2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB) explained

The CAVB qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for three places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.[1]

CAVB Board of Administration meeting of 25 May 2017 decided to merge the 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship and 2018 FIVB World Championship Continental Qualifiers. The top three teams from amongst the teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualified to represent Africa in the 2018 World Championship.[2]

Pools composition

32 CAVB national teams entered the qualification. But, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar later withdrew.

First round

There were seven confederation zonal competitions. The teams were distributed according to their geographical positions. The winners of each competition competed in second round.

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1 (24)
2 (30)
3 (41)
Berths for second round
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Pool A1
Pool B2
Pool C2
Pool D2
Pool E2
Pool F2
Pool G1

Second round

The second round was 2017 African Championship which acted also as a qualifier for the 2018 World Championship. The top three teams from World ranking as of 7 July 2017[4] and the host directly qualified from first round. If the top three ranking teams have already qualified, the next best team from their pool would replace them in this round.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

First round

Pool A

Pool B

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12017 African Championship

Pool C

Pool D

* Match on 20 May 2017 (Congo lead DR Congo 2–1: –, 25–22, 26–24) was abandoned due to insufficient light, and replayed the following day.

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

2017 African Championship

See main article: 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIVB WCH 2018 Qualification overview Men . 22 May 2017 . FIVB.
  2. Web site: African Nations Championships to be merged with the World Championship qualifiers, CAVB Board . 26 May 2017 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912233712/http://www.cavb.org/pages.php?option=brows&id=1770&catid=20 . 12 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Egypt to host the 2017 Men's African Nations championship and WCH Qualifiers . 20 June 2017 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171013140804/http://www.cavb.org/pages.php?option=brows&id=1775&catid=20 . 13 October 2017.
  4. Web site: FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017) . 7 July 2017 . . 15 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Seleção de Cabo Verde apura-se para a segunda fase . 30 April 2017 . Desporto . pt . 15 June 2019 . 6 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181806/https://desporto.sapo.cv/modalidades/voleibol/artigos/selecao-de-cabo-verde-apura-se-para-a-segunda-fase . dead .

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