2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament.
2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Nigeria
CityLagos
Dates29 January – 3 February
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Egypt (10th title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Rwanda
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Official website
Lagos 2024

The 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The defending champions are Egypt. Egypt successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Morocco.[1]

Host selection

Lagos, Nigeria was given the hosting rights.

Qualified teams

Eight countries originally entered for this championship, but Zimbabwe withdrew right before the tournament started.

Venue

The venue is the Teslim Balogun Stadium, near the National Stadium in Lagos.[2]

Lagos
Teslim Balogun Stadium
Capacity: unknown

Squads

Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.

Draw

The draw took place on 6 January 2024 in Rabat, Morocco.[3][4]

Format

The seven teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group stage

Pool A

  • All times are local.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 122 1.844 Semifinals
2  Morocco 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 217 191 1.136
3  Kenya 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 233 268 0.869 Fifth place match
4  Nigeria (H) 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 167 261 0.640
Source: Report
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jan 17:30 Nigeria  2–3  Kenya 22–25 13–25 25–23 25–23 12–15 97–111 [5]
30 Jan 17:00 Egypt  3–0  Morocco 25–17 25–20 25–9     75–46 [5]
31 Jan 10:15 Morocco  3–0  Nigeria 25–14 25–11 25–14     75–39 [5]
31 Jan 15:00 Egypt  3–0  Kenya 25–14 25–23 25–8     75–45 [5]
1 Feb 10:15 Egypt  3–0  Nigeria 25–11 25–10 25–10     75–31 [5]
1 Feb 17:00 Morocco  3–1  Kenya 25–21 21–25 25–14 25–17   96–77 [5]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Rwanda 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 76 1.974 Semifinals
2  Algeria 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 119 111 1.072
3  Libya 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 68 150 0.453 Fifth place match
4  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Withdrew
Source: Report
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jan 10:00 Rwanda  3–0  Algeria 25–13 25–20 25–11     75–44 [5]
31 Jan 17:00 Algeria  3–0  Libya 25–15 25–6 25–15     75–36 [5]
1 Feb 15:00 Rwanda  3–0  Libya 25–9 25–10 25–13     75–32 [5]

Knockout stage

 
Semi finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February
 
 
 Egypt3
 
3 February
 
 Algeria0
 
 Egypt3
 
2 February
 
 Morocco0
 
 Rwanda2
 
 
 Morocco3
 
Third place
 
 
3 February
 
 
 Algeria0
 
 
 Rwanda3

Semi finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Feb 15:00 Egypt  3–0  Algeria 25–11 25–8 25–12     75–31 [5]
2 Feb 17:00 Rwanda  2–3  Morocco 25–23 21–25 25–19 22–25 10–15 103–107 [5]

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Feb 10:00  Algeria 0–3  Rwanda 18–25 12–25 16–25     46–75 [5]

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Feb 17:30  Egypt 3–0  Morocco 25–13 25–11 25–16     75–40 [5]

Fifth place match

 
5th place
 
  
 
2 February
 
 
 Kenya3
 
 
 Libya0
 
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Feb 10:00 Kenya  3–0  Libya 25–22 25–14 25–13     75–49 [5]

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Egypt
 Morocco
 Rwanda
4  Algeria
5  Kenya
6  Libya
7  Nigeria
Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rwanda, Egypt retain African crowns with unbeaten records < World ParaVolley". February 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Nigeria To Host 2024 Paralympic Games Qualifier". Leadership. January 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Drawing of Lots sets countdown for African Zone Championships < World ParaVolley". January 2, 2024.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/ParaVolley/status/1743678832081768736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Escreen-name%3AParaVolley%7Ctwcon%5Es1
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball Africa Zone Championships < World ParaVolley".