2008 African Volleyball Championship U19
# 2008 African Volleyball Championship U19

The 2008 African Volleyball Championship U19 was the tenth edition of the African Volleyball Championship U19. It was held in Cairo, Egypt, from December 21 to December 25, 2008. The top three teams will qualify for the 2009 Youth World Championship.

## Teams

* Algeria
* Burundi
* Egypt
* Libya
* Tunisia

## Competition system

The competition system of the 2008 African Championship U19 is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 4 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

### Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 12.000 | 322 | 217 | 1.484 |
| 2 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 277 | 220 | 1.259 |
| 3 | Algeria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 285 | 289 | 0.986 |
| 4 | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 265 | 313 | 0.847 |
| 5 | Libya | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 213 | 323 | 0.659 |

## Results

* All times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 Dec | 18:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Libya | 25–17 | 25–9 | 25–15 | | 75–41 | Report |
| 21 Dec | 20:00 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Algeria | 22–25 | 25–10 | 25–22 | 25-20 | 97–77 | Report |
| 22 Dec | 16:00 | Libya | 0–3 | Algeria | 22–25 | 17–25 | 14–25 | | 53–75 | Report |
| 22 Dec | 18:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Burundi | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | 75–48 | Report |
| 23 Dec | 16:00 | Burundi | 3–1 | Libya | 22–25 | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25-17 | 98–86 | Report |
| 23 Dec | 18:00 | Tunisia | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–20 | | 75–52 | Report |
| 24 Dec | 16:00 | Burundi | 0–3 | Tunisia | 23–25 | 19–25 | 13–25 | | 55–75 | Report |
| 24 Dec | 18:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Algeria | 25–22 | 25–17 | 25–17 | | 75–56 | Report |
| 25 Dec | 15:00 | Libya | 0–3 | Tunisia | 8–25 | 18–25 | 7–25 | | 33–75 | Report |
| 25 Dec | 18:00 | Algeria | 3–0 | Burundi | 25–18 | 25–21 | 27–25 | | 77–64 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Tunisia |
| | Egypt |
| | Algeria |
| 4 | Burundi |
| 5 | Libya |

* Qualified for the 2009 World Youth Championship
* 2008 African Youth champions
* Tunisia Sixth title

## Awards

* MVP: Ibrahim Besbes
* Best spiker: Innocent Irdukunda
* Best blocker: Mohamed Khatab
* Best server: Ahmed Elkotb
* Best setter: Mahdi Sammoud
* Best receiver: Saddem Hmissi
