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 13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship,[ 3]
* Withdrew.
Venue
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 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
Pools composition The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé , Cameroon , on 6 October 2017.[ 4]
Preliminary round
Pool A
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
Pool B
Final round
Classification round
Fifth place playoffs
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
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
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
Semifinals
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
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
Final
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
Source: CAVB .[ 2]
2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
Cameroon
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 Source: CAVB .[ 2]
See also
References
External links
Cameroon
Tunisia
Algeria
Senegal
Cape Verde
Nigeria
Ghana
DR Congo
Kenya
Egypt
Botswana
Zambia
Chad
