# Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's African qualification

The African qualification tournament for the 2016 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 12 to 16 February 2016.

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Cameroon (hosts) | Botswana |
| Tunisia | Algeria |
| Kenya | Egypt |
| | Uganda |

## Venue

* Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé, Cameroon

## 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 | Kenya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 170 | 139 | 1.223 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 194 | 197 | 0.985 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 162 | 190 | 0.853 | 5th place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Feb | 18:00 | Cameroon | 3–2 | Tunisia | 25–20 | 25–20 | 29–31 | 21–25 | 15–6 | 114–101 | Report |
| 13 Feb | 18:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Kenya | 20–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | | | 60–75 | Report |
| 14 Feb | 18:00 | Kenya | 3–1 | Cameroon | 25–22 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 25–9 | | 95–79 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 243 | 189 | 1.286 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 237 | 193 | 1.228 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 202 | 251 | 0.805 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 198 | 247 | 0.802 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Feb | 13:00 | Uganda | 0–3 | Egypt | 12–25 | 18–25 | 19–25 | | | 49–75 | Report |
| 12 Feb | 15:00 | Algeria | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–10 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| 13 Feb | 14:00 | Uganda | 0–3 | Algeria | 22–25 | 14–25 | 12–25 | | | 48–75 | Report |
| 13 Feb | 16:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–21 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–51 | Report |
| 14 Feb | 14:00 | Botswana | 3–2 | Uganda | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 10–25 | 15–11 | 97–101 | Report |
| 14 Feb | 16:00 | Algeria | 3–1 | Egypt | 18–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | 93–87 | Report |

## Final round

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

### 5th–6th places

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Feb | 14:00 | Tunisia | 2–3 | Botswana | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–15 | 10–15 | 104–97 | Report |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 15 February | 15 February |
| Kenya | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 16 February | 16 February |
| Egypt | 3 | 16 February | 16 February |
| Egypt | 3 | Egypt | 2 |
| 15 February | 15 February | | Egypt | 2 |
| 15 February | 15 February | Cameroon | 3 |
| Algeria | 0 | Cameroon | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 | | |
| Cameroon | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 16 February | 16 February |
| | | Kenya | 3 |
| | | Algeria | 0 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Feb | 16:00 | Kenya | 2–3 | Egypt | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–16 | 20–25 | 17–19 | 110–109 | Report |
| 15 Feb | 18:00 | Algeria | 0–3 | Cameroon | 20–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 54–75 | Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Feb | 16:00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Algeria | 25–19 | 25–21 | 26–24 | | | 76–64 | Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Feb | 18:00 | Egypt | 2–3 | Cameroon | 14–25 | 27–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 7–15 | 96–113 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Cameroon | 2016 Olympic Games |
| 2 | Egypt | World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 3 | Kenya | World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 4 | Algeria | |
| 5 | Botswana | |
| 6 | Tunisia | |
| 7 | Uganda | |