Tournament details | |
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Host nation | Kenya |
Dates | 20–27 October |
Teams | 5 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | Egypt (2nd title) |
Tournament awards | |
MVP | Aya Ahmed |
The 2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship, it was held 20 to 27 October 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The tournament was organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, in association with Kenya Volleyball Association.
The tournament served as the African qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ljubljana, Slovenia which the top tow teams of the tournament qualified for the world championship. Egypt won the tournament for the second time. [1] Kenya finished second. [2]
All rounds |
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Nairobi, Kenya |
Kasarani Indoor Arena |
Capacity: 5,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
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1 | Egypt | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12.000 | 318 | 220 | 1.445 |
2 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2.500 | 340 | 276 | 1.232 |
3 | Rwanda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 317 | 303 | 1.046 |
4 | Botswana | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0.273 | 268 | 340 | 0.788 |
5 | Senegal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 256 | 360 | 0.711 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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23 Oct | --:-- | Rwanda | 3–1 | Senegal | 26–28 | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–19 | 101–78 | ||
23 Oct | --:-- | Botswana | 0–3 | Kenya | 14–25 | 29–31 | 19–25 | 62–81 | |||
24 Oct | --:-- | Senegal | 2–3 | Botswana | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 13–15 | 109–109 | |
24 Oct | --:-- | Kenya | 1–3 | Egypt | 25–18 | 23–25 | 20–25 | 18–25 | 86–93 | ||
25 Oct | --:-- | Egypt | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–21 | 75–52 | |||
25 Oct | --:-- | Kenya | 3–0 | Senegal | 25–17 | 25–7 | 25–8 | 75–32 | |||
26 Oct | --:-- | Rwanda | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–16 | 25–19 | 25–17 | 75–52 | |||
26 Oct | --:-- | Senegal | 0–3 | Egypt | 15–25 | 6–25 | 16–25 | 37–75 | |||
27 Oct | --:-- | Botswana | 0–3 | Egypt | 16–25 | 10–25 | 19–25 | 45–75 | |||
27 Oct | --:-- | Kenya | 3–1 | Rwanda | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–19 | 98–89 |
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