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2006
Men's World Championship / Second Round
Alexandria,
Egypt
22-27 March 2005 |
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Match Cameroon vs. Sudan
Match headline:
Cameroon clinched the first victory for over Sudan in straight sets.
Match Flash:
Cameroon used the experience of the professional squad to pull off a
straight sets victory over Sudan 25-19, 25-12, 25-17
Match Description:
Cameroon used the experience of the French based players to pull off a
straight sets victory over Sudan 25-19, 25-12, 25-17 in a strong match.
The match started by disciplined attacks from Cameroon team by the
strong hits of the middle player Sombang Tonemassa and the wing spiker
Elysee Ossosso to
 lead 8-5. Sudan team began to enter the match by
adjusting their block through Hussien Awad and Ahmed Soliman but
Cameroon continued as a better side to win the set 25-19 by the
effective spikes of Emessiene Bebine.
In the second set Sudan Coach changed the setter to start with Mahmoud
Sadik who improved the attacks of his team in the first few points but
again Cameroon controlled the match by their solid back line defense and
increased the point deficit gradually till they reached to 16-6 by the
second technical time out. Cameroon used the frequent mistakes from
Sudan team to continue leading using their big guns Tonemassa and Bebine
to win the second set more easily 25-12.
Sudan did their best to save the match in the third set as they improved
both the front and back line defenses so they lead for the first time in
the match 6-5, then Cameroon led narrowly 8-7 by the end of the first
technical time out. Again Cameroon team regained their rhythm as
Tonemassa made his job to allow his team to win the set 25- 17and the
match in straight sets
Press Conference:
Cameroon Head Coach, Blaise Mayam:
We started the match without enough information about our opponent but
little by little we know that we are the better side so we achieved an
easy victory. Moboulet Ndaki, Elesee Ossosso and Jean Nziemi were my
best players.
Sudan Head Coach, Alexander Karikov:
My team had a big problem with the reception so we didn't attack well
accordingly. Cameroon team used the capacitance of the professionals to
win the match. The libero of Cameroon Christian Guy was the man of the
match in my opinion.
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Match RD Congo vs. Egypt
Match headline:
Egypt clinched an easy victory over RD Congo 3-0
Match Flash:
Egypt playing with the whole list of 12 players found it easy to clinch
a straight sets victory (25-12, 25-11, 25- 15) over RD Congo in less
than an hour.
Match Description:
The Egyptian Coach, Veceline Vukovic of Serbia used all his players in
the list to have an easy straight sets victory (25-12, 25-11, 25- 15)
over the less experienced RD
 Congo team. Egypt started the match with
the strongest line up to lead 12-6 by the strong hits of the wing spiker
Saleh fathi and the efficient left handed Ahmed Salah. RD Congo team
arranged the backline defense and the block by Atou Mosange to appear
better but Egypt kept the attacking rhythm to win the set 25-12 easily.
The second set went the same although the Egyptian head coach injected
new blood in the team with some reserve players like Mohamed Roshdi and
Mohamed Elsayed. Egypt led 8-4 then 16-7. Congo team tried to solve the
defensive problems but Egypt penetrated to win the set 25-11.
Congo head coach changed some of the line up pushing Eale Lokilo and
Ntongo Tambo to appear better and reach to 3-3 draw for the first time
in the match. Quickly Egypt playing with most of the reserve players led
8-3 and used the efficient spikes of Mahmoud Elkomy and Mohamed
Abdelmoneim and the strong services to win the set 25- 15 and the match
in straight sets.
Press Conference:
Egyptian Coach, Veseline Vukovic: We respected our opponent so we had a
big point deficit. I insisted to play with all the squad to give each
player an opportunity to be in the standing line up because the match
against Cameroon tomorrow will be almost an early final to stele the
first African ticket to Japan 2006. Now all the players will struggle to
have a place in the rest of the tournament. With this team we can ensure
that the future will be for Egypt.
RD Congo Coach, Omari Swaleh: we played against a strong team so my less
experienced players were disturbed. I think we will play better against
Sudan and Cameroon in the next matches.
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Match Sudan vs. RD Congo
Match headline:
Match Flash:
Match Description:
Sudan took the first wind to lead 4-1 due to their solid block of the
middle player Mutaz Ibrahim and Hussein Awad, but RD Congo team improved
their attacks through the
 intelligent setter Bitueli Endolc and the
spiker Atou Mosange to decrease the point deficit till the draw 13-13.
Then Sudan coach made some substitutuion in his team to give them the
lead 16-13 in the second technical time out. The match went after that
point by point till Sudan won the set 25-22.
Congo team started the second set more active in attacks through Mosange
and Sanzako Eale to lead 5-1 and 8-6. Sudan began to improve through
their back line defense to come near again till they draw 20-20 through
the work of Mogahed El Gak. Congo players did well in the last points to
win the set 26-24.
Congo players reached their peak technically and psychologically in the
third set as their strong spikers predominated the net action through
Mosange and Endolc to lead all through till they won the set 25-18.
Congo players continued their high performance in the fourth set to lead
also 8-4 and 19-12. this made Sudan players irritable and appear with
unstable performance. Their Russian Coach, Alexander Karikov tried to
modify their mode in his two time out and this made the score near again
21-20 , 25-22
Press Conference:
Sudan Coach, Alexander Karikov:
RD Congo Coach, Omari Swaleh:
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Match Egypt vs. Cameroon
Match headline:
Egypt defeated their big compatriot Cameroon in an early final 3-1
Match Flash:
Egypt overcame the biggest obstacle towards their World Championship
dreams as they
 pulled off a valuable victory over Cameroon in a thriller
3-1 match(20-25, 25-23, 25-22, .
