2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship

The 2005 Women's African Nations Championship was the 12th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. It was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8 to 15 September 2005.

2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Nigeria
City	Abuja
Dates	8 – 15 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Kenya (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tahani Toson
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
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Kenya won the championship defeating Nigeria in the final,^[1] while Egypt defeated Tunisia to finish third.^[2]

Competing nations

The following national teams have confirmed participation:^[3]

•   Botswana
•   Cameroon
•   Egypt
•   Ivory Coast
•   Kenya
•   Morocco
•   Nigeria
•   Tunisia

Venue

Abuja, Nigeria	Abuja
National Stadium indoor Hall
Capacity: 3,000

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 Abuja, Nigeria on 7 September 2005.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B
Nigeria	Egypt
Botswana	Kenya
Cameroon	Ivory Coast
Tunisia	Morocco

Group stage

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Nigeria	6	3	0				9	2	4.500
2	Tunisia	5	2	1				8	5	1.600
3	Cameroon	4	1	2	223	242	0.921	5	6	0.833
4	Botswana	3	0	3	151	225	0.671	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep		Nigeria	3–0	Botswana	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58
9 Sep		Tunisia	3–2	Cameroon	22–25	25–22	25–14	25–27	16–14	113–102
10 Sep		Tunisia	3–0	Botswana	25–12	25–7	25–20			75–39
10 Sep		Nigeria	3–0	Cameroon	25–17	25–15	25–14			75–46
11 Sep		Cameroon	3–0	Botswana	25–14	25–17	25–23			75–54
11 Sep		Nigeria	3–2	Tunisia	–	–	–	–	–	0–0

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kenya	6	3	0				9	1	9.000
2	Egypt	5	2	1				7	3	2.333
3	Morocco	4	1	2				3	6	0.500
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep		Egypt	3–0	Ivory Coast	25–4	25–10	25–10			75–24
9 Sep		Kenya	3–0	Morocco	25–12	25–11	26–24			76–47
10 Sep		Morocco	3–0	Ivory Coast	25–9	25–8	25–9			75–26
10 Sep		Kenya	3–1	Egypt	25–16	28–30	25–20	25–19		103–85
11 Sep		Kenya	3–0	Ivory Coast	–	–	–			0–0
11 Sep		Egypt	3–0	Morocco	–	–	–			0–0

Final round

	Semi finals				Final
	13 September
	Kenya	3
					15 September
	Tunisia	2
					Kenya	3
	13 September
					Nigeria	1
	Nigeria	3
	Egypt	1
					3rd place
					14 September
					Egypt	3
					Tunisia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep		Kenya	3–2	Tunisia	25–15	21–25	20–25	25–10	15–13	106–88
13 Sep		Nigeria	3–1	Egypt	25–17	20–25	25–23	26–24		96–89

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep		Botswana	3–0	Ivory Coast	25–9	25–12	25–16			75–37

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep		Cameroon	3–0	Morocco	25–20	25–12	25–20			75–52

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep		Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	22–25	25–27	25–21	25–17	15–9	112–99

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep		Kenya	3–1	Nigeria	19–25	25–22	25–21	25–17		94–85

Final standing

Rank Team     Kenya     Nigeria     Egypt 4   Tunisia 5   Cameroon 6   Morocco 7   Botswana 8   Ivory Coast Source: CAVB.^[1]^[2]

2005 Women's African Champions    Kenya 5th title

Awards

MVP   Tahani Toson Best Setter   Asma Ben Sheikh Best Receiver   Wafa Monter Best Digger   Arabia Rafrafi

Best Spiker   Nihel Ghoul Best Blocker   Ingy El-Shamy Best Server   Asma Ben Sheikh

Source: CAVB.^[1]

References

• CAVB semifinals report.^[4]
• CAVB 3rd to 8th place report.^[2]
• CAVB final report.^[1]

1. . CAVB. 15 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
2. . CAVB. 14 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
3. . CAVB. 7 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
4. . CAVB. 13 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

External links

• Results