2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship

2023 Men's African Nations Championship
بطولة إفريقيا للكرة الطائرة للرجال 2023
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	3–13 September
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (9th title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament awards
MVP	Hossam Abdalla
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The 2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 24th 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 3 to 13 September 2023. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.^[1]

Pools composition[edit]

CAVB announced the pool composition on 2 September 2023.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Egypt	Tunisia	Cameroon	Morocco
Burundi	Mali	Kenya	Rwanda
Algeria	Tanzania	Ghana	Senegal
—	Chad	Libya	Gambia

Venues[edit]

Cairo		Cairo
		Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
		Hall 2	Hall 3
		Capacity: 1,620	Capacity: 1,500

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.

Group stage[edit]

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	99	1.515	Round of 15
2	Egypt (H)	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	104	1.317
3	Burundi	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	66	150	0.440

Source: FIVB
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
3 Sep	21:00	Egypt	3–0	Burundi	25–11	25–8	25–10	75–29	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Burundi	0–3	Algeria	10–25	9–25	18–25	37–75	Report
6 Sep	18:00	Algeria	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–22	25–19	75–62	Report

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	108	2.083	Round of 15
2	Chad	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	198	208	0.952
3	Tanzania	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	206	247	0.834
4	Mali	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	178	244	0.730

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Mali	25–8	25–14	25–7		75–29	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Chad	3–0	Tanzania	25–19	33–31	25–23		83–73	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Mali	1–3	Tanzania	18–25	22–25	25–17	24–26	89–93	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Tunisia	3–0	Chad	25–10	25–10	25–19		75–39	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Chad	3–0	Mali	26–24	25–17	25–19		76–60	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Tanzania	0–3	Tunisia	10–25	13–25	17–25		40–75	Report

Pool C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Libya	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	265	235	1.128	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	269	237	1.135	Round of 15
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	246	273	0.901
4	Ghana	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	237	272	0.871

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	12:00	Libya	3–1	Ghana	25–23	18–25	25–15	25–20		93–83	Report
4 Sep	18:00	Kenya	1–3	Cameroon	22–25	20–25	26–24	17–25		85–99	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Ghana	0–3	Cameroon	19–25	17–25	19–25			55–75	Report
5 Sep	18:00	Libya	3–0	Kenya	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Kenya	3–2	Ghana	23–25	25–21	16–25	25–17	15–11	104–99	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Cameroon	1–3	Libya	25–27	22–25	25–20	23–25		95–97	Report

Pool D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	167	1.353	Round of 15
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	230	201	1.144
3	Gambia	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	241	269	0.896
4	Senegal	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	202	262	0.771

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	16:00	Morocco	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	25–18	26–24			76–59	Report
5 Sep	12:00	Gambia	1–3	Rwanda	11–25	11–25	25–20	24–26		71–96	Report
5 Sep	16:00	Senegal	0–3	Morocco	17–25	21–25	12–25			50–75	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Morocco	3–0	Gambia	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	Report
6 Sep	12:00	Rwanda	3–0	Senegal	25–21	25–16	25–17			75–54	Report
7 Sep	12:00	Senegal	2–3	Gambia	25–22	14–25	19–25	27–25	13–15	98–112	Report

Final round[edit]

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

9th–15th places[edit]

9th–15th quarterfinals		9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

9 September

Ghana	3
		11 September
Tanzania	1
		Ghana	3

		Gambia	2
Bye
				12 September
Gambia	W
				Ghana	2
9 September
				Kenya	3
Mali	0
		11 September
Kenya	3
		Kenya	3
9 September
		Senegal	0	11th place match
Senegal	3
				12 September
Burundi	0
				Gambia	0

				Senegal	3

13th–15th places		13th place match



Tanzania	W
		12 September
Bye
		Tanzania	3
11 September
		Burundi	1
Mali	0

Burundi	3

9th–15th quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Sep	13:00	Senegal	3–0	Burundi	25–19	27–25	25–23		77–67	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–1	Tanzania	19–25	25–20	25–16	25–12	94–73	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Mali	0–3	Kenya	24–26	15–25	23–25		62–76	Report

13th–15th places[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Mali	0–3	Burundi	28–30	19–25	19–25			66–80	Report

9th–12th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Ghana	3–2	Gambia	25–16	19–25	21–25	25–16	15–10	105–92	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Senegal	25–14	25–18	25–23			75–55	Report

