2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship

Summary

The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.[1]

2021 Women's African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Rwanda
CityKigali
Dates12–20 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament awards
MVPCameroon Christelle Tchoudjang Nana
Best SetterMorocco Alexandra Erhart
Best OHKenya Sharon Chepchumba
Best MBKenya Gladys Ekaru
Best LiberoMorocco Yousra Souidi

Qualification edit

9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.

Means of qualification Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Rwanda
2019 African Championship 9–14 July 2019   Cairo 4   Cameroon
  Kenya
  Senegal
  Morocco
Zone 1 representatives 1   Tunisia
Zone 3 representatives 1   Nigeria
Zone 4 representatives 2   Burundi
  DR Congo
Total 9

Pools composition edit

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.

Pool A Pool B
  Rwanda (Hosts)   Cameroon (1)
  Senegal (3)   Kenya (2)
  Morocco (6)   Burundi (–)
  Nigeria (–)   Tunisia (–)
  DR Congo (–)

Squads edit

Venue edit

  Kigali, Rwanda
 
Kigali (Rwanda)
Kigali Arena / KGL Petit Stade / PTS
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: Unknown
 

Pool standing procedure edit

  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.

Group stage edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Morocco 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 168 160 1.050 Semifinals
2   Nigeria 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 143 131 1.092
3   Senegal[a] 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 109 150 0.727 Withdrew
4   Rwanda[b] (H) 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 182 161 1.130 9th place
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host nation
Notes:
  1. ^   Rwanda was forfeited by FIVB because Rwanda illegally registered four foreigners without due process
  2. ^   Senegal withdrew from the competition
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 14:00 KGL Nigeria   3–0   Senegal 25–16 25–18 25–22     75–56  
12 Sep 18:00 KGL Rwanda   3–1   Morocco 25–19 25–18 32–34 25–22   107–93  
13 Sep 18:00 KGL Nigeria   0–3   Rwanda 22–25 23–25 23–25     68–75  
15 Sep 14:00 KGL Senegal   0–3   Morocco 23–25 17–25 13–25     53–75  
16 Sep[a] 18:00 KGL Rwanda     Senegal     0–0  
17 Sep[a] 16:00 KGL Morocco     Nigeria     0–0  
Notes
  1. ^ a b This match was canceled.

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Cameroon 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 153 1.471 Semifinals
2   Kenya 4 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 285 206 1.383
3   Tunisia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 185 200 0.925 5th place
4   DR Congo 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 168 196 0.857
5   Burundi 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 117 225 0.520 7th place
Source:[citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 12:00 KGL Burundi   0–3   DR Congo 18–25 15–25 13–25     46–75  
12 Sep 16:00 KGL Cameroon   3–0   Kenya 25–20 25–21 25–19     75–60  
13 Sep 10:00 KGL Tunisia   0–3   Cameroon 15–25 18–25 17–25     50–75  
13 Sep 12:00 PTS DR Congo   0–3   Kenya 12–25 12–25 19–25     43–75  
15 Sep 12:00 KGL Cameroon   3–0   Burundi 25–15 25–14 25–14     75–43  
15 Sep 16:00 KGL Kenya   3–0   Tunisia 25–20 25–19 25–21     75–60  
16 Sep 14:00 KGL Burundi   0–3   Kenya 8–25 9–25 11–25     28–75  
16 Sep 16:00 KGL DR Congo   0–3   Tunisia 17–25 16–25 17–25     50–75  
17 Sep[a] 14:00 KGL Cameroon     DR Congo     0–0  
17 Sep[a] 18:00 KGL Tunisia     Burundi     0–0  
Notes
  1. ^ a b This match was canceled.

Final round edit

5th place match edit

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 14.00 KGL Tunisia   3–0   DR Congo 25–17 25–11 25–20     75–48  

Final Four edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 
  Morocco0
 
19 September – Kigali
 
  Kenya3
 
  Kenya1
 
19 September – Kigali
 
  Cameroon3
 
  Cameroon3
 
 
  Nigeria0
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 
  Morocco3
 
 
  Nigeria0

Semifinals edit

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 10.00 KGL Morocco   0–3   Kenya 12–25 21–25 11–25     44–75  
19 Sep 12.00 KGL Cameroon   3–0   Nigeria 25–13 35–33 25–13     85–59  

3rd place match edit

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 16.00 KGL Morocco   3–0   Nigeria 25–19 25–17 25–18     75–54  

Final edit

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 18.00 KGL Kenya   1–3   Cameroon 21–25 23–25 25–15 23–25   92–90  

Final standing edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2021 Women's CAVB Championship: Nigeria, Cameroon know foe in pool A and B". Uche Dozie. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ WoV (19 September 2021). "CAVB W: Cameroon is the African champion for the third time in a row". WorldofVolley. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  • 2021 CAVB WChampionship Final: Cameroon grabs 3rd consecutive crown ahead of Kenya
  • Cameroon complete African Championship three-peat

External links edit

  • Official website