2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB)

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The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for three places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.[1]

CAVB Board of Administration meeting of 25 May 2017 decided to merge the 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship and 2018 FIVB World Championship Continental Qualifiers. The top three teams from amongst the teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualified to represent Africa in the 2018 World Championship.[2]

Pools composition[]

32 CAVB national teams entered the qualification. But, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar later withdrew.

First round[]

There were seven confederation zonal competitions. The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. The winners of each competition competed in second round.

  •  Egypt qualified to second round as host country in 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship.[3]
  • Tunisia, Cameroon and Algeria qualified to second round as top three FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per 7 July 2017[4] are shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (24)
2  Cameroon (30)
3  Algeria (41)
Berths for second round
Zone Total
Pool A 1
Pool B 2
Pool C 2
Pool D 2
Pool E 2
Pool F 2
Pool G 1
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G
 Tunisia      Cameroon  Egypt    
 Algeria            
 Morocco      DR Congo      
 Libya        
     
   
   
 

Second round[]

The second round was 2017 African Championship which acted also as a qualifier for the 2018 World Championship. The top three teams from World ranking as of 7 July 2017[4] and the host directly qualified from first round. If the top three ranking teams have already qualified, the next best team from their pool would replace them in this round.

Pool standing procedure[]

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

First round[]

Qualified for the 2017 African Championship

Pool A[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Morocco 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 201 194 1.036
2  Algeria 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 200 191 1.047
3  Libya 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 176 192 0.917
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep 18:00 Algeria  3–1  Libya 25–20 19–25 25–22 25–21   94–88 Result
22 Sep 18:00 Morocco  3–1  Libya 23–25 25–21 25–21 25–21   98–88 Result
23 Sep 18:00 Algeria  2–3  Morocco 20–25 25–15 25–21 21–25 15–17 106–103 Result

Pool B[]

  • Cape Verde qualified for the 2017 African Championship. Gambia and Senegal withdrew from qualification.[5]
Rank Team
1  

Pool C[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1   3 0 9 9 2 4.500 268 210 1.276
2   2 1 6 7 3 2.333 224 218 1.028
3   1 2 3 4 7 0.571 240 246 0.976
4   0 3 0 1 9 0.111 185 243 0.761
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jul 17:00   3–1   25–17 25–16 17–25 25–17   92–75 Result
8 Jul 19:00   3–1   22–25 25–16 25–19 25–13   97–73 Result
9 Jul 16:30   3–0   25–21 25–22 25–22     75–65 Result
9 Jul 18:30   3–0   25–17 25–21 25–16     75–54 Result
10 Jul 14:00   3–0   26–24 25–17 25–15     76–56 Result
10 Jul 16:00   1–3   19–25 22–25 25–21 17–25   83–96 Result

Pool D[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  DR Congo 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 62 1.210
2   0 1 0 0 3 0.000 62 75 0.827
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May   DR Congo  3–0   25–23 25–21 25–18     75–62 Result

* Match on 20 May 2017 (Congo lead DR Congo 2–1: –, 25–22, 26–24) was abandoned due to insufficient light, and replayed the following day.

Pool E[]

  • Venue: Amahoro Indoor Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Dates: 22–24 July 2017
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1   2 1 7 8 4 2.000 281 243 1.156
2   2 1 6 7 4 1.750 260 233 1.116
3   2 1 5 7 5 1.400 268 253 1.059
4   0 3 0 0 9 0.000 145 225 0.644
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jul 16:00   3–2   26–24 25–21 17–25 24–26 15–12 107–108 Result
22 Jul 19:00   3–0   25–19 25–14 25–16     75–49 Result
23 Jul 16:00   3–1   25–23 25–17 19–25 25–21   94–86 Result
23 Jul 18:00   3–0   25–17 25–10 25–18     75–45 Result
24 Jul 16:00   0–3   13–25 18–25 20–25     51–75 Result
24 Jul 18:00   1–3   23–25 22–25 25–23 21–25   91–98 Result

Pool F[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1   2 0 5 6 2 3.000 201 184 1.092
2   1 1 4 5 3 1.667 175 173 1.012
3   0 2 0 0 6 0.000 148 167 0.886
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jun 17:00   3–0   25–23 25–21 25–20     75–64 Result
1 Jul 17:00   3–0   25–21 31–29 36–34     92–84 Result
2 Jul 17:00   3–2   25–21 25–20 22–25 22–25 15–9 109–100 Result
  •   qualified for the 2017 African Championship as the winners of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G[]

  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification.

2017 African Championship[]

Main article: 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tunisia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cameroon
4  Algeria
5  Morocco
6  
7  Libya
8  DR Congo
9  
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

References[]

  1. ^ "FIVB WCH 2018 Qualification overview Men" (PDF). FIVB. 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board". CAVB. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers". CAVB. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017)". FIVB. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Seleção de Cabo Verde apura-se para a segunda fase" (in Portuguese). Desporto. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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