2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship was played in Cairo, Egypt, from July 20 to 31, 2015.^[1] The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup.

2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	22 – 30 July
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ahmed Abdelhay
Official website
2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship
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Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation:^[1]

•  Algeria
•  Botswana
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Kenya
•  Mauritius
•  Morocco
•  Rwanda
•  Tunisia

Venues

Cairo	Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
Capacity: 16,900

Format

The competition system of the 2015 Men's African Championship is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 4 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	261	195	1.338	Championship round
2	Algeria	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	253	228	1.110
3	Kenya	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	193	214	0.902	5th-8th classification
4	Botswana	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	155	225	0.689

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	20:00	Egypt	3–0	Kenya	25–19	25–14	25–18			75–52	Result
23 Jul	18:00	Botswana	0–3	Algeria	16–25	22–25	13–25			51–75	Result
24 Jul	14:00	Kenya	0–3	Algeria	17–25	26–28	23–25			66–78	Result
24 Jul	20:00	Botswana	0–3	Egypt	19–25	14–25	10–25			43–75	Result
25 Jul	14:00	Kenya	3–0	Botswana	25–19	25–19	25–23			75–61	Result
25 Jul	20:00	Algeria	2–3	Egypt	26–24	19–25	20–25	25–22	10–15	100–111	Result

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	352	266	1.323	Championship round
2	Morocco	4	3	1	9	10	4	2.500	347	294	1.180
3	Cameroon	4	3	1	8	10	5	2.000	340	324	1.049	5th-8th classification
4	Rwanda	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	284	364	0.780
5	Mauritius	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	152	227	0.670

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	14:00	Cameroon	3–0	Mauritius	25–21	25–19	25—18			75–58	Result
22 Jul	16:00	Morocco	3–0	Rwanda	25–23	25–13	25–17			75–53	Result
23 Jul	16:00	Rwanda	3–0	Mauritius	25–13	26–24	26–24			77–61	Result
23 Jul	20:00	Tunisia	2–3	Cameroon	23–25	25–12	25–21	22–25	12–15	107–98	Result
24 Jul	16:00	Mauritius	0–3	Tunisia	13–25	13–25	7–25			33–75	Result
24 Jul	18:00	Cameroon	1–3	Morocco	18–25	25–21	28–30	21–25		92–101	Result
25 Jul	16:00	Rwanda	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	11–25	12–25			42–75	Result
25 Jul	18:00	Morocco	3–0	Mauritius	28–26	25–11	25–17			78–54	Result
26 Jul	18:00	Cameroon	3–0	Rwanda	25–19	25–22	25–17			75–58	Result
26 Jul	20:00	Tunisia	3–1	Morocco	25–19	16–25	25–22	29–27		95–93	Result

Final round

5th–8th place

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	28 July
	Kenya	2
					29 July
	Rwanda	3
					Rwanda	0
	28 July
					Cameroon	3
	Cameroon	3
	Botswana	0
					Seventh place
					29 July
					Kenya	2
					Botswana	3

Classification 5–8 places

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	12:00	Kenya	2–3	Rwanda	25–17	22–25	28–26	15–25	13–15	103–108	Result
28 Jul	14:00	Cameroon	3–0	Botswana	25–21	25–13	25–17			75–51	Result

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	16:00	Kenya	2–3	Botswana	25–14	25–19	21–25	20–25	13–15	104–98	Result

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	18:00	Rwanda	0–3	Cameroon	19–25	23–25	22–25			64–75	Result

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	28 July
	Egypt	3
					30 July
	Morocco	0
					Egypt	3
	28 July
					Tunisia	0
	Tunisia	3
	Algeria	2
					Third place
					30 July
					Morocco	3
					Algeria	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	16:00	Tunisia	3–2	Algeria	19–25	25–22	27–25	21–25	15–12	107–109	Result
28 Jul	18:00	Egypt	3–0	Morocco	25–17	28–26	25–20			78–63	Result

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	15:00	Morocco	3–1	Algeria	21–25	25–19	25–21	25–20		96–85	Result

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	17:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	26–24	25–18	25–21			76–63	Result

Final standing

Rank Team  Egypt  Tunisia  Morocco 4  Algeria 5  Cameroon 6  Rwanda 7  Botswana 8  Kenya 9  Mauritius Qualified for the 2015 FIVB World Cup

2015 Men's African champions  Egypt 8th title Team Roster Abdallah Abdelsalam Bekhit, Mohamed Abou Abdelhalim, Ahmed Salahden Abdelhay, Mamdouh Abdelrehim, Mohamed Elhosseiny Thakil, Mohamed Adel Masoud, Omar Nagib Hassan, Hossam Yousif Abdalla, Mohamed Abdelmoneim Badawy, Ahmed Mohamed Elkotb, Mohamed Essameldin Moawad, Ahmed Saied Shafik Head Coach: Angiolino Frigoni

Awards

• MVP:

  Ahmed Abdelhay

• Best receiver:

  Mohamed Abdel Moneim

• Best spiker:

  Mohamed Al Hachdadi

• Best blocker:

  Mohamed Adel

• Best server:

  Abelhalim Abou

• Best setter:

  Amir Kerboua

• Best libero:

  Tayeb Korbosli

See also

• 2015 Women's African Volleyball Championship