2020 African Volleyball Championship U21

Volleyball competition held in Egypt
2020 African Volleyball Championship U21
Tournament details
Host nation Egypt
CityCairo
Dates20–24 February 2021
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt (5th title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Morocco
Fourth place DR Congo
Tournament awards
MVPEgypt Marawan El Safy
Best SetterEgypt Anas Shawky
Best LiberoCameroon Stephanie Mana
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Best spikerMorocco Driss Mostari
Best blockerCameroon Derrick Deffo
Best serverEgypt Ahmed Abelazeem Mido
Best receiverEgypt Abdelrahman El Hossini
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The 2020 African Volleyball Championship U21 was held in Cairo, Egypt from 20 to 24 February 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.[1]

Egypt finished the 4-team round-robin tournament on top of the standing to clinch their fifth title.[2]

Qualification

5 CAVB under-21 national teams have registered to participate in the 2020 African Championship U21. But, Central African Republic later withdrew.[3]

  •  Egypt (Hosts)
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Cameroon
  •  DR Congo
  •  Morocco

Squads

Venue

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Round robin

  • All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Egypt 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 242 174 1.391
2  Cameroon 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 256 226 1.133
3  Morocco 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 238 255 0.933
4  DR Congo 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 167 248 0.673
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Feb 17:00 Cameroon  3–1  Morocco 25–20 23–25 25–17 26–24   99–86 P2
20 Feb 21:05 Egypt  3–0  DR Congo 25–9 25–18 25–11     75–38 P2
22 Feb 17:00 DR Congo  1–3  Morocco 25–22 20–25 12–25 24–26   81–98 P2
22 Feb 20:00 Egypt  3–1  Cameroon 25–21 25–19 17–25 25–17   92–82 P2
24 Feb 16:00 DR Congo  0–3  Cameroon 19–25 15–25 14–25     48–75 P2
24 Feb 19:00 Egypt  3–0  Morocco 25–14 25–19 25–21     75–54 P2

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cameroon
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
4  DR Congo
Qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship
 2020 African Champions U21 

Egypt
5th title

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Egypt Marawan El Safy
  • Best spiker
    Morocco Driss Mostari
  • Best blocker
    Cameroon Derrick Deffo
  • Best server
    Egypt Ahmed Abelazeem Mido
  • Best setter
    Egypt Anas Shawky
  • Best receiver
    Egypt Abdelrahman El Hossini
  • Best libero
    Cameroon Stephanie Mana

References

  1. ^ "Men's U21 Volleyball African Nations Championship's technical meeting set for Friday". CAVB. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Egypt crowned Men's U21 African Champions, Cameroon second, Morocco third". CAVB. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Four teams to fight for U21 African Nations Championship". CAVB. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

External links

  • African Volleyball Confederation – official website
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