Quarterfinal line up confirmed at Women’s African Club Volleyball Championship

2014 Women’s African Club Championship- Day 3
Quarterfinal line up confirmed at Women’s African Club Championship

Algeria’s GS Petroliers and Tunisia’s Sfax from Pool C joined the already qualified Carthage, Injis (Pool A), Prison, Shams (Pool B), Pipeline and FAP (Pool D) to the quarterfinal of the 2014 Women’s African Club Championship following their victories in day 3 Sidi Bousaid and Ben Ammar Halls in Carthage, Tunisia on Monday.

The line up of the knock out stage of the prestigious CAVB competition is now complete where the top forces meet on Wednesday after a rest day on Tuesday as Carthage (TUN) face FAP (CMR), Pipeline (KEN) line up against Injis (CMR), Prisons (KEN) meet Sfax (TUN) and GSP (ALG) play Shams (EGY).

The teams ranked third and fourth of the 4 pools will play in the same knock out system for the 9 to 16 places.

In Pool A host Carthage (TUN) set the third victory in row against Injis (CMR) 3-1 (25-19, 25-16 , 21-25, 25-15) to finish the first round with a lean sheet to lead the pool and will be joined by the loser to the quarterfinal. Nkumba University (UGA) achieved the first victory against Water Sports (ETH) 3-1 (26-24, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18) to finish third of the pool and play with the Ethiopian team in the 9 to 16 places.

In Pool B defending champions Kenya Prisons beat Shams (EGY) 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-16, 25-23) in a fight for the pool leaders. With the win Prisons improved to 3-0, while Shams dropped to 2-1 and both teams joined the quarters. Bafia (CMR) flew past Bejaia (ALG) 3-1 (6-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18) to finish third of the pool.

In Pool C GSP (ALG) continued their victory rhythm and set the third win against Ndejje University (UGA) in straight sets (25-11, 25-11, 25-17) to lead the Pool with a 3-0 record while the Ugandans dropped to 1-2. Sfax (TUN) overwhelmed Manga Sport (GAB) 3-0 () to confirm a second round ticket with 2-1, while Manga dropped to 0-3 to finish fourth of the pool.

In Pool D Kenya Pipeline continued towards the third win over FAP (CMR) 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-17) to lead the Pool with 3-0 and will be joined by the Cameroonian team (2-1). Chlef (ALG) beat APR (RWA) 3-0 (25-23, 25-12, 25-10) to improve to 1-2 in the third place followed by APR at the bottom of the pool (0-3).

Quarterfinal programme on April 23

1-8 positions

Carthage v FAP
Pipeline v Injis
Prisons v Sfax
GSP v Shams

9-16 positions

Nkumba v APR
Chlef v Water Sports
Bafia v Manga Sport
Ndejje v Bejaia

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2014 Women’s African Volleyball Club Championship Defending champions Kenya Prisons faces Cameroon’s Bafia

2014 Women’s African Club Championship…Defending champions Kenya Prisons faces Cameroon’s Bafia in the opening

Sixteen clubs will be competing for the 24th edition of the Women’s African Club Championship due to start in Carthage, Tunisia April 19 to 27, 2014 with defending champions Kenya Prisons and runner up GS Petroliers of Algeria coming as heavy favourites.

The drawing of lots was held in Carthage on Friday in presence of CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani where the participating teams were divided into 4 preliminary pools of 4.

Defending champions Kenya Prisons faces Cameroon’ Bafia in the opening match of Pool B, while runner up GS Petroliers (Algeria) plays Sfax of Tunisia in Pool C.

Each pool will play a round robin format with the top 2 teams of each qualify for the quarterfinal. The competition will continue in a knock out format there after till the final. The third and fourth teams of each pool will play in the same format for the 9th to 16th places.

Pool Composition

Pool A: 1.Carthage Tunisia 2.Nkumba Uganda 3.Injs Cameron 4.Watersport Ethiopia

Pool B: 1.Prisons 2.Elshams Egypt 3.Bafia Cameron 4.Bejaia Algeria

Pool C: 1.GSP Algeria 2.Ndejje Uganda 3.Manga sport Gabon 4.US Carthage

Pool D: 1.Pipeline 2.Chlef Algeria 3.APR Rwanda 4.FAP Cameroun