2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship

2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	22–29 October 2017
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (9th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ismaïl Moalla
Official website
	2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was held in Cairo, Egypt, from October 22 to October 29, 2017. The top three team, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, will qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.[1]

Qualification

17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship.[2]

Means of qualification	Qualifier
Host Country	Egypt
FIVB 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 cards	~~Zambia~~*
	Libya
	Chad

withdrew.

Squads

Venues

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

Cairo	Cairo	Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2		Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
Capacity: 2,000		Capacity: 1,000

Format

The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in four groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below).

The two best teams of each group progress to the second stage, the second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.

Pool standing procedure

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.

Pool Composition

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

Preliminary round

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

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th–14th quarterfinals

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Egypt	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	71	2.113
2	DR Congo	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	118	133	0.887
3	Niger	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	86	150	0.573

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

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Tunisia	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	199	1.281
2	Libya	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	304	304	1.000
3	Ghana	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	225	239	0.941
4	Kenya	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	213	255	0.835

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

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cameroon	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	175	154	1.136
2	Morocco	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	190	184	1.033
3	Nigeria	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	148	175	0.846

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

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Algeria	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471
2	Rwanda	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	211	185	1.141
3	Botswana	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	174	212	0.821
4	Chad	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	165	225	0.733

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

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

9th–14th places

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Most Valuable Player

Ismaïl Moalla

Best Spiker

Arthur Kody

Best Blocker

Amin Oumessad

Best Server

Abdalla Ahmed

Best Setter

Khaled Ben Slimene

Best Receiver

Ahmed Shafik

Best Libero

Anouer Taouerghi

References

"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. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
"Nigeria register to Men's African nations Championship". CAVB. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
"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. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

External links

Official website

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[format-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. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[2] "Nigeria register to Men's African nations Championship". CAVB. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[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. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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