2008 African Volleyball Championship U19

2008 African Volleyball Championship U19
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	December 21–25
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (6th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ibrahim Besbes
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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

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

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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

Team Roster Hatem Obba, Ibrahim Besbes, Mohamed Ayech, Saddem Hmissi, Mohamed Arbi Ben Abdallah, Bahri Ben Massoud, Mahdi Sammoud, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Ali Ben Abdallah, Racem Siala, Sadam Ben Daoud, Khalil Bouazizi Head Coach: Lotfi Ben Slimane

Awards

MVP: Ibrahim Besbes^[1]
Best Spiker: Innocent Irdukunda
Best Blocker: Mohamed Khatab
Best Server: Ahmed Elkotb
Best Setter: Mahdi Sammoud
Best Receiver: Saddem Hmissi

References

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External links

Official website

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