Nigeria finished the four nation tournament with a clean sheet of 3-0 with nine points, while Burkina dropped to 0-3 to finish fourth.
The Niger team claimed a crucial victory against the experienced Ghana team in an epic tiebreaker 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 25-14, 14-25, 15-9) to join Nigeria in the final round of qualification tournaments to be held in January and February 2014.
Niger improved their win-loss ratio to 2-1 with 5 points, while Ghana dropped to 1-2 with 4 points.
Nigeria will be grouped in Pool 1 of the finals to be held in Cameroon, while Niger will join Pool 3 in Tunisia.
Results:
Day 1
Ghana v Burkina 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-10)
Nigeria v Niger 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-22)
Day 2
Nigeria v Ghana 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 29-27, 25-21)
Niger v Burkina Faso 3-1 (27-25, 16-25, 25-11, 25-1)
Day 3
Nigeria v Burkina Faso 3-0 (28-26, 25-20, 25-11)
Niger v Ghana 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 25-14, 14-25, 15-9)
Standings:
Nigeri 9, Niger 5, Ghana 4, Burkina Faso 0.
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