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Ahly Beni Ghazi, Geish And Espoir Win Thrilling Tiebreaks At Men’s African Club Volleyball Champs

2016 Men’s African Club Championship- Day 2

With three 5 set matches, the second day of the 2016 Men’s African Club Championship showed more thrills and exciting actions in the 2 venues of the competition as Libya’s Ahly Beni Ghazi, Egypt’s Geish and RD Congo’s Espoir fought for more than 2 hours to clinch the tough tiebreaker victories at Cairo Stadium Complex on Thursday.

Pool C match between favourites Geish of Egypt and 4 time champions Esperance of Tunisia was the masterpiece of the day as the Egyptian team came from 2 sets behind to clinch victory 3-2 (21-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 15-11) win in what is considered as a top of the pool decider.

Elyes Karamosli (Esperance) attacking, 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship
Elyes Karamosli (Esperance) attacking, 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship
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“We considered this match as a final as we need to finish as pool leaders to avoid meeting the defending champions Ahly of Egypt in the quarterfinal,” Said Geish coach Sherif El Shemerly.

“we corrected all the mistakes of the first and second set to overcome the situation thereafter. Now we have to rest enough before meeting Cameroon Sport in less than 24 hours.”

Inspite of the political situation of the their country, Libya’s Ahly Beni Ghazi upset Algeria’s Fanar Ain Azel who got the surprise of the opening day against Cameroonian champions FAP. The Libyans needed 133 minutes to overcome their opponent 3-2 (21-25, 26-24, 35-33, 22-25, 15-11) in Pool D.

In the third show of the day Espoir of Congo got their second win against Douanes (Burkina Faso) 3-2 (19-25, 19-25, 25-17, 2-16, 15-9) after they came back from 2 sets behind in Pool B.

Heavy favourites and 11 time champions Ahly of Egypt pulled off the second straight sets victory against Wolaitta (ETH) 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-10).

Organisers and 5 time champions Zamalek also secured a second victory against Gendarmerie (MAD) 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-14).

VIP Tribune At The Cairo Stadium Complex, venue of the 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship
VIP Tribune At The Cairo Stadium Complex, venue of the 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship

In a day of Libyan victories, the second Libyan team Swehly got the victory, another also 3-0 (25-25-12, 25-25-14, 25-23) against Daim Hamad of Sudan.

DGSP (CGO) overcame a shaky start to overwhelm Police (SEN) 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22) in 63 minutes in Pool A.

Atletico (CPV) rebounded after the opening loss to upset TGOM (GAB) 3-1 (15-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21) in the third of Pool B matches.

Setif (ALG) grabbed victory over GSU (KEN) 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-18) in Pool C

Other Pool D matches showed FAP (CMR) rebounding against Nahda (SUD) 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-18) and Smouha (EGY) continuing their steady performance to beat Nemostars (UGA) 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-16).

Ahly Beni Ghazi setting At The 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship
Ahly Beni Ghazi setting At The 2016 Mens African Club Volleyball Championship

Day 2 results
Pool A

Swehly (LBA) v Daim Hamad (SUD) 3-0 (25-25-12, 25-25-14, 25-23)
DGSP (CGO) v Police (SEN) 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22)
Zamalek (EGY) v Gendarmerie (MAD) 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-14)

Pool B
Espoir (COD) v Douanes (BUR) 3-2 (19-25, 19-25, 25-17, 2-16, 15-9)
Atletico (CPV) v TGOM (GAB) 3-1 (15-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21)
Ahly E (EGY) v Wolaitta (ETH) 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-10)

Pool C
CSVB (CMR) v Stef Auto (MOZ) —Stef Auto withdraw and disqualified
Setif (ALG) v GSU (KEN) 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-18)
Geish (EGY) v Esperance (TUN) 3-2 (21-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 15-11)

Pool D
Ahly Beni Ghazi (LBA) v Fanar (ALG) 3-2 (21-25, 26-24, 35-33, 22-25, 15-11)
FAP (CMR) v Nahda (SUD) 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-18)
Smouha (EGY) v Nemostars (UGA) 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-16)

21 teams fight for a Volleyball Club World Championship ticket

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2014 Men’s African Club championship- Drawing of lots

The drawing of lots for the 2014 Men’s African Club Championship was held in Sousse, Tunisia on Wednesday where the 21 participating teams were divided into 4 preliminary pools with Pool A, B and D having 5 teams and Pool C with 6 teams.

