2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

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.[1]

2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Cameroon
CityYaoundé
Dates7–14 October 2017
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Cameroon (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Laetitia Moma Bassoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Official website

Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.[2]

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,[3] 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
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.[4]

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 Oct19.00Cameroon  3–0  Botswana 25–2225–1125–17  75–50 
8 Oct18.00Algeria  0–3  Egypt 12–2517–2514–25  43–75 
9 Oct18.00Cameroon  3–1  Algeria 25–2025–917–2525–10 92–64 
10 Oct14.00Egypt  3–0  Botswana 25–1425–1825–21  75–53 
11 Oct12.00Botswana  2–3  Algeria 25–1421–2525–1612–258–1591–95 
11 Oct18.00Egypt  1–3  Cameroon 25–2028–3017–2518–25 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 Oct14.00Senegal  3–1  DR Congo 25–2121–2525–2125–15 96–82 
7 Oct16.00Kenya  3–0  Nigeria 25–1625–825–10  75–34 
8 Oct14.00Nigeria  1–3  Tunisia 25–1920–2510–2511–25 66–94 
8 Oct16.00Senegal  0–3  Kenya 21–2526–2815–25  62–78 
9 Oct14.00Kenya  3–0  DR Congo 25–1725–1525–12  75–44 
9 Oct16.00Tunisia  1–3  Senegal 23–2519–2525–1822–25 89–93 
10 Oct16.00DR Congo  0–3  Nigeria 19–2514–2515–25  48–75 
10 Oct18.00Kenya  3–0  Tunisia 25–1725–2125–16  75–54 
11 Oct14.00Tunisia  3–0  DR Congo 25–1825–1425–20  75–52 
11 Oct16.00Nigeria  0–3  Senegal 23–2520–2520–25  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 Oct12:00Algeria  3–1  Nigeria 25–1325–1122–2525–20 97–69 
13 Oct14:00Tunisia  3–0  Botswana 25–1625–1725–14  75–47 

Seventh place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct12:00Nigeria  3–0  Botswana 25–1825–2325–14  75–55 

Fifth place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct14:00Algeria  1–3  Tunisia 13–2521–2525–2316–25 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 Oct16:00Kenya  3–0  Egypt 25–2325–2225–19  75–64 
13 Oct18:00Cameroon  3–0  Senegal 25–1925–2027–25  77–64 

Third place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct16:00Egypt  3–0  Senegal 25–2025–1925–23  75–62 

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct18:00Kenya  0–3  Cameroon 22–2519–2527–29  68–79 

Final standing

Individual awards

Source: CAVB.[2]

See also

References
  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.
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