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Egypt To Host Men’s Volleyball African Club Championship

2016 Men’s African Club Championship

African Volleyball Federation “CAVB” as nominated Egypt as a host for the 2016 Men’s Volleyball African Club Championship March 23 to April 1, 2016.

The competition will be held in Cairo Stadium Complex and is expected to attract all the major forces on the continent led by the record holders Al Ahly (11 titles), Sfax of Tunisia (6) and Zamalek of Egypt (5).

CAVB has set February 28 as a deadline to confirm participation.

The 2015 edition of this prestigious competition in Tunisia featured a ground breaking record of 24 participants.

Ahly Captain receiving the cup of  2015 Men's Volleyball African Club Championship
Ahly Captain receiving the cup of 2015 Men’s Volleyball African Club Championship

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Emerging National Volleyball Federations honoured by FIVB President Graca

2015 in Review

Honouring the emerging National Federation during the 2015 CAVB Congress was one of the highlights of 2015 year.

During the Congress CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani called the presidents of 17 National Federation to be honoured with the CAVB order by the FIVB President Dr Ary Graca who expressed his happiness to see valuable volleyball and beach volleyball activity in new countries.

The 17 NFs honoured are Gambia, Cape Verde, Mali (Zone 2), Niger, Ghana, Benin (Zone 3), Congo Brazzaville, Sao Tome (Zone 4), Eretria, Somalia (Zone 5), Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (Zone 6), Mauritius, Madagascar (Zone 7), beside Egypt and Kenya who achieved a world class results.

Congo honoured
Congo honoured

Gambia: Emerged in Beach volleyball as they qualified to the semifinal stage of CAVB Continental Cup and won the regional phase gold medal in Women’s category and silver in Men’s. Orgaised successful refereeing and coaching courses.

Cape Verde: They participated in most of Beach volleyball competitions at the continental and zonal level beside the qualification for All Africa Games in both genders.

Mali: Organized courses at coaching and refereeing beside participation in Zonal competitions.

Niger: Emerged with a wide participation at the zonal and continental levels specially in beach volleyball. They participated in the Women’s Volleyball competition at All Africa Games.

Ghana: Showed a surprising performance in both men and women All Africa Games competition beside the great performance in beach volleyball qualifying also to the World Championship.

Benin honoured
Benin honoured

Benin: One of the pillars of Beach Volleyball in West Africa. Emerged in the zonal indoor and Beach competitions and qualified to All Africa Games.

Congo Brazzaville: Organised successfully All Africa Games as their team stands in the Podium for the first time with the silver medal in Men’s volleyball competition. They have been honoured to organise the prestigious Olympic Qualifiers.

Sao Tome: Appeared in the volleyball map for the first time with the organisation of courses and start regular local competitions.

Eretria: Showed start of local competitions and orgainse continental and international courses.

Somalia: Sponsored their local league which has become a more successful competition and organised a successful coaching course.

Cape verde honoured
Cape verde honoured

Namibia: Had a successful Beach Volleyball local tours and qualified to Beach Volleyball Semifinal at the CAVB Continental Cup.

Mozambique: Showed more progress in Beach Volleyball and won the silver medal of Men’s All Africa Games beside continuing the great local build up in infrastructure. Qualified to both men’s and Women’s All Africa Games in volleyball.

Zimbabwe: Were the models of starting the African Dream Project and had the first presentation during the congress.

Mauritius: Great activity in beach volleyball qualifying to All Africa Games and semifinal of the Continental Cup.

Madagascar: Orginised a historic zone 7 Club Championship with the participation of 13 teams. Organised a lot of courses at the zonal and continental levels.

Egypt: Won gold medal World League Group 3 and won 6 consecutive Africa Nations championship titles.

Kenya: stands in the Gold medal podium in Group 3 of the World Grand Prix. Won a record of 9 African Nations Championship’s title.

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Egypt In Intense Build Up To African Olympic Volleyball Qualifiers

Egypt Men’s Volleyball team are preparing for the final stage of preparations for the 2016 Men’s African Olympic qualifiers to be hosted by Congo Brazzaville January 7 to 14, 2016. The Egyptian Team will enter a training camp in Finland ahead of the qualifiers.

