# 2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

The 2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup were a beach volleyball double-gender event. Teams representing African countries were split into groups of four, where an elimination bracket determined the 2 teams to advance to the next stage from the sub-zones. The winners of the event qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Men
### First round
#### Pool 1

* Pool 1 was contested in Tunis, Tunisia.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 7 Dec | Tunisia 1 | 2–0 | Morocco 2 | 21–15 | 21–15 | 42–30 |
| 7 Dec | Morocco 1 | 2–0 | Tunisia 1 | 21–19 | 25–23 | 46–42 |
| | Tunisia | 15–13 (GS) | Morocco | | | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Tunisia
* 2. Morocco
** Tunisia qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 2

* Pool 2 was contested in Kololi, Gambia.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 22 Nov | The Gambia 1 | 2–0 | Mali 2 | 21–16 | 21–14 | 42–30 |
| 22 Nov | The Gambia 2 | 2–0 | Mali 1 | 21–13 | 21–17 | 42–30 |
| 22 Nov | Sierra Leone 1 | 2–0 | Guinea 2 | 21–17 | 21–7 | 42–24 |
| 22 Nov | Sierra Leone 2 | 2–0 | Guinea 1 | 21–12 | 21–12 | 42–24 |
| 23 Nov | Mali 1 | 0–2 | Sierra Leone 2 | 17–21 | 16–21 | 33–42 |
| 23 Nov | Mali 2 | 0–2 | Sierra Leone 1 | 8–21 | 17–21 | 25–42 |
| 23 Nov | Guinea 1 | 0–2 | The Gambia 2 | 16–21 | 17–21 | 33–42 |
| 23 Nov | Guinea 2 | 0–2 | The Gambia 1 | 13–21 | 15–21 | 28–42 |
| 24 Nov | Mali 1 | 2–0 | Guinea 2 | 21–18 | 21–13 | 42–31 |
| 24 Nov | Mali 2 | 0–2 | Guinea 1 | 13–21 | 16–21 | 29–42 |
| | Mali | 15–7 (GS) | Guinea | | | |
| 24 Nov | The Gambia 1 | 2–0 | Sierra Leone 2 | 21–9 | 21–9 | 42–18 |
| 24 Nov | The Gambia 2 | 2–0 | Sierra Leone 1 | 21–11 | 21–13 | 42–24 |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. The Gambia
* 2. Sierra Leone
* 3. Mali
* 4. Guinea
** Gambia and Sierra Leone qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 3

* Pool 3 was contested in Accra, Ghana.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 3 Jan | Togo 1 | 2–0 | Ivory Coast 2 | 21–15 | 21–16 | 42–31 |
| 3 Jan | Togo 2 | 2–0 | Ivory Coast 1 | 21–09 | 21–09 | 42–18 |
| 4 jan | Ghana 1 | 2–0 | Togo 2 | 21–14 | 21–09 | 42–23 |
| 4 Jan | Ghana 2 | 2–0 | Togo 1 | 21–16 | 21–13 | 42–29 |
| 5 jan | Ghana 1 | 2–0 | Ivory Coast 2 | 21–06 | 21–05 | 42–11 |
| 5 Jan | Ghana 2 | 2–0 | Ivory Coast 1 | 21–12 | 21–13 | 42–25 |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Ghana
* 2. Togo
* 3. Ivory Coast
** Ghana and Togo qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 4

* Pool 4 was contested in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 11 Jan | Republic of the Congo 1 | 2–0 | Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 | 21–9 | 21–18 | 42–27 |
| 11 Jan | Republic of the Congo 2 | 0–2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 | 15–21 | 19–21 | 34–42 |
| | Republic of the Congo | 17–15 (GS) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Republic of the Congo
* 2. Democratic Republic of the Congo
* 3. Central African Republic
** Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 5

* Pool 5 was contested in Entebbe, Uganda.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 19 Dec | Kenya 2 | 2–1 | Sudan 1 | 21–17 | 15–21 | 18–16 | 54–54 |
| 19 Dec | Kenya 1 | 2–0 | Sudan 2 | 21–15 | 22–20 | | 43–35 |
| 19 Dec | Uganda 1 | 2–0 | Tanzania 2 | 21–16 | 21–9 | | 42–25 |
| 19 Dec | Uganda 2 | 0–2 | Tanzania 1 | 18–21 | 15–21 | | 33–42 |
| | Tanzania | 16–14 (GS) | Uganda | | | | |
| 20 Dec | Tanzania 1 | 2–0 | Kenya 2 | 21–19 | 21–18 | | 42–37 |
| 20 Dec | Tanzania 2 | 0–2 | Kenya 1 | 13–21 | 10–21 | | 23–42 |
| | Tanzania | 15–12 (GS) | Kenya | | | | |
| 20 Dec | Uganda 1 | 2–1 | Sudan 2 | 18–21 | 21–13 | 15–11 | 54–45 |
| 20 Dec | Uganda 2 | 0–2 | Sudan 1 | 17–21 | 12–21 | | 29–42 |
| | Uganda | 11–15 (GS) | Sudan | | | | |
| 21 Dec | Sudan 1 | 2–1 | Tanzania 2 | 21–8 | 18–21 | 15–7 | 54–36 |
| 21 Dec | Sudan 2 | 0–2 | Tanzania 1 | 15–21 | 13–21 | | 28–42 |
| | Sudan | 10–15 (GS) | Tanzania | | | | |
| 21 Dec | Kenya 1 | 2–0 | Uganda 2 | 21–12 | 21–10 | | 42–22 |
| 21 Dec | Kenya 2 | 2–0 | Uganda 1 | 21–19 | 21–13 | | 42–32 |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Tanzania
* 2. Kenya
* 3. Sudan
* 4. Uganda
** Tanzania and Kenya qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 6

