The 2019 Women's African Nations Championship was the 19th edition of the
Women's African Volleyball Championship 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 CAVB wa ...
. Held in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
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Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
, 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:
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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
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
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Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
on 8 July.
Preliminary round
* All times are
Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in north central, east central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, ...
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UTC+02:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
* All times are
Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in north central, east central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, ...
(
UTC+02:00).
5th–7th classification
5th–7th play-off
5th place match
Championship round
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
See also
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2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship
References
External links
Official website
{{African Volleyball Championship
2019 Women
African Women's Volleyball Championship
Women's African Volleyball Championship
2019 in Egyptian sport
International sports competitions hosted by Egypt
Volleyball in Egypt
Sports competitions in Cairo
African Volleyball Championship
Women's sport in Cairo