2008 African Volleyball Championship U21

2008 African Volleyball Championship U21

Tournament details
Host nation	Tunisia
Dates	August 23–30
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Elyes Karamosly
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The 2008 African Volleyball Championship U21 was the 13th edition of the African Volleyball Championship U21. It was held in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia from 23 August to 30 August 2010. The finalists will qualify for the 2009 Junior World Championship.

Teams

•   Algeria
•   Benin
•   Botswana
•   Cameroon
•   Egypt
•   Morocco
•   South Africa
•   Tunisia

Group stage

The draw was held on 21 August. ^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	131	1.718	Semifinals
2	Algeria	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	187	179	1.045
3	South Africa	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	214	243	0.881
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	175	249	0.703

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	1:09	Tunisia	3–0	South Africa	25–19	25–22	25–19			75–60
24 Aug	1:06	Algeria	3–0	Cameroon	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49
25 Aug	1:06	South Africa	0–3	Algeria	15–25	20–25	20–25			55–75
25 Aug	1:00	Cameroon	0–3	Tunisia	9–25	17–25	8–25			34–75
26 Aug	1:44	South Africa	3–1	Cameroon	29–27	20–25	25–23	25–18		99–93
26 Aug	1:00	Algeria	0–3	Tunisia	15–25	9–25	13–25			37–75

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	240	161	1.491	Semifinals
2	Morocco	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	224	193	1.161
3	Benin	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	194	233	0.833
4	Botswana	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	179	250	0.716

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	0:59	Egypt	3–0	Botswana	25–13	25–16	25–11			75-40
24 Aug	1:04	Morocco	3–0	Benin	25–16	25–14	25–17			75–47
25 Aug	1:46	Botswana	1–3	Benin	21–25	25–23	15–25	22-25		83–98
25 Aug	1:31	Morocco	1–3	Egypt	19–25	14–25	25–15	14–25		72–90
26 Aug	1:00	Morocco	3–0	Botswana	25–11	25–20	27–25			77–56
26 Aug	0:59	Benin	0–3	Egypt	14–25	17–25	18–25			49–75

Knockout stage

5–8th place bracket

	5th–8th places				Fifth place
	August 28, Sidi Bou Said
	South Africa	3
					August 29, Sidi Bou Said
	Botswana	0
					Cameroon	3
	August 28, Sidi Bou Said
					South Africa	0
	Cameroon	3
	Benin	0
					Seventh place
					August 29, Sidi Bou Said
					Benin	3
					Botswana	0

Classification 5–8 places

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	1:13	South Africa	3–0	Botswana	25–15	25–16	25–19			75–50
28 Aug	0:59	Cameroon	3–0	Benin	25–9	25–23	25–16			75–48

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	1:09	Botswana	0–3	Benin	28–26	25–15	25–14			78–55

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	1:10	Cameroon	3–0	South Africa	25–15	25–21	25–22			75–58

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	August 28 – Sidi Bou Said
	Tunisia	3
					August 30 – Sidi Bou Said
	Morocco	2
					Egypt	0
	August 28 – Sidi Bou Said
					Tunisia	3
	Egypt	3
	Algeria	2
					Third place
					August 30 – Sidi Bou Said
					Algeria	1
					Morocco	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	1:44	Tunisia	3–2	Morocco	20–25	25–21	21–25	25–17	15–7	106–95
28 Aug	1:55	Egypt	3–2	Algeria	25–19	25–27	22–25	25-16	15-13	112–80

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	1:43	Algeria	1–3	Morocco	25–17	26–28	23–25	13–25		87–95

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	1:06	Egypt	0–3	Tunisia	18–25	22–25	23–25			63–75

Final standing

Rank Team   Tunisia   Egypt   Morocco 4   Algeria 5   Cameroon 6   South Africa 7   Benin 8   Botswana Qualified for the 2009 Junior World Championship

2008 African Junior champions  Tunisia Seventh title Team Roster Bahri Ben Massoud (L), Aymen Karoui, Ibrahim Besbes, Marouane M'rabet, Skander Ben Mansour, Hamza Rezgui (C), Ismail Moalla, Ahmed Kadhi, Hamza Nagga, Rami Bennour, Elyes Karamosly, Chokri Jouini Head Coach: Hedi Karray

Awards

• MVP: Elyes Karamosly ^[2]
• Best spiker: Mohamed Allaoui
• Best blocker: Mamdouh Abdel Moneim
• Best server: Chokri Jouini
• Best digger: Sofiane Sahi
• Best setter: Mohamed Badr
• Best receiver: Bahri Ben Massoud

References

1. "Drawing of lots: The organizers Tunisia drawn in a tough pool". CAVB . 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2012-11-18.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. http://www.cavb.org/competitions/2008/MeJunioAfricanNationsChampionship/10.html%5B%5D

External links

• Official website