Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's African qualification

The African Qualification Tournament for the 2016 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held in Brazzaville, Congo from 7 to 12 January 2016.

2016 African Olympic Qualification Tournament

Tournament details
Host nation	Republic of the Congo
City	Brazzaville
Dates	7–12 January
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
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Qualification

7 CAVB national teams which had not yet qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics entered qualification.

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Congo
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Nigeria
• Tunisia

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Congo (Hosts)	Algeria
Egypt	Cameroon
Tunisia	DR Congo
	Nigeria

Venue

• Henri Elende Hall, Brazzaville, Congo

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	175	136	1.287	Semifinals
2	Tunisia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	135	1.015
3	Congo	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	134	175	0.766	5th place match

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Congo	25–22	25–17	25–21			75–60	Result
8 Jan	16:00	Egypt	3–1	Congo	25–16	25–15	25–27	25–16		100–74	Result
9 Jan	18:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62	Result

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	143	1.573	Semifinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	196	194	1.010
3	DR Congo	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	207	239	0.866	5th place match
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	198	225	0.880

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	14:00	Cameroon	3–0	DR Congo	25–21	25–18	25–22			75–61	Result
7 Jan	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Nigeria	25–14	25–21	25–16			75–51	Result
8 Jan	14:00	DR Congo	3–1	Nigeria	21–25	26–24	28–26	25–14		100–89	Result
8 Jan	18:00	Cameroon	0–3	Algeria	17–25	13–25	16–25			46–75	Result
9 Jan	14:00	Algeria	3–0	DR Congo	25–17	25–18	25–11			75–46	Result
9 Jan	16:00	Nigeria	0–3	Cameroon	18–25	20–25	20–25			58–75	Result

Final round

• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

5th–6th places

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jan	14:00	Congo	3–0	DR Congo	25–22	26–24	25–18			76–64	Result

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	11 January
	Egypt	3
					12 January
	Cameroon	0
					Egypt	3
	11 January
					Tunisia	2
	Algeria	2
	Tunisia	3
					3rd place match
					12 January
					Cameroon	2
					Algeria	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jan	16:00	Egypt	3–0	Cameroon	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58	Result
11 Jan	18:00	Algeria	2–3	Tunisia	26–24	22–25	25–15	26–28	13–15	112–107	Result

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	16:00	Cameroon	2–3	Algeria	25–18	24–26	13–25	25–18	13–15	100–102	Result

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	18:00	Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	25–19	20–25	25–18	19–25	16–14	105–101	Result

Final standing

Rank	Team	Qualification
1	Egypt	2016 Summer Olympics
2	Tunisia	2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament
3	Algeria
4	Cameroon
5	Congo
6	DR Congo
7	Nigeria

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's African qualification

External links

• Official website