2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament.
2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Nigeria
CityLagos
Dates29 January – 3 February
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt (10th title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Rwanda
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Official website
Lagos 2024

The 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The defending champions are Egypt. Egypt successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Morocco.[1]

Host selection

Lagos, Nigeria was given the hosting rights.

Qualified teams

Eight countries originally entered for this championship, but Zimbabwe withdrew right before the tournament started.

  •  Algeria
  •  Egypt
  •  Kenya
  •  Libya
  •  Morocco
  •  Nigeria (hosts)
  •  Rwanda
  •  Zimbabwe (withdrew)

Venue

The venue is the Teslim Balogun Stadium, near the National Stadium in Lagos.[2]

Lagos
Teslim Balogun Stadium
Capacity: unknown

Squads

Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.

Draw

The draw took place on 6 January 2024 in Rabat, Morocco.[3][4]

Format

The seven teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group stage

Pool A

  • All times are local.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 122 1.844 Semifinals
2  Morocco 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 217 191 1.136
3  Kenya 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 233 268 0.869 Fifth place match
4  Nigeria (H) 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 167 261 0.640
Source: Report
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jan 17:30 Nigeria  2–3  Kenya 22–25 13–25 25–23 25–23 12–15 97–111 [5]
30 Jan 17:00 Egypt  3–0  Morocco 25–17 25–20 25–9     75–46 [5]
31 Jan 10:15 Morocco  3–0  Nigeria 25–14 25–11 25–14     75–39 [5]
31 Jan 15:00 Egypt  3–0  Kenya 25–14 25–23 25–8     75–45 [5]
1 Feb 10:15 Egypt  3–0  Nigeria 25–11 25–10 25–10     75–31 [5]
1 Feb 17:00 Morocco  3–1  Kenya 25–21 21–25 25–14 25–17   96–77 [5]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Rwanda 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 76 1.974 Semifinals
2  Algeria 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 119 111 1.072
3  Libya 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 68 150 0.453 Fifth place match
4  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Withdrew
Source: Report
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jan 10:00 Rwanda  3–0  Algeria 25–13 25–20 25–11     75–44 [5]
31 Jan 17:00 Algeria  3–0  Libya 25–15 25–6 25–15     75–36 [5]
1 Feb 15:00 Rwanda  3–0  Libya 25–9 25–10 25–13     75–32 [5]

Knockout stage

 
Semi finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February
 
 
 Egypt3
 
3 February
 
 Algeria0
 
 Egypt3
 
2 February
 
 Morocco0
 
 Rwanda2
 
 
 Morocco3
 
Third place
 
 
3 February
 
 
 Algeria0
 
 
 Rwanda3

Semi finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Feb 15:00 Egypt  3–0  Algeria 25–11 25–8 25–12     75–31 [5]
2 Feb 17:00 Rwanda  2–3  Morocco 25–23 21–25 25–19 22–25 10–15 103–107 [5]

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Feb 10:00  Algeria 0–3  Rwanda 18–25 12–25 16–25     46–75 [5]

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Feb 17:30  Egypt 3–0  Morocco 25–13 25–11 25–16     75–40 [5]

Fifth place match

 
5th place
 
  
 
2 February
 
 
 Kenya3
 
 
 Libya0
 
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Feb 10:00 Kenya  3–0  Libya 25–22 25–14 25–13     75–49 [5]

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Egypt
 Morocco
 Rwanda
4  Algeria
5  Kenya
6  Libya
7  Nigeria
Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rwanda, Egypt retain African crowns with unbeaten records < World ParaVolley". February 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Nigeria To Host 2024 Paralympic Games Qualifier". Leadership. January 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Drawing of Lots sets countdown for African Zone Championships < World ParaVolley". January 2, 2024.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/ParaVolley/status/1743678832081768736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Escreen-name%3AParaVolley%7Ctwcon%5Es1
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball Africa Zone Championships < World ParaVolley".
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