Ahmed Abdelhay of Egypt
Ahmed Abdelhay of Egypt

The camp starts December 27 and continues until January 2 and it also includes 3 friendly matches against the Finnish team which is considered the last stage of preparations for the qualifiers.

Egypt have qualified 3 times in the past to the Olympics in Los Angeles 1984, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008.

The technical staff led by the Italian head coach Gulineli Flavio who took over the responsibility of handling the team a few weeks ago will select the final squad of 14 players after this camp.

Egypt will miss the experienced outside hitter Mohamed Abdelmoniem and the middle blocker Mohamed Adel in the qualification tournament due to injuries.

Egypt's libero Mohamed Moawad in action
Egypt’s libero Mohamed Moawad in action

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FIFA Election: CAF Executive Committee keep options open

The CAF Executive Committee at its meeting at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt has taken note of submissions by candidates for the FIFA presidential election scheduled for 26 February 2016.

The meeting served the climax to the CAF annual meetings, and between 25 and 28 October 2015 audiences were granted to four declared candidates for the FIFA presidency. They are Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale.

After discussions with them, the CAF Executive Committee unanimously decided to leave the administrative procedures for the registration of candidates take its course, while giving plenty of time to decide, with the interest of the continent the primary objective.

Issa Hayatou, President CAF  photo credit: Diski Media https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode
Issa Hayatou, President CAF
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Meanwhile, the CAF Executive Committee welcomed the appointment of CAF President Issa Hayatou as Acting FIFA President, in pursuant to the statutory provisions of FIFA, and has committed to provide, as always, all the necessary support for the success of his mission.

African Nations Volleyball Championship: Salah Once More Nominated Mr Africa

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship

Cairo, Egypt, August 3, 2015- Egypt outside hitter Ahmed Salah was nominated for the fifth time at the continental level with the Most Valuable Player “MVP” Award at Men’s African Nations Championship concluded in Cairo, Egypt last weekend.

Egypt claimed their eighth African title after they overcame arch rivals Tunisia 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-21) where Salah was the best scorer of his side.

The opposite spiker is considered one of the best volleyball players in Africa in the last decade and played outside the continent in Turkey and Russia. He was also a key star in the team that succeeded to win 6 consecutive titles for Men’s African Nations Championship 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 as he gained the prize of MVP in 5 editions.

Best Receiver Mohamed Abdel Moneim (EGY
Best Receiver Mohamed Abdel Moneim (EGY

When Egypt’s opposite started his international volleyball at 16 year old he didn’t realize that he will be one day the best spiker in the world at one of the biggest elite championships, it was in the 2011 FIVB World Cup when he was nominated as best spiker between the world stars.

Since his childhood, he was famous for his left handed unstoppable hits from position 2 that gave him a constant place in the Egyptian teams of all age categories.

Since his debut with the Egyptian boys national team in 2000 when he was only 16- year- old, Salah proved his consistency as a star of his generation specially when he led Egypt to the fourth place at the 2001 FIVB Boys Youth World Championship in Cairo, regarded as the best result in Egypt’s volleyball history.

The 31 –year-old opposite spiker was a member also of the Egyptian Junior team participating in the 2003 World Championship in Iran and in the same year he was called up to the senior team at the 2003 All Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria where Egypt clinched gold.

Best server Abdel Halim Abou (EGY)
Best server Abdel Halim Abou (EGY)

In 2005 he became one of the best African attackers with his trademark beard and prolific scoring power that made him hit with the fans. He led Egypt to the first African Nations title after 22 years starting a new era that completed with 4 successive crowns.

He also was part of the historic gold medal finish at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almaria, Spain regarded as the first ever at the international level.

In his long international career he represented Egypt at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Championships, the 2007 and 2011 World Cups as well as the 2005 and 2009 Grand Champions Cups.

With his local club Al- Ahly he won the Men’s African Club Championship in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011. representing also the continent at the last two editions of the FIVB Club World Championships. A veteran of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and four World Leagues, he is a vital cog for his side. He is a regularly Egypt’s go-to guy for a sure- fire attack from the right side of the net.

Best Libero Tabeb Karbosli (TUN)
Best Libero Tabeb Karbosli (TUN)

Tunisia’s big gum Marouen Garci was the second best player in the 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship followed by the Moroccan pearl Mohamed Hachdadi who was third.

