The 2011 Women's African Nations Championship was the 15th edition of the

Women's African Volleyball Championship The African Women's Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, the Africa volleyball federation. Summary Medal summary Participating ...

organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the

Confédération Africaine de Volleyball The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. Profile The CAV ...

. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 to 24 August 2011. The winner qualifies for the 2011 FIVB World Cup, in November, in Japan. Kenya won the championship defeating Algeria in the final and Egypt finished third defeating Senegal for the bronze medal.

Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation: * * * * * * * * *

Venue

* Nazarene University Sports Hall in Nairobi, Kenya.

Format

The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below). The top four teams in each group advance to the second stage, only the fifth placed team does not and finish the tournament in last place. In the second stage, the two best teams of each group progress to the semifinals, while the third and fourth placed teams from each group progress to the classification matches (for 5th to 8th place). The second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination.

Pool standing procedure

# Match points (win = 2 points, loss = 1 point) # Number of matches won # Sets ratio # Points ratio

Pool composition

The drawing of lots was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 August.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

5th–8th place bracket

Classification 5th–8th places

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Championship bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Source: CAVB.

References

* Official CAVB results.

External links

Results

Official website
{{African Volleyball Championship 2011 Women African Women's Volleyball Championship African Women's Volleyball Championship

International volleyball competitions hosted by Kenya