2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB)

The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will see member nations compete for three places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.[1]

CAVB Board of Administration meeting of 25 May 2017 decided to merge the 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship and 2018 FIVB World Championship Continental Qualifiers. The top three teams from amongst the teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, will qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. [2]

Pools composition

32 CAVB national teams entered the qualification.

First round

There are seven confederation zonal competitions. The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. The winners of each competition competed in second round.

  •  Egypt qualified to second round as host country in 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship.[3]
  • Tunisia, Cameroon and Algeria qualified to second round as top three FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per July 7, 2017 [4] was shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (24)
2  Cameroon (30)
3  Algeria (41)
Berths for second round
ZoneTotal
Pool A1
Pool B2
Pool C2
Pool D2
Pool E2
Pool F2
Pool G1
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
 Tunisia  Cape Verde  Niger  Cameroon  Egypt  Botswana  Seychelles
 Algeria  Senegal  Ivory Coast  Congo  Kenya  Mozambique  Mauritius
 Morocco  Gambia  Nigeria  DR Congo  Rwanda  Swaziland  Madagascar
 Libya  Ghana  Central African  South Sudan  Lesotho
 Gabon  Uganda  Malawi
 Burundi  Namibia
 Sudan  Zimbabwe
 Tanzania

Note: Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification. [5] [6]

Second round

The second round is 2017 Men's African Nations championship which acts also as a qualifier for the 2018 FIVB World Championship. The top three teams from World ranking as of September 2017 and the host will direct qualify from first round. If the top three ranking teams have already qualified, the next best team from their pool would replace them in this round.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

First round

Qualified for the Second round

Pool A

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Morocco 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 201 193 1.041
2  Algeria 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 202 188 1.074
3  Libya 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 173 195 0.887
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sept18:00Algeria  3–1  Libya 25–2025–1922–2525–21 97–85 
22 Sept18:00Morocco  3–1  Libya 23–2525–2125–2125–21 98–88 
23 Sept18:00Algeria  2–3  Morocco 20–2525–1525–2120–2515–17105–103 

Pool B

  • Cape Verde qualified for the next round. Gambia and Senegal withdrew from qualification.
Rank Team
1  Cape Verde

Pool C

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Ghana 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 268 210 1.276
2  Nigeria 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 224 218 1.028
3  Niger 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 240 237 1.013
4  Ivory Coast 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 176 248 0.710
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jul17:00Niger  3–1  Ivory Coast 25–1725–1617–2525-17 92–66 
8 Jul19:00Ghana  3–1  Nigeria 22–2525–1625–1925–13 97–73 
9 Jul16:30Nigeria  3–0  Niger 25–2125–2225–22  75–65 
9 Jul18:30Ghana  3–0  Ivory Coast 25–1725–2125–16  75–54 
10 Jul14:00Nigeria  3–0  Ivory Coast 26–2425–1725–15  76–56 
10 Jul16:00Niger  1–3  Ghana 19–2522–2525–2117–25 83–96 

Pool D

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  DR Congo 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 62 1.210
2  Congo 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 62 75 0.827
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May DR Congo  3–0  Congo 25–2325–2125–18  75–62Report

Note: Initial match on 20 May 2017 (Congo lead DR Congo 2-1 :–,25-22,26-24) was abandoned due to insufficient light, and replayed the following day.

Pool E

  • Venue: Rwanda Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Dates: 22–24 July 2017
Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kenya 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 281 243 1.156
2  Rwanda 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 260 233 1.116
3  Uganda 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 268 253 1.059
4  South Sudan 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 145 225 0.644
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jul16:00Uganda  3–2  Kenya 26–2425–2117–2524–2615–12107–108Report
22 Jul19:00Rwanda  3–0  South Sudan 25–1925–1425–16  75–49Report
23 Jul16:00Rwanda  3–1  Uganda 25–2325–1719–2525–21 94–86Report
23 Jul18:00Kenya  3–0  South Sudan 25–1725–1025–18  75–45Report
24 Jul16:00South Sudan  0–3  Uganda 13–2518–2520–25  51–75Report
24 Jul18:00Rwanda  1–3  Kenya 23–2522–2525–2321–25 91–98Report

Pool F

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Mozambique 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 201 184 1.092
2  Botswana 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 175 173 1.012
3  Swaziland 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 148 167 0.886
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jun17:00Botswana  3–0  Swaziland 25–2325–2125–20  75–64Report
01 Jul17:00Mozambique  3–0  Swaziland 25–2131–2936–34  92–84Report
02 Jul17:00Mozambique  3–2  Botswana 25–2125–2022–2522–2515–9109–100Report
  •  Mozambique qualified to second round as the winners of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G

  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification

2017 African Championship

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Tunisia
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Egypt
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

  1. ↑ "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations" (PDF). FIVB. 24 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board". CAVB. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers". CAVB. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men". FIVB.
  5. ↑ "DR Congo qualified for the finals". Africa Top Sports.
  6. ↑ "Clearance resulted from Gambia's absence". Desporto.
  7. ↑ "Morocco booked African Nations final ticket". CAVB. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "GHANA AND NIGERIA ADVANCE TO MEN'S AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Volleymob.
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