2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship
# 2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship

The 2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship was held in Cairo, Egypt, from August 01 to August 06, 2003.

## Teams

* Algeria
* DR Congo
* Cameroon
* Egypt
* Morocco
* South Africa
* Rwanda
* Tunisia

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 185 | 1.341 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 247 | 198 | 1.247 | Semifinals |
| 3 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 195 | 235 | 0.830 | |
| 4 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 178 | 250 | 0.712 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 01 Aug | DR Congo | 3–1 | Rwanda | 25–20 | 25–27 | 25–17 | 25–21 | 100–85 |
| 01 Aug | Egypt | 3–1 | Tunisia | 26–24 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 28-26 | 98–97 |
| 02 Aug | Tunisia | 3-0 | DR Congo | 25-13 | 25-17 | 25-16 | | 75–46 |
| 02 Aug | Egypt | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25-09 | 25-15 | 25–15 | | 75–39 |
| 03 Aug | Egypt | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–19 | 25–11 | 25–19 | | 75-49 |
| 03 Aug | Tunisia | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | 75–56 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 280 | 254 | 1.102 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 250 | 210 | 1.190 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 216 | 234 | 0.923 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 179 | 225 | 0.796 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 01 Aug | Cameroon | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–53 |
| 01 Aug | Algeria | 3–0 | South Africa | 27-25 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | | 77–66 |
| 02 Aug | Morocco | 3–0 | South Africa | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–23 | | | 75–62 |
| 02 Aug | Algeria | 3–2 | Cameroon | 25–19 | 20-25 | 25-16 | 19–25 | 17-15 | 106–100 |
| 03 Aug | Algeria | 3–1 | Morocco | 25–20 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25-19 | | 97–88 |
| 03 Aug | Cameroon | 3–0 | South Africa | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–22 | | | 75–51 |

## Knockout stage

### Seventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Aug | | South Africa | 3-2 | Rwanda | 26-28 | 25–16 | 25–16 | 20–25 | 15-11 | 111–96 | |

### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Aug | | Morocco | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–18 | 25–11 | 27–25 | | | 77–54 | |

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 05 – Cairo | August 05 – Cairo |
| Tunisia | 3 |
| Tunisia | 3 | August 06 – Cairo | August 06 – Cairo |
| Algeria | 1 | August 06 – Cairo | August 06 – Cairo |
| Algeria | 1 | Egypt | 0 |
| August 05 – Cairo | August 05 – Cairo | | Egypt | 0 |
| August 05 – Cairo | August 05 – Cairo | Tunisia | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | Tunisia | 3 |
| Cameroon | 1 | | |
| Cameroon | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | August 06 – Cairo | August 06 – Cairo |
| | | Algeria | 0 |
| | | Cameroon | 3 |

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Aug | | Tunisia | 3–1 | Algeria | 29-31 | 25-22 | 25-22 | 25–16 | | 104–91 | |
| 05 Aug | | Egypt | 3–1 | Cameroon | 25–15 | 25–18 | 28-30 | 25-21 | | 103–84 | |

**Bronze medal match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Aug | | Algeria | 0–3 | Cameroon | 20-25 | 17-25 | 23-25 | | | 60-75 | |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Aug | | Egypt | 0–3 | Tunisia | 19–25 | 24–26 | 25–27 | | | 68–78 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Tunisia |
| | Egypt |
| | Cameroon |
| 4 | Algeria |
| 5 | Morocco |
| 6 | DR Congo |
| 7 | South Africa |
| 8 | Rwanda |

* Qualified for the 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup
* 2003 Men's African champions
* Tunisia Eighth title

## Awards

* Best scorer: Noureddine Hfaiedh
* Best digger: Wael Alaydy
* Best spiker: Hamdy El-Safy
* Best blocker: Ndaki Mboulet
* Best server: Nanga Guy
* Best setter: Ghazi Guidara
* Best reception: Dif Hassan
