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
City	Yaoundé
Dates	7–14 October 2017
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Laetitia Moma Bassoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Official website
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
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

• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

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

• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Classification round

	Fifth place playoffs				Fifth place
	13 October
	Algeria	3
					14 October
	Nigeria	1
					Algeria	1
	13 October
					Tunisia	3
	Tunisia	3
	Botswana	0
					Seventh place
					14 October
					Nigeria	3
					Botswana	0

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

	Semifinals				Final
	13 October
	Cameroon	3
					14 October
	Senegal	0
					Cameroon	3
	13 October
					Kenya	0
	Kenya	3
	Egypt	0
					Third place
					14 October
					Senegal	0
					Egypt	3

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  Cameroon  Kenya  Egypt 4  Senegal 5  Tunisia 6  Algeria 7  Nigeria 8  Botswana 9  DR Congo Qualified for the 2018 World Championship Source: CAVB.[2]

2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship  Cameroon 1st title 14–woman Squad[5] 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

Most Valuable Player Laetitia Moma Bassoko Best Setter Koulla Nadge Best Receiver Fatou Diouck Best Libero Raïssa Nasser

Best Attacker Mercy Moim Best Blocker Edith Wisa Mukuvulani Best Server Aya Elshamy

Source: CAVB.[2]

See also

• 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship

References

• Official CAVB match results.[6]

1. "Cameroon to organise the 2017 Women's African Nations championship and World champs Qualifiers". CAVB. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
2. "Cameroon thrill to beat Kenya for first African title". CAVB. 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. 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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