The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 21st 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 October 22 to October 29, 2017. Top three teams which had registered for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualified for the 2018 World Championship.

Qualification

17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship. But, Cape Verde, Congo and Zambia later withdrew.

Means of qualificationQualifierHost countryFIVB World RankingZone 1Zone 2Zone 3Zone 4Zone 5Zone 6Wild Card

Pools composition The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2017.

Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts)

Squads

Venues CairoCairo Stadium Indoor Halls ComplexHall 2Hall 3Capacity: 1,620Capacity: 1,500

Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2 – Preliminary round and Final eight Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3 – Preliminary round and 9th–14th places

Pool standing procedure 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.

Preliminary round All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

9th–14th places

9th–14th quarterfinals

9th–12th semifinals

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam4567891011121314 Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

Team RosterTayeb Korbosli, Ahmed Kadhi, Wassim Ben Tara, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Elyes Karamosli, Nabil Miladi, Mahdi Ben Cheikh, Hamza Nagga, Ismaïl Moalla, Anouer Taouerghi, Elyes Garfi, Bilel Ben Hassine, Hichem Kaabi, Khaled Ben Slimene, Chokri Jouini, Saddem Hmissi, Omar AgrebiHead coach Antonio Giacobbe

Awards

Most valuable player Ismaïl Moalla Best spiker Yvan Kody Best blocker Amin Oumessad Best server Abdalla Ahmed Best setter Khaled Ben Slimene Best receiver Ahmed Shafik Best libero Anouer Taouerghi

See also 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

References

External links Official website