* Pool 6 was contested in Massawa, Eritrea.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 17 jan | Rwanda 1 | 2–0 | Eritrea 2 | 21–7 | 21–16 | 42–23 |
| 17 Jan | Rwanda 2 | 2–0 | Eritrea 1 | 21–15 | 21–10 | 42–25 |
| 17 jan | Egypt 1 | 2–0 | Eritrea 2 | – | – | – |
| 17 Jan | Egypt 2 | 2–0 | Eritrea 1 | – | – | – |
| 18 jan | Rwanda 1 | 2–0 | South Sudan 2 | 21–9 | 21–7 | 42–16 |
| 18 Jan | Rwanda 2 | 2–0 | South Sudan 1 | 21–12 | 21–13 | 42–25 |
| 18 jan | Egypt 1 | 2–0 | South Sudan 2 | – | – | – |
| 18 Jan | Egypt 2 | 2–0 | South Sudan 1 | – | – | – |
| 19 jan | Rwanda 1 | 2–0 | Egypt 2 | 21–19 | 21–19 | 42–38 |
| 19 Jan | Rwanda 2 | 2–0 | Egypt 1 | 21–19 | 21–8 | 42–27 |
| 19 jan | South Sudan 1 | 2–0 | Eritrea 2 | 21–19 | 21–13 | 42–32 |
| 19 Jan | South Sudan 2 | 0–2 | Eritrea 1 | 13–21 | 15–21 | 28–42 |
| | South Sudan | 15–9 (GS) | Eritrea | | | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Rwanda
* 2. Egypt
* 3. South Sudan
* 4. Eritrea
** Rwanda and Egypt qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 7

* Pool 7 was contested in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 15 Dec | | Alfred–Larose | 2–0 | Ernesta–Marie | 21–10 | 21–18 | | 42–28 | |
| 15 Dec | | Moonisamy–Sauteur | 2–0 | Bijoux–Lozaique | 21–10 | 21–19 | | 42–29 | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Mauritius
* 2. Seychelles
** Mauritius qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 8 & 9

* Pool 8 & 9 was contested in Maputo, Mozambique.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 11 Jan | Mozambique 1 | 2–0 | Zimbabwe 2 | 21–7 | 21–5 | | 42–12 |
| 11 Jan | Mozambique 2 | 2–1 | Zimbabwe 1 | 21–15 | 15–21 | 15–6 | 51–42 |
| 11 Jan | Botswana 1 | – | Swaziland 2 | | | | |
| 11 Jan | Botswana 2 | – | Swaziland 1 | | | | |
| 12 Jan | Mozambique 1 | 2–0 | Zambia 2 | 21–16 | 21–12 | | 42–28 |
| 12 Jan | Mozambique 2 | 2–0 | Zambia 1 | 21–11 | 21–11 | | 42–22 |
| 12 Jan | South Africa 1 | 2–1 | Botswana 2 | 21–15 | 15–21 | 15–10 | 51–46 |
| 12 Jan | South Africa 2 | 2–0 | Botswana 1 | 21–18 | 21–10 | | 42–28 |
| 13 Jan | Zambia 1 | 2–1 | Zimbabwe 2 | 13–21 | 27–25 | 15–10 | 55–56 |
| 13 Jan | Zambia 2 | 2–0 | Zimbabwe 1 | 21–19 | 21–17 | | 42–36 |
| 13 Jan | Swaziland 1 | 0–2 | South Africa 2 | 11–21 | 14–21 | | 25–42 |
| 13 Jan | Swaziland 2 | 0–2 | South Africa 1 | 9–21 | 8–21 | | 17–21 |

##### Pool 8

* 1. Mozambique
* 2. Zambia
* 3. Zimbabwe
** Mozambique and Zambia qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

##### Pool 9

* 1. South Africa
* 2. Botswana
* 3. Swaziland
** South Africa and Botswana qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup

