2001 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship

2001 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Sousse
Dates	7 May 2001 – 15 May 2001
Teams	17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1st title)
Runners-up	CS Sfaxien
	← 2000 2002 →

Last updated August 27, 2019

The 2001 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship was the 20th edition of African's premier club volleyball tournament held in Sousse, Tunisia.^[1]

The African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship is the most important men's competition for volleyball clubs in Africa organised by the African Volleyball Confederation.

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Sousse or Soussa is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. Its economy is based on transport equipment, processed food, olive oil, textiles, and tourism. It is home to the Université de Sousse.

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mai		Étoile du Sahel	3–0	CS Sfaxien	25–20	27–25	25–21			77–66

Squads

Étoile du Sahel
3-Slim Chebbi (c), 4-Makram Temimi, 5-Khaled Maâref, 6-Yosri Handous, 7-Chaker Ghezal, 8-Mohamed Ben Slimène, 9-Noureddine Hfaiedh, 10-Hichem Ben Romdhane, 11-Tarak Sammari, 12-Salem Mejri, and 14-Walid Abbès. Head Coach: Bahri Trabelsi.
CS Sfaxien
1-Ghazi Koubaâ (c), 2-Riadh Hedhili, 3-Foued Loukil, 5-Samir Sellami, 8-Houssem Ayadi, 9-Nassim Hadroug, 10-Mejdi Toumi, 12-Héctor Soto, 13-Jawhar Ben Abdallah, and 16-Zied Larguech. Head Coach: Foued Kammoun.

The Étoile Sportive du Sahel Volleyball Club (Arabic: نادى النجم الرياضى الساحلى للكرة الطائرة‎, often referred to as ESS) is one of Étoile du Sahel club's sections that represent the club in Tunisia and international volleyball competitions, the club team section based in Sousse since the year 1957.

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Chaker Ghezal is a former Tunisian male volleyball player. He was part of the Tunisia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He played with E.S. Sahel in 2004.

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References

↑ "ESS TV fête les 10 ans du premier sacre africain de la section !". ES Sahel. 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

External links

Official African Volleyball Confederation website

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[1] "ESS TV fête les 10 ans du premier sacre africain de la section !". ES Sahel. 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-11-24.