2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification (CAVB)

The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for three places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.[1]

CAVB Board of Administration meeting of 25 May 2017 decided to merge the 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship and 2018 FIVB World Championship Continental Qualifiers. The top three teams from amongst the teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualified to represent Africa in the 2018 World Championship.[2]

Pools composition

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32 CAVB national teams entered the qualification. But, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar later withdrew.

First round

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There were seven confederation zonal competitions. The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. The winners of each competition competed in second round.

  •   Egypt qualified to second round as host country in 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship.[3]
  • Tunisia, Cameroon and Algeria qualified to second round as top three FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per 7 July 2017[4] are shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1   Tunisia (24)
2   Cameroon (30)
3   Algeria (41)
Berths for second round
Zone Total
Pool A 1
Pool B 2
Pool C 2
Pool D 2
Pool E 2
Pool F 2
Pool G 1
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
  Tunisia   Cape Verde   Niger   Cameroon   Egypt   Botswana   Seychelles
  Algeria   Senegal   Ivory Coast   Congo   Kenya   Mozambique   Mauritius
  Morocco   Gambia   Nigeria   DR Congo   Rwanda   Eswatini   Madagascar
  Libya   Ghana   Central African   South Sudan   Lesotho
  Gabon   Uganda   Malawi
  Burundi   Namibia
  Sudan   Zimbabwe
  Tanzania

Second round

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The second round was 2017 African Championship which acted also as a qualifier for the 2018 World Championship. The top three teams from World ranking as of 7 July 2017[4] and the host directly qualified from first round. If the top three ranking teams have already qualified, the next best team from their pool would replace them in this round.

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

First round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Morocco 2 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 201 194 1.036 2017 African Championship
2   Algeria 2 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 200 191 1.047
3   Libya 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 176 192 0.917
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep 18:00 Algeria   3–1   Libya 25–20 19–25 25–22 25–21   94–88 Result
22 Sep 18:00 Morocco   3–1   Libya 23–25 25–21 25–21 25–21   98–88 Result
23 Sep 18:00 Algeria   2–3   Morocco 20–25 25–15 25–21 21–25 15–17 106–103 Result

Pool B

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  • Cape Verde qualified for the 2017 African Championship. Gambia and Senegal withdrew from qualification.[5]
Rank Team Qualification
1   Cape Verde 2017 African Championship

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Ghana 3 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 268 210 1.276 2017 African Championship
2   Nigeria 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 224 218 1.028
3   Niger 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 240 246 0.976
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 185 243 0.761
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jul 17:00 Niger   3–1   Ivory Coast 25–17 25–16 17–25 25–17   92–75 Result
8 Jul 19:00 Ghana   3–1   Nigeria 22–25 25–16 25–19 25–13   97–73 Result
9 Jul 16:30 Nigeria   3–0   Niger 25–21 25–22 25–22     75–65 Result
9 Jul 18:30 Ghana   3–0   Ivory Coast 25–17 25–21 25–16     75–54 Result
10 Jul 14:00 Nigeria   3–0   Ivory Coast 26–24 25–17 25–15     76–56 Result
10 Jul 16:00 Niger   1–3   Ghana 19–25 22–25 25–21 17–25   83–96 Result

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   DR Congo 1 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 62 1.210 2017 African Championship
2   Congo 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 62 75 0.827
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May   DR Congo   3–0   Congo 25–23 25–21 25–18     75–62 Result

* Match on 20 May 2017 (Congo lead DR Congo 2–1: –, 25–22, 26–24) was abandoned due to insufficient light, and replayed the following day.

Pool E

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  • Venue:   Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Dates: 22–24 July 2017
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Kenya 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 281 243 1.156 2017 African Championship
2   Rwanda 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 260 233 1.116
3   Uganda 3 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 268 253 1.059
4   South Sudan 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 145 225 0.644
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jul 16:00 Uganda   3–2   Kenya 26–24 25–21 17–25 24–26 15–12 107–108 Result
22 Jul 19:00 Rwanda   3–0   South Sudan 25–19 25–14 25–16     75–49 Result
23 Jul 16:00 Rwanda   3–1   Uganda 25–23 25–17 19–25 25–21   94–86 Result
23 Jul 18:00 Kenya   3–0   South Sudan 25–17 25–10 25–18     75–45 Result
24 Jul 16:00 South Sudan   0–3   Uganda 13–25 18–25 20–25     51–75 Result
24 Jul 18:00 Rwanda   1–3   Kenya 23–25 22–25 25–23 21–25   91–98 Result

Pool F

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Mozambique 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 201 184 1.092 2017 African Championship
2   Botswana 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 175 173 1.012
3   Eswatini 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 148 167 0.886
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jun 17:00 Botswana   3–0   Eswatini 25–23 25–21 25–20     75–64 Result
1 Jul 17:00 Mozambique   3–0   Eswatini 25–21 31–29 36–34     92–84 Result
2 Jul 17:00 Mozambique   3–2   Botswana 25–21 25–20 22–25 22–25 15–9 109–100 Result
  •   Mozambique qualified for the 2017 African Championship as the winners of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G

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  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification.

2017 African Championship

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Rank Team
    Tunisia
    Egypt
    Cameroon
4   Algeria
5   Morocco
6   Rwanda
7   Libya
8   DR Congo
9   Ghana
10   Kenya
11   Botswana
12   Chad
13   Nigeria
14   Niger
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

References

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  1. ^ "FIVB WCH 2018 Qualification overview Men" (PDF). FIVB. 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board". CAVB. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers". CAVB. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017)". FIVB. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Seleção de Cabo Verde apura-se para a segunda fase" (in Portuguese). Desporto. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.