Final
Tunisia the African champions for the second time in a raw
 Cairo,
Egypt, December 25, 2008- The defending champions Tunisia kept
the title of the 2008 Boys Youth African Nations Championship
for the second time in a raw following their fourth victory in a
raw over Libya in the fifth and final day of the round robin
competition here at Cairo Stadium Complex on Thursday. The final
day showed also Algeria defeating the dark horses Burundi to win
the bronze medal. The organizers Egypt that finished their
matches on Wednesday finished second and got the silver medals.
Burundi finished fourth while Libya came fifth. Tunisia secured
a 2009 FIVB Boys Youth World championship slot.
After the matches CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani honored the
Tunisian team with the cup and gold medals, the Egyptian team
with silver medals and Algeria with the bronze.
The final was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani, Local
Organizing Committee and FEVB President Ali Elsergany, SOC
Delegate Joseph Mokanda, Referee Delegate Hassan Ahmed CAVB
Technical Director Mrs. Howyda Mondy, the competition Manager
Gamal Sheha and most of the Egyptian volleyball Federation board
members.
Tunisia vs. Libya
 Tunisia
found it easy to sweep Libya 3-0 (25-8, 25-18, 25-7) in 52
minutes. The Tunisian coach kept his stars the opposite Brahim
Besbes and the main setter Mahdi Sammoud on the bench and played
with many of the reserve players but the wing spiker Mohamed
Othmane did well and led his team to the fourth victory in a raw
that improved the win- loss ratio of the Tunisian team to 4-0 to
win the competition. Libya dropped to 0-4 to come at the bottom
of the table.
The Tunisian coach was happy to win the cup and hoped to
represent Africa in a good way in the World Championship in
Italy. “I’m happy with the consistency of my players all through
the competition and I think they did a lot of team work to
achieve the title.” He said.
Algeria vs. Burundi
 The
wing spiker Raouf led Algeria to win their last match against
Burundi 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 27-25) in 75 minutes. The Algerian
star helped his team to overcome the competition dark horses not
only with his 17 points scored in the match but also with his
good reception and digging during the match. Burundi struggled
and played their best specially in the third set when their star
Innocent Irdukunda played his utmost and scored 19 points and
coming as the competition best spiker.
The victory improved the Algerian record to 2-2 to finish third
in the competition
Individual Awards
Best setter: Mahdi Samoud (Tunisia)
Best Receiver: Saddam Hmissi (Tunisia)
Best Digger: Saad Ammarat (Algeria)
Best Server: Ahmed Elkotb (Egypt)
Best Spiker: innocent Irdukunda (Burundi)
Best Blocker: Mohamed Khatab (Egypt)
Most Valuable Player MVP: Brahim Besbes (Tunisia)
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