13th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Tanzania	3–1	Burundi	25–20	22–25	25–20	25–16		97–81	Report

11th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Gambia	0–3	Senegal	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	Report

9th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Ghana	2–3	Kenya	19–25	21–25	25–18	32–30	14–16	111–114	Report

5th–8th places[edit]

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

11 September

Rwanda	3
		12 September
Chad	0
		Rwanda	0
11 September
		Tunisia	3
Morocco	0

Tunisia	3
		7th place match

		12 September

		Chad	3

		Morocco^[a]	0

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–0	Chad	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	Report
11 Sep	15:00	Morocco	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	15–25	20–25			54–75	Report

7th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Chad	3–0	Morocco^[a]	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report

5th place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Rwanda	0–3	Tunisia	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75	Report

Championship bracket[edit]

8 September

Algeria

3

9 September

Ghana

0

Algeria

3

8 September

Rwanda

0

Rwanda

3

11 September

Tanzania

1

Algeria

3

Libya

2

Libya

W

9 September

Bye

Libya

3

8 September

Chad

0

Chad

3

13 September

Gambia

1

Algeria

1

8 September

Egypt

3

Morocco

3

9 September

Mali

0

Morocco

0

8 September

Egypt

3

Egypt

3

11 September

Kenya

0

Egypt

3

8 September

Cameroon

1

3rd place match

Tunisia

3

9 September

13 September

Senegal

0

Tunisia

1

Libya

3

8 September

Cameroon

3

Cameroon

1

Cameroon

3

Burundi

0

Round of 15[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Rwanda	3–1	Tanzania	25–22	27–29	25–21	25–12	102–84	Report
8 Sep	13:00	Cameroon	3–0	Burundi	25–14	25–14	25–13		75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Tunisia	3–0	Senegal	25–10	25–13	25–18		75–41	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Chad	3–1	Gambia	24–26	25–12	25–22	25–16	99–76	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Morocco	3–0	Mali	25–14	25–10	25–15		75–39	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–0	Ghana	25–22	25–21	25–20		75–63	Report
8 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–0	Kenya	25–17	25–19	27–25		77–61	Report

Quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Sep	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Rwanda	25–18	27–25	25–16		77–59	Report
9 Sep	17:00	Tunisia	1–3	Cameroon	25–22	20–25	25–27	17–25	87–99	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Morocco	0–3	Egypt	19–25	23–25	18–25		60–75	Report
9 Sep	19:00	Libya	3–0	Chad	25–20	26–24	25–17		76–61	Report

Semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Algeria	3–2	Libya	18–25	25–15	33–35	25–22	15–11	116–108	Report
11 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–1	Cameroon	25–13	25–23	20–25	29–27		99–88	Report

3rd place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	16:00	Libya	3–1	Cameroon	22–25	25–22	25–23	25–15		97–85	Report

Final[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	19:00	Algeria	1–3	Egypt	22–25	18–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	Report

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Algeria
	Libya
4	Cameroon
5	Tunisia
6	Rwanda
7	Chad
8	Morocco
9	Kenya
10	Ghana
11	Senegal
12	Gambia
13	Tanzania
14	Burundi
15	Mali

	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

2023 Men's African Nations champions
Egypt 9th title

Awards[edit]

Abdlalah Hossam : MVP.
Shafik Ahmed : Outsider Hitter
Dolegombal Sem : Best Blocker
Ikhbayri Ahmed : Opposite
Seoudy Abdelrhman : Best Blocker
Abdalla Hossam : Best Setters
Hosni Soufiane : Outside Hitter
Ilyas Achouri : Best libero.
Ahmed Salah : Best Fair-play player

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Morocco forfeited the match on 12 September giving Chad a 3–0 win.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Official website

[Forfeited-3] Morocco forfeited the match on 12 September giving Chad a 3–0 win.

[1] ttps://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917

[2] ttps://twitter.com/CAVBPress/status/1698063119338111456

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Pools composition[edit]

Venues[edit]

Pool standing procedure[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pool B[edit]

Pool C[edit]

Pool D[edit]

Final round[edit]

9th–15th places[edit]

9th–15th quarterfinals[edit]

13th–15th places[edit]

9th–12th semifinals[edit]

13th place match[edit]

11th place match[edit]

9th place match[edit]

5th–8th places[edit]

5th–8th semifinals[edit]

7th place match[edit]

5th place match[edit]

Championship bracket[edit]

Round of 15[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

3rd place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Final standing[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]