2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship


The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was held in Cairo, Egypt, from October 22 to October 29, 2017. The top three team, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, will qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Qualification

17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship.
Means of qualificationQualifier
Host Country
FIVB ranking
FIVB ranking
FIVB ranking
Zone 1
Zone 2*
Zone 3
Zone 3
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 4*
Zone 5
Zone 5
Zone 6
Wild cards*
Wild cards
Wild cards

Venues


CairoCairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
Capacity: 2,000Capacity: 1,000

Format

The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in four groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position.
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

  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.

Pool Composition

The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2017.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Preliminary round

Qualified for the [|Quarterfinals]
Qualified for the [|9th–12th semifinals]
Qualified for the [|9th–14th quarterfinals]

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

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

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Awards