2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship


The 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation with Rwanda Volleyball Federation. The tournament was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 7 to 14 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.

Qualification

16 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.
  • originally qualified, but declined to enter.

Pools composition

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by.
The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 10 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 6 September 2021.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser

Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

Group stage

Pool A



Pool B



Pool C



Pool D

  • The confederation has decided to remove from the ongoing tournament for having failed to comply with their financial obligations. Their games were forfeited and will receive zero classification point.


Final round

9th–16th places

9th–16th quarterfinals



13th–16th semifinals



9th–12th semifinals



15th place match



13th place match



11th place match



9th place match



Final eight

Quarterfinals



5th–8th semifinals



Semifinals



7th place match



5th place match



3rd place match



Final



Final standing


RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Qualified for the 2022 World Championship

Awards