Egypt’s middle blocker Abdelhalim Abou was nominated as best server with his teammate Mohamed Adel who was nominated as best blocker. The Egyptian outside hitter Mohamed Abdel Moneim was selected the best receiver, while Tunisia’s Tabeb Karbosli was the best libero. Algeria’s Amir Kerboua who conducted his team to the semifinal was the best setter.

Individual Awards
BEST SERVER: 3 Abelhalim Abou (Egypt)
BEST RECIEVER: 13 Mohamed Abdel Moneim (Egypt)
BEST SETTER: 2 Amir Kerboua (Algeria)
BEST ATTACKER: 11 Mohamed Hachdadi (Morocco)
BEST BLOCKER: 3 Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
BEST LIBERO:1 Tayeb Korbosli (Tunisia)
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 4 Ahmed Salah (Egypt)

The MVP Ahmed Salah
The MVP Ahmed Salah

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Cameroon claim 5th place at Men’s African Volleyball Championship

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship- Ranking 5 to 8

Cameroon ended their campaign at the 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship at the fifth position after they overcame Rwanda 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-22) in the ranking positions held at Cairo Stadium Complex in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday.

Botswana upset Kenya in epic tiebreaker 3-2 (14-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13) to finish 7th leaving the Kenyans at the 8th position. Mauritius automatically was ranked 9th after finishing at the 5th position in Pool B.

Egypt will take on Tunisia in African classic final on Thursday to determine the champions of the 20th edition of the cup. Algeria face Morocco in another North African face off to determine the bronze medallists.

Rwanda blocking against Cameroon
Rwanda blocking against Cameroon

Ranking 5 to 8 Places
Cameroon v Rwanda 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-22)

Cameroon defeated Rwanda 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-22) in the 5th and 6th place match lasting 70 minutes. The Rwandan team led in each of the three sets, but due to the experience of Cameroon team in attacks they succeeded to come back each time to win the three sets.

Didier Sali was Cameroon’s top scorer with 18 points followed by Nathan Wounmbaina 16 points. Rwanda’s scorer was Flavien Ndamukunda with 12 points.

Botswana players celebrating
Botswana players celebrating

Botswana v Kenya 3-2 (14-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13)

Botswana rebounded back aggressively to take on Kenya 3-2 (14-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13) in the 7th and 8th place match lasting 129 minutes. After Kenya led widely 2-0, Botswana team came back strongly to capture two sets and draw 2-2. even in the tiebreak Botswana again overcame the shaky start and came back from 2-6 to draw 8-8 before they win 15-13 in a big joy.

Botswana finished the competition at the 7th place , while Kenya ended 8th.

Kabo Moetse came as Botswana scorer with 23 points, followed by middle blocker Pactor Rebabonye 13 points. James Ontere led Kenya and match scorers with 24 points followed by Michael Chemos 16. Although Kenya had a big dominance in blocking (16/ 9 kill block), the improvement of backline defence in Botswana helped them to claim the thrilling victory.

Algeria double block
Algeria double block

Final 1 to 4 Programme on July 30, 2015
3-4 15:00 Morocco x Algeria
1-2 17:00 Egypt x Tunisia

Final Ranking
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5. Cameroon
6. Rwanda
7. Botswana
8. Kenya
9. Mauritius

Botswana players after the match
Botswana players after the match

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship- Top performances

Top Scoring Performances
30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
27 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
26 – Marouen Garci of Tunisia v Algeria (July 28)
25 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Tunisia (July 26)
24 – James Ontere of Kenya v Botswana (July 29)
24 – Christophe Mukunzi of Rwanda v Kenya (July 28)
24 – Michael Chemos of Kenya v Rwanda (July 28)
23 – Kabo Moetse of Botswana v Kenya (July 29)
23 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
22 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
20 – Marouen Garci of Tunisia v Morocco (July 26)
20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
19 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
19 – Ahmed Salah of Egypt v Algeria (July 25)
18 – Didier Sali of Cameroon v Rwanda (July 29)
18 – Ahmed Salah of Egypt v Morocco (July 28)
18 – Elyes Karamosli of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
17 – Michael Chemos of Kenya v Algeria (July 24)
16 – Ayoub Dikkiche of Algeria v Egypt (July 25)
16 – Mohamed Chikhi of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
16 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
16 – Marouane Garci of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)

