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2023 Men's African Nations Championship

بطولة إفريقيا للكرة الطائرة للرجال 2023
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Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	3–13 September
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (9th title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament awards
MVP	Hossam Abdalla
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The 2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 24th 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 3 to 13 September 2023. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.

Pools composition

CAVB announced the pool composition on 2 September 2023.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt	Tunisia	Cameroon	Morocco
Burundi	Mali	Kenya	Rwanda
Algeria	Tanzania	Ghana	Senegal
—	Chad	Libya	Gambia

Venues

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

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.

Group stage

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	99	1.515	Round of 15
2	Egypt (H)	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	104	1.317
3	Burundi	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	66	150	0.440

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	21:00	Egypt	3–0	Burundi	25–11	25–8	25–10			75–29	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Burundi	0–3	Algeria	10–25	9–25	18–25			37–75	Report
6 Sep	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–22	25–19			75–62	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	108	2.083	Round of 15
2	Chad	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	198	208	0.952
3	Tanzania	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	206	247	0.834
4	Mali	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	178	244	0.730

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Mali	25–8	25–14	25–7			75–29	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Chad	3–0	Tanzania	25–19	33–31	25–23			83–73	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Mali	1–3	Tanzania	18–25	22–25	25–17	24–26		89–93	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Chad	25–10	25–10	25–19			75–39	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Chad	3–0	Mali	26–24	25–17	25–19			76–60	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Tanzania	0–3	Tunisia	10–25	13–25	17–25			40–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Libya	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	265	235	1.128	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	269	237	1.135	Round of 15
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	246	273	0.901
4	Ghana	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	237	272	0.871

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	12:00	Libya	3–1	Ghana	25–23	18–25	25–15	25–20		93–83	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Kenya	1–3	Cameroon	22–25	20–25	26–24	17–25		85–99	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Ghana	0–3	Cameroon	19–25	17–25	19–25			55–75	Report
5 Sep	18:00	Libya	3–0	Kenya	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Kenya	3–2	Ghana	23–25	25–21	16–25	25–17	15–11	104–99	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Cameroon	1–3	Libya	25–27	22–25	25–20	23–25		95–97	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	167	1.353	Round of 15
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	230	201	1.144
3	Gambia	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	241	269	0.896
4	Senegal	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	202	262	0.771

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Morocco	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	25–18	26–24			76–59	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Gambia	1–3	Rwanda	11–25	11–25	25–20	24–26		71–96	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Senegal	0–3	Morocco	17–25	21–25	12–25			50–75	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Morocco	3–0	Gambia	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Rwanda	3–0	Senegal	25–21	25–16	25–17			75–54	Report
7 Sep	12:00	Senegal	2–3	Gambia	25–22	14–25	19–25	27–25	13–15	98–112	Report

Final round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

9th–15th places

	9th–15th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	9 September
	Ghana	3
					11 September
	Tanzania	1
					Ghana	3
					Gambia	2
	Bye
									12 September
	Gambia	W
									Ghana	2
	9 September
									Kenya	3
	Mali	0
					11 September
	Kenya	3
					Kenya	3
	9 September
					Senegal	0			11th place match
	Senegal	3
									12 September
	Burundi	0
									Gambia	0
									Senegal	3

	13th–15th places				13th place match
	Tanzania	W
					12 September
	Bye
					Tanzania	3
	11 September
					Burundi	1
	Mali	0
	Burundi	3

9th–15th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	13:00	Senegal	3–0	Burundi	25–19	27–25	25–23			77–67	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–1	Tanzania	19–25	25–20	25–16	25–12		94–73	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Mali	0–3	Kenya	24–26	15–25	23–25			62–76	Report

