 36 x 17 Ghana (B)
Ghana (A) 43 x 47 Togo
Final Classification
1st – Togo
2nd – Ghana
3rd - Benin
At the closing ceremony, a pioneer medal and a certificate was given by mr Calegari, on behalf of the FITB to :
Mrs Olga Kpodzo – first person to take a team from Togo to a FITB international event.
Mr Clement Ligan – first person to take a team from Benin to a FITB international event.
Mr Alfred Kobina Arthur – for the organization of the first African Tchoukball Championship.
On the 14th of august, a training session in Dansoman neighborhood was conducted by mr Calegari. The participant from all the 3 countries had opportunity to learn more about the technique, defense and attack.
Later some matches were organized with mixed teams, with 2 players from each country.
The event was a great success and provided a lot of motivation for all the participants to continue the promotion of tchoukball and to improve their skills. The next FITB African Tchoukball Championship will be in 2012 and Togo and Benin are already preparing their bid and their team for this event, when we expect the participation of event more countries.