Cameroon triple block
Cameroon triple block

Top Blocking Performances
8 – Marchal Kwizera of Rwanda v Kenya (July 28)
7 – Amine oumssad of Algeria v Tunisia (July 28)
7 – Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Algeria (July 28)
6 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
5 – Wesley Rono of Kenya v Botswana (July 29)
5 – Nongni Mefani of Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
4 – Pastor Rebabonye of Botswana v Kenya (July 29)
4 – Marchal Kwizera of Rwanda v Cameroon (July 26)
4 – Sofiane Bouyoucef of Algeria v Egypt (July 25)
4 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
4 – Kamal Ouali of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
4 – Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
4- Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
4 – Mohamed Chikhi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
4 – Zouhair Elgaraoui of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)

Top Blocking Performances by Team
21 – Algeria v Tunisia (July 28)
18 – Rwanda v Kenya (July 28)
16 – Kenya v Botswana (July 29)
16 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
14 – Tunisia v Morocco (July 26)
13 – Algeria v Tunisia (July 28)
13 – Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
13 – Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
12 – Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
12 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
12 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
11 – Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)

George Kari of Botswana spiking against Kenya
George Kari of Botswana spiking against Kenya

Top Serving Performances
4 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
3 – Maroen Garci of Tunisia v Algeria (July 28)
3 – Hudson Wanyama of Kenya v Rwanda (July 28)
3 – Ivan Nsabimana of Rwanda v Tunisia (July 25)
3 – Sofiane Bouyoucef of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
3 – Khalid Ben Slimane of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
3 – Hossam Youssef of Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
3 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
3 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius(July 25)

Top Serving Performances by Team
9 – Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
7 – Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
7 – Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
6 – Cameroon v Rwanda (July 29)
6 – Kenya v Botswana (July 29)
6 – Botswana v Kenya (July 29)
6 – Tunisia v Algeria (July))
6 – Kenya v Rwanda (July 28)
5 – Rwanda v Kenya (July 28)
5 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
5 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
4 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Rwanda v Morocco (July 22)
4 – Tunisia v Rwanda (July 25)
4 – Rwanda v Tunisia (July 25)

Ismail Moalla of Tunisia receiving
Ismail Moalla of Tunisia receiving

Highest Scorer by Round
Day 1: 20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
Day 2: 30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
Day 3: 27 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
Day 4: 23 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
Day 5: 25 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Tunisia (July 26)
Day 6: 26 – Marouen Garci of Tunisia v Algeria (July 28)
Day 7: 24 – James Ontere of Kenya v Botswana (July 29)

Highest Set Score
Day 1: Morocco v Rwanda, 25-23 (July 22)
Day 2: Rwanda v Mauritius 26-24 (July 23)
Day 3: Morocco v Cameroon 30-28 (July 24)
Day 4: Morocco v Mauritius 28-26 (July 25)
Day 5: Tunisia v Morocco 29-27 (July 26)
Day 6: Kenya v Rwanda 28-26 (July 28)
Egypt v Morocco 28-26 (July 28)
Day 7: Cameroon v Rwanda 25-23 (July 29)

Highest Scoring Matches
Day 1: Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22) 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) – 133 points
Day 2: Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23) 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) – 205 points
Day 3: Cameroon v Morocco (July 24) 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 30-28, 25-21) – 193 points
Day 4: Egypt v Algeria (July 25) 3-2 (24-26, 25-19 ,25-20, 22-25, 15-10) – 211 Points
Day 5: Tunisia v Morocco (July 26) 3-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27) – 188 points
Day 6: Tunisia v Algeria (July 28) 3-2 (19-25, 25-22, 27-25, 21-25, 15-12) – 216 points
Day 7: Botswana v Kenya (July 29) 3-2 (14-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13) – 202 points

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Tunisia Complete Semifinal Line Up At Men’s African Nations Volleyball Championship

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship- Day 5

Tunisia completed the semifinal line up at 2015 Men’s African Nations championship after they overpowered Morocco 3-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27) in Day 5 of the competition held at Cairo Stadium Complex in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday.

Now Tunisia joined the already qualified Egypt and Algeria from Pool A and Morocco from Pool B earlier in the competition.