13th–15th places

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Mali	0–3	Burundi	28–30	19–25	19–25			66–80	Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–2	Gambia	25–16	19–25	21–25	25–16	15–10	105–92	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Senegal	25–14	25–18	25–23			75–55	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Tanzania	3–1	Burundi	25–20	22–25	25–20	25–16		97–81	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Gambia	0–3	Senegal	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Ghana	2–3	Kenya	19–25	21–25	25–18	32–30	14–16	111–114	Report

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	11 September
	Rwanda	3
					12 September
	Chad	0
					Rwanda	0
	11 September
					Tunisia	3
	Morocco	0
	Tunisia	3
					7th place match
					12 September
					Chad	3
					Morocco	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–0	Chad	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Morocco	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	15–25	20–25			54–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Chad	3–0	Morocco	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Rwanda	0–3	Tunisia	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75	Report

Championship bracket

Round of 15

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

8 September

Algeria

3

9 September

Ghana

0

Algeria

3

8 September

Rwanda

0

Rwanda

3

11 September

Tanzania

1

Algeria

3

Libya

2

Libya

W

9 September

Bye

Libya

3

8 September

Chad

0

Chad

3

13 September

Gambia

1

Algeria

1

8 September

Egypt

3

Morocco

3

9 September

Mali

0

Morocco

0

8 September

Egypt

3

Egypt

3

11 September

Kenya

0

Egypt

3

8 September

Cameroon

1

3rd place match

Tunisia

3

9 September

13 September

Senegal

0

Tunisia

1

Libya

3

8 September

Cameroon

3

Cameroon

1

Cameroon

3

Burundi

0

Round of 15

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–1	Tanzania	25–22	27–29	25–21	25–12		102–84	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Cameroon	3–0	Burundi	25–14	25–14	25–13			75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Tunisia	3–0	Senegal	25–10	25–13	25–18			75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Chad	3–1	Gambia	24–26	25–12	25–22	25–16		99–76	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Morocco	3–0	Mali	25–14	25–10	25–15			75–39	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–0	Ghana	25–22	25–21	25–20			75–63	Report
8 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–0	Kenya	25–17	25–19	27–25			77–61	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Rwanda	25–18	27–25	25–16			77–59	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Tunisia	1–3	Cameroon	25–22	20–25	25–27	17–25		87–99	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Morocco	0–3	Egypt	19–25	23–25	18–25			60–75	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Libya	3–0	Chad	25–20	26–24	25–17			76–61	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–2	Libya	18–25	25–15	33–35	25–22	15–11	116–108	Report
11 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–1	Cameroon	25–13	25–23	20–25	29–27		99–88	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	16:00	Libya	3–1	Cameroon	22–25	25–22	25–23	25–15		97–85	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	19:00	Algeria	1–3	Egypt	22–25	18–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Egypt  Algeria  Libya 4  Cameroon 5  Tunisia 6  Rwanda 7  Chad 8  Morocco 9  Kenya 10  Ghana 11  Senegal 12  Gambia 13  Tanzania 14  Burundi 15  Mali Qualified for the 2025 World Championship Qualified for the 2025 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking

2023 Men's African Nations champions  Egypt 9th title

Awards

• Abdlalah Hossam  : MVP.
• Shafik Ahmed  : Outsider Hitter
• Dolegombal Sem  : Best Blocker
• Ikhbayri Ahmed  : Opposite
• Seoudy Abdelrhman : Best Blocker
• Abdalla Hossam  : Best Setters
• Hosni Soufiane  : Outside Hitter
• Ilyas Achouri : Best libero.
• Ahmed Salah  : Best Fair-play player

See also

• 2023 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship

Notes

1. ^ Morocco forfeited the match on 12 September giving Chad a 3–0 win.

References

1. "Volleyball calendar 2025-2028 approved by the FIVB Board of Administration – FIVB".
2. https://twitter.com/CAVBPress/status/1698063119338111456

External links

• Official website

• 2023 in men's volleyball
• Men's African Volleyball Championship
• 2023 in Egyptian sport
• International sports competitions hosted by Egypt
• September 2023 sports events in Africa