Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African qualification

The African qualification tournament for the 2008 men's Olympic volleyball tournament was held in Durban, South Africa, from 3 to 9 February 2008.

Venue

• Tongaat Hall, Durban, South Africa

Preliminary round

• All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Algeria	8	4	0	322	253	1.273	12	1	12.000
2	Cameroon	7	3	1	311	265	1.174	10	3	3.333
3	South Africa	6	2	2	340	357	0.952	6	9	0.667
4	Nigeria	5	1	3	307	346	0.887	5	10	0.500
5	Rwanda	4	0	4	294	353	0.833	2	12	0.167

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Feb	14:00	Nigeria	0–3	Algeria	19–25	13–25	20–25			52–75
03 Feb	19:30	South Africa	0–3	Cameroon	17–25	19–25	22–25			58–75
04 Feb	16:00	Rwanda	0–3	Cameroon	18–25	15–25	17–25			75–50
04 Feb	20:30	South Africa	3–2	Nigeria	25–20	18–25	25–19	26–28	15–10	109–102
05 Feb	16:00	Nigeria	3–1	Rwanda	17–25	25–22	25–23	25–17		92–87
05 Feb	20:00	Algeria	3–0	South Africa	25–18	25–20	26–24			76–62
06 Feb	16:00	Algeria	3–0	Rwanda	25–17	25–19	25–17			75–53
06 Feb	20:00	Cameroon	3–0	Nigeria	25–22	25–18	25–21			75–61
07 Feb	16:00	Algeria	3–1	Cameroon	25–21	25–21	21–25	25–19		96–86
07 Feb	20:00	South Africa	3–1	Rwanda	25–21	25–22	30–32	31–29		111–104

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Egypt	8	4	0	340	261	1.303	12	2	6.000
2	Tunisia	7	3	1	341	248	1.375	11	3	3.667
3	Morocco	6	2	2	263	236	1.114	6	6	1.000
4	Gabon	5	1	3	208	286	0.727	3	9	0.333
5	Mozambique	4	0	4	179	300	0.597	0	12	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Feb	12:00	Gabon	3–0	Mozambique	25–16	25–23	25–22			75–61
03 Feb	16:00	Morocco	0–3	Tunisia	18–25	20–25	16–25			54–75
04 Feb	14:00	Mozambique	0–3	Morocco	16–25	15–25	12–25			43–75
04 Feb	18:00	Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	27–25	29–27	20–25	23–25	16–14	115–116
05 Feb	14:00	Egypt	3–0	Gabon	25–14	25–21	25–10			75–45
05 Feb	18:00	Tunisia	3–0	Mozambique	25–13	25–9	25–12			75–34
06 Feb	14:00	Morocco	3–0	Gabon	25–11	25–19	25–13			75–43
06 Feb	18:00	Egypt	3–0	Mozambique	25–11	25–12	25–18			75–41
07 Feb	14:00	Tunisia	3–0	Gabon	25–15	25–15	25–15			75–45
07 Feb	18:00	Egypt	3–0	Morocco	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59

Final round

• All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	8 February
	Algeria	3
	Tunisia	2
					9 February
					Algeria	2
					Egypt	3
					3rd place match
	8 February			9 February
	Egypt	3		Tunisia	2
	Cameroon	1			Cameroon	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Feb	18:00	Algeria	3–2	Tunisia	22–25	25–22	25–22	20–25	15–8	107–102
08 Feb	20:00	Egypt	3–1	Cameroon	19–25	25–23	25–21	28–26		97–95

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Feb	13:00	Tunisia	2–3	Cameroon	25–20	25–22	18–25	22–25	14–16	104–108

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Feb	15:00	Algeria	2–3	Egypt	24–26	20–25	27–25	25–22	9–15	105–113

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Algeria
3	Cameroon
4	Tunisia
5	Morocco
	South Africa
7	Gabon
	Nigeria
9	Mozambique
	Rwanda

	Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games
	Qualified for the World Olympic Qualification Tournament

External links

• Results at Todor66.com