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Sport AfricaBriefOlympics Checked story Published 4 November 2026 · Updated 4 Nov, 01:52 UTC

Dakar 2026: Nigeria's Bawa and Lawrence lose their beach volleyball quarter-final to the Netherlands

Nigeria's Pamela Bawa and Joy Lawrence lost their women's beach volleyball quarter-final at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday 3 November 2026, beaten in straight sets, 2–0, by the Netherlands' Jara Both and Matilda de Groot at Saly. The pair — Africa's last representatives left in the event — had beaten Thailand 2–0 in the round of 16 on Monday to reach the last eight. The Dutch pair went on to reach the final.

Girls' beach volleyball at the Youth Olympic Games (file photo — 2018 Games, Buenos Aires)
Photo: Marcus Cyron via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · (File photo — not from this match)
Verified Nigeria's Pamela Bawa and Joy Lawrence lost 2–0 in straight sets to the Netherlands' Jara Both and Matilda de Groot in the women's beach volleyball quarter-final at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday 3 November 2026, ending Nigeria's medal hopes in the event.

Key points

  • Quarter-final: Nigeria (Bawa/Lawrence) lost 0–2 in straight sets to the Netherlands (Both/de Groot) at Saly, Tuesday 3 November 2026.
  • The pair were Africa's last representatives in the women's event, after a 2–0 round-of-16 win over Thailand (21–16, 21–13) on Monday.
  • The Dutch pair went on to reach the final, against Italy.
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What happened

Bawa and Lawrence's run was the story of Africa's beach volleyball at these Games: after the other African pairs — from Ghana, DR Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Egypt and Morocco — went out, the Nigerians were the continent's last pair standing, and they reached the last eight with a straight-sets win over Thailand on Monday.

The quarter-final was a step too far. Both and de Groot, bronze medallists at the Under-18 World Championships, won in straight sets on Tuesday and went on to reach the final. Nigeria's campaign in the event ends at the quarter-final stage.

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