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2017 Men's African Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	22–29 October
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (9th title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament awards
MVP	Ismaïl Moalla
Official website
2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
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The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 21st 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 October 22 to October 29, 2017. Top three teams which had registered for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualified for the 2018 World Championship.

Qualification

17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship. But, Cape Verde, Congo and Zambia later withdrew.

Means of qualification	Qualifier
Host Country	Egypt
FIVB World Ranking	Tunisia
	Cameroon
	Algeria
Zone 1	Morocco
Zone 2	Cape Verde
Zone 3	Ghana
	Nigeria
	Niger
Zone 4	DR Congo
	Congo
Zone 5	Kenya
	Rwanda
Zone 6	Botswana
Wild Card	Chad
	Libya
	Zambia

Pools composition

The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2017.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt (Hosts)	Tunisia	Cameroon	Algeria
Niger	Ghana	Morocco	Botswana
DR Congo	Kenya	Nigeria	Rwanda
	Libya		Chad

Squads

Venues

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

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

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 Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	71	2.113	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	118	133	0.887
3	Niger	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	86	150	0.573	9th–14th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	199	1.281	Quarterfinals
2	Libya	3	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	304	304	1.000
3	Ghana	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	225	239	0.941	9th–12th semifinals
4	Kenya	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	213	255	0.835	9th–14th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	175	154	1.136	Quarterfinals
2	Morocco	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	190	184	1.033
3	Nigeria	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	148	175	0.846	9th–14th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471	Quarterfinals
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	211	185	1.141
3	Botswana	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	174	212	0.821	9th–12th semifinals
4	Chad	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	165	225	0.733	9th–14th quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Report
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

  Yvan Kody

• Best blocker

  Amin Oumessad

• Best server

  Abdalla Ahmed

• Best setter

  Khaled Ben Slimene

• Best receiver

  Ahmed Shafik

• Best libero

  Anouer Taouerghi

See also

• 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

References

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

External links

• Official website

• Men's African Volleyball Championship
• 2017 in men's volleyball
• 2017 in African sport
• 2017 in Egyptian sport
• International volleyball competitions hosted by Egypt
• Sports competitions in Cairo
• October 2017 sports events in Africa