2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship

2017 Men's African Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	22–29 October
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (9th title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament awards
MVP	Ismaïl Moalla
Official website
	2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
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The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt from October 22 to October 29, 2017. Top three teams which had registered for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualified for the 2018 World Championship.^[1]

Qualification edit

17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship.^[2] But, Cape Verde, Congo and Zambia later withdrew.

Means of qualification	Qualifier
Host Country	Egypt
FIVB World Ranking	Tunisia
	Cameroon
	Algeria
Zone 1	Morocco
Zone 2	~~Cape Verde~~
Zone 3	Ghana
	Nigeria
	Niger
Zone 4	DR Congo
Zone 4	~~Congo~~
Zone 5	Kenya
Zone 5	Rwanda
Zone 6	Botswana
Wild Card	Chad
	Libya
	~~Zambia~~

Pools composition edit

The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2017.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt (Hosts)	Tunisia	Cameroon	Algeria
Niger	Ghana	Morocco	Botswana
DR Congo	Kenya	Nigeria	Rwanda
	Libya		Chad

Squads edit

Venues edit

Cairo		Cairo
		Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
		Hall 2	Hall 3
		Capacity: 1,620	Capacity: 1,500

Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2 – Preliminary round and Final eight
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3 – Preliminary round and 9th–14th places

Pool standing procedure edit

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

Preliminary round edit

All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	71	2.113	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	118	133	0.887	Quarterfinals
3	Niger	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	86	150	0.573	9th–14th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
22 Oct	16:00	CI2	Niger	0–3	Egypt	10–25	6–25	12–25	28–75
23 Oct	19:00	CI2	DR Congo	0–3	Egypt	14–25	18–25	11–25	43–75
24 Oct	14:00	CI2	Niger	0–3	DR Congo	19–25	16–25	23–25	58–75

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	199	1.281	Quarterfinals
2	Libya	3	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	304	304	1.000	Quarterfinals
3	Ghana	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	225	239	0.941	9th–12th semifinals
4	Kenya	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	213	255	0.835	9th–14th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	14:00	CI2	Ghana	3–0	Kenya	25–16	26–24	25–15			76–55
22 Oct	18:00	CI2	Libya	2–3	Tunisia	19–25	25–20	25–20	15–25	7–15	91–105
23 Oct	15:00	CI2	Libya	3–2	Ghana	25–22	21–25	23–25	25–16	15–10	109–98
23 Oct	17:00	CI2	Tunisia	3–0	Kenya	25–16	25–19	25–22			75–57
24 Oct	15:00	CI3	Ghana	0–3	Tunisia	22–25	14–25	15–25			51–75
24 Oct	18:00	CI2	Kenya	3–2	Libya	16–25	20–25	25–21	25–21	15–12	101–104

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	175	154	1.136	Quarterfinals
2	Morocco	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	190	184	1.033	Quarterfinals
3	Nigeria	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	148	175	0.846	9th–14th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Oct	18:00	CI3	Morocco	1–3	Cameroon	26–24	23–25	23–25	19–25	91–99
24 Oct	16:00	CI2	Nigeria	1–3	Morocco	26–24	20–25	17–25	22–25	85–99
25 Oct	14:00	CI2	Cameroon	3–0	Nigeria	26–24	25–20	25–19		76–63

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471	Quarterfinals
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	211	185	1.141	Quarterfinals
3	Botswana	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	174	212	0.821	9th–12th semifinals
4	Chad	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	165	225	0.733	9th–14th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
22 Oct	13:00	CI3	Chad	0–3	Rwanda	20–25	21–25	15–25	56–75
22 Oct	15:00	CI3	Algeria	3–0	Botswana	25–15	25–13	25–17	75–45
23 Oct	14:00	CI3	Algeria	3–0	Chad	25–15	25–13	25–19	75–47
23 Oct	16:00	CI3	Botswana	0–3	Rwanda	19–25	18–25	17–25	54–75
24 Oct	13:00	CI3	Rwanda	0–3	Algeria	18–25	22–25	21–25	61–75
24 Oct	17:00	CI3	Chad	0–3	Botswana	20–25	20–25	22–25	62–75

Final round edit

All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

9th–14th places edit

9th–14th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match




		27 October

		Botswana	0

		Ghana	3

				28 October

				Ghana	3
26 October
				Kenya	0
Niger	1
		27 October
Chad	3
		Chad	0
26 October
		Kenya	3	11th place match
Nigeria	2
				28 October
Kenya	3
				Botswana	3

