The 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the

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. Held in

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, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the

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. Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.

Qualification

13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew. * Withdrew.

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 6 October 2017.

Preliminary round

* All times are

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( UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

* All times are

( UTC+01:00).

Classification round

Fifth place playoffs

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Championship round

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Final standing

Source:

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Individual awards

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: Laetitia Moma Bassoko *Best setter : Koulla Nadge *Best receiver : Fatou Diouck *Best libero : Raïssa Nasser *Best attacker : Mercy Moim *Best blocker : Edith Wisa Mukuvulani *Best server : Aya Elshamy Source:

References

* Official

match results.

External links

{{African Volleyball Championship 2017 Women African Women's Volleyball Championship Women's African Volleyball Championship 2017 in Cameroonian sport International sports competitions hosted by Cameroon Volleyball in Cameroon Sport in Yaoundé Women's African Volleyball Championship Events in Yaoundé