The 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the

Men's African Volleyball Championship The African Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Africa, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation ( CAVB). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 19 ...

, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament was held in

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from 7 to 14 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.

Qualification

16 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship. * originally qualified, but declined to enter.

Pools composition

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the

Serpentine system The serpentine system (also called snake seeding) is a method employed in the organization of a competition to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m ...

. The 10 remaining teams were drawn in

on 6 September 2021.

Squads

Venue

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.

Group stage

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

* The confederation has decided to postpone the match between and , originally scheduled for 10 September at 10:00, in consideration of the health and safety of players and coaches. The match was rescheduled for 10 September at 16:00 after

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for Burundi team were negative.

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

* The confederation has decided to remove from the ongoing tournament for having failed to comply with their financial obligations. Their games were forfeited and will receive zero classification point.

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Mohamed Al Hachdadi Mohamed Al Hachdadi (born 2 February 1991) is a Moroccan volleyball player, member of the Morocco men's national volleyball team and Russian team, Belogorie Belgorod. 2021 Polish Champion. With his club, Al Rayyan, he competed at the 2014 Clu ...

*Best Attacker :

Wassim Ben Tara Wassim Ben Tara ( ar, وسيم بن طارة; born 3 August 1996) is a Tunisian professional volleyball player of Polish descent who plays as an opposite spiker for Sir Safety Perugia and the Tunisia national team. Honours Club * FIVB Clu ...

*Best Blocker : Christian Voukeng Mbativou *Best Server : Yvan Arthur Kody *Best Setter :

Khaled Ben Slimene Khaled Ben Slimene (born ) is a Tunisian male volleyball player. He was part of the Tunisia men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He played for CO Kelibia. He competed at the 2020 Summer ...

*Best Receiver :

Zouheir El Graoui Zouheir El Graoui (born 8 July 1994) is a Moroccan indoor and beach volleyball player. He is part of the Morocco men's national volleyball team, Moroccan national team, a participant in the Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's ...

*Best Libero :

Mohamed Reda Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda ( ar, محمد علي أنور رضا; born April 16, 1989, in Cairo), known as Mohamed Reda, is a professional squash player who represented Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a ...

References

External links

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

2021 in Rwandan sport Sports competitions in Rwanda African Volleyball Championship