Weekend 6
Bydgoszcz, Poland, July 20, 2008- Compared to the day before, Egypt showed much more fighting spirit and some serious serving skills and stole one set from Poland, who won their last Intercontinental Round match 3:1 (25:20 25:23 23:25 25:23). Piotr Gruszka with a total of 21 scored points was chosen as the MVP of the match. Poland finished their matches at the top of the pool with a record of 9-3 and qualified to the finals of the World League in Brazil, while Egypt finished theri matches with a record of 3-9.   .
Poland secured the ticket to Beijing Olympic Games
Espinho, Portugal, June 1, 2008- The 2006 World Championship runner up Poland secured Beijing Olympic ticket following their stunning victory over Portugal in the third and final day of the 2008 Men’s World Qualification tournament here at Nave Municipal de Espinho hall in Portugal on Sunday.
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Final
Prisons African champions, Mouloudia second and KCB for bronze
 Cairo, Egypt, May 4, 2008- In a big Kenya day of Glory Kenya retained the trophy of the 2008 Women’s African Clubs Champions Championship following Prisons victory over Mouloudia of Algeria in a thriller final her at Abdalla Al Faysal Hall in Ahly club Cairo, Egypt on Sunday.
Final
Zamalek defeats Al Ahly and sets their third cup
Misurata, Libya, April 18, 2008- Zamalek of Egypt achieved the trophy of the 27th African Clubs Champions Championship following their valuable victory over their arc rivals Al Ahly in the final of the competition held here at Misurata, Libya on Friday. The big favorites.

The Egyptian President of the republic Hosni Mubarak awarding Dr. Amr Elwani
Cairo, Egypt, March 7, 2008- The Egyptian President of the Republic Mr. Hosni Mubarak has awarded the African Volleyball Confederation CAVB and Egyptian volleyball Federation President Dr. Amr Elwani by the first degree Order of the country after volleyball was chosen as the best sport in the country for the second year in a raw.
Algeria to represent Africa in Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournaments
Lausanne, February 19, 2008 - The Vice-Champion of the African Olympic Qualification, the Algerian Men’s team, has confirmed its participation in any of the three Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in late May. The Algerian Women’s team has already qualified for the Olympics for the first time after winning their African Qualification Tournament in January. The Men’s team finished runners-up to Egypt in their African qualifier in early February and have now been given the opportunity to earn a berth in Beijing.
 
 
Angolans Net SWATCH Main Draw Berth
MARSEILLE, FRANCE, July 20, 2008 - Last August in Norway Angola’s Morais Abreu and Emanuel Fernandes set goals that appeared to be both easy and hard.
The first goal was to improve the awareness of Beach Volleyball in their country by working with “young and old” alike to educate their fellow compatriots about the sport. The second goal was to play in the Beijing 2008 Olympics by competing for an African spot in the Summer Games by participating on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.
Niamey the capital of West African Beach Volleyball 
Niamey, Niger, May 14, 2008- Niger Volleyball Federation FENIVOLLEY succeeded to increase the beach volleyball popularity at the western part of the continent after they organized the first international Beach volleyball tournament last month with the participation of the best teams in the western African countries.
Algerian women in steady steps before the Olympics
Algeria waited more than 4 decades to emerge at the international level in the Women’s volleyball when they qualified to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for the first time in their history. Since Algeria Volleyball federation was established in 1964 the Women’s Algerian volleyball was at the shadow of Men’s volleyball as the Men's category emerged at the African level since the start of the African Nations Championship in 1967 when they won the silver medal of the newly born competition only three years after the federation was registered to FIVB.
Big transfer in Kenyan volleyball
Four KCB players move to prisons team

Nairobi, Kenya, June 24, 2008- Africa women’s volleyball champions Kenya Prisons have poached four players from rival club Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).
The players, who ditched the bankers are Salome Wanjala, Florence Bosire, Loice Tarus and Esther Mwombe.
Prisons coach, David Lung’aho, said: 'Prisons in their efforts to create a formidable team have acquired four players from KCB.'
'We have some of the best players in the continent, but recruitment must be a continuous process for the team to grow stronger and stronger,' he said.
But KCB coach Paul Bitok said they were not bitter about the departure of the players.
2008 Men’s Junior African Nations Championship in Tunisia August 2008
Cairo, Egypt, June 27, 2008- The African Volleyball Confederation CAVB entrusted Tunisia Volleyball Federation to organize the 13th Men’s Junior African Nations Championship 23- 30 August 2008 in Tunis, Tunisia. This competition will qualify to the FIVB World Championship of this age category in 2009.
Nigeria Olympic Committee President Habu Ahmed Gumel named new FIVB Executive Vice-President
The FIVB Executive Committee has nominated Mr. Habu Ahmed Gumel as Executive Vice-President to replace the outgoing Mr. Yuri Chesnokov
Nigeria Olympic Committee and Nigeria Volleyball Federation President Gumel, a 58-year engineer from Jigawa State, studied in Kiev,.
 
To: All National Federations
2008 Men’s Junior African Nations Championship in Tunisia August 2008
From 23rd to 30th of August 2008 - Tunisia
 We have the pleasure to inform you that CAVB entrusted Tunisia Volleyball Federation to organize the 13th African Nations Championship- Junior Men during the period of 23rd to 30th August 2008 in Tunisia
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Amendments in the competition regulations and establishing zonal qualifications for all CAVB competitions
Cairo, Egypt, - The CAVB sports Organization Committee (SOC) put the new CAVB competition regulations that will help to improve the African Championships according to the approval of the 2007 CAVB Congress. .
Implementation of the CAVB ambitious Development Plan
Olympic qualifications determined and Ambitious development programme in order
Nairobi, Kenya, October 27, 2007-: The 2007 CAVB Ordinary congress Presided by Dr. Amr Elwani expressed the great African Unity when the representatives of the attending 33 countries declared their full loyalty to the FIVB constitution and they expressed their support to the CAVB .
New success in Egyptian Coaches Course with the usual FIVB support
Cairo, Egypt, March 14, 2008-: The Egyptian Volleyball Federation FEVB repeated their annual success organizing a highly successful coaches’ course held at the National Olympic Centre in Maadi, Cairo 19-30 January 2008 under support of the World Volleyball Governing body FIVB.
 
 
 
 

             

 

 

 

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