Organizers and 2 time champions, Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia were drawn in Pool A along with Nahda (Sudan), Ittihad Taangier (Morocco), Borj Bou Arririj (Algeria), Bafia (Cameroon).

Defending champions Sfax of Tunisia who have 6 titles under their name will battle it out with Autoridade (Mozambique), Stif (Algeria), Ettihad Misurata (Libya), Espoir (Congo RD).

Pool C includes 2013 vice champions Esperance of Tunisia who won the title 3 times beside GSU (Kenya), Nemo Stars (Uganda), Mughrer Cement (Ethiopia), Port (Cameroon), and Ahly Beni Ghazi (Libya).

Ahly Tripoli (Libya) who finished third in 2013 will line up against the record holders Ahly of Egypt (6 titles), FAP (Cameroon), Prisons (Kenya) and Beau Vallon (Seychelles) in Pool D.

Teams of each pool will play in a round robin fromat where the top 2 teams in each quaify for the quarterfinals to play in a knock out format to determine the qualifiers till the final.

Teams ranked third and fourth in each pool will paly for the 9 to 16 brackets in the same knockout system.

The teams ranked 5th in each preliminary pool will fight for the 17 to 20 brackets, while the team ranked 6th in pool C will automatically finish as 21st position.

The annual CAVB competition acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Club World Championship to be held in Brazil May 6 to 11, 2014.

Day 1 Programme
Pool A
Etoile du Sahel (TUN) v Bafia (CMR)
Ittihad Tangier (MAR) v Borj Bouarirj (ALG)

Pool B
Autoridade (MOZ) v Espoir (COD)
Stif (ALG) v Sfax (TUN)

Pool C
Mugher Cement (ETH) v Port (CMR)
Nemo stars (UGA) Esperance (TUN)
GSU (KEN) v AHLY Benighazi (LIB)

Pool D
Prisons (KEN) v Beau Vallon (SEY)
Ahly Tripoli (LIB) v Ahly (EGY)

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History of Men’s African Clubs Champions Championship

Year Champion

1982 Ahly (Egypt)

1983 Ahly (Egypt)

1984 Zamalek (Egypt)

1985 CS Sfax (Tunisia)

1986 CS Sfax (Tunisia)

1987 Zamalek (Egypt)

1988 Mouloudia (Algeria)

1989 CS Sfax (Tunisia)

1990 Club Africain (Tunisia)

1991 Club Africain (Tunisia)

1992 Club Africain (Tunisia)

1993 Club Africain (Tunisia)

1994 Espérance – Taragy (Tunisia)

1995 Ahly (Egypt)

1996 Ahly (Egypt)

1997 Ahly (Egypt)

1998 Espérance – Taragy (Tunisia)

1999 CS Sfax (Tunisia)

2000 Espérance – Taragy (Tunisia)

2001 Etoile du Sahel – AlNajm AlSahily (Tunisia)

2002 Etoile du Sahel – AlNajm AlSahily (Tunisia)

2003 Ahly (Egypt)

2004 Ahly (Egypt)

2005 Sfax (Tunisia)

2006 Ahly (Egypt)

2007 Mouloudia (Algeria)

2008 Zamalek (Egypt)

2009 Zamalek (Egypt)

2010 Ahly (Egypt)

2011 Ahly (Egypt)

2012 Zamalek (Egypt)

2013 Sfax (Tunisia )

Honours

Ahly (Egypt) 10

CS Sfax (Tunisia) 6

Zamalek (Egypt) 5

Club Africain (Tunisia) 4

Espérance – Taragy (Tunisia) 3

Etoile du Sahel -Al Najm AlSahily- (Tunisia) 2

Mouloudia (Algeria) 2

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