Defending champions Egypt, leaders of Pool A face Morocco second of Pool B and Tunisia, top of Pool B meet Algeria second of Pool A in the semifinal of the competition on Tuesday.

At the End of the preliminary round Egypt led Pool A with 8 points from 3-0, followed by Algeria second with 7 points from 2-1. Kenya came third with 3 points from 1-2 and Botswana finished fourth with 0-3.

Tunisia led Pool B with 10 points from 3-1 followed by Morocco 9 points from 3-1. Cameroon came third (8 point, 3-1), then Rwanda 4th (3 points, 1-3) and Mauritius 5th (0, 0-4).

Tuesday features also two matches in the play off 5 to 8 positions as Kenya play Rwanda and Cameroon take on Botswana.

The African championship will qualify 2 African teams for the 2015 FIVB Men’s World Cup in Japan September 8 to 23, 2015 as the finalists will secure their tickets to the prestigious event.

Mauritus referee honoured
Mauritus referee honoured

Pool B
Tunisia v Morocco 3-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27)

Tunisia overwhelmed Morocco 3-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27) in Pool B decider lasting minutes. Tunisia led the pool with 3-1 record (10 Pts), while Morocco came second with 3-1 (9pts). Mohamed Hachdadi led the match scorer with 25 points as the best scorer of the day for the third day in a row. Marouen Garci led Tunisian scorers with 20 points.

The match was very exciting specially when Morocco draw 1-1 in sets as Tunisia regained the rhythm led by Garci to win the third and fourth sets in their way to a 3-1 victory.

Cameroon v Rwanda 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17)

Cameroon beat Rwanda 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17) in Pool B match lasting 75 minutes to improve their win- loss ratio to 4-1 with 8 points. Rwanda dropped to 1-3 to finish fourth of the pool. Jean Ndaki was the top scorer of Cameroon team with 12 points followed by Olivier Nongoni with 11 points. Guma Yakan led Rwanda and match scorers with 14 points.

Semifinal Programme on July 28, 2015
Semifinal 1-4

18:00 Egypt 1st A x 2nd B Morocco
16:00 Tunisia 1st B x 2nd A Algeria

Play off 5-8 Positions
12:00 Kenya 3rd A x 4th B Rwanda
14:00 Cameroon 3rd B x 4th A Botswana

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship- Top performances

Ismail Moalla of Tunisia receiving
Ismail Moalla of Tunisia receiving

Top Scoring Performances

30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
27 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
25 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Tunisia (July 26)
23 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
22 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
20 – Marouen Garci of Tunisia v Morocco (July 26)
20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
19 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
19 – Ahmed Salah of Egypt v Algeria (July 25)
18 – Elyes Karamosli of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
17 – Michael Chemos of Kenya v Algeria (July 24)
16 – Ayoub Dikkiche of Algeria v Egypt (July 25)
16 – Mohamed Chikhi of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
16 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
16 – Marouane Garci of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
14 – Guma Yakan of Rwanda v Mauritius (July 23)
14 – Christophe Mukunzi of Rwanda v Mauritius (July 23)
14 – Alfred Mandez of Mauritius v Rwanda (July 23)

Top Blocking Performances

6 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
5 – Nongni Mefani of Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
4 – Marchal Kwizera of Rwanda v Cameroon (July 26)
4 – Sofiane Bouyoucef of Algeria v Egypt (July 25)
4 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
4 – Kamal Ouali of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
4 – Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
4- Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
4 – Mohamed Chikhi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
4 – Zouhair Elgaraoui of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)

Top Blocking Performances by Team
16 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
14 – Tunisia v Morocco (July 26)
13 – Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
13 – Cameroon v Morocco (July 24)
12 – Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
12 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
12 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
11 – Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)

Top Serving Performances
4 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
3 – Ivan Nsabimana of Rwanda v Tunisia (July 25)
3 – Sofiane Bouyoucef of Algeria v Kenya (July 24)
3 – Khalid Ben Slimane of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
3 – Hossam Youssef of Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
3 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
3 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius(July 25)

Top Serving Performances by Team
9 – Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
7 – Tunisia v Mauritius (July 24)
7 – Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
5 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
5 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
4 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Rwanda v Morocco (July 22)
4 – Tunisia v Rwanda (July 25)
4 – Rwanda v Tunisia (July 25)

