2007 CAVB board of Administration:

South Africa and Algeria organize the Men’s and Women’s Olympic qualifications
Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2007- the CAVB Board of Administration presided by Dr. Amr Elwani decided on Saturday to grant South Africa the honor to host the 2008 Men’s Olympic Qualifications, while the Women’s qualifications will be held in Algeria. The board also defined the 2008 CAVB competitions’ organizers.

The Board also approved fruitful decisions including giving the chance to new organizers every year to increase the number of countries organizing the continental competitions after CAVB had many new organizers during the last few years; Benin in 2005, Seychelles in 2006 and Niger in 2007.

CAVB first vice president proposed the dates 1-10 February 2008 to host the men’s Olympic qualifications in South Africa, while Algeria will define the dates of hosting the women’s qualifications later.

The board voted for the organizers of the Olympic Qualifications as 5 countries applied to host which are Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda. Before voting Egypt withdrew their candidature leaving 4 countries to compete for the organization through voting. South Africa gained 6 votes, Nigeria 5, Tunisia 2 and one incorrect vote.

For the Women’s qualifications, Algeria and Kenya were the only candidates for the organization as Algeria gained 9 votes against 5 for Kenya.

Sixteen teams were admitted to compete for the African spot in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Men’s category which are Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Seychelles, Rwanda, Mozambique, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and Uganda

In Women’s category 12 teams admitted which are Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and Uganda.

The organizers of 2008 African competitions were defined as follows:

2008 Men’s African Clubs Champions Championship: Libya organizers and Egypt as a substitute.
2008 Women’s African Clubs Champions Championship: Kenya Organizer.
2008 Boys’ under 19 (Youth) African Nations Championship: Egypt Organizers
2008 Girls’ under 18 (Youth) African Nations Championship: Seychelles organizers and Tunisia substitute.
2008 Men’s under 21 (Junior) African Nations Championship: Tunisia Organizers and Uganda substitute.
2008 Women’s under 20 (Junior) African Nations Championship: Uganda Organizers, Egypt substitute.
2008 Men’s African Cup Winners Cup: Rwanda Organizers, Egypt substitute.
Only organizer of the 2008 Women’s African Cup Winners Cup was not defined because no applications were received to host and this will be defined later.



Photo Caption

2007 CAVB Board meeting.
Elwani with Tubby Reddy and Baba Sy during the meeting.
Power point presentation of activity during the meeting.