# 2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). The tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 21 to 28 July 2019.

## Qualification

10 teams have registered to participate in the 2019 African Championship.
| Means of qualification | Qualifier |
| Host Country | Tunisia |
| FIVB World Ranking | Egypt |
| FIVB World Ranking | Cameroon |
| FIVB World Ranking | Algeria |
| Zone 1 | Morocco |
| Zone 4 | Chad |
| Zone 4 | DR Congo |
| Zone 4 | Congo |
| Zone 5 | Burundi |
| Zone 6 | Botswana |

## Pools composition

The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 20 July 2019.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Tunisia (Hosts) | Cameroon |
| Algeria | Egypt |
| DR Congo | Congo |
| Chad | Morocco |
| Botswana | Burundi |

## Venue

| Tunis | TunisTunis (Tunisia) |
| El Menzah Sports Palace | TunisTunis (Tunisia) |
| Capacity: 6,000 | TunisTunis (Tunisia) |

## 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

* All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 301 | 185 | 1.627 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Algeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 284 | 214 | 1.327 | Semifinals |
| 3 | DR Congo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 270 | 285 | 0.947 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Chad | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0.364 | 278 | 342 | 0.813 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Botswana | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.167 | 227 | 334 | 0.680 | 9th place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Jul | 13:00 | DR Congo | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–11 | 25–18 | 25–14 | | | 75–43 | Result |
| 21 Jul | 20:00 | Tunisia | 3–0 | Chad | 25–15 | 25–11 | 25–11 | | | 75–37 | Result |
| 22 Jul | 17:30 | Algeria | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–16 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 22 Jul | 20:00 | Botswana | 0–3 | Tunisia | 14–25 | 24–26 | 6–25 | | | 44–76 | P2 |
| 23 Jul | 13:00 | Chad | 3–2 | Botswana | 22–25 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 15–8 | 108–96 | P2 |
| 23 Jul | 20:15 | Tunisia | 3–0 | Algeria | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | | 75–59 | P2 |
| 24 Jul | 15:00 | Algeria | 3–0 | Chad | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–13 | | | 75–41 | P2 |
| 24 Jul | 20:00 | DR Congo | 0–3 | Tunisia | 17–25 | 14–25 | 14–25 | | | 45–75 | P2 |
| 25 Jul | 15:00 | Chad | 1–3 | DR Congo | 21–25 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–27 | | 92–96 | P2 |
| 25 Jul | 18:10 | Botswana | 0–3 | Algeria | 20–25 | 13–25 | 11–25 | | | 44–75 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cameroon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 300 | 230 | 1.304 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 305 | 281 | 1.085 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Congo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 332 | 339 | 0.979 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Morocco | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0.500 | 356 | 344 | 1.035 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Burundi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0.167 | 246 | 345 | 0.713 | 9th place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 21 Jul | 15:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Congo | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–20 | | 75–64 | Result |
| 21 Jul | 17:00 | Egypt | 3–1 | Morocco | 25–20 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 30–28 | 103–96 | Result |
| 22 Jul | 13:00 | Morocco | 1–3 | Congo | 25–23 | 25–27 | 20–25 | 28–30 | 98–105 | P2 |
| 22 Jul | 15:45 | Egypt | 3–0 | Burundi | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–13 | | 75–42 | P2 |
| 23 Jul | 16:00 | Burundi | 1–3 | Morocco | 27–25 | 11–25 | 11–25 | 12–25 | 61–100 | P2 |
| 23 Jul | 18:20 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–18 | 25–13 | 25–19 | | 75–50 | P2 |
| 24 Jul | 13:00 | Burundi | 0–3 | Cameroon | 13–25 | 21–25 | 20–25 | | 54–75 | P2 |
| 24 Jul | 17:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Congo | 25–21 | 27–25 | 25–22 | | 77–68 | P2 |
| 25 Jul | 13:00 | Congo | 3–1 | Burundi | 20–25 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–22 | 95–89 | P2 |
| 25 Jul | 20:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–16 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | 75–62 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

### 9th–10th places
#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Jul | 10:00 | Botswana | 0–3 | Burundi | 16–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | | 52–75 | P2 |

### 5th–8th places

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 26 July | 26 July |
| Chad | 0 |
| Chad | 0 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Congo | 3 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Congo | 3 | Congo | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | | Congo | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | Morocco | 3 |
| DR Congo | 1 | Morocco | 3 |
| Morocco | 3 | | |
| Morocco | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 28 July | 28 July |
| | | Chad | 3 |
| | | DR Congo | 0 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Jul | 13:00 | Chad | 0–3 | Congo | 22–25 | 24–26 | 19–25 | | | 65–76 | P2 |
| 26 Jul | 15:00 | DR Congo | 1–3 | Morocco | 25–21 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 22–25 | | 87–96 | P2 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 13:00 | Chad | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | | | 75–0 | Forfeit |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 15:00 | Congo | 2–3 | Morocco | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 18–25 | 9–15 | 100–107 | P2 |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 26 July | 26 July |
| Tunisia | 3 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Egypt | 1 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Egypt | 1 | Tunisia | 3 |
| 26 July | 26 July | | Tunisia | 3 |
| 26 July | 26 July | Cameroon | 2 |
| Algeria | 0 | Cameroon | 2 |
| Cameroon | 3 | | |
| Cameroon | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 28 July | 28 July |
| | | Egypt | 1 |
| | | Algeria | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Jul | 17:20 | Algeria | 0–3 | Cameroon | 22–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 |
| 26 Jul | 19:20 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt | 18–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–17 | | 93–80 | P2 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 17:30 | Egypt | 1–3 | Algeria | 25–23 | 22–25 | 16–25 | 20–25 | | 83–98 | P2 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 20:00 | Tunisia | 3–2 | Cameroon | 23–25 | 25–20 | 26–24 | 21–25 | 15–13 | 110–107 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Tunisia |
| | Cameroon |
| | Algeria |
| 4 | Egypt |
| 5 | Morocco |
| 6 | Congo |
| 7 | Chad |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| 9 | Burundi |
| 10 | Botswana |
* Qualified for the 2020 Challenger Cup
* 2019 Men's African champions
* Tunisia 10th title
* 14–man roster
* Khaled Ben Slimene, Aymen Redissi, Hosni Karamosly (c), Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Elyes Karamosli, Hamza Nagga, Ismaïl Moalla, Aymen Karoui, Salim Mbarki, Haykel Jerbi, Mohamed Ayech, Chokri Jouini, Ali Bongui, Saddem Hmissi
* Head coach
* Antonio Giacobbe

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Hamza Nagga
* Best spiker
    Yvan Kody
* Best blocker
    Salim Mbarki
* Best server
    Didier Sali Hilé
* Best setter
    Ahmed Awal Mbutngam
* Best receiver
    Ismaïl Moalla
* Best libero
    Ilyes Achour