Highest Scorer by Round
Day 1: 20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
Day 2: 30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
Day 3: 27 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Cameroon (July 24)
Day 4: 23 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Mauritius (July 25)
Day 5: 25 – Mohamed Hachdadi of Morocco v Tunisia (July 26)

Highest Set Score
Day 1: Morocco v Rwanda, 25-23 (July 22)
Day 2: Rwanda v Mauritius 26-24 (July 23)
Day 3: Morocco v Cameroon 30-28 (July 24)
Day 4: Morocco v Mauritius 28-26 (July 25)
Day 5: Tunisia v Morocco 29-27 (July 26)

Highest Scoring Matches
Day 1: Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22) 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) – 133 points
Day 2: Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23) 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) – 205 points
Day 3: Cameroon v Morocco (July 24) 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 30-28, 25-21) – 193 points
Day 4: Egypt v Algeria (July 25) 3-2 (24-26, 25-19 ,25-20, 22-25, 15-10) – 211 Points
Day 5: Tunisia v Morocco (July 26) 3-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27) – 188 points

Mauritius referee honoured
Mauritius referee honoured

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Cameroon upset Tunisia at men’s African Volleyball Championship

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship- Day 2

July 23, 2015-

Cameroon fought for 130 minutes to pull off a thrilling victory over giants Tunisia in grueling five setter 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) in Day two of the 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship held at Cairo Stadium complex on Thursday.

Pool B featured also a first win for Rwanda over Mauritius 3-0 (25-13, 26-24, 26-24). Cameroon led the strong Pool B with a win- loss ratio of 2-0 (5 points) followed by Morocco who were in rest day and Rwanda (3 Pts) and Tunisia 1 point and finally Mauritius 0 point from 0-2.

Pool A showed Algeria starting their campaign with a win over Botswana to lead Pool A with Egypt both from 1-0 record (3 pts)

Cameroon supporters
Cameroon supporters

Pool A
Algeria v Botswana 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-13)

Opposite spiker Toufik Mahdjoubi led Algeria to their first win after they flew past Botswana in their competition debut in Pool A. Algeria started their campaign with 1-0 win- loss ratio, while Botswana became 0-1.

The veteran opposite scored 19 points to come out as the match scorer with the second best scoring performance in the competition so far followed by captain Mohamed Chikhi 13 points. Kabo Moetse led Botswana scorers with 8 points equal to Pastor Rebabonye who scored the same no of points.

Pool B
Rwanda v Mauritius 3-0 (25-13, 26-24, 26-24)

Rwandan team celebrating
Rwandan team celebrating

Rwanda recovered from the opening loss to overcome Mauritius 3-0 (25-13, 26-24, 26-24) in Pool B match lasting 76 minutes. what made the Rwandans won the match was the dominance in areas of serving and blocking specially in the crucial points of the second and third sets.

Experienced outside hitter Guma Yakan was Rwanda’s best scorer with 14 points equal to Christophe Mukunzi. Alfred Mandez contributed 14 points followed by Kevin Larose 13 points. Rwanda improved their record to 1-1, while Mauritius dropped to 0-2.

The highly motivated Rwandan players succeeded to show their consistency throughout the match supported by a lot of spectators in the tribune.

Tunisia v Cameroon 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12)

Cameroon
Cameroon

Cameroon reached peak performance in the proper time to overcome Tunisia 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) in epic tiebreaker. The match which is considered one of the most famous African derbies lasted 130 minutes of great fight.

Cameroon veteran opposite attacker Jean Ndaki (36 y) led the match scorers with impressive 30 points making the competition best scoring performance followed by Nathan Wounembaina and Sem Dolegombai 11 points. Elyes Karamosly contributed 18 points for tunisia as best sorer from the Tunisian side followed by Marouane Garci 16 points.

