The 2019 Women's African Nations Championship was the 19th 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 nat ...

organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the

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. Held in

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, the tournament took place from 9 to 14 July 2019. Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Senegal won the bronze medal over Egypt.

Competing nations

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

Venue

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 two best teams of each group progress to the second stage, the second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in

on 8 July.

Preliminary round

* All times are Central Africa Time ( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

* All times are Central Africa Time ( UTC+02:00).

5th–7th classification

5th–7th play-off

5th place match

Championship round

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

References

External links

Official website
{{African Volleyball Championship 2019 Women African Women's Volleyball Championship

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