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Final:
Egypt wins the trophy and Qualified to Grand Champions Cup
Cairo, Egypt, September 29-: The organizers Egypt claimed the trophy of the

fifteenth Men's African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex following their historic victory over Tunisia in a fantastic final full of thrills on Thursday. Egypt qualified automatically to the Grand Champions Cup in Japan in November 2005. The match was attended by all CAVB Board of Administration member led by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani who will meet in the Congress October 1 and 2.
In front of more than 4000 spectators Egypt succeeded to clinch a 3-1 victory (25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19) over their Arch Rivals who defeated them in the final of the same competition in 2003. the match was very exciting and full of thrills that kept the spectators on their toes all through.
Egypt started the match aided by a big number of excited home spectators to lead from the start 8-6 after a group of powerful from the wing spiker Saleh Fathi and then continued their superiority in block by Mohamed El Sayed and Ossama Komsan to continue they leading to 16-10. Ahmed Salah did a good job in spiking from position 2 to lead Egypt to win the set 25-16.
Tunisia improved their block in the second set using the middle players Chaker Ghzal and Hosni Karmosly to lead 8-3. Egypt suddenly came to match improving

the back line defense to reach to the draw 9-9. Tunisia led the net action again to improve the score to 16-14 for their side using the strong hits of Noureddine Hfaiedh. Egypt again arranged their disciplined attacks to win the set 25-23.
Tunisia was better in the third set and used their good backline defense to lead 8-5 and then they developed the attacks through Marwan Fehri and Hfaiedh to continue leading 16-13. Tunisia used the frequent mistakes of Egypt in service and reception to win the set 25-22.
The spirit of the Tunisian players increased and thus they started the fourth set in better form to lead 8-7 by the spikes of Khalid Belaid and Karmosly and the defense mistakes by the Egyptian defense. Egypt used the strong spike service of Abdalla Abdelsalam to allow Egypt to come strongly to the set and lead 16-12. Egypt spikers, specially Ahmed Salah and Hamdy El Safy overwhelmed the net action to lead the team to a wide victory of the set 25-19 and match 3-1.
Cameroon claimed the bronze medal following their victory over Morocco in straight sets 25-21, 25-16, 25-20. Cameroon used their big gun Elysee Ossosso to penetrate Morocco block aided by Jean Nziemi.
"We used the big victory in the Mediterranean Games in Spain to have a high spirit team which reached to the top in this competition" Said Egyptian Coach Veclin Vukovic of Serbia. "Now we are looking forwards to have good presentation for Africa in the Grand Champions Cup in Japan" He added.

Individual Prizes:

· Best Scorer: Jean Nziemi (Cameroon)

· Best Spiker: Jean Nziemi (Cameroon)

· Best Blocker: El Hadj Abbas (Cameroon)

· Best Server: Abdalla Abdelsalam (Egypt)

· Best Digger: Anouar Taourghi (Tunisia)

· Best Setter: Abdalla Abdelsalam (Egypt)

· Best Receiver: Wael Al Aydy (Egypt)

Final Ranking:

1. Egypt

2. Tunisia

3. Cameroon

4. Morocco

5. Rwanda

6. Nigeria

7. RD Congo

8. South Africa

9. Botswana

10. Sudan

Egypt and Tunisia to final spot
Cairo, Egypt, September 28-: The organizers Egypt and the defending champions Tunisia, qualified to the final spot of the fifteenth Men's African Nations

Championship here in Cairo stadium complex following their victories over Morocco and Cameroon in the semifinal of the competition on Wednesday . Egypt will meet Tunisia in the final of the competition on Thursday where the winner will gain the cup and also will qualify automatically to the Grand Champions Cup in Japan. November 2005.
Egypt found it easy to go through the final after a comfortable victory over Morocco in straight sets (25-19, 25-29, 25-19) in 60 minutes. Egypt managed their situation using the experienced players specially Hamdy El Safy and Saleh Fathi and the newly emerging first team additions the setter Abdalla Abdel Salam and Ahmed Salah to win the first set 25-19 in 20 minutes.
In the second set Morocco came to the match with the block of Rashid Boussalham to control the strong hits of the Egyptians but again Egypt won the set 25-19 in 20 minutes.
The third set was the best for Morocco as they led for the first time 8-7 by the spikes of Karim Oughdach and continued till 9-8 when Egypt again led the match through the spikes of Ahmed Salah to reach 19-10 and then continued to win the set 25-19 and the match in straight sets.
In the most exciting match of the match of the competition Tunisia rebounded from two sets behind to claim a thriller 3-2 victorry (19-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-10) over the struggling Cameroon in two hours of fantastic volleyball.
Cameroon started the match aggressively to lead using the strong hits of the wing spikers Jean Nziemi and Elysee Ossosso to lead 16-12 then to win the set 25-19. The same occurred in the second set as Cameroon dominated by the block of El Hadj Abbas against the spikes of Noureddine Hfaiedh and Khalid Belaid to win 25-19.
Tunisia tried to save the match in the third set as they improved their backline defense by the libero Anouar Taourghi to lead 8-3 then 20-16 before Cameroon increased their powerful attacks to come near again but Tunisia managed to win the set 25-23.
Tunisian spirit increased to fight again in the fourth set using the recurrent mistakes of Cameroon players in reception and digging to lead 8-3. Cameroon quickly arranged their defense and their head coach replaced the setter Alain Denguessi with Ndaki to narrow the point deficit to 18-17, but the better Tunisian team ended the set 25-22 and extended the match to the tiebreak.
In the tiebreak it went point by point till the draw 5-5 when Cameroon deployed their solid block against to lead 7-5. Tunisia again used the attacks of Hfaiedh to score three successive points and lead 8-7. Cameroon team suddenly disturbed and the more experience Tunisian players used the situation to win the set 15-10 and qualify to the final to defend their title.

Day Five:
Egypt- Cameroon, Tunisia- Morocco to semifinal Tickets
Cairo, Egypt, September 26-: The organizers Egypt, the defending champions Tunisia, Cameroon and Morocco secured their semifinal tickets in the fifteenth

Men's African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex after the final day of the preliminary round on Monday. Egypt will meet Morocco in the semifinal of the competition on Wednesday while Tunisia meets Cameroon.
Again Egypt used the experienced stars to clinch their fourth victory in row over the optimistic Nigerian team play only for the victory to have the semifinal slot. Egypt needed an hour to end the job and win 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-18) and lead pool A with 8 points and allowing Cameroon which was in a day off to qualify to the semifinal as second of the pool with 7 points.
South African achieved their only victory in the competition over Botswana 3-1 (20-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-22).
In the most important match of the day Morocco defeated Rwanda 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-15) to secure the second slot in pool B following Tunisia already secured the top of the pool after their four victory. RD Congo defeated Sudan 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-20) to raise their points to 6 points equal with Morocco and Rwanda but Morocco was ranked second with the set ratio.