Tunisia
Tunisia

Day 3 Programme on July 24, 2015
Pool A 14:00 Kenya x Algeria
Pool B 16:00 Mauritius x Tunisia
Pool B 18:00 Cameroon x Morocco
Pool A 20:00 Botswana x Egypt

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship top performances

Top Scoring Performances
30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
19 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
18 – Elyes Karamosli of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
16 – Marouane Garci of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
14 – Guma Yakan of Rwanda v Mauritius (July 23)
14 – Christophe Mukunzi of Rwanda v Mauritius (July 23)
14 – Alfred Mandez of Mauritius v Rwanda (July 23)
13 – Kevin Larose of Mauritius v Rwanda (July 23)
13 – Sem Dolegombai of Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)
13 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)

Top Blocking Performances
4- Skander Ben Tara of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
4 – Mohamed Chikhi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
4 – Zouhair Elgaraoui of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
3 – Nathan Wounembaina of Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)

Top Blocking Performances by Team
16 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
12 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
12 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
11 – Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22)

Top Serving Performances
4 – Toufik Mahdjoubi of Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
3 – Khalid Ben Slimane of Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
3 – Hossam Youssef of Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
3 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)

Top Serving Performances by Team
9 – Egypt v Kenya (July 22)
7 – Algeria v Botswana (July 23)
5 – Tunisia v Cameroon (July 23)
5 – Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)
4 – Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
4 – Rwanda v Morocco (July 22)

Highest Scorer by Round
Day 1: 20 – Mohammed Hachdadi of Morocco v Rwanda (July 22)
Day 2: 30 – Jean Ndaki of Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23)

Highest Set Score
Day 1: Morocco v Rwanda, 25-23 (July 22)
Day 2: Rwanda v Mauritius 26-24 (July 23)

Highest Scoring Matches
Day 1: Cameroon v Mauritius (July 22) 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) – 133 points
Day 2: Cameroon v Tunisia (July 23) 3-2 (25-23, 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) – 205 points

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Egypt Meet Kenya in Men’s African Nations Volleyball Championship Opening

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship-Drawing of lots

The drawing of lots
The drawing of lots

Defending champions Egypt were drawn along with Algeria, Kenya and Botswana in Pool A of the 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship due to start in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday after the drawing of lots held in Le Passage Hotel in Cairo on Tuesday.

Pool B features the 2013 edition runner up Tunisia who will line up against Morocco, Mauritius, Cameroon and Rwanda.

The 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship acts as a qualifier for the 2015 World Cup as the winner and runner up book their tickets to the finals.

MATCH SCHEDULE

The drawing of lots was attended by CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani, Local Organizing committee and Egyptian Volleyball Federation President Foad Abdel Salam and the representatives of the 9 participating teams.

The 20th edition of the competition will see all the previous champions battling it out for the title led by the record holders Tunisia who have 8 titles under their name and seven time champions Egypt who won the last 5 editions. Both Algeria and Cameroon won the crown twice.

Egypt start their campaign against Kenya on Wednesday in Pool A, while Cameroon meet Mauritius and Morocco face Rwanda in Pool B.

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Pool Composition
Pool A: Egypt- Algeria- Kenya- Botswana
Pool B: Tunisia- Morocco- Mauritius- Cameroon- Rwanda

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Mauritius Back To African Nations Championship After 14 Years

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship

Mauritius Men’s Volleyball team arrived to Cairo to participate at the 2015 Men’s African Nations Championship after 14 years of absence from the African volleyball peak event.

Mauritius will participate in the African Nations Championship due to start in Cairo, Egypt on July 22 till 30 for the first time since 2001 aiming to achieve good results and also to prepare for the Indian Ocean Games to be held as from 1st August 2015 in Reunion Island.

To achieve their goal, Mauritius Volleyball Federation called Fabrice Chalendar, a French coach at Lyon to supervise the team and gain the experience from that higher level of teams like Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Botswana, Rwanda, Kenya and Cameroun.

“It will be a good test for the team and also to gain experience with these teams who possesses players of high quality,” Fabrice Chalendar said.

“We will also use this tournament to reinforce our team spirit as our main goal remain the Indian Ocean Games,” added Melchior Miniopoo, the Mauritian national coach.

Mauritius team
Mauritius team

The Mauritian squad includes Gilbert Alfred, Stephane Moonisamy, Gino Sophie, Evans Sauteur, Ashwin Ramkalawon, Sunil Mudhoo, Éric Louise, Hansley Casimir, Brian Perrine, Kevin Larose, Akash Doobraz et Jason Raddoo. Head Coach is Melchior Miniopoo, Technical supervisor: Fabrice Chalendar, Team-manager: Bose Soonarane and the accompanying referee: Rohit Caullychurn

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All African Games: Football-Nigerian Men In Group of Death As Women Draw Host Nation

CAF today concluded draws For this years All Africa games coming up from 3-18 September 2015 in Brazzaville, Congo. The Draws were held at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, and the draw for both Men and Women’s competition was conducted by CAF General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani and assisted by Yosef Tesfaye Argaw, a member of the CAF ad hoc Organising Committee for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 and Tarig Atta, Deputy General Secretary of the Sudan Football Association.

