2024 Men's U20 African Nations Volleyball Championship

2024 Men's U20 African Nations Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Tunisia
CityTunis
Dates5–11 August
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Tunisia (11th title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Burundi
Tournament awards
MVPTunisia Wajih Moalla
Best SetterTunisia Fedi Ben Slimane
Best OHEgypt Hamza Awad
Tunisia Rasem Ksouda
Best MBMorocco Mohamed El Kouche
Egypt Youssef Elrassas
Best OPPTunisia Wajih Moalla
Best LiberoTunisia Omar Ghrab
Tournament statistics
Matches played10

The 2024 Men's U20 African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Men's U21 African Volleyball Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) for the men's under-20 national teams of Africa. It was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 5 to 11 August 2024.[1]

Four national teams took part in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.[2]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CAVB qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. The top three teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship in China as the CAVB representatives.

Tunisia won their eleventh title by beating Egypt 3–2 the final.[3] Morocco completed the podium after defeating Burundi in the third-place match.[4] Champions Tunisia, runners-up Egypt and third-place Morocco qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.

Host and venue

The African Volleyball Confederation awarded Tunisia the hosting rights for the tournament on 24 June 2024.[1] The competition took place in Tunis at the Al Machatel Hall, a venue located in the Baldevebe Nursery west of Belvedere Park.[5] The Al Machatel Hall had recently been inaugurated in July 2024.[6]

Preliminary round

All match times are in local times, TNT (UTC+1), as listed by CAVB.[7]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 246 162 1.519 Semi-final 1
2  Tunisia (H) 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 226 209 1.081 Semi-final 2
3  Morocco 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 178 198 0.899
4  Burundi 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 144 225 0.640 Semi-final 1
Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: 1) Matches won; 2) Points; 3) Sets Ratio; 4) Setpoints ratio; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Aug 15:00 Burundi  0–3  Egypt 9–25 13–25 18–25     40–75 Report
5 Aug 18:00 Tunisia  3–0  Morocco 25–20 25–19 25–18     75–57 Report
6 Aug 16:00 Egypt  3–0  Morocco 25–14 26–15 25–17     76–46 Report
6 Aug 18:00 Tunisia  3–0  Burundi 25–16 25–21 25–19     75–56 Report
7 Aug 18:00 Morocco  3–0  Burundi 25–17 26–15 25–16     76–48 Report
7 Aug 20:00 Egypt  3–1  Tunisia 21–25 25–15 25–16 25–20   96–76 Report

Final round

Semi-finalsFinal
9 August
 Egypt3
11 August
 Burundi0
 Egypt2
9 August
 Tunisia3
 Tunisia3
 Morocco0
Third-place match
10 August
 Burundi0
 Morocco3

Semi-finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Aug 16:00 Egypt  3–0  Burundi 25–10 25–20 25–18     75–48 Report
9 Aug 18:00 Tunisia  3–0  Morocco 25–17 25–19 25–21     75–57 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Aug 16:00 Burundi  0–3  Morocco 23–25 16–25 18–25     57–75 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Aug 16:00 Egypt  2–3  Tunisia 27–25 16–25 25–22 21–25 13–15 102–112 Report

Final standing

  Qualified for 2025 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship.

Individual awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Championnats d'Afrique des U18 et U20 Filles et Garçons en Tunisie 2024". African Volleyball Confederation. 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "البطولة الإفريقية للفتيات) دون سنة18 (والفتيان) دون20 سنة بتونس" [Girls' U18 and Boys' U20 African Championship in Tunisia] (in Arabic). Tunisian Volleyball Federation. 24 July 2024 – via Facebook.
  3. ^ "البطولة الافريقية للكرة الطائرة للاواسط : المنتخب التونسي يفوز على نظيره المصري ويتوج باللقب" [African Junior Volleyball Championship : Tunisian national team beats Egypt to win the title] (in Arabic). Radio Tunis. 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "البطولة الافريقية للكرة الطائرة لأقل من 20 سنة (ذكور) : المنتخب المغربي يفوز على البورندي وينهي المسابقة في المركز الثالث" [African Under-20 Volleyball Championship (Male) : Morocco wins against Burundi and finishes the competition in third place] (in Arabic). Radio Tunis. 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ "La Tunisie accueille les deux tournois du 02 au 12 août" (in French). Planète Sport. 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Infrastructure - Team sports hall in Belvédère inaugurated". Tunis: Tunis Afrique Presse. 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ African Volleyball Confederation [@CAVBPress] (4 August 2024). "Championnat d'Afrqiue des Nations U20 homme Tunisie; du 02 au 12 Aout 2024 U20 Calendar" (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Photos des Joueurs et Staff Technique Champions d'Afrique U20" (in French). Tunisian Volleyball Federation. 12 August 2024 – via Facebook.
  9. ^ "Championnat d'Afrqiue des Nations U20 Tunisie, 02-12 Aout 2024 Dream team". African Volleyball Confederation. 11 August 2024 – via Facebook.