The 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the

Men's African Volleyball Championship The African Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Africa, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation ( CAVB). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1 ...

, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament was held in

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from 7 to 14 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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as the CAVB representatives.

Qualification

16 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship. * originally qualified, but declined to enter.

Pools composition

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the

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. The 10 remaining teams were drawn in

on 6 September 2021.

Squads

Venue

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # 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.

Group stage

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

* The confederation has decided to postpone the match between and , originally scheduled for 10 September at 10:00, in consideration of the health and safety of players and coaches. The match was rescheduled for 10 September at 16:00 after COVID-19 tests for Burundi team were negative.

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

* The confederation has decided to remove from the ongoing tournament for having failed to comply with their financial obligations. Their games were forfeited and will receive zero classification point.

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+02:00).

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Mohamed Al Hachdadi *Best attacker *: Wassim Ben Tara *Best blocker *: Christian Voukeng Mbativou *Best server *: Yvan Arthur Kody *Best setter *:

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*Best receiver *: Zouheir El Graoui *Best libero *: Mohamed Reda

References

External links

Official website
{{African Volleyball Championship 2019 Men African Men's Volleyball Championship

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