2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship

2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Kenya
Dates	20–27 October
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Aya Ahmed
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The 2016 Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship, it was held 20 to 27 October 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The tournament was organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, in association with Kenya Volleyball Association.

The tournament served as the African qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ljubljana, Slovenia which the top tow teams of the tournament qualified for the world championship. Egypt won the tournament for the second time.^[1] Kenya finished second.^[2]

Participated teams

Botswana
Egypt
Kenya (hosts)

Rwanda
Senegal

Venue

All rounds
Nairobi, Kenya
Kasarani Indoor Arena
Capacity: 5,000

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Egypt	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	318	220	1.445
2	Kenya	4	3	1	9	10	4	2.500	340	276	1.232
3	Rwanda	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	317	303	1.046
4	Botswana	4	1	3	3	3	11	0.273	268	340	0.788
5	Senegal	4	0	4	0	3	12	0.250	256	360	0.711

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Oct	--:--	Rwanda	3–1	Senegal	26–28	25–17	25–14	25–19		101–78
23 Oct	--:--	Botswana	0–3	Kenya	14–25	29–31	19–25			62–81
24 Oct	--:--	Senegal	2–3	Botswana	23–25	25–22	25–22	23–25	13–15	109–109
24 Oct	--:--	Kenya	1–3	Egypt	25–18	23–25	20–25	18–25		86–93
25 Oct	--:--	Egypt	3–0	Rwanda	25–14	25–17	25–21			75–52
25 Oct	--:--	Kenya	3–0	Senegal	25–17	25–7	25–8			75–32
26 Oct	--:--	Rwanda	3–0	Botswana	25–16	25–19	25–17			75–52
26 Oct	--:--	Senegal	0–3	Egypt	15–25	6–25	16–25			37–75
27 Oct	--:--	Botswana	0–3	Egypt	16–25	10–25	19–25			45–75
27 Oct	--:--	Kenya	3–1	Rwanda	25–23	23–25	25–22	25–19		98–89

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Kenya
	Rwanda
4	Botswana
5	Senegal

Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

2016 African U23 champions
Egypt 2nd title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Aya Ahmed

References

^ "Volleyball: Egypt win Women's U-23 African Championship". kingfut.com. Mahmoud Khaled. 27 October 2016.
^ "Egypt and Kenya join list of Women's U23 World Championship participants". African Sports Monthly. 1 November 2016.