Volleyball competition held in Cameroon
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]
Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.[2]
Qualification [ edit ] 13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship,[3] of which 4 later withdrew.
* Withdrew.
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 [ edit ] Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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 [ edit ] The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé , Cameroon , on 6 October 2017.[4]
Preliminary round [ edit ] 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
Final round [ edit ] Classification round [ edit ] Fifth place playoffs [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Semifinals [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Source: CAVB .[2]
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]