The Nigerian Under 23 team have been drawn in a group that has got African Football Powerhouses, Ghana, Senegal and Egypt and this is without a doubt the toughest group of the men’s football event.

The Women on the other hand will come against host Congo, Tanzania and fellow West African’s Cote d’Ivoire. Although Nigerian Senior Women’s National team recently failed to progress from the Group Stages at the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup this crop of Nigerians will be expected to excel at this event as the Nigerian Women have always done but all eyes will be on the Cameroon women’s who did Africa Proud by Going a step further than other African teams in Canada.

Siasia Samson Nigeria U23 Coach credit fifa.com
Siasia Samson Nigeria U23 Coach credit fifa.com

Below are details of the draw;

Women
Group A – Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire
Group B – Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt

Men
Group A – Congo, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso
Group B – Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria

The winners and runner up of each group will qualify for the semis, with the eventual winners progressing to the finals.

Kenya Name Strong Squad For Men’s African Nations Volleyball Championship

2015 Men’s African Nations Championship

Kenya National men’s team head coach, Geoffrey Omondi has named a strong provisional squad of 16 for the forthcoming CAVB men’s African Nations Championship set to take place from July 22-30 in Cairo, Egypt.

Omondi who last guided Kenya to a second finish at the All Africa Games Qualifiers in Rwanda included two new faces Gideon Kirwa and Ronald Bitok in the Kenya squad that begun their preparation Wednesday with the coach remaining confident that his team which will be led by Qatari based Captain Philip Maiyo with assistance of Kenya Defence Forces setter Elisha Aliwa who has since recovered from an ankle injury he sustained just a few days before Rwandan games will post positive results in Egypt.

The new faces, Bitok and Kirwa replaced Kenya Prisons duo of Silas Kipruto and Rodgers Kipkirui who are undergoing Police Training with Kenya Prisons Service after they were recruited into the service two months ago while Jimmy Ngala of Kenya Ports Authority and Ibrahim Oduor who captained Kenya in her last assignment, All Africa Games qualifiers in Rwanda were also dropped.

Ngala was dropped from the final squad that lost to Rwanda in May while Kenya Prisons Captain Oduor, who was included in the Rwanda squad on the last minute after national team Captain, Philip Maiyo pulled out of the competition on the final day had no place for Omondi who went for a cocktail of young and experienced players.

Kenya's Senior National Volleyball team
Kenya’s Senior National Volleyball team

“We will only have five day training and it will be expensive to call a player all the way from Mombasa then drop him after five days,” said Omondi who will only train the team for five days before leaving for Cairo. The coach also called junior, Peterson Kimani to gain experience at the national team level.

Apart from the new inclusion, the squad wil also be welcoming Maiyo who plays for Al-Arabi Qatar and James Ontere (Oita Miyoshi of Japan) who missed the last assignment that held in Rwanda.

Kenya’s major opponents will be hosts Egypt who qualified to the final of FIVB World Championship after winning Group Three and Paul Bitok coached Rwanda who denied Kenya the AAG ticket just two months ago.

The men’s team which rarely competes at major international competitions unlike their female counterpart, Malkia Strikers, currently in Australia for the World Grand Prix group three semi final will have a big burden to match that kind of performance in Cairo championship whose winner will represent Africa at the world Cup later in October.

Men’s squad

Setters: Daniel kip too, Elisha Aliwa and Nicolas Langat

Right attackers: David Kirwa, Phillip Maiyo and James Ontere

Centers: Hudson Chesoli, Wesley Rono, Ronald Kirwa, Dennis Mokua, Ronald Bitok

Libero: Peter Kabatu, Fredrick Muiruru and Faustine Baraza

Left attackers: Nicolas Kiplagat, Bonventry Wekesa and Michael Njoroge

Geoffrey Omondi- Head coach, David Muthui- Ass coach

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