| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Egypt | 
| City | Cairo | 
| Dates | 20–24 February 2021 | 
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) | 
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) | 
| Champions |  Egypt  (5th title) | 
| Runners-up |  Cameroon | 
| Third place |  Morocco | 
| Fourth place |  DR Congo | 
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP |  Marawan El Safy | 
| Best Setter |  Anas Shawky | 
| Best Libero |  Stephanie Mana | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 | 
| Best spiker |  Driss Mostari | 
| Best blocker |  Derrick Deffo | 
| Best server |  Ahmed Abelazeem Mido | 
| Best receiver |  Abdelrahman El Hossini | 
The 2020 African Volleyball Championship U21 was held in Cairo, Egypt from 20 to 24 February 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.[1]
Egypt finished the 4-team round-robin tournament on top of the standing to clinch their fifth title.[2]
Qualification
5 CAVB under-21 national teams have registered to participate in the 2020 African Championship U21. But, Central African Republic later withdrew.[3]
 Egypt (Hosts) Egypt (Hosts)
 Central African Republic Central African Republic
 Cameroon Cameroon
 DR Congo DR Congo
 Morocco Morocco
Squads
Venue
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
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
Round robin
- All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 242 | 174 | 1.391 | 
| 2 |  Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 256 | 226 | 1.133 | 
| 3 |  Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 238 | 255 | 0.933 | 
| 4 |  DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 167 | 248 | 0.673 | 
Source: 
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb | 17:00 | Cameroon  | 3–1 |  Morocco | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 26–24 | 99–86 | P2 | |
| 20 Feb | 21:05 | Egypt  | 3–0 |  DR Congo | 25–9 | 25–18 | 25–11 | 75–38 | P2 | ||
| 22 Feb | 17:00 | DR Congo  | 1–3 |  Morocco | 25–22 | 20–25 | 12–25 | 24–26 | 81–98 | P2 | |
| 22 Feb | 20:00 | Egypt  | 3–1 |  Cameroon | 25–21 | 25–19 | 17–25 | 25–17 | 92–82 | P2 | |
| 24 Feb | 16:00 | DR Congo  | 0–3 |  Cameroon | 19–25 | 15–25 | 14–25 | 48–75 | P2 | ||
| 24 Feb | 19:00 | Egypt  | 3–0 |  Morocco | 25–14 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 75–54 | P2 | ||
Final standing
| 
 
 | 
 
 | 
Awards
- Most valuable player
 Marawan El Safy Marawan El Safy
 
- Best spiker
 Driss Mostari Driss Mostari
 
- Best blocker
 Derrick Deffo Derrick Deffo
 
- Best server
 Ahmed Abelazeem Mido Ahmed Abelazeem Mido
 
- Best setter
 Anas Shawky Anas Shawky
 
- Best receiver
 Abdelrahman El Hossini Abdelrahman El Hossini
 
- Best libero
 Stephanie Mana Stephanie Mana
 
References
- ↑ "Men's U21 Volleyball African Nations Championship's technical meeting set for Friday". CAVB. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Egypt crowned Men's U21 African Champions, Cameroon second, Morocco third". CAVB. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Four teams to fight for U21 African Nations Championship". CAVB. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
- African Volleyball Confederation – official website
- Squads
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.


