2021 Women's African Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Rwanda
CityKigali
Dates12–20 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament awards
MVPCameroon Christelle Tchoudjang Nana
Best SetterMorocco Alexandra Erhart
Best OHKenya Sharon Chepchumba
Best MBKenya Gladys Ekaru
Best LiberoMorocco Yousra Souidi

The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.[1]

Qualification

9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.

Means of qualification DatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation——1 Rwanda
2019 African Championship9–14 July 2019Egypt Cairo4 Cameroon
 Kenya
 Senegal
 Morocco
Zone 1 representatives——1 Tunisia
Zone 3 representatives——1 Nigeria
Zone 4 representatives——2 Burundi
 DR Congo
Total9

Pools composition

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.

Pool A Pool B
 Rwanda (Hosts)  Cameroon (1)
 Senegal (3)  Kenya (2)
 Morocco (6)  Burundi (–)
 Nigeria (–)  Tunisia (–)
 DR Congo (–)

Squads

Venue

Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali (Rwanda)
Kigali Arena / KGL Petit Stade / PTS
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: Unknown

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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.

Group stage

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Morocco 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 168 160 1.050 Semifinals
2  Nigeria 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 143 131 1.092
3  Senegal[lower-alpha 1] 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 109 150 0.727 Withdrew
4  Rwanda[lower-alpha 2] (H) 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 182 161 1.130 9th place
Source:
(H) Host nation
Notes:
  1. ↑  Rwanda was forfeited by FIVB because Rwanda illegally registered four foreigners without due process
  2. ↑  Senegal withdrew from the competition
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep14:00KGLNigeria  3–0  Senegal 25–1625–1825–22  75–56 
12 Sep18:00KGLRwanda  3–1  Morocco 25–1925–1832–3425–22 107–93 
13 Sep18:00KGLNigeria  0–3  Rwanda 22–2523–2523–25  68–75 
15 Sep14:00KGLSenegal  0–3  Morocco 23–2517–2513–25  53–75 
16 Sep[lower-alpha 1]18:00KGLRwanda  –  Senegal –––  0–0 
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]16:00KGLMorocco  –  Nigeria –––  0–0 
Notes
  1. 1 2 This match was canceled.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 153 1.471 Semifinals
2  Kenya 4 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 285 206 1.383
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 185 200 0.925 5th place
4  DR Congo 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 168 196 0.857
5  Burundi 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 117 225 0.520 7th place
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep12:00KGLBurundi  0–3  DR Congo 18–2515–2513–25  46–75 
12 Sep16:00KGLCameroon  3–0  Kenya 25–2025–2125–19  75–60 
13 Sep10:00KGLTunisia  0–3  Cameroon 15–2518–2517–25  50–75 
13 Sep12:00PTSDR Congo  0–3  Kenya 12–2512–2519–25  43–75 
15 Sep12:00KGLCameroon  3–0  Burundi 25–1525–1425–14  75–43 
15 Sep16:00KGLKenya  3–0  Tunisia 25–2025–1925–21  75–60 
16 Sep14:00KGLBurundi  0–3  Kenya 8–259–2511–25  28–75 
16 Sep16:00KGLDR Congo  0–3  Tunisia 17–2516–2517–25  50–75 
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]14:00KGLCameroon  –  DR Congo –––  0–0 
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]18:00KGLTunisia  –  Burundi –––  0–0 
Notes
  1. 1 2 This match was canceled.

Final round

5th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep14.00KGLTunisia  3–0  DR Congo 25–1725–1125–20  75–48 

Final Four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 
 Morocco0
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 Kenya3
 
 Kenya1
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 Cameroon3
 
 Cameroon3
 
 
 Nigeria0
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 September – Kigali
 
 
 Morocco3
 
 
 Nigeria0

Semifinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep10.00KGLMorocco  0–3  Kenya 12–2521–2511–25  44–75 
19 Sep12.00KGLCameroon  3–0  Nigeria 25–1335–3325–13  85–59 

3rd place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep16.00KGLMorocco  3–0  Nigeria 25–1925–1725–18  75–54 

Final

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep18.00KGLKenya  1–3  Cameroon 21–2523–2525–1523–25 92–90 

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Women's CAVB Championship: Nigeria, Cameroon know foe in pool A and B". Uche Dozie. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ↑ WoV (19 September 2021). "CAVB W: Cameroon is the African champion for the third time in a row". WorldofVolley. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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