### Second round
#### Pool C

* Pool C was contested in Banjul, The Gambia.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 14 Mar | | The Gambia 1 | 2–0 | South Sudan 2 | 21–11 | 21–15 | | 42–26 | |
| 14 Mar | | The Gambia 2 | 2–0 | South Sudan 1 | 21–18 | 21–19 | | 42–37 | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. The Gambia
* 2. South Sudan
* 3. Botswana (withdraw)
* 4. Kenya (withdraw)
* 5. Mauritius (withdraw)
** Gambia and South Sudan qualified for final round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

### Final Round
## Women
### First round
#### Pool 3

* Pool 3 was contested in Accra, Ghana.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 3 Jan | Nigeria 1 | 2–0 | Benin 2 | 21–03 | 21–07 | 42–10 |
| 3 Jan | Nigeria 2 | 2–0 | Benin 1 | 21–17 | 21–16 | 42–33 |
| 4 Jan | Nigeria 1 | 2–0 | Ghana 2 | 21–14 | 21–19 | 42–33 |
| 4 Jan | Nigeria 2 | 2–0 | Ghana 1 | 21–12 | 21–11 | 42–23 |
| 4 Jan | Benin 1 | 2–0 | Ghana 2 | 21–17 | 21–17 | 42–34 |
| 4 Jan | Benin 2 | 0–2 | Ghana 1 | 10–21 | 08–21 | 18–42 |
| | Ghana | 18–16 (GS) | Benin | | | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Nigeria
* 2. Ghana
* 3. Benin
** Nigeria and Ghana qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 4

* Pool 4 was contested in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 11 Jan | | Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 | 2–0 | Republic of the Congo 2 | 21–10 | 21–18 | | 42–28 | |
| 11 Jan | | Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 | 2–1 | Republic of the Congo 1 | 21–23 | 21–10 | 15–9 | 57–42 | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Democratic Republic of the Congo
* 2. Republic of the Congo
** Democratic Republic of the Congo qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 6

* Pool 6 was contested in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 10 Jan | Tanzania 1 | 0–2 | Uganda 2 | 16–21 | 6–21 | | 22–42 |
| 10 Jan | Tanzania 2 | 0–2 | Uganda 1 | 14–21 | 8–21 | | 22–42 |
| 10 Jan | Kenya 1 | 2–1 | Rwanda 2 | 22–20 | 17–21 | 15–8 | 54–49 |
| 10 Jan | Kenya 2 | 0–2 | Rwanda 1 | 16–21 | 18–21 | | 34–42 |
| | Kenya | 13–15 (GS) | Rwanda | | | | |
| 11 Jan | Uganda 1 | 0–2 | Rwanda 2 | 10–21 | 14–21 | | 24–42 |
| 11 Jan | Uganda 2 | 0–2 | Rwanda 1 | 17–21 | 13–21 | | 30–42 |
| 11 Jan | Tanzania 1 | 0–2 | Kenya 2 | 17–21 | 5–21 | | 22–42 |
| 11 Jan | Tanzania 2 | 0–2 | Kenya 1 | 7–21 | 4–21 | | 11–42 |
| 12 Jan | Kenya 1 | 2–0 | Uganda 2 | 21–7 | 22–20 | | 43–27 |
| 12 Jan | Kenya 2 | 2–1 | Uganda 1 | 17–21 | 21–9 | 15–7 | 53–37 |
| 12 Jan | Rwanda 1 | 2–0 | Tanzania 2 | 21–4 | 21–5 | | 42–9 |
| 12 Jan | Rwanda 2 | 2–0 | Tanzania 1 | 21–9 | 21–8 | | 42–17 |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Rwanda
* 2. Kenya
* 3. Uganda
* 4. Tanzania
** Rwanda and Kenya qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 7

* Pool 7 was contested in Massawa, Eritrea.
| | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| Egypt 1 | 2–0 | Sudan 2 | 21–14 | 21–15 | 42–29 |
| Egypt 2 | 2–0 | Sudan 1 | 21–11 | 21–11 | 42–22 |
| Sudan 1 | 2–0 | Eritrea 2 | – | – | – |
| Sudan 2 | 2–1 | Eritrea 1 | – | – | – |
| Egypt 1 | 2–0 | Eritrea 2 | 21–6 | 21–8 | 42–14 |
| Egypt 2 | 2–0 | Eritrea 1 | 21–8 | 21–5 | 42–13 |
| Sudan 1 | 2–1 | South Sudan 2 | – | – | – |
| Sudan 2 | 2–0 | South Sudan 1 | – | – | – |
| Egypt 1 | 2–0 | South Sudan 2 | 21–8 | 21–5 | 42–13 |
| Egypt 2 | 2–0 | South Sudan 1 | 21–8 | 21–13 | 42–21 |
| Eritrea 1 | – | South Sudan 2 | – | – | – |
| Eritrea 2 | – | South Sudan 1 | – | – | – |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Egypt
* 2. Sudan
* 3. Eritrea
* 4. South Sudan
** Egypt and Sudan qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 8

