2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship

The 2007 Women's African Nations Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB). It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 11 September 2007.

2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Dates	5 – 11 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Kenya (6th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
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Originally planned to be hosted by Uganda, the tournament changed hosts on 9 August 2007, when the CAVB announced Kenya as the hosts due to Uganda's venue not being ready in time for the tournament.^[1] Nairobi was selected as the city

Kenya won the championship defeating Algeria in the final, while Tunisia defeated Egypt to finish third.^[2]

Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation:^[3]

•  Algeria
•  Botswana
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Kenya
•  Rwanda
•  Senegal
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda

Venue

Nairobi, Kenya	Nairobi
Kasarani Indoor Arena
Capacity: 5,000

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 top two teams in each group advance to the second stage, the remaining teams finish the tournament ranked (5th to 10th) according to the pool standing procedure (below).

In the second stage, the two best teams of each group progress to the semifinals, winners advance to the final and losers advance to the third place match.

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points (win = 2 points, loss = 1 point)
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio

Pool composition

The drawing of lots was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 4 September.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B
Kenya	Egypt
Cameroon	Tunisia
Algeria	South Africa
Botswana	Senegal
Uganda	Rwanda

Group stage

• All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kenya	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	300	177	1.695	Semifinals
2	Algeria	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	305	265	1.151
3	Cameroon	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	288	289	0.997
4	Botswana	4	1	3	5	4	9	0.444	243	313	0.776
5	Uganda	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	210	302	0.695

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	11:00	Cameroon	1–3	Algeria	20–25	20–25	25–23	11–25		76–98
5 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Botswana	25–10	25–14	25–16			75–40
6 Sep	11:00	Botswana	1–3	Cameroon	25–21	6–25	17–25	22–25		70–96
6 Sep	17:00	Uganda	0–3	Kenya	20–25	12–25	7–25			39–75
7 Sep	09:00	Algeria	3–0	Botswana	25–17	25–21	25–18			75–56
7 Sep	15:00	Cameroon	3–0	Uganda	25–16	25–14	25–16			75–46
8 Sep	09:00	Uganda	0–3	Algeria	22–25	21–25	15–25			58–75
8 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Cameroon	25–12	25–12	25–17			75–41
9 Sep	09:00	Botswana	3–0	Uganda	27–25	25–23	25–19			77–67
9 Sep	17:00	Algeria	0–3	Kenya	22–25	20–25	15–25			57–75

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	348	256	1.359	Semifinals
2	Egypt	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	353	272	1.298
3	Senegal	4	2	2	6	8	6	1.333	340	322	1.056
4	South Africa	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	206	275	0.749
5	Rwanda	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	181	303	0.597

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	09:00	Senegal	3–0	Rwanda	25–11	28–26	25–22			78–59
5 Sep	15:00	Tunisia	3–0	South Africa	25–12	25–13	25–9			75–34
6 Sep	09:00	Rwanda	0–3	South Africa	19–25	17–25	14–25			50–75
6 Sep	15:00	Egypt	3–1	Senegal	25–22	30–28	27–29	25–21		107–100
7 Sep	11:00	South Africa	0–3	Egypt	15–25	17–25	9–25			41–75
7 Sep	17:00	Tunisia	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	25–10	25–12			75–39
8 Sep	11:00	Senegal	3–0	South Africa	25–21	25–17	25–18			75–56
8 Sep	15:00	Egypt	1–3	Tunisia	24–26	25–19	26–28	21–25		96–98
9 Sep	11:00	Tunisia	3–1	Senegal	24–26	26–24	25–15	25–22		100–87
9 Sep	15:00	Rwanda	0–3	Egypt	7–25	18–25	8–25			33–75

Final round

• All times are East Africa Time (UTC+03:00).

	Semi finals				Final
	10 September
	Kenya	3
					11 September
	Egypt	0
					Kenya	3
	10 September
					Algeria	0
	Algeria	3
	Tunisia	1
					3rd place
					11 September
					Egypt	1
					Tunisia	3

Semi finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Tunisia	21–25	25–21	25–23	25–18		96–87
10 Sep	17:00	Kenya	3–0	Egypt	25–22	25–9	25–21			75–52

3rd Place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	14:00	Egypt	1–3	Tunisia	25–18	23–25	21–25	23–25		92–93

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	16:00	Kenya	3–0	Algeria	25–23	25–22	25–23			75–68

Final standing

Tournament winner qualify for the 2007 FIVB World Cup.^[2]

Rank Team  Kenya  Algeria  Tunisia 4  Egypt 5  Senegal 6  Cameroon 7  Botswana 8  South Africa 9  Uganda 10  Rwanda Source: CAVB.[2]

2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship  Kenya 6th title

Awards

• MVP

  Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba

• Best setter

  Janet Wanja

• Best receiver

  Nawal Mansouri

• Best digger

  Milderd Odwako

• Best scorer

  Nihel Ghoul

• Best spiker

  Faïza Tsabet

• Best blocker

  Ingy El-Shamy

• Best server

  Mouni Abderrahim

Source: CAVB.^[2]