L. MathekaVolleyball: Title clashes on at Nyayo Indoor Arena
Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 29.07.22. | 07:35
The four teams play in a round-robin format with the winner crowned champion.
The back and forth of dates and venue for this year’s Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) men's league playoff settled for Nyayo Indoor Arena and action begins on Friday 29 July.
Top four finishers in the regular league, General Service Unit (GSU), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Prisons Kenya and Trailblazers lock horns with the winner if the three-day action set to be crowned champion.
@KenyaVolleyball men's league playoffs on from Thursday to Sunday at Nyayo Indoor Arena. Holders GSU are going for a fifth-consecutive title. Will Prisons Kenya, KPA and Trailblazers let it happen? pic.twitter.com/cRUWpaFyL0
— Matheka (@Lynmatheka) July 29, 2022
If the regular league action is anything to go by, fans are in for a treat as none of the teams go into the playoff as favourites.
Holders GSU are put to clinch their fifth consecutive title but the other three are not about to make it easy for the Gideon Tarus-led side.
In the regular league, GSU lost by straight-sets to the dockers, a shocking result for many as the paramilitary side had not lost a match in the last few years.
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The dockers were also subjected to their only loss in the regular season by Prisons Kenya, a day after the victory over GSU.
The warders and debutants Trailblazers lost three of the 15 matches played to finish the league tied on 37 points but Prisons were ranked ahead with a better set ratio.
Tarus' charges begin their title defence campaign on Thursday with a clash against Prisons in a repeat of their last match of the regular season. The David Lung'aho-coached Prisons are out to end the long wait for a trophy since GSU have won the last four.
The second match of the day will see the Mombasa-based KPA take on Trailblazers as the two sides eye a historic title, at first time of asking for the latter.
Coach Sammy Mulinge has remained modest in his comments of what awaits his side even as stakeholders and fans predict that a new champion is in the offing following the side's victory against GSU.
"We cannot rely on anything that happened in the regular league to predict how teams will play in the playoff. This is a different ballgame. Teams have been in training since then and alot will have changed.
We begin the playoffs against Trailblazers and that gives us the chance to watch both Prisons and GSU in action and strategize for those matches. We will take it one match at a time," said Mulinge.
On his part, Trailblazers head coach Geoffrey Omondi says his side has put in the work in training and he expects a good show as they go for an historic first title.
