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2003 Women's African Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Dates	16 – 23 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tahani Toson
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
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The 2003 Women's African Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16 to 23 August 2003.

Egypt won the championship defeating Kenya in the final, while Cameroon defeated Algeria to finish third.

Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation:

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  DR Congo
•  Egypt
•  Kenya
•  Senegal
•  Seychelles
•  Tunisia

Venue

Nairobi, Kenya	Nairobi
Kasarani Indoor Arena
Capacity: 5,000

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 second stage is a knockout format, the top two teams in each group advance to the semifinals, third placed teams in each group play for 5th-6th and fourth placed teams in each group play for 7th-8th place. Winners of the semifinals play the final, while losers play for third and fourth places.

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points (win = 2 points, loss = 1 point)
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio

Pool composition

The drawing of lots was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 15 August 2003.

Pool A	Pool B
Kenya	Seychelles
DR Congo	Senegal
Tunisia	Cameroon
Egypt	Algeria

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	257	218	1.179	Semifinals
2	Kenya	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	254	200	1.270
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	201	202	0.995
4	DR Congo	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	133	225	0.591

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug		Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	29–27	25–18	25–21			79–66
16 Aug		DR Congo	0–3	Kenya	9–25	13–25	15–25			37–75
17 Aug		Tunisia	3–0	DR Congo	25–16	25–22	25–10			75–48
17 Aug		Kenya	2–3	Egypt	15–25	25–27	25–12	25–23	14–16	104–103
18 Aug		Egypt	3–0	DR Congo	25–21	25–16	25–11			75–48
18 Aug		Tunisia	0–3	Kenya	17–25	20–25	23–25			60–75

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	268	219	1.224	Semifinals
2	Algeria	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	250	227	1.101
3	Seychelles	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	206	223	0.924
4	Senegal	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	194	249	0.779

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug		Senegal	0–3	Algeria	25–27	16–25	10–25			51–77
16 Aug		Cameroon	3–0	Seychelles	25–13	25–18	25–20			75–51
17 Aug		Algeria	3–1	Seychelles	25–18	25–18	19–25	25–19		94–80
17 Aug		Senegal	1–3	Cameroon	22–25	25–22	23–25	19–25		89–97
18 Aug		Cameroon	3–1	Algeria	25–16	25–20	21–25	25–18		96–79
18 Aug		Seychelles	3–0	Senegal	25–22	25–19	25–13			75–54

Final round

	Semi finals				Final
	20 August
	Egypt	3
					23 August
	Algeria	2
					Egypt	3
	20 August
					Kenya	1
	Cameroon	0
	Kenya	3
					3rd place
					22 August
					Algeria	1
					Cameroon	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug		Egypt	3–2	Algeria	21–25	25–19	25–18	18–25	15–10	104–97	Report
20 Aug		Cameroon	0–3	Kenya	12–25	17–25	21–25			50–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug		DR Congo	3–2	Senegal	28–26	25–22	23–25	18–25	15–12	109–110	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug		Tunisia	3–0	Seychelles	26–24	25–18	30–28			81–70	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug		Algeria	1–3	Cameroon	22–25	16–25	25–20	20–25		83–95

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug		Egypt	3–1	Kenya	25–19	22–25	29–27	25–19		101–90

Final standing

Tournament winner qualify for the 2003 FIVB World Cup.

Rank Team  Egypt  Kenya  Cameroon 4  Algeria 5  Tunisia 6  Seychelles 7  DR Congo 8  Senegal Source: CAVB.

2003 Women's African champions  Egypt 3rd title

Awards

• MVP

  Tahani Toson

• Best setter

  Rose Beleng À Ngon

• Best receiver

  Mercy Wesutila

• Best defender

  Sara Talaat Aly

• Best scorer

  Tahani Toson

• Best attacker

  Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba

• Best blocker

  Lydia Oulmou

• Best server

  Arabia Rafrafi

Source: CAVB.

References

• CAVB group stage (first and second rounds) results.
• CAVB semifinals, 5th and 7th places matches report.
• CAVB final, 3rd, 5th and 7th places matches report.

1. ^ "Egypt won the trophy and qualified to World Cup". CAVB. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
2. ^ "Eight countries compete for World Cup spot". CAVB. 15 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
3. "Egypt defeated Kenya in early final". CAVB. 17 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
4. "Egypt and Kenya sweep to final". CAVB. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

External links

• Results

• Women's African Volleyball Championship
• 2003 in women's volleyball
• 2003 in African sport
• 2003 in Kenyan sport
• International volleyball competitions hosted by Kenya