				Chad	2

9th–14th quarterfinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Oct	15:00	Niger	1–3	Chad	21–25	21–25	28–26	19–25		89–101
26 Oct	17:00	Nigeria	2–3	Kenya	20–25	25–20	19–25	25–22	13–15	102–107

9th–12th semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	16:00	Chad	0–3	Kenya	20–25	21–25	20–25			61–75
27 Oct	18:00	Botswana	0–3	Ghana	24–26	21–25	22–25			67–76

13th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	14:00	Niger	0–3	Nigeria	24–26	15–25	20–25			59–76

11th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Oct	12:00	Botswana	3–2	Chad	26–24	20–25	21–25	25–17	15–13	107–104

9th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Oct	14:00	Ghana	3–0	Kenya	25–22	25–16	25–20			75–58

Final eight edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

26 October

Egypt	3
		27 October
Rwanda	0
		Egypt	3
26 October
		Cameroon	0
Cameroon	3
				29 October
Libya	2
				Egypt	0
26 October
				Tunisia	3
Algeria	3
		27 October
DR Congo	0
		Algeria	2
26 October
		Tunisia	3	3rd place match
Tunisia	3
				29 October
Morocco	0
				Cameroon	3

				Algeria	1

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

27 October

Rwanda	3
		29 October
Libya	2
		Rwanda	2
27 October
		Morocco	3
DR Congo	1

Morocco	3
		7th place match

		29 October

		Libya	3

		DR Congo	0

Quarterfinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	14:00	Algeria	3–0	DR Congo	25–19	25–13	25–19			75–51
26 Oct	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Morocco	25–21	25–17	25–22			75–60
26 Oct	18:00	Cameroon	3–2	Libya	27–25	22–25	25–21	23–25	15–9	112–105
26 Oct	20:00	Egypt	3–0	Rwanda	25–14	25–18	25–14			75–46

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	15:00	Rwanda	3–2	Libya	25–19	25–18	12–25	24–26	15–13	101–101
27 Oct	17:00	DR Congo	1–3	Morocco	25–23	21–25	16–25	20–25		82–98

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	19:00	Algeria	2–3	Tunisia	27–25	14–25	25–21	23–25	15–17	104–113
27 Oct	21:00	Egypt	3–0	Cameroon	26–24	25–22	25–23			76–69

7th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	14:00	Libya	3–0	DR Congo	25–20	25–10	25–18			75–48

5th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	16:00	Rwanda	2–3	Morocco	22–25	25–21	25–16	15–25	9–15	96–102

3rd place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	18:00	Cameroon	3–1	Algeria	23–25	25–21	25–21	27–25		100–92

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	21:15	Egypt	0–3	Tunisia	22–25	20–25	15–25			57–75

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Egypt
	Cameroon
4	Algeria
5	Morocco
6	Rwanda
7	Libya
8	DR Congo
9	Ghana
10	Kenya
11	Botswana
12	Chad
13	Nigeria
14	Niger

	Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

2017 Men's African champions
Tunisia 9th title

Team Roster

Tayeb Korbosli, Ahmed Kadhi, Wassim Ben Tara, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Elyes Karamosli, Nabil Miladi, Mahdi Ben Cheikh, Hamza Nagga, Ismaïl Moalla, Anouer Taouerghi, Elyes Garfi, Bilel Ben Hassine, Hichem Kaabi, Khaled Ben Slimene, Chokri Jouini, Saddem Hmissi, Omar Agrebi

Head coach

Antonio Giacobbe

Awards edit

Most valuable player
Ismaïl Moalla
Best spiker
Yvan Kody
Best blocker
Amin Oumessad
Best server
Abdalla Ahmed
Best setter
Khaled Ben Slimene
Best receiver
Ahmed Shafik
Best libero
Anouer Taouerghi

References edit

^ "Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers". CAVB. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
^ "Nigeria register to Men's African nations Championship". CAVB. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017.
^ "Egypt meet Niger and RDC in Pool A of Men's African Champ". CAVB. 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers". CAVB. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.

[2] "Nigeria register to Men's African nations Championship". CAVB. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017.

[3] "Egypt meet Niger and RDC in Pool A of Men's African Champ". CAVB. 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.

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2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship

Contents

Qualification edit

Pools composition edit

Squads edit

Venues edit

Pool standing procedure edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pool B edit

Pool C edit

Pool D edit

Final round edit

9th–14th places edit

9th–14th quarterfinals edit

9th–12th semifinals edit

13th place match edit

11th place match edit

9th place match edit

Final eight edit

Quarterfinals edit

5th–8th semifinals edit

Semifinals edit

7th place match edit

5th place match edit

3rd place match edit

Final edit

Final standing edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit