2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Women's African Volleyball Championship
Gender:	women
Continent:	Africa
Year:	2007
Host:	Kenya
City:	Nairobi
Dates:	5 – 11 September
Teams:	10
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	KEN
Title Number:	6
Mvp:	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba
Matches:	24
Last:	2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship
Next:	2009 Women's African Volleyball Championship

The 2007 Women's African Nations Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB). It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 11 September 2007.

Originally planned to be hosted by Uganda, the tournament changed hosts on 9 August 2007, when the CAVB announced Kenya as the hosts due to Uganda's venue not being ready in time for the tournament.^[1] Nairobi was selected as the city

Kenya won the championship defeating Algeria in the final, while Tunisia defeated Egypt to finish third.^[2]

Competing nations

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

Venue

Nairobi, Kenya
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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 top two teams in each group advance to the second stage, the remaining teams finish the tournament ranked (5th to 10th) according to the pool standing procedure (below).

In the second stage, the two best teams of each group progress to the semifinals, winners advance to the final and losers advance to the third place match.

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 4 September.^[3]

Group stage

• All times are East Africa Time .

Group B

Final round

• All times are East Africa Time .

Final

Final standing

Tournament winner qualify for the 2007 FIVB World Cup.^[2]

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10

Source: CAVB.^[2]

Awards

• MVP

Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba

• Best setter

Janet Wanja

• Best receiver

Nawal Mansouri

• Best digger

Milderd Odwako

• Best scorer

Nihel Ghoul

• Best spiker

Faïza Tsabet

• Best blocker

Ingy El-Shamy

• Best server

Mouni AbderrahimSource: CAVB.^[2]

References

• Official CAVB group stage standings.^[4]
• Official CAVB group stage results.^[5]
• CAVB semifinals report.^[6]
• CAVB final and 3rd place report.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenya Hosts the competition instead of Uganda . CAVB . 9 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070906104824/http://www.cavb.org/2007/08/09.html . 6 September 2007 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Kenya Wins the trophy and secured World Cup Berth . CAVB . 11 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831042243/http://www.cavb.org/2007_WAN_Championship/Kenya08.html . 31 August 2009 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: 10 teams compete for a World Cup slot . CAVB . 4 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831041906/http://www.cavb.org/2007_WAN_Championship/Kenya01.html . 31 August 2009 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: 2007 Women’s African Nations Championship - Pools standings . CAVB . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831041926/http://www.cavb.org/2007_WAN_Championship/Standings.html . 31 August 2009 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: 2007 Women’s African Nations Championship - Results Pool A and B . CAVB . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831042256/http://www.cavb.org/2007_WAN_Championship/Results.html . 31 August 2009 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Kenya and Algeria through to final . CAVB . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830234403/http://www.cavb.org/2007_WAN_Championship/Kenya07.html . 30 August 2009 . 24 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .