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ELWANI RE-ELECTED EGYPTIAN
VOLLEYBALL FED. PRESIDENT
EGYPT VOLLEYBALL CONTINUED AFRICAN PREDOMINENCE
Cairo, Egypt December 30-: CAVB President, Dr. Amr
Elwani was re-elected Thursday as Egyptian volleyball
Federation President for the third period till 2008. The
Board of administration included also Hasan
 Ahmed,
the CAVB Referee commission president and FIVB Referee
commission secretary in the position of Vice-president,
Dr. Hosam Bahgat, CAVB Medical Commission President as a
treasurer and Khalid Nasif, Sameh Hamdy, Mohamed Abou
Elfotoh and Amr Makhlouf as members.
Under the presidency of Dr. Elwani, Egyptian continued
its predominance in the African level in 2004 specially
after defeating the two big forces Tunisia, the last
African Nations’ Champions and Algeria the African
Nations Bronze Medalist in the Volleyball Competition of
All Arab Games in Algeria October 2004. this was the
only confrontation between the greatest three countries
in the continent in 2004 as Egypt passes the two teams
to get the gold medal of Men’s competition.
Egypt also qualified in 2004 to two big FIVB
competitions as the Women U-20 team won the African
Nations championship of this age category held in Abuja,
Nigeria. Egypt women had a stunning victory in straight
sets over the organizers in front of 3000 spectators
although Nigeria played with a line up including seven
players who led the first team to All Africa Games Gold
medal in the same hall in October 2003. Egypt women
secured a vacancy in 2005 Women U-20 in Turkey and
increased the hope of the Egyptians to have a team which
can lead the women volleyball in the continent after the
A team superstar Tahany Tosson retired. In this
competition three Egyptian players were among the best
in the individual prizes; Sherihan Sameh the most
Valuable player, Iman Tharwat the best setter and Injy
Hamdy the best spiker.
Egypt also had a vacancy in the 2005 Boys U-19 World
Championship in Algeria with two other African vacancies
went to the Organizer and Tunisia. Egypt boys won the
African championship of this age category held in South
Africa.
Egypt Men’s U-21 was the only team which lost the
opportunity to have a World championship place as the
two African Vacancies went to Morocco and Tunisia after
getting the first and second places respectively in the
African championship held in Kenya where Egypt came
third.
The problem of Egyptian volleyball now is to have a
World level achievement as the only world class position
was the fourth place in the 2001 Boys U-19 World
Championship which was held in their homelands. Now
ranked 21st in the FIVB world men ranking- one place
behind Tunisia the top of African teams- and ranked 18th
in Women’s ranking, Egypt wants to do the best to have a
World level achievement in the coming years. |
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