The U-23 women’s teams from Egypt and Kenya have qualified for the 2017 FIVB U-23 women’s World Championships, claiming the two spots allocated from the African Championship held last week in Kasarani, Kenya.
The Egyptian women won gold on the back of a 4-0 record, including a 3-1 win over Botswana in what had become theit gold-medal match (25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 25-19). Egyptian middle blocker Aya Ahmed was named the tournament MVP after 5 kills, 4 blocks, and a dig in the championship game.
The tournament included 5 nations in a round-robin format, so Egypt needed the last win against Botswana to finish 4-0 and ensure their tournament title. That run included a 3-1 upset over Kenya (18-25, 23-25, 20-25, 18-25) on the tournament’s second day.
Kenya locked up the second spot in the U-23 World Championships by beating Rwanda 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 25-19) in their final matchup of the day. The winner of that match was due to wind up in silver medal position.
Not participating in the tournament was a team from Cameroon, who represented the country at the 2016 Olympic Games.
The pair join 7 other teams previously qualified for the championships that will run from August 27th-September 3rd in Slovenia. The hosts Slovenia; Turkey and Italy out of Europe; Brazil, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba out of the Pan-American region; and now these two African nations.
Yet to be awarded are 2 qualifying spots from Asia. If China earns a spot based on that tournament, then the next-best FIVB-ranked team will go. Otherwise, China automatically qualifies as the defending champion.
Africa only had 1 qualifier in each of the first two editions of the U-23 World Championships. Kenya in 2013 and Egypt in 2015 each finished in last place in the tournament in the continent’s two previous appearances.
The all-tournament team:
Best Players
- BEST SERVER: (RWA) Seraphine Mukantambara
- BEST RECIEVER: (BOT) Kebabonye Phofedi
- BEST SETTER (KEN) Veronica Kilabat
- BEST ATTACKER (KEN) Wavinya Kiitha Yvonne
- BEST BLOCKER: (EGY) Farida Elaskalany
- BEST LIBERO:(EGY) Mariam Ahmed
- MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:(EGY) Ahmed Aya
Results
|
No |
Date |
Teams |
Set |
Result per set (points) |
Total |
Time |
Audience |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|||||||
|
1 |
23-Oct |
RWA-SEN |
3-1 |
26-28 |
25-17 |
25-14 |
25-19 |
|
101-78 |
1:39 |
200 |
|
2 |
23-Oct |
BOT-KEN |
0-3 |
14-25 |
29-31 |
19-25 |
|
|
62-81 |
1:49 |
300 |
|
3 |
24-Oct |
SEN-BOT |
2-3 |
23-25 |
25-22 |
25-22 |
23-25 |
13-15 |
109-109 |
2:16 |
400 |
|
4 |
24-Oct |
KEN-EGY |
1-3 |
25-18 |
23-25 |
20-25 |
18-25 |
|
86-93 |
2:22 |
700 |
|
5 |
25-Oct |
EGY-RWA |
3-0 |
25-14 |
25-17 |
25-21 |
|
|
75-52 |
2:32 |
200 |
|
6 |
25-Oct |
KEN-SEN |
3-0 |
25-17 |
25-7 |
25-8 |
|
|
75-32 |
1:08 |
400 |
|
7 |
26-Oct |
RWA-BOT |
3-0 |
25-16 |
25-19 |
25-17 |
|
|
75-52 |
1:17 |
200 |
|
8 |
26-Oct |
SEN-EGY |
0-3 |
15-25 |
6-25 |
16-25 |
|
|
37-75 |
1:06 |
200 |
|
9 |
27-Oct |
BOT-EGY |
0-3 |
16-25 |
10-25 |
19-25 |
|
|
45-75 |
1:14 |
300 |
|
10 |
27-Oct |
KEN-RWA |
3-1 |
25-23 |
23-25 |
25-22 |
25-19 |
|
98-89 |
2:37 |
900 |
Final Standings
|
Rk |
Code |
Team |
Points |
Matches |
Results Details |
Sets |
Points |
|||||||||||
|
Played |
Won |
Lost |
3-0 |
3-1 |
3-2 |
2-3 |
1-3 |
0-3 |
Won |
Lost |
Ratio |
Won |
Lost |
Ratio |
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|
1 |
EGY |
Egypt |
12 |
4 |
4 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
1 |
12.000 |
318 |
220 |
1.445 |
|
2 |
KEN |
Kenya |
9 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
10 |
4 |
2.500 |
340 |
276 |
1.232 |
|
3 |
RWA |
Rwanda |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1.000 |
317 |
303 |
1.046 |
|
4 |
BOT |
Botswana |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
11 |
0.273 |
268 |
340 |
0.788 |
|
5 |
SEN |
Senegal |
1 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
0.250 |
256 |
360 |
0.711 |
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