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

The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw 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, qualified to represent Africa in the 2018 World Championship.[2]

Pools composition

32 CAVB national teams entered the qualification. But, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar later withdrew.

First round

There were 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 7 July 2017[4] are shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (24)
2  Cameroon (30)
3  Algeria (41)
Berths for second round
Zone Total
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  Eswatini  Madagascar
 Libya  Ghana  Central African  South Sudan  Lesotho
 Gabon  Uganda  Malawi
 Burundi  Namibia
 Sudan  Zimbabwe
 Tanzania

Second round

The second round was 2017 African Championship which acted also as a qualifier for the 2018 World Championship. The top three teams from World ranking as of 7 July 2017[4] and the host directly qualified 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 2017 African Championship

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Morocco 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 201 194 1.036
2  Algeria 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 200 191 1.047
3  Libya 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 176 192 0.917
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep18:00Algeria  3–1  Libya 25–2019–2525–2225–21 94–88Result
22 Sep18:00Morocco  3–1  Libya 23–2525–2125–2125–21 98–88Result
23 Sep18:00Algeria  2–3  Morocco 20–2525–1525–2121–2515–17106–103Result

Pool B
  • Cape Verde qualified for the 2017 African Championship. Gambia and Senegal withdrew from qualification.[5]
Rank Team
1  Cape Verde

Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 7 0.571 240 246 0.976
4  Ivory Coast 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 185 243 0.761
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 92–75Result
8 Jul19:00Ghana  3–1  Nigeria 22–2525–1625–1925–13 97–73Result
9 Jul16:30Nigeria  3–0  Niger 25–2125–2225–22  75–65Result
9 Jul18:30Ghana  3–0  Ivory Coast 25–1725–2125–16  75–54Result
10 Jul14:00Nigeria  3–0  Ivory Coast 26–2425–1725–15  76–56Result
10 Jul16:00Niger  1–3  Ghana 19–2522–2525–2117–25 83–96Result

Pool D
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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  75–62Result

* 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: Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Dates: 22–24 July 2017
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 26–2425–2117–2524–2615–12107–108Result
22 Jul19:00Rwanda  3–0  South Sudan 25–1925–1425–16  75–49Result
23 Jul16:00Rwanda  3–1  Uganda 25–2325–1719–2525–21 94–86Result
23 Jul18:00Kenya  3–0  South Sudan 25–1725–1025–18  75–45Result
24 Jul16:00South Sudan  0–3  Uganda 13–2518–2520–25  51–75Result
24 Jul18:00Rwanda  1–3  Kenya 23–2522–2525–2321–25 91–98Result

Pool F
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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  Eswatini 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  Eswatini 25–2325–2125–20  75–64Result
1 Jul17:00Mozambique  3–0  Eswatini 25–2131–2936–34  92–84Result
2 Jul17:00Mozambique  3–2  Botswana 25–2125–2022–2522–2515–9109–100Result
  •  Mozambique qualified for the 2017 African Championship as the winners of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G
  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification

2017 African Championship
Main article: 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
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

References
  1. "FIVB WCH 2018 Qualification overview Men" (PDF). FIVB. 22 May 2017.
  2. "African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board". CAVB. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. "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 15 June 2019.
  4. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017)". FIVB. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. "Seleção de Cabo Verde apura-se para a segunda fase" (in Portuguese). Desporto. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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