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2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation Cameroon
CityYaoundé
Dates7–14 October 2017
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Cameroon (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPCameroon Laetitia Moma Bassoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Official website
Official website
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The 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. Held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.

Qualification

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB)

13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew.

Means of qualification Qualifier
Host Country  Cameroon
FIVB ranking  Tunisia
 Algeria
Zone 2  Senegal
 Cape Verde*
Zone 3  Nigeria
 Ghana*
Zone 4  DR Congo
Zone 5  Kenya
 Egypt
Zone 6  Botswana
Wild cards  Zambia*
 Chad*

* Withdrew.

Venue

Yaoundé, Cameroon 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship is located in CameroonYaoundéYaoundé
Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex
Capacity: 5,200

Format

The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two 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

  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

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 October 2017.

Pool A Pool B
 Cameroon  Tunisia
 Algeria  Kenya
 Botswana  DR Congo
 Egypt  Senegal
 Nigeria

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Cameroon (H) 3 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 267 202 1.322 Semifinals
2  Egypt 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 238 196 1.214
3  Algeria 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 202 258 0.783 Fifth place playoffs
4  Botswana 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 194 245 0.792
Source: CAVB
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Oct 19.00 Cameroon  3–0  Botswana 25–22 25–11 25–17     75–50  
8 Oct 18.00 Algeria  0–3  Egypt 12–25 17–25 14–25     43–75  
9 Oct 18.00 Cameroon  3–1  Algeria 25–20 25–9 17–25 25–10   92–64  
10 Oct 14.00 Egypt  3–0  Botswana 25–14 25–18 25–21     75–53  
11 Oct 12.00 Botswana  2–3  Algeria 25–14 21–25 25–16 12–25 8–15 91–95  
11 Oct 18.00 Egypt  1–3  Cameroon 25–20 28–30 17–25 18–25   88–100  

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Kenya 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 303 194 1.562 Semifinals
2  Senegal 4 3 1 9 9 5 1.800 326 312 1.045
3  Tunisia 4 2 2 6 7 7 1.000 312 286 1.091 Fifth place playoffs
4  Nigeria 4 1 3 3 4 9 0.444 238 292 0.815
5  DR Congo 4 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 226 321 0.704 9th place
Source: CAVB
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Oct 14.00 Senegal  3–1  DR Congo 25–21 21–25 25–21 25–15   96–82  
7 Oct 16.00 Kenya  3–0  Nigeria 25–16 25–8 25–10     75–34  
8 Oct 14.00 Nigeria  1–3  Tunisia 25–19 20–25 10–25 11–25   66–94  
8 Oct 16.00 Senegal  0–3  Kenya 21–25 26–28 15–25     62–78  
9 Oct 14.00 Kenya  3–0  DR Congo 25–17 25–15 25–12     75–44  
9 Oct 16.00 Tunisia  1–3  Senegal 23–25 19–25 25–18 22–25   89–93  
10 Oct 16.00 DR Congo  0–3  Nigeria 19–25 14–25 15–25     48–75  
10 Oct 18.00 Kenya  3–0  Tunisia 25–17 25–21 25–16     75–54  
11 Oct 14.00 Tunisia  3–0  DR Congo 25–18 25–14 25–20     75–52  
11 Oct 16.00 Nigeria  0–3  Senegal 23–25 20–25 20–25     63–75  

Final round

Classification round

 Fifth place playoffsFifth place
       
 13 October
 
  Algeria3
 14 October
  Nigeria1
  Algeria1
 13 October
  Tunisia3
  Tunisia3
 
  Botswana0
 Seventh place
 
 14 October
 
  Nigeria3
 
  Botswana0

Fifth place playoffs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 12:00 Algeria  3–1  Nigeria 25–13 25–11 22–25 25–20   97–69  
13 Oct 14:00 Tunisia  3–0  Botswana 25–16 25–17 25–14     75–47  

Seventh place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 12:00 Nigeria  3–0  Botswana 25–18 25–23 25–14     75–55  

Fifth place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 14:00 Algeria  1–3  Tunisia 13–25 21–25 25–23 16–25   75–98  

Championship round

 SemifinalsFinal
       
 13 October
 
  Cameroon3
 14 October
  Senegal0
  Cameroon3
 13 October
  Kenya0
  Kenya3
 
  Egypt0
 Third place
 
 14 October
 
  Senegal0
 
  Egypt3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 16:00 Kenya  3–0  Egypt 25–23 25–22 25–19     75–64  
13 Oct 18:00 Cameroon  3–0  Senegal 25–19 25–20 27–25     77–64  

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 16:00 Egypt  3–0  Senegal 25–20 25–19 25–23     75–62  

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 18:00 Kenya  0–3  Cameroon 22–25 19–25 27–29     68–79  

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cameroon
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Senegal
5  Tunisia
6  Algeria
7  Nigeria
8  Botswana
9  DR Congo
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

Source: CAVB.


 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship 

Cameroon
1st title
14–woman squad
Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung, Christelle Nana Tchoudjang, Raïssa Nasser, Théorine Aboa Mbeza, Laetitia Moma Bassoko, Henriette Koulla, Berthrade Bikatal, Victoire L'or Ngon Ntame, Fawziya Abdoulkarim, Madeleine Bodo Essissima, Yolande Amana Guigolo, Emelda Piata Zessi, Odile Leopoldine Adiana Estelle, Odette Ahirnidi
Head coach
Jean-René Akono

Individual awards

Cameroon Laetitia Moma Bassoko
  • Best setter
Cameroon Koulla Nadge
  • Best receiver
Senegal Fatou Diouck
  • Best libero
Cameroon Raïssa Nasser
  • Best attacker
Kenya Mercy Moim
  • Best blocker
Kenya Edith Wisa Mukuvulani
  • Best server
Egypt Aya Elshamy

Source: CAVB.

See also

References

  • Official CAVB match results.
  1. "Cameroon to organise the 2017 Women's African Nations championship and World champs Qualifiers". CAVB. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Cameroon thrill to beat Kenya for first African title". CAVB. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. "WOMEN'S AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP". FIVB. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "2017 Women's African Nations Championship- Drawing of lots". CAVB. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. "2017 Women's African Nations Championship - Teams". CAVB. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. "2017 Women's African Nations Championship - Match results". CAVB. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

External links

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