# 2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship was played in Cairo, Egypt, from July 20 to 31, 2015. The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup.

## Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation:
* Algeria
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Egypt
* Kenya
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Rwanda
* Tunisia

## Venues

| Cairo | Cairo |
| Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex | Cairo |
| Capacity: 16,900 | Cairo |

## Format

The competition system of the 2015 Men's African Championship is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 4 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

## 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

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 261 | 195 | 1.338 | Championship round |
| 2 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 253 | 228 | 1.110 | Championship round |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 193 | 214 | 0.902 | 5th-8th classification |
| 4 | Botswana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 155 | 225 | 0.689 | 5th-8th classification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Jul | 20:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Kenya | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | Result |
| 23 Jul | 18:00 | Botswana | 0–3 | Algeria | 16–25 | 22–25 | 13–25 | | | 51–75 | Result |
| 24 Jul | 14:00 | Kenya | 0–3 | Algeria | 17–25 | 26–28 | 23–25 | | | 66–78 | Result |
| 24 Jul | 20:00 | Botswana | 0–3 | Egypt | 19–25 | 14–25 | 10–25 | | | 43–75 | Result |
| 25 Jul | 14:00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–19 | 25–19 | 25–23 | | | 75–61 | Result |
| 25 Jul | 20:00 | Algeria | 2–3 | Egypt | 26–24 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 25–22 | 10–15 | 100–111 | Result |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2.750 | 352 | 266 | 1.323 | Championship round |
| 2 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2.500 | 347 | 294 | 1.180 | Championship round |
| 3 | Cameroon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 340 | 324 | 1.049 | 5th-8th classification |
| 4 | Rwanda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 284 | 364 | 0.780 | 5th-8th classification |
| 5 | Mauritius | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 152 | 227 | 0.670 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Jul | 14:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Mauritius | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25—18 | | | 75–58 | Result |
| 22 Jul | 16:00 | Morocco | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–23 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–53 | Result |
| 23 Jul | 16:00 | Rwanda | 3–0 | Mauritius | 25–13 | 26–24 | 26–24 | | | 77–61 | Result |
| 23 Jul | 20:00 | Tunisia | 2–3 | Cameroon | 23–25 | 25–12 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 12–15 | 107–98 | Result |
| 24 Jul | 16:00 | Mauritius | 0–3 | Tunisia | 13–25 | 13–25 | 7–25 | | | 33–75 | Result |
| 24 Jul | 18:00 | Cameroon | 1–3 | Morocco | 18–25 | 25–21 | 28–30 | 21–25 | | 92–101 | Result |
| 25 Jul | 16:00 | Rwanda | 0–3 | Tunisia | 19–25 | 11–25 | 12–25 | | | 42–75 | Result |
| 25 Jul | 18:00 | Morocco | 3–0 | Mauritius | 28–26 | 25–11 | 25–17 | | | 78–54 | Result |
| 26 Jul | 18:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–17 | | | 75–58 | Result |
| 26 Jul | 20:00 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Morocco | 25–19 | 16–25 | 25–22 | 29–27 | | 95–93 | Result |

## Final round
### 5th–8th place

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 28 July | 28 July |
| Kenya | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 29 July | 29 July |
| Rwanda | 3 | 29 July | 29 July |
| Rwanda | 3 | Rwanda | 0 |
| 28 July | 28 July | | Rwanda | 0 |
| 28 July | 28 July | Cameroon | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 | Cameroon | 3 |
| Botswana | 0 | | |
| Botswana | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 29 July | 29 July |
| | | Kenya | 2 |
| | | Botswana | 3 |

#### Classification 5–8 places

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 12:00 | Kenya | 2–3 | Rwanda | 25–17 | 22–25 | 28–26 | 15–25 | 13–15 | 103–108 | Result |
| 28 Jul | 14:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–21 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–51 | Result |

#### Seventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Jul | 16:00 | Kenya | 2–3 | Botswana | 25–14 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 20–25 | 13–15 | 104–98 | Result |

#### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Jul | 18:00 | Rwanda | 0–3 | Cameroon | 19–25 | 23–25 | 22–25 | | | 64–75 | Result |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 28 July | 28 July |
| Egypt | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Morocco | 0 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Morocco | 0 | Egypt | 3 |
| 28 July | 28 July | | Egypt | 3 |
| 28 July | 28 July | Tunisia | 0 |
| Tunisia | 3 | Tunisia | 0 |
| Algeria | 2 | | |
| Algeria | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 July | 30 July |
| | | Morocco | 3 |
| | | Algeria | 1 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 16:00 | Tunisia | 3–2 | Algeria | 19–25 | 25–22 | 27–25 | 21–25 | 15–12 | 107–109 | Result |
| 28 Jul | 18:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–17 | 28–26 | 25–20 | | | 78–63 | Result |

#### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 15:00 | Morocco | 3–1 | Algeria | 21–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 96–85 | Result |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 17:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Tunisia | 26–24 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 76–63 | Result |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| | Morocco |
| 4 | Algeria |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | Rwanda |
| 7 | Botswana |
| 8 | Kenya |
| 9 | Mauritius |
* Qualified for the 2015 FIVB World Cup
* 2015 Men's African champions
* Egypt 8th title

## Awards

* MVP:
    Ahmed Abdelhay
* Best receiver:
    Mohamed Abdel Moneim
* Best spiker:
    Mohamed Al Hachdadi
* Best blocker:
    Mohamed Adel
* Best server:
    Abelhalim Abou
* Best setter:
    Amir Kerboua
* Best libero:
    Tayeb Korbosli