2018 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship

2018 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	4–15 March
Teams	19 (from 1 confederation)
Champions	Al Ahly SC (9th title)
Runners-up	CF de Carthage
Tournament awards
MVP	Aya Elshamy (Al Ahly SC)
Best Setter	(CF de Carthage)
Best OH	(CF de Carthage)
Best MB	Trizah Atouka (Kenya Pipeline)
Best Libero	(Al Ahly SC)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Official website
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The 2018 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship was the 29th edition of the tournament organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). It took place between 4 and 15 of March and was held in Cairo, Egypt.

CF de Carthage started the competition as defending champions and reached the finals, where they were defeated 3–0 by Al Ahly SC. It was the ninth time Al Ahly won the Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship title.^[1]

Teams[]

The following 19 teams competed in the tournament:^[2]

Group stage[]

Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, groups thirds and fourths advance to the 8th–16th quarterfinals and groups fifth placed teams advance to the 17th–19th play-offs.

	Advanced to 1st–8th quarterfinals
	Advanced to 9th–16th quarterfinals
	Advanced to 17th–19th play-offs

Pool A[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Al Ahly SC	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	107	2.103
2		2	1	6	6	4	1.500	204	212	0.962
3		1	2	3	3	6	0.500	169	204	0.828
4		0	3	0	1	9	0.111	165	240	0.688

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
6 Mar	17:00	Al Ahly SC	3–0		25–7	25–12	25–16		75–35	Report
7 Mar	16:00		3–1		25–18	15–25	25–21	25–14	90–78	Report
8 Mar	19:00	Al Ahly SC	3–0		25–13	25–10	25–16		75–39	Report
9 Mar	14:00		0–3		22–25	18–25	14–25		54–75	Report
10 Mar	14:00		0–3		18–25	22–25	19–25		59–75	Report
10 Mar	19:00		0–3	Al Ahly SC	8–25	15–25	10–25		33–75	Report

Pool B[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	CF de Carthage	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	300	173	1.734
2		3	1	8	9	5	1.800	292	295	0.990
3		2	2	6	6	7	0.857	275	281	0.979
4		1	3	3	3	10	0.300	237	312	0.760
5		0	4	1	4	12	0.333	323	366	0.883

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Mar	10:00		3–1		18–25	25–21	25–20	25–21		93–87	Report
6 Mar	11:00		0–3	CF de Carthage	12–25	15–25	13–25			40–75	Report
7 Mar	13:00	CF de Carthage	3–0		25–17	25–20	25–9			75–46	Report
7 Mar	19:00		3–0		25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60	Report
8 Mar	16:00		0–3		16–25	16–25	22–25			54–75	Report
8 Mar	18:00		0–3	CF de Carthage	4–25	16–25	23–25			43–75	Report
9 Mar	13:00		3–2		26–24	11–25	21–25	25–20	15–12	98–106	Report
9 Mar	19:00		3–0		25–18	25–16	25–10			75–44	Report
10 Mar	15:00	CF de Carthage	3–0		25–13	25–16	25–15			75–44	Report
10 Mar	18:00		1–3		25–21	27–29	21–25	14–25		87–100	Report

Pool C[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kenya Pipeline	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	324	200	1.620
2	El Shams	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	291	206	1.413
3		2	2	6	7	6	1.167	255	292	0.873
4		1	3	3	3	9	0.333	227	282	0.805
5		0	4	0	0	12	0.000	184	301	0.611

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
6 Mar	12:00		3–0		25–22	25–23	25–18		75–63	Report
6 Mar	19:00	El Shams	0–3	Kenya Pipeline	23–25	22–25	21–25		66–75	Report
7 Mar	14:00		0–3		22–25	24–26	11–25		57–76	Report
7 Mar	17:00	El Shams	3–0		25–12	25–12	25–20		75–44	Report
8 Mar	14:00		1–3	Kenya Pipeline	7–25	26–24	13–25	15–25	61–99	Report
8 Mar	17:00		0–3	El Shams	21–25	14–25	17–25		52–75	Report
9 Mar	15:00		3–0		25–18	25–15	25–22		75–55	Report
9 Mar	17:00	Kenya Pipeline	3–0		25–6	25–10	25–13		75–29	Report
10 Mar	16:00		0–3	Kenya Pipeline	12–25	16–25	16–25		44–75	Report
10 Mar	17:00		0–3	El Shams	9–25	9–25	17–25		35–75	Report

Pool D[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		4	0	12	12	1	12.000	323	175	1.846
2		3	1	9	9	5	1.800	309	270	1.144
3		2	2	6	7	6	1.167	281	270	1.041
4		1	3	3	3	10	0.300	231	314	0.736
5		0	4	0	3	12	0.250	250	365	0.685

