2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship
The 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation. The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt from October 22 to October 29, 2017. Top three teams which had registered for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualified for the 2018 World Championship.
Qualification
17 teams have registered to participate in the 2017 African Championship. But, Cape Verde, Congo and Zambia later withdrew.| Means of qualification | Qualifier |
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| FIVB World Ranking | |
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| Zone 1 | |
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| Zone 4 | |
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| Zone 5 | |
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| Zone 6 | |
| Wild Card | |
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Pools composition
The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2017.| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
Venues
- Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2 – Preliminary round and Final eight
- Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3 – Preliminary round and 9th–14th places
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
Preliminary round
- All times are Egypt Standard Time.
Final round
- All times are Egypt Standard Time.
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
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Awards
- Most valuable player
- : Ismaïl Moalla
- Best spiker
- : Yvan Kody
- Best blocker
- : Amin Oumessad
- Best server
- : Abdalla Ahmed
- Best setter
- : Khaled Ben Slimene
- Best receiver
- : Ahmed Shafik
- Best libero
- : Anouer Taouerghi