Match Description:
Cameroon team used the experience of the French based professional to
start the match aggressively against a team supported by a full hall of
spectators, so they led 8-4 by the strong hits of Sombang Tonemassa and
Emessiene Bebine. Egyptian player Saleh Fathy used his effeiecent
spiking service to bring the result to 9-8 before Cameroon used again
the big gun of Jean Ndaki to lead 16-11. Again Egypt improved the
backline defense to decrease the point deficit to 21-19. Cameroon used
the repeated mistakes of the Egyptian team in service and back line
defense to win the set 25-20.
Egypt players began the second set with a different picture as they
predominated the net by the experienced Hamdy Elsafy and the wing spiker
from position 2, Ahmed Salah to lead 8-6. Again Cameroon used the strong
hits of Jean Nziemi to reach to the draw 14-14 before Egypt led narrowly
16-15 by the second technical time out. The match passed through a very
exciting stage till Egypt ended the set 25-23.
Egypt used the middle players in the third set defensively by their
block and offensively by the fast spikes from position 3. Mohamed Elsaid
and Ossama Komsan led the team to lead 8-7 and 16-14. Again the role of
Elsafy and Salah appeared to allow Egypt to win the set 25-22.
In the fourth set Cameroon players were disturbed so they allowed the
Egyptian team to lead the net action through Salah and Mahmoud Elkomy
and reach 16-9. Cameroon felt the danger of losing to decrease the point
deficit to 23-19 by Ossosso before Egypt ended the set 25-21 to win the
match and become near a world Championship ticket
Press Conference:
Egypt Coach, Vecelin Vukovic:
Cameroon Coach, Blaise Mayam:
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Match Cameroon vs. RD Congo
Match headline:
Cameroon defeated Congo 3-1 and secured second place
Match Flash:
Cameroon players were firm enough to come from one set behind to defeat
RD Congo 3-1 (17-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-17) and secure the second place in
the qualification tour in Alexandria.
Match Description:
RD Congo started the match aggressively by their higher spirit after
their victory over Sudan in the second day of the competition, while
Cameroon players were depressed after they lost to Egypt the same day.
This made Congo to appear as a better side as they lead 8-3 by the
effective spikes of Atou Mosange and Mtongo Tambu, then they continued
their high performance to lead 16-10. Cameroon players tried to save the
set by the activity of their wing spikers Jean Nziemi and Constant
Tchouassi but Congo performance remained on top to win the set 25-17.
Cameroon team showed a considerable improvement in the second set using
their strong spikers specially Miboulet Ndaki and Tchouassi to lead 8-5.
Congo players started to commit many mistakes in reception and digging
to allow Cameroon to continue leading 16-11. The better Cameroon side
ended the set 25-15.
Congo regained the rhythm to go point by point with Cameroon in the
third set tell Cameroon led 16-14 by the second technical time out
through the efficient spikes of the middle player Sombang Tonemassa and
the strong spike service of Adiel Tiedjop. Cameroon continued to win the
third set 25-20.
The fourth set went the same as Cameroon continued their predominance to
lead all through the set and win 25-17 easily to win the match and
secure the second place in the tournament.
Press Conference:
Cameroon Coach, Blaise Mayam:
My players didn't take the match seriously in the first set because they
thought it is an easy match. They improved afterwards and we clinched
the victory of the match which gave us the second place.
Congo Coach, Omari Swaleh:
We lost against a better and stronger team. My team was better in the
first set but Cameroon used the experience of the professionals in the
following sets to win the match. This tournament is very important for
us because we've got a great experience.
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Match Egypt vs. Sudan
Match headline:
Egypt to World championship finals after a third victory over Sudan 3-0
Match Flash:
Egypt used most of the reserve players to achieve a straight sets victory over
Sudan (25-16, 25-15, 25- 9) and ensure a World Championship 2006 vacancy.
Match Description:
Egyptian coach, Vecelin Vukovic started the match with the reserve players to
give them the chance to participate and also to increase their experience before
the African
Nations' Championship this year, so Sudan led in the first few points 4-3 and
5-4 with the efficient spikes of Ammar Koko and Hussien Awad. Egypt substitutes
appear more concentrated to lead 8-7 by the strong hits of Saleh Fathy and
Mohamed Elsayed and continued with the spiking services to disturb Sudan team
and win the first set 25-16.
With the same line up, Egypt team was more concentrated to finish the job
quickly after a group of attacks led by the promising setter, Abdalla Abdelsalam
and the wing spiker from position 2 Mohamed Abdelmonem to win the set 25-15.
The third set went the same but with more Egyptian predominance through the
strong wing spikers to win the set 25-9 and the match in straight sets.
Press Conference:
Egypt Coach, Vecelin Vukovic:
I tried to give all the players the chance to proof their outstanding with the
national team and I think we succeeded to build up a new young team promising in
the near future. The match was easy in relation to the technical difference but
difficult because it's not easy to manage a match seems to be relatively
finalized. Now I'm thinking of the next competitions especially African Nations
Championship this summer.
Sudan Coach, Alexander Karikov:
We had many problems before the competition because we started only three month
ago with a new team replacing the old players. It was not easy for us to improve
quickly but I will continue working till we reach our goals.
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