* Pool 8 was contested in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 15 Dec | | Bonne–Cousin | 2–0 | Adeline–Nourrice | 21–17 | 21–7 | | 42–24 | |
| 15 Dec | | Chellumben–Letendrie | 2–0 | Sauer–Songoire | 21–14 | 21–9 | | 42–23 | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Mauritius
* 2. Seychelles
** Mauritius qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool 9 & 10

* Pool 9 & 10 was contested in Maputo, Mozambique.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 11 Jan | South Africa 1 | 2–0 | Swaziland 2 | 21–11 | 21–5 | | 42–16 |
| 11 Jan | South Africa 2 | 2–0 | Swaziland 1 | 21–4 | 21–4 | | 42–8 |
| 11 Jan | Zimbabwe 1 | 2–0 | Botswana 2 | 21–8 | 21–17 | | 42–25 |
| 11 Jan | Zimbabwe 2 | 2–0 | Botswana 1 | 21–8 | 21–19 | | 42–27 |
| 12 Jan | Mozambique 1 | 2–1 | South Africa 2 | 21–19 | 17–21 | 15–12 | 53–52 |
| 12 Jan | Mozambique 2 | 2–0 | South Africa 1 | 21–15 | 21–8 | | 42–23 |
| 12 Jan | Botswana 1 | 2–0 | Zambia 2 | 21–18 | 21–16 | | 42–34 |
| 12 Jan | Botswana 2 | 1–2 | Zambia 1 | 21–13 | 11–21 | 8–15 | 40–49 |
| | Botswana | 12–15 (GS) | Zambia | | | | |
| 13 Jan | Swaziland 1 | 0–2 | Mozambique 2 | 2–21 | 1–21 | | 3–42 |
| 13 Jan | Swaziland 2 | 0–2 | Mozambique 1 | 4–21 | 11–21 | | 15–42 |
| 13 Jan | Zambia 1 | 0–2 | Zimbabwe 2 | 10–21 | 19–21 | | 29–42 |
| 13 Jan | Zambia 2 | 0–2 | Zimbabwe 1 | 13–21 | 18–21 | | 31–42 |

##### Pool 9

* 1. Mozambique
* 2. South Africa
* 3. Swaziland
** Mozambique and South Africa qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

##### Pool 10

* 1. Zambia
* 2. Zimbabwe
* 3. Botswana
** Zambia and Zimbabwe qualified for second round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

### Second round
#### Pool C

* Pool C was contested in Abuja, Nigeria.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 7 Mar | | Nigeria 2 | 2–0 | Zambia 1 | 21–13 | 21–15 | | 42–28 | |
| 7 Mar | | Nigeria 1 | 2–0 | Zambia 2 | 21–8 | 21–14 | | 42–22 | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Nigeria
* 2. Zambia
* 3. Democratic Republic of the Congo (withdraw)
* 4. Cape Verde (withdraw)
* 5. Kenya (withdraw)
** Nigeria and Zambia qualified for final round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.

#### Pool D

* Pool D was contested in Entebbe, Uganda.
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 10 Mar | Uganda 2 | 1–2 | Mozambique 1 | 21–17 | 12–21 | 6–15 | 39–53 |
| 10 Mar | Mozambique 2 | 2–0 | Uganda 1 | 21–8 | 21–10 | | 42–18 |
| 10 Mar | Guinea 1 | 2–0 | Zimbabwe 2 | 21–10 | 21–15 | | 42–25 |
| 10 Mar | Guinea 2 | 0–2 | Zimbabwe 1 | 7–21 | 15–21 | | 22–42 |
| 10 Mar | Guinea | 17–15 (GS) | Zimbabwe | | | | |
| 10 Mar | Uganda 1 | 2–0 | Guinea 2 | 21–14 | 21–12 | | 42–26 |
| 10 Mar | Uganda 2 | 0–2 | Guinea 1 | 17–21 | 11–21 | | 28–42 |
| 10 Mar | Uganda | 9–15 (GS) | Guinea | | | | |
| 10 Mar | Egypt 1 | 2–0 | Mozambique 2 | 21–12 | 21–12 | | 42–24 |
| 11 Mar | Egypt 2 | 0–2 | Mozambique 1 | 19–21 | 19–21 | | 38–42 |
| 11 Mar | Egypt | 15–11 (GS) | Mozambique | | | | |

##### Final Ranking

* 1. Egypt
* 2. Mozambique
* 3. Guinea
* 4. Uganda
* 5. Zimbabwe
** Egypt and Mozambique qualified for final round of CAVB Beach Continental Cup.