2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship

2023 Men's African Nations Championship
بطولة إفريقيا للكرة الطائرة للرجال 2023
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	3–13 September
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (9th title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament awards
MVP	Hossam Abdalla
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The 2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 24th 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 3 to 13 September 2023. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.^[1]

Pools composition edit

CAVB announced the pool composition on 2 September 2023.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt	Tunisia	Cameroon	Morocco
Burundi	Mali	Kenya	Rwanda
Algeria	Tanzania	Ghana	Senegal
—	Chad	Libya	Gambia

Venues edit

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

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.

Group stage edit

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	99	1.515	Round of 15
2	Egypt (H)	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	104	1.317
3	Burundi	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	66	150	0.440

Source: FIVB
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
3 Sep	21:00	Egypt	3–0	Burundi	25–11	25–8	25–10	75–29	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Burundi	0–3	Algeria	10–25	9–25	18–25	37–75	Report
6 Sep	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–22	25–19	75–62	Report

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	108	2.083	Round of 15
2	Chad	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	198	208	0.952
3	Tanzania	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	206	247	0.834
4	Mali	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	178	244	0.730

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Mali	25–8	25–14	25–7		75–29	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Chad	3–0	Tanzania	25–19	33–31	25–23		83–73	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Mali	1–3	Tanzania	18–25	22–25	25–17	24–26	89–93	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Chad	25–10	25–10	25–19		75–39	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Chad	3–0	Mali	26–24	25–17	25–19		76–60	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Tanzania	0–3	Tunisia	10–25	13–25	17–25		40–75	Report

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Libya	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	265	235	1.128	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	269	237	1.135	Round of 15
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	246	273	0.901
4	Ghana	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	237	272	0.871

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	12:00	Libya	3–1	Ghana	25–23	18–25	25–15	25–20		93–83	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Kenya	1–3	Cameroon	22–25	20–25	26–24	17–25		85–99	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Ghana	0–3	Cameroon	19–25	17–25	19–25			55–75	Report
5 Sep	18:00	Libya	3–0	Kenya	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Kenya	3–2	Ghana	23–25	25–21	16–25	25–17	15–11	104–99	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Cameroon	1–3	Libya	25–27	22–25	25–20	23–25		95–97	Report

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	167	1.353	Round of 15
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	230	201	1.144
3	Gambia	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	241	269	0.896
4	Senegal	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	202	262	0.771

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Morocco	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	25–18	26–24			76–59	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Gambia	1–3	Rwanda	11–25	11–25	25–20	24–26		71–96	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Senegal	0–3	Morocco	17–25	21–25	12–25			50–75	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Morocco	3–0	Gambia	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Rwanda	3–0	Senegal	25–21	25–16	25–17			75–54	Report
7 Sep	12:00	Senegal	2–3	Gambia	25–22	14–25	19–25	27–25	13–15	98–112	Report

Final round edit

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

9th–15th places edit

9th–15th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

9 September

Ghana	3
		11 September
Tanzania	1
		Ghana	3

		Gambia	2
Bye
				12 September
Gambia	W
				Ghana	2
9 September
				Kenya	3
Mali	0
		11 September
Kenya	3
		Kenya	3
9 September
		Senegal	0	11th place match
Senegal	3
				12 September
Burundi	0
				Gambia	0

				Senegal	3

13th–15th places		13th place match



Tanzania	W
		12 September
Bye
		Tanzania	3
11 September
		Burundi	1
Mali	0

Burundi	3

9th–15th quarterfinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Sep	13:00	Senegal	3–0	Burundi	25–19	27–25	25–23		77–67	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–1	Tanzania	19–25	25–20	25–16	25–12	94–73	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Mali	0–3	Kenya	24–26	15–25	23–25		62–76	Report

13th–15th places edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Mali	0–3	Burundi	28–30	19–25	19–25			66–80	Report

9th–12th semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–2	Gambia	25–16	19–25	21–25	25–16	15–10	105–92	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Senegal	25–14	25–18	25–23			75–55	Report

13th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Tanzania	3–1	Burundi	25–20	22–25	25–20	25–16		97–81	Report

11th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Gambia	0–3	Senegal	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	Report

