The 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 7 to 14 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.
Qualification 16 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship. originally qualified, but declined to enter.
Means of qualificationDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)Host nation12019 African Championship21–28 July 2019 Tunis5Zone 2 representatives 1Zone 3 representatives 3Zone 4 representatives 1Zone 5 representatives 5Total16
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 10 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 6 September 2021.
Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) (1) (2) (4) (–) (–) (8) (5) (9) (–) (–) (–) (–) (–) (–) (–)
Squads
Venue KigaliKigali ArenaPetit Stade AmahoroCapacity: 10,000Capacity: 3,000
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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 All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A
The confederation has decided to postpone the match between and , originally scheduled for 10 September at 10:00, in consideration of the health and safety of players and coaches. The match was rescheduled for 10 September at 16:00 after COVID-19 tests for Burundi team were negative.
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
The confederation has decided to remove from the ongoing tournament for having failed to comply with their financial obligations. Their games were forfeited and will receive zero classification point.
Final round All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).
9th–16th places
9th–16th quarterfinals
13th–16th semifinals
9th–12th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Final eight Bracket
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Qualified for the 2022 World Championship
14–man rosterYassine Kassis, Ahmed Kadhi, Khaled Ben Slimene, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Elyes Karamosli, Omar Agrebi, Hamza Nagga, Ismaïl Moalla, Mehdi Ben Cheikh (c), Selim Mbareki, Wassim Ben Tara, Mohamed Ayech, Ali Bongui, Saddem HmissiHead coach Antonio Giacobbe
Awards
Most valuable player Mohamed Al Hachdadi Best attacker Wassim Ben Tara Best blocker Christian Voukeng Mbativou Best server Yvan Arthur Kody Best setter Khaled Ben Slimene Best receiver Zouheir El Graoui Best libero Mohamed Reda
See also 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website