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

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The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was a competition for two places at the finals in Japan.[1]

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

Pools composition[]

31 CAVB national teams entered the qualification.

First round[]

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

  •  Cameroon qualified to second round as host country in 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship.[3]
  • Tunisia and Algeria qualified to second round as top two FIVB ranking teams. Ranking as per August 7, 2017[4] was shown in brackets.
Rank Team
1  Tunisia (28)
2  Algeria (31)
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
 Algeria  Cape Verde  Ivory Coast  Cameroon  Egypt  Botswana  Seychelles
 Tunisia  Senegal  Ghana    Kenya    
   Gambia  Nigeria    Rwanda  Eswatini  Madagascar
     Uganda  
   
 Sudan  
   

Note: Burundi, Gambia, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Central African Republic, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from zonal qualification.

Second round[]

The second round is 2017 Women's African Nations championship which acts also as a qualifier for the 2018 FIVB World Championship. The top two teams from World ranking as of September 2017 and the host will direct qualify from first round. If the top two 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 Second round

Pool A[]

  • Venue: Algeria Bejaia, Algeria[5]
  • Dates: 9–10 September 2017, both matches in Bejaia
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Tunisia 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 192 188 1.021
2  Algeria 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 188 192 0.979
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Sep 18:00 Algeria  1–3  Tunisia 22–25 25–20 24–26 21–25   92–96 Report
10 Sep 18:00 Tunisia  3–1  Algeria 19–25 25–23 27–25 25–23   96–96 Report

Note: Tunisia and Algeria qualified to second round as top two FIVB ranking teams.

Pool B[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Senegal 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 49 1.531
2  Cape Verde 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 49 75 0.653
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Apr 19:00 Cape Verde  0–3  Senegal 13–25 20–25 16–25     49–75 Report

Pool C[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Nigeria 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 151 96 1.573
2  Ghana 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 131 151 0.868
3  Ivory Coast 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 132 167 0.790
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug   Ivory Coast  1–3  Ghana 17–25 16–25 25–16 18–25   76–91 Report
19 Aug   Ghana  0–3  Nigeria 16–25 17–25 7–25     40–75 Report
20 Aug   Ivory Coast  0–3  Nigeria 24–26 12–25 20–25     56–76 Report

Pool D[]

  • DR Congo qualified for the next round. Gabon and Central Africa Republic withdrew from qualification.
Rank Team
1  

Pool E[]

  • Venue: Kenya Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Dates: 28–30 July 2017
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kenya 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 145 1.552
2  Egypt 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 223 199 1.121
3  Uganda 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 184 248 0.742
4  Rwanda 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 238 278 0.856
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul   Rwanda  1–3  Egypt 18–25 25–21 23–25 20–25   86–96 Report
28 Jul   Kenya  3–0  Uganda 25–12 25–15 25–12     75–39 Report
29 Jul   Egypt  3–0  Uganda 25–14 25–12 25–12     75–38 Report
29 Jul   Rwanda  0–3  Kenya 22–25 16–25 16–25     54–75 Report
30 Jul   Uganda  3–2  Rwanda 23–25 19–25 25–16 25–23 15–9 107–98 Report
30 Jul   Egypt  0–3  Kenya 18–25 17–25 17–25     52–75 Report

Pool F[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Botswana 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 94 1.596
2   1 1 2 3 5 0.600 149 176 0.847
3  Eswatini 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 153 182 0.841
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 June     3–2  Eswatini 25–22 17–25 25–27 25–18 15–9 107–101 Report
1 July     0–3  Botswana 13–25 14–25 15–25     42–75 Report
2 July   Botswana  3–0  Eswatini 25–16 25–17 25–19     75–52 Report
  •   qualified to second round as the runners-up of zone but later withdrew.

Pool G[]

  • Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar withdrew from qualification

2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship[]

Main article: 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship
  • Venue: Cameroon Yaounde, Cameroon
  • Dates: 7–14 October 2017
  • The winner and runner-up qualified for the 2018 World Championship.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cameroon
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Senegal
5  Tunisia
6  Algeria
7  Nigeria
8  Botswana
9  
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

References[]

  1. ^ "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations" (PDF). FIVB. 24 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board". CAVB. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Cameroon to organise the 2017 Women's African Nations championship and World champs Qualifiers". CAVB. Retrieved 21 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women". FIVB.
  5. ^ "African Championship Qualifying Tournament". Algerian Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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