Date	Time	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
6 Mar	13:00	3–1	23–25	25–23	25–14	25–21	98–83	Report
6 Mar	18:00	3–1	25–21	21–25	25–22	25–21	96–89	Report
7 Mar	15:00	3–0	25–21	25–21	25–12		75–54	Report
7 Mar	18:00	3–0	25–10	25–15	25–15		75–40	Report
8 Mar	13:00	0–3	7–25	17–25	12–25		36–75	Report
8 Mar	15:00	0–3	15–25	15–25	13–25		43–75	Report
9 Mar	16:00	3–1	25–10	25–5	23–25	25–11	98–51	Report
9 Mar	18:00	3–0	25–15	25–15	25–15		75–45	Report
10 Mar	12:00	1–3	10–25	25–21	15–25	17–25	67–96	Report
10 Mar	13:00	0–3	16–25	17–25	15–25		48–75	Report

Knockout stage[]

17th to 19th place[]

17th–19th play-off		17th place match

			3

			1
	3

	2

17th–19th play-off[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	10:00		3–2		25–18	22–25	25–11	23–25	15–11	110–90	Report

17th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar			3–1		18–25	28–26	25–14	25–20		96–85	Report

9th to 16th place[]

13th place match		13th–16th Semifinals			9th–16th Quarterfinals			9th–12th Semifinals			9th place match

						3
						0
			0						3
			3						0
						3
						1
	0											3
	3											1
						3
						0
			3						3
15th place match				1						0		11th place match
	0					3						3
	3						0						2

9th–16th quarter-finals[]

Date	Time	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Mar	12:00	3–0	25–10	25–9	25–15		75–34	Report
12 Mar	14:00	3–0	25–14	25–9	25–19		75–42	Report
12 Mar	16:00	3–0	25–17	25–22	25–22		75–61	Report
12 Mar	18:00	3–1	25–11	25–20	17–25	25–15	92–71	Report

13th–16th semi-finals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	12:00		0–3		23–25	16–25	22–25			61–75	Report
13 Mar	14:00		3–1		28–26	25–14	23–25	25–21		101–86	Report

9th–12th semi-finals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	16:00		3–0		25–20	25–14	25–10			75–44	Report
13 Mar	18:00		3–0		25–17	25–22	25–14			75–53	Report

15th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	9:00		0–3		17–25	16–25	20–25			53–75	Report

13th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	11:00		0–3		20–25	20–25	18–25			58–75	Report

11th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	13:00		3–2		25–23	28–26	23–25	21–25	15–12	112–111	Report

9th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	10:00		3–1		25–11	25–19	16–25	25–18		91–73	Report

1st to 8th place[]

5th place match			5th–8th place playoffs			Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

							Al Ahly SC	3
								0
				1							Al Ahly SC	3
				3							Kenya Pipeline	1
							Kenya Pipeline	3
								2
		0													Al Ahly SC	3
		3													CF de Carthage	0
								3
								0
				3								1
7th place match				El Shams	1							CF de Carthage	3			3rd place match
		0					CF de Carthage	3							Kenya Pipeline	3
	El Shams	3						El Shams	1								2

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	13:00		3–0		25–11	25–17	26–24			76–52	Report
12 Mar	15:00	Kenya Pipeline	3–2		25–12	23–25	25–14	23–25	15–6	111–82	Report
12 Mar	17:00	CF de Carthage	3–1	El Sham	25–8	20–25	27–25	25–23		97–81	Report
12 Mar	19:00	Al Ahly SC	3–0		25–13	25–9	29–27			79–49	Report

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	13:00		1–3		21–25	25–21	23–25	22–25		91–96	Report
13 Mar	17:00		3–1	El Shams	25–8	20–25	27–25	25–23		97–81	Report

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mar	12:00		0–3	El Sham	19–25	26–28	22–25			67–78	Report

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mar	13:00		0–3		21–25	19–25	14–25			54–75	Report

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	15:00		1–3	CF de Carthage	15–25	25–22	23–25	21–25		84–97	Report
13 Mar	19:00	Al Ahly SC	3–1	Kenya Pipeline	22–25	25–16	25–19	25–8		97–68	Report

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mar	15:00	Kenya Pipeline	3–2		23–25	25–21	25–22	27–29	15–11	115–108	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mar	18:00	Al Ahly SC	3–0	CF de Carthage	25–9	29–27	25–8			79–44	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Al Ahly SC
	CF de Carthage
	Kenya Pipeline
4
5
6
7	El Shams
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

Source: CAVB.^[1]

Awards[]

MVP: Aya Elshamy (Al Ahly SC)
Best Blocker: Trizah Atouka (Kenya Pipeline)
Best Libero: (Al Ahly SC)
Best Receiver: Elizabeth Wanyama Nafula ()
Best Server: Farida Elaskalany (Al Ahly SC)
Best Setter: (CF de Carthage)
Best Spiker: (CF de Carthage)

Source: CAVB.^[3]

References[]

CAVB Knockout stage results.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Ahly claim ninth title in style against Carthage". CAVB. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "Teams". CAVB. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "Aya Elshamy awarded Women's African Club Champs MVP". CAVB. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "2018 Women's African Club Championship - Knockout stage results". CAVB. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

External links[]

Official website at CAVB
Results at Scoresway.com

[FNL-1] "Ahly claim ninth title in style against Carthage". CAVB. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[2] "Teams". CAVB. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[3] "Aya Elshamy awarded Women's African Club Champs MVP". CAVB. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[4] "2018 Women's African Club Championship - Knockout stage results". CAVB. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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