Day Four:
Tunisia and Egypt secure semifinal Tickets
Cairo, Egypt, September 25-: The organizers Egypt and the defending champions Tunisia secured their semifinal tickets in the fifteenth Men's African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex after Both teams continued their victory rhythm in the competition day four defeating South Africa and Sudan respectively.
RD Congo sets the biggest competition surprise till now defeating Morocco, while Cameroon claimed their third victory over in row over Nigeria to become near a second round vacancy.
Tunisia used their experienced stars to set the fourth victory in the competition in their last game in the preliminary round over Sudan in straight sets (25-13, 25-11, 25-13). The Tunisian star Khalid Belaid used his strong hits to disturb the Sudanese defense and have the easy win.
Egypt found it easy to pull of their third victory over South Africa 3-0 (25-18, 25-18. 25-18). The organizers used the strong hits of Hamdy El Safy and Ahmed Salah as well as the middle blocker Mahmoud El Komy to clinch this victory.
RD Congo played their best when they achieved the competition biggest surprise defeating Morocco 3-2 (25-17, 25-22, 21-25, 22-25, 15-11) in more than two hours of exciting volleyball. Congo stars Atov Mosange and Musambay Djamani were the key players in this outstanding performance.
Cameroon became near a second round vacancy when they defeated Nigeria 3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-19), but their situation will determined after Egypt meets Nigeria on Monday in the last day of the preliminary round. Cameroon team was better in block through El Hadj Abbas and Sombang Tonemassa and also in attack using the strong hits of Jean Nziemi.
Cameroon ending their preliminary round matches led pool A with 7 points ahead of Egypt coming second with 6 points then Nigeria third with 5 points. In pool B Tunisia ended the preliminaries with the full points (8) and secured the top of the pool leaving Rwanda second with 5 points and both Morocco and RD Congo third with 4 points.
The final day of the preliminary round on Monday will feature Egypt vs. Nigeria and Botswana vs. South Africa in pool A, while pool B will show Rwanda vs. Morocco and Sudan vs. RD Congo.

Tunisia and Cameroon top of pools
Cairo, Egypt, September 24-: The defending champions Tunisia claimed their third victory in row in their pools over Morocco in the most exciting match of the third day of the fifteenth African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex. The organizers Egypt, Cameroon and Rwanda set their second victory to enter the competition for a second round vacancy.
In the match of the day Tunisia didn't find the way easy to defeat Morocco 3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 25-10, 25-20) in pool B as Morocco showed a good volleyball skills led by Zakaria Bairi

and Karim Oughdach specially when they won the second set to hold the score at 1-1 in sets. Tunisia felt danger to win the third and fourth sets after due to the effective spikes of Noureddine Hfaiedh and Khalid Belaid as well as the solid block of Chaker Ghazal.
Egypt used some of the bench players to set a straight sets victory over Botswana (25-16, 25-19, 25-16) in 62 minutes in pool A. The Serbian coach of Egypt Veclin Vukovic used 8 players of his squad and kept the team star Hamdi El Safy and the middle blocker Ossama Komsan on bench, but due to the experience difference Egypt controlled the net action although most of the players were out of their usual form except Saleh Fathi, the match scorer with 13 points.
Cameroon had a straight sets victory over South Africa (25-17, 25-23, 27-25) in 66 minutes in pool A. Cameroon wing spiker Jean Nziemi was the match star with 19 points scored coming as the day best scorer.
The emerging Rwanda found it easy to have a 3-0 victory (25-19, 25-22, 25-19) over RD Congo in 67 minutes in pool B. the Rwandan player Eric Usabiman was the match star scoring 17 points for his team.
By the end of day three Cameroon led pool A with 5 points in 3 matches ahead of Egypt 4 points in 2 matches, Nigeria 4 points in 2 matches.
Tunisia led pool B with 6 points in three matches ahead of Rwanda 5 points and Morocco 4 points.

Tunisia and Nigeria set second victory
Cairo, Egypt, September 23-: The defending champions Tunisia and Nigeria both claimed their second victory in row in their pools over RD Congo and South Africa in the second day of the fifteenth African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex. Cameroon and Rwanda set their first victory over Botswana and Sudan.
In the match of the day Cameroon clinched a difficult victory over Botswana 3-2 (24-26, 25-27, 25-21, 26-24, 15-11) in pool A. Botswana started the match aggressively deploying their solid block against the strong Cameroon spikes. Cameroon came on time to win the third and fourth sets and then the tiebreak.
Pool A showed another five setter match as Nigeria defeated South Africa narrowly 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12) in a fantastic match full of thrills.
Pool B showed Tunisia achieving their second victory over RD Congo 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-14) to lead the pool with 4 points. Rwanda had a surprised victory over Sudan 3-0 (29-27, 25-17, 25-19).

