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The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was a competition for two places at the finals in Japan.

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

Pools composition

31 CAVB national teams entered the qualification.

First round

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

  •  Cameroon qualified to second round as host country in 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship.
  • Tunisia and Algeria qualified to second round as top two FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per August 7, 2017 was shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (28)
2  Algeria (31)
Berths for second round
Zone Total
Pool A 1
Pool B 2
Pool C 2
Pool D 2
Pool E 2
Pool F 2
Pool G 1
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
 Algeria  Cape Verde  Ivory Coast  Cameroon  Egypt  Botswana  Seychelles
 Tunisia  Senegal  Ghana  DR Congo  Kenya  Mozambique  Mauritius
 Libya  Gambia  Nigeria  Gabon  Rwanda  Eswatini  Madagascar
 Niger  Central African Republic  Uganda  Lesotho
 Burundi  Malawi
 Sudan  Namibia
 Tanzania  Zimbabwe

Note: Burundi, Gambia, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Central African Republic, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from zonal qualification.

Second round

The second round is 2017 Women's African Nations championship which acts also as a qualifier for the 2018 FIVB World Championship. The top two teams from World ranking as of September 2017 and the host will direct qualify from first round. If the top two 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

Pool A

  • Venue: Algeria Bejaia, Algeria
  • Dates: 9–10 September 2017, both matches in Bejaia
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Tunisia 2 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 192 188 1.021 Second round
2  Algeria 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 188 192 0.979
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Sep 18:00 Algeria  1–3  Tunisia 22–25 25–20 24–26 21–25   92–96 Report
10 Sep 18:00 Tunisia  3–1  Algeria 19–25 25–23 27–25 25–23   96–96 Report

Note: Tunisia and Algeria qualified to second round as top two FIVB ranking teams.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Senegal 1 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 49 1.531 Second round
2  Cape Verde 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 49 75 0.653
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Apr 19:00 Cape Verde  0–3  Senegal 13–25 20–25 16–25     49–75 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Nigeria 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 151 96 1.573 Second round
2  Ghana 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 131 151 0.868
3  Ivory Coast 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 132 167 0.790
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug   Ivory Coast  1–3  Ghana 17–25 16–25 25–16 18–25   76–91 Report
19 Aug   Ghana  0–3  Nigeria 16–25 17–25 7–25     40–75 Report
20 Aug   Ivory Coast  0–3  Nigeria 24–26 12–25 20–25     56–76 Report

Pool D

  • DR Congo qualified for the next round. Gabon and Central Africa Republic withdrew from qualification.
Rank Team Qualification
1  DR Congo Second round

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Kenya 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 145 1.552 Second round
2  Egypt 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 223 199 1.121
3  Uganda 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 184 248 0.742
4  Rwanda 3 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 238 278 0.856
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul   Rwanda  1–3  Egypt 18–25 25–21 23–25 20–25   86–96 Report
28 Jul   Kenya  3–0  Uganda 25–12 25–15 25–12     75–39 Report
29 Jul   Egypt  3–0  Uganda 25–14 25–12 25–12     75–38 Report
29 Jul   Rwanda  0–3  Kenya 22–25 16–25 16–25     54–75 Report
30 Jul   Uganda  3–2  Rwanda 23–25 19–25 25–16 25–23 15–9 107–98 Report
30 Jul   Egypt  0–3  Kenya 18–25 17–25 17–25     52–75 Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Botswana 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 94 1.596 Second round
2  Mozambique 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 149 176 0.847
3  Eswatini 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 153 182 0.841
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 June   Mozambique  3–2  Eswatini 25–22 17–25 25–27 25–18 15–9 107–101 Report
1 July   Mozambique  0–3  Botswana 13–25 14–25 15–25     42–75 Report
2 July   Botswana  3–0  Eswatini 25–16 25–17 25–19     75–52 Report
  •  Mozambique qualified to second round as the runners-up of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G

  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification

2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

Main article: 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
  • Venue: Cameroon Yaounde, Cameroon
  • Dates: 7–14 October 2017
  • The winner and runner-up qualified for the 2018 World Championship.
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

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. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. "Cameroon to organise the 2017 Women's African Nations championship and World champs Qualifiers". CAVB. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women". FIVB.
  5. "African Championship Qualifying Tournament". Algerian Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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