2015 African Volleyball Championship U21

2015 African Volleyball Championship U21
Tournament details
Host nation Egypt
CityCairo
Dates27 February – 1 March
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Morocco
Tournament awards
MVP Ahmed Diaa
Best Setter Ahmed El Ashry
Best Libero Ibrahim Sbaibi
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Best spiker Hamza Ouafi
Best blocker Abdelrahman Abdalla
Best server Mohamed Ali Elsheikh
Best receiver Larbi Hedroug
Official website
CAVB

The 2015 African Volleyball Championship U21 was held in Cairo, Egypt from 27 February to 1 March 2015. The champions of the tournament qualified for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.

Egypt finished the 3-team round-robin tournament on top of the standing to clinch their third title.[1]

Qualification

3 CAVB under-21 national teams have registered to participate in the 2015 African Championship U21.

  •  Egypt (Hosts)
  •  Algeria
  •  Morocco

Squads

Venue

Round robin

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Egypt 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 170 143 1.189
2  Algeria 2 1 1 3 4 4 1.000 186 171 1.088
3  Morocco 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 128 170 0.753
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Feb 20:00 Egypt  3–0  Morocco 25–13 25–20 25–19     75–52
28 Feb 18:00 Algeria  3–1  Morocco 20–25 25–20 25–16 25–15   95–76
1 Mar 19:00 Algeria  1–3  Egypt 23–25 25–20 22–25 21–25   91–95

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Ahmed Diaa
  • Best spiker
    Hamza Ouafi
  • Best blocker
    Abdelrahman Abdalla
  • Best server
    Mohamed Ali Elsheikh
  • Best setter
    Ahmed El Ashry
  • Best receiver
    Larbi Hedroug
  • Best libero
    Ibrahim Sbaibi

References

  1. ^ "Egypt overpower Algeria for 4th Men's U21 African Championship". CAVB. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.