9th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Ghana	2–3	Kenya	19–25	21–25	25–18	32–30	14–16	111–114	Report

5th–8th places edit

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

11 September

Rwanda	3
		12 September
Chad	0
		Rwanda	0
11 September
		Tunisia	3
Morocco	0

Tunisia	3
		7th place match

		12 September

		Chad	3

		Morocco^[a]	0

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–0	Chad	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Morocco	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	15–25	20–25			54–75	Report

7th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Chad	3–0	Morocco^[a]	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report

5th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Rwanda	0–3	Tunisia	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75	Report

Championship bracket edit

8 September

Algeria

3

9 September

Ghana

0

Algeria

3

8 September

Rwanda

0

Rwanda

3

11 September

Tanzania

1

Algeria

3

Libya

2

Libya

W

9 September

Bye

Libya

3

8 September

Chad

0

Chad

3

13 September

Gambia

1

Algeria

1

8 September

Egypt

3

Morocco

3

9 September

Mali

0

Morocco

0

8 September

Egypt

3

Egypt

3

11 September

Kenya

0

Egypt

3

8 September

Cameroon

1

3rd place match

Tunisia

3

9 September

13 September

Senegal

0

Tunisia

1

Libya

3

8 September

Cameroon

3

Cameroon

1

Cameroon

3

Burundi

0

Round of 15 edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–1	Tanzania	25–22	27–29	25–21	25–12	102–84	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Cameroon	3–0	Burundi	25–14	25–14	25–13		75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Tunisia	3–0	Senegal	25–10	25–13	25–18		75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Chad	3–1	Gambia	24–26	25–12	25–22	25–16	99–76	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Morocco	3–0	Mali	25–14	25–10	25–15		75–39	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–0	Ghana	25–22	25–21	25–20		75–63	Report
8 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–0	Kenya	25–17	25–19	27–25		77–61	Report

Quarterfinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Rwanda	25–18	27–25	25–16		77–59	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Tunisia	1–3	Cameroon	25–22	20–25	25–27	17–25	87–99	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Morocco	0–3	Egypt	19–25	23–25	18–25		60–75	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Libya	3–0	Chad	25–20	26–24	25–17		76–61	Report

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–2	Libya	18–25	25–15	33–35	25–22	15–11	116–108	Report
11 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–1	Cameroon	25–13	25–23	20–25	29–27		99–88	Report

3rd place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	16:00	Libya	3–1	Cameroon	22–25	25–22	25–23	25–15		97–85	Report

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	19:00	Algeria	1–3	Egypt	22–25	18–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	Report

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Algeria
	Libya
4	Cameroon
5	Tunisia
6	Rwanda
7	Chad
8	Morocco
9	Kenya
10	Ghana
11	Senegal
12	Gambia
13	Tanzania
14	Burundi
15	Mali

	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

2023 Men's African Nations champions
Egypt 9th title

Awards edit

Abdlalah Hossam : MVP.
Shafik Ahmed : Outsider Hitter
Dolegombal Sem : Best Blocker
Ikhbayri Ahmed : Opposite
Seoudy Abdelrhman : Best Blocker
Abdalla Hossam : Best Setters
Hosni Soufiane : Outside Hitter
Ilyas Achouri : Best libero.
Ahmed Salah : Best Fair-play player

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Morocco forfeited the match on 12 September giving Chad a 3–0 win.

References edit

External links edit

Official website

[Forfeited-3] Morocco forfeited the match on 12 September giving Chad a 3–0 win.

[1] ttps://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917

[2] ttps://twitter.com/CAVBPress/status/1698063119338111456

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2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship

Contents

Pools composition edit

Venues edit

Pool standing procedure edit

Group stage edit

Pool A edit

Pool B edit

Pool C edit

Pool D edit

Final round edit

9th–15th places edit

9th–15th quarterfinals edit

13th–15th places edit

9th–12th semifinals edit

13th place match edit

11th place match edit

9th place match edit

5th–8th places edit

5th–8th semifinals edit

7th place match edit

5th place match edit

Championship bracket edit

Round of 15 edit

Quarterfinals edit

Semifinals edit

3rd place match edit

Final edit

Final standing edit

Awards edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

External links edit