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

The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was a competition for two places at the finals in Japan.[1]

The CAVB Board of Administration meeting of 25th 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 Volleyball Women's World Championship. [2]

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. [3]
  • Tunisia and Algeria qualified to second round as top two FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per August 7th, 2017[4] was shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (28)
2  Algeria (31)
Berths for second round
ZoneTotal
Pool A1
Pool B2
Pool C2
Pool D2
Pool E2
Pool F2
Pool G1
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
Qualified for the Second round

Pool A
  • Venue: Bejaia, Algeria [5]
  • Dates: 9-10 September 2017, both matches in Bejaia
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Tunisia 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 192 188 1.021
2  Algeria 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 188 192 0.979
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Sep18:00Algeria  1–3  Tunisia 22–2525–2024–2621–25 92–96Report
10 Sep18:00Tunisia  3–1  Algeria 19–2525–2327–2525–23 96–96Report

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

Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Senegal 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 49 1.531
2  Cape Verde 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 49 75 0.653
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Apr19:00Cape Verde  0–3  Senegal 13–2520–2516–25  49–75Report

Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Nigeria 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 151 96 1.573
2  Ghana 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 131 151 0.868
3  Ivory Coast 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 132 167 0.790
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug Ivory Coast  1–3  Ghana 17–2516–2525–1618–25 76–91Report
19 Aug Ghana  0–3  Nigeria 16–2517–257–25  40–75Report
20 Aug Ivory Coast  0–3  Nigeria 24–2612–2520–25  56–76Report

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

Pool E
  • Venue: Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Dates: 28–30 July 2017
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kenya 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 145 1.552
2  Egypt 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 223 199 1.121
3  Uganda 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 184 248 0.742
4  Rwanda 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 238 278 0.856
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul Rwanda  1–3  Egypt 18–2525–2123–2520–25 86–96Report
28 Jul Kenya  3–0  Uganda 25–1225–1525–12  75–39Report
29 Jul Egypt  3–0  Uganda 25–1425–1225–12  75–38Report
29 Jul Rwanda  0–3  Kenya 22–2516–2516–25  54–75Report
30 Jul Uganda  3–2  Rwanda 23–2519–2525–1625–2315–9107–98Report
30 Jul Egypt  0–3  Kenya 18–2517–2517–25  52–75Report

Pool F
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Botswana 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 94 1.596
2  Mozambique 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 149 176 0.847
3  Eswatini 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 153 182 0.841
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 June Mozambique  3–2  Eswatini 25–2217–2525–2725–1815–9107–101Report
1 July Mozambique  0–3  Botswana 13–2514–2515–25  42–75Report
2 July Botswana  3–0  Eswatini 25–1625–1725–19  75–52Report
  •  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: Yaounde, Cameroon
  • Dates: 7-14 October 2017
  • The winner and runner-up qualified for the 2018 World Championship.
Rank Team
 Cameroon
 Kenya
 Egypt
4  Senegal
5  Tunisia
6  Algeria
7  Nigeria
8  Botswana
9  DR Congo
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
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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. 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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