# 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. Held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.

## Qualification

13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew.
| Means of qualification | Qualifier |
| Host Country | Cameroon |
| FIVB ranking | Tunisia |
| FIVB ranking | Algeria |
| Zone 2 | Senegal |
| Zone 2 | Cape Verde* |
| Zone 3 | Nigeria |
| Zone 3 | Ghana* |
| Zone 4 | DR Congo |
| Zone 5 | Kenya |
| Zone 5 | Egypt |
| Zone 6 | Botswana |
| Wild cards | Zambia* |
| Wild cards | Chad* |
* Withdrew.

## Venue

| Yaoundé, Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex | Yaoundé |
| Capacity: 5,200 | Yaoundé |

## Format

The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below).
The two best teams of each group progress to the second stage, the second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.

### 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

## Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 October 2017.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Cameroon | Tunisia |
| Algeria | Kenya |
| Botswana | DR Congo |
| Egypt | Senegal |
| | Nigeria |

## 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 | Cameroon (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 267 | 202 | 1.322 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 238 | 196 | 1.214 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 202 | 258 | 0.783 | Fifth place playoffs |
| 4 | Botswana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 194 | 245 | 0.792 | Fifth place playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 7 Oct | 19.00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–22 | 25–11 | 25–17 | | | 75–50 |
| 8 Oct | 18.00 | Algeria | 0–3 | Egypt | 12–25 | 17–25 | 14–25 | | | 43–75 |
| 9 Oct | 18.00 | Cameroon | 3–1 | Algeria | 25–20 | 25–9 | 17–25 | 25–10 | | 92–64 |
| 10 Oct | 14.00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–14 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–53 |
| 11 Oct | 12.00 | Botswana | 2–3 | Algeria | 25–14 | 21–25 | 25–16 | 12–25 | 8–15 | 91–95 |
| 11 Oct | 18.00 | Egypt | 1–3 | Cameroon | 25–20 | 28–30 | 17–25 | 18–25 | | 88–100 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Kenya | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 303 | 194 | 1.562 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Senegal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 326 | 312 | 1.045 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 312 | 286 | 1.091 | Fifth place playoffs |
| 4 | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 238 | 292 | 0.815 | Fifth place playoffs |
| 5 | DR Congo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 226 | 321 | 0.704 | 9th place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 7 Oct | 14.00 | Senegal | 3–1 | DR Congo | 25–21 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–15 | 96–82 |
| 7 Oct | 16.00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Nigeria | 25–16 | 25–8 | 25–10 | | 75–34 |
| 8 Oct | 14.00 | Nigeria | 1–3 | Tunisia | 25–19 | 20–25 | 10–25 | 11–25 | 66–94 |
| 8 Oct | 16.00 | Senegal | 0–3 | Kenya | 21–25 | 26–28 | 15–25 | | 62–78 |
| 9 Oct | 14.00 | Kenya | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–12 | | 75–44 |
| 9 Oct | 16.00 | Tunisia | 1–3 | Senegal | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 89–93 |
| 10 Oct | 16.00 | DR Congo | 0–3 | Nigeria | 19–25 | 14–25 | 15–25 | | 48–75 |
| 10 Oct | 18.00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Tunisia | 25–17 | 25–21 | 25–16 | | 75–54 |
| 11 Oct | 14.00 | Tunisia | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | 75–52 |
| 11 Oct | 16.00 | Nigeria | 0–3 | Senegal | 23–25 | 20–25 | 20–25 | | 63–75 |

## Final round

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

### Classification round

| Fifth place playoffs | Fifth place playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 13 October | 13 October |
| Algeria | 3 |
| Algeria | 3 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Nigeria | 1 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Nigeria | 1 | Algeria | 1 |
| 13 October | 13 October | | Algeria | 1 |
| 13 October | 13 October | Tunisia | 3 |
| Tunisia | 3 | Tunisia | 3 |
| Botswana | 0 | | |
| Botswana | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 14 October | 14 October |
| | | Nigeria | 3 |
| | | Botswana | 0 |

#### Fifth place playoffs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 12:00 | Algeria | 3–1 | Nigeria | 25–13 | 25–11 | 22–25 | 25–20 | | 97–69 | |
| 13 Oct | 14:00 | Tunisia | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–14 | | | 75–47 | |

#### Seventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Oct | 12:00 | Nigeria | 3–0 | Botswana | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–14 | | | 75–55 | |

#### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Oct | 14:00 | Algeria | 1–3 | Tunisia | 13–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 16–25 | | 75–98 | |

### Championship round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 13 October | 13 October |
| Cameroon | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Senegal | 0 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Senegal | 0 | Cameroon | 3 |
| 13 October | 13 October | | Cameroon | 3 |
| 13 October | 13 October | Kenya | 0 |
| Kenya | 3 | Kenya | 0 |
| Egypt | 0 | | |
| Egypt | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 October | 14 October |
| | | Senegal | 0 |
| | | Egypt | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 16:00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–23 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | | 75–64 | |
| 13 Oct | 18:00 | Cameroon | 3–0 | Senegal | 25–19 | 25–20 | 27–25 | | | 77–64 | |

#### Third place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Oct | 16:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Senegal | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–23 | | | 75–62 | |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Oct | 18:00 | Kenya | 0–3 | Cameroon | 22–25 | 19–25 | 27–29 | | | 68–79 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cameroon |
| | Kenya |
| | Egypt |
| 4 | Senegal |
| 5 | Tunisia |
| 6 | Algeria |
| 7 | Nigeria |
| 8 | Botswana |
| 9 | DR Congo |
* Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
* 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
* Cameroon 1st title
* 14–woman squad
* Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung, Christelle Nana Tchoudjang, Raïssa Nasser, Théorine Aboa Mbeza, Laetitia Moma Bassoko, Henriette Koulla, Berthrade Bikatal, Victoire L'or Ngon Ntame, Fawziya Abdoulkarim, Madeleine Bodo Essissima, Yolande Amana Guigolo, Emelda Piata Zessi, Odile Leopoldine Adiana Estelle, Odette Ahirnidi
* Head coach
* Jean-René Akono

## Individual awards

Source: CAVB.