Egypt defeated Cameroon in a thriller five setters
Cairo, Egypt, September 22-: The organizers Egypt needed more than two hours to claim a difficult victory over Cameroon in a thriller match kept the home side spectators on their toes till the end in the opening of the fifteenth African Nations Championship here in Cairo stadium complex. Tunisia had also an easy victory over Botswana, while Nigeria beated Botswana and Morocco defeated Sudan.
It was actually the match of the day when Egypt took over Cameroon 3-2 (26-24, 22-25, 19-25, 25-18, 15-11) after a fantastic performance of the stars of both team. The matter looked difficult for the Egyptians from the first set although they had good support from the home crown as they won hardly 26-24 due to their improved defense and blocks by the net. Cameroon team used the experience of the professional to win the second and third sets more comfortably before Egypt used their big guns Ahmed Salah and Hamdi El Safy to win the fourth set to extend the match to tiebreak. Cameroon was better in the start of the final set to lead 9-5 before Egyptian performance raised to the top to win 10 points against only two from Cameroon to clinch the set 15-11 and the difficult match.
Tunisia claimed 3-0 victory (25-21, 25-18, 25-20) in 67 minutes. The Tunisians controlled the match all through.
Nigeria beat Borswana 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-19) in 69 minutes as Nigeria overwhelmed the net actionb threough the efficient spikers and solid blocks.
Morocco took over Sudan 3-1 in a match seemed to play a great role in defining the qualifier to the semifinal of this pool
Competition day two on Friday will feature Botswana vs. Cameroon and South Africa vs. Nigeria in pool A, and Rwanda vs. Sudan and Tunisia vs. RD Congo in pool B

Egypt in the death pool, Tunisia big favorite
Cairo, Egypt, September 21-: the drawing of lots put the organizers Egypt in the death pool in the finals of the fifteenth Men’s African Nations Championship due to start in Cairo on Thursday as they will face the last competition bronze medalists Cameroon, the emerging South Africa, the strong Nigeria and Botswana in competition pool A. the defending champions, Tunisia will face Morocco, Sudan, Rwanda and RD Congo in the relatively weaker pool.
The competition will show an early face off between the organizers and the lions of Cameroon on Thursday. The lions try to take the revenge from the host after they were defeated in the final match of the African qualification tournament to 2006 World Championship in Alexandria last March to give the Egyptians the qualification ticket. Pool A will show also Nigeria to meet Botswana, while Pool B will feature Tunisia vs. Rwanda and Morocco vs. Sudan. “We have to prove our strength even though we are put in the strong pool” Said the Serbian Coach of Egypt, Veclin Vukovic after the drawing of lots. “we are looking forwards to have the African vacancy in the Grand Champions cup in Japan to continue our victories after the great win of the gold medal in the last Mediterranean Games in Spain, but this requires a great work from the players and the technical staff” He added.

12 teams compete for Grand Champions Cup Vacancy

Twelve African teams will compete for the biggest trophy in African Volleyball history when they struggle in the fifteenth African Nations Championship to be held in Cairo, Egypt 22- 30 September 2005 to secure the first ever continental vacancy in the prestigious Grand Champions Cup in Japan in November 2005.
Egypt, the gold medalist in the last Mediterranean Games in Almaria, Spain 2005 and Tunisia, the defending Champions comes as the greatest favorites for the title as both teams claimed the two African slots in the finals of 2006 World Championship in Japan. Cameroon, South Africa and Nigeria are considered also big forces to claim the title. The competition will feature also Morocco, RD Congo, Kenya, Sudan, Madagascar, Botswana and Rwanda.
Egypt had a successful preparation programme in Serbia Montenegro playing seven matches their including an international competition. The last competition runner up has many experienced stars led by the wing spiker Hamdy El Safi and the libero, Wael El Aidy.
Tunisia had also a concentrated programme to defend their title. The team will use the big stars Nour Eddine Hfaidh and the setter Ghazi Guidara.
South Africa comes as one of the big emerging teams specially after their high performance in the World Championship qualifications in Tunisia when they defeated both Algeria and Morocco.