2014 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship

2014 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Algeria
Dates	7–9 September
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jihen Mohamed
Official website
www.afvb.org
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The 2014 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship was the 1st edition of the Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship, it was held 7 to 9 September 2014 in Algiers, Algeria. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The tournament was organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, in association with Algerian Volleyball Federation. ^{[1] [2]}

The tournament served as the African qualifiers for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ankara, Turkey which the winner team qualified for the world championship. Egypt won the tournament. ^[3]

Participated teams

Algeria (hosts)   Botswana

Egypt   Tunisia

Venue

All rounds
Algiers, Algeria
Hacène Harcha Arena
Capacity: 8,000

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Egypt	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	166	1.500
2	Tunisia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	225	197	1.142
3	Algeria	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	240	229	1.048
4	Botswana	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	103	225	0.458

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	15:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	26–24	25–16	25–18			76–58
7 Sep	19:00	Botswana	0–3	Algeria	14–25	13–25	12–25			39–75
8 Sep	15:00	Botswana	0–3	Egypt	12–25	5–25	7–25			24–75
8 Sep	19:00	Algeria	1–3	Tunisia	15–25	21–25	25–17	20–25		81–92
9 Sep	15:00	Tunisia	3–0	Botswana	25–12	25–12	25–16			75–40
9 Sep	19:00	Egypt	3–1	Algeria	25–23	25–16	23–25	25–20		98–84

Final standing

Rank Team   Egypt   Tunisia   Algeria 4   Botswana Qualified for the 2015 World Championship

2014 African U23 champions  Egypt 1st title

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Jihen Mohamed

• Best outside spikers

  Celia Bourihane

• Best setter

  Nihel Kebaier

• Best receiver

  Nihel Ahmed

• Best server

  Celia Bourihane

• Best middle blockers

  Sarrah Hanafy

• Best libero

  Fatima Ktari

See also

• 2014 Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship

References

1. "الدورة التصفوية لمونديال الكرة الطائرة (سيدات)". El Massa. Ferroudja N. 18 February 2014.
2. "Championnat d'Afrique des Nations U23 U18 Dames - Programme". AFVB.
3. "بطولة افريقيا للكرة الطائرة سيدات تحت 23 سنة - الجزائر 2014". kooora.com.

External links

• Championnat d'Afrique des Nations U23 U18 Dames - Results - afvb.org