2025 African Sitting Volleyball Championships |
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| Host nation | Kenya |
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| City | Nairobi |
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| Dates | 4–9 July |
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| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Champions | Egypt (11th title) |
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| Runners-up | Rwanda |
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| Third place | Algeria |
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| Fourth place | Morocco |
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| Best Setter | Emile Vuningabo |
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| Best Libero | Jean Baptiste Ndayisaba |
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| Matches played | 11 |
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The 2025 African Sitting Volleyball Championship – Men's tournament is the 11th edition of the biannual continental championship, contested by the senior men's national sitting volleyball teams in the Africa region, sanctioned by ParaVolley Africa. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 9 July 2025, marking the first time the event is held in the country.[1][2]
Six teams took part, one less than the previous edition.
The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with two spots available.
Egypt are the defending champions, after beating Morocco 3–0 in the 2023 final in Lagos. Egypt won their eleventh title after beating Rwanda 3–0 in the final to defend their title.[3]
Teams
Six teams took part, one less than the previous edition. After taking part in 2024, Libya and Nigeria didn't take part, while South Africa will be present after not taking part in 2024. Libya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe were reportedly going to enter but this didn't materialise.[4][5]
| Team[6]
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Appearance(s)
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Previous best performance[a]
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First
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Last
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Streak
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2024
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| Algeria
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4th
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2015
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2024
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3
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4th
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Third place (2015, 2019)
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| Egypt
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11th
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1998
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6
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1st
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Champions (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024)
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| Kenya (H)
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5th
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2011
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2
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5th
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Runners-up (2011)
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| Morocco
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10th
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1998
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3
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2nd
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Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2024)
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| Rwanda
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6th
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2011
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5
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3rd
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Champions (2011)
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| South Africa
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3rd
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2017
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2019
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1
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N/A
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Fifth place (2019)
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Squads
Rwanda
| Emile Cadet Vuningabo
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| Jean Baptiste Ndayisaba
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| Celestin Byumvuhore
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| Jean Baptiste Murema
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| Callixte Twagirayezu
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| Ezra Kubwimana
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| Calixte Nzeyimana
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| Callixte Uwizeyimana
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| Christophe Nyagatare
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| Jean Semana
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| Jean Bosco Ngizwenimana
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| Innocent Niyitigeka
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| Jean Claude Ndahiro
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| Ismael Nkwaya
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| Pacifique Niyogushimwa.
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Venue
The tournament was held at the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi. The arena was built in 1987 and was constructed for the 1987 All-Africa Games held in the city.
Group stage
- All times are local.
- The top two teams in each pool qualify for the semifinals.
- Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
- Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Tiebreakers
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Pool A
| Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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L
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Pts
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SW
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SL
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SR
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SPW
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SPL
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SPR
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Qualification
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| 1
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Rwanda
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2
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2
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0
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6
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6
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0
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MAX
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168
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116
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1.448
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Semifinals
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| 2
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Algeria
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2
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1
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1
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3
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3
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3
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1.000
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162
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174
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0.931
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| 3
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Kenya (H)
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2
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0
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2
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0
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0
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6
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0.000
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163
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203
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0.803
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Fifth place match
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| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 4 July |
18:00 |
Kenya |
2–3 |
Algeria |
14–25 |
27–25 |
20–25 |
25–20 |
13–15 |
99–110 |
Report
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| 5 July |
17:00 |
Algeria |
0–3 |
Rwanda |
23–25 |
12–25 |
17–25 |
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52–75 |
Report
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| 6 July |
19:00 |
Kenya |
1–3 |
Rwanda |
17–25 |
12–25 |
25–18 |
10–25 |
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64–93 |
Report
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Pool B
| Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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L
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Pts
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SW
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SL
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SR
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SPW
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SPL
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SPR
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Qualification
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| 1
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Egypt
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2
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2
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0
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6
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6
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0
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MAX
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150
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69
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2.174
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Semifinals
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| 2
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Morocco
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2
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1
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1
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3
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3
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3
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1.000
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118
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113
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1.044
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| 3
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South Africa
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2
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0
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2
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0
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0
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6
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0.000
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64
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150
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0.427
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Fifth place match
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| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 4 July |
10:00 |
Egypt |
3–0 |
South Africa |
25–9 |
25–9 |
25–8 |
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75–26 |
Report
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| 5 July |
19:00 |
Egypt |
3–0 |
Morocco |
25–12 |
25–16 |
25–15 |
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75–43 |
Report
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| 6 July |
17:00 |
Morocco |
3–0 |
South Africa |
25–14 |
25–11 |
25–13 |
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75–38 |
Report
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Knockout stage
Fifth place match
| 5th place |
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| 8 July |
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| Kenya | 3 |
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| South Africa | 0
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| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 8 July |
10:00 |
Kenya |
3–0 |
South Africa |
25–11 |
25–20 |
25–12 |
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75–43 |
Report
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Bracket
Semi finals
| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 8 July |
17:00 |
Egypt |
3–0 |
Algeria |
25–18 |
25–12 |
25–16 |
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75–46 |
Report
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| 8 July |
19:00 |
Rwanda |
3–0 |
Morocco |
25–18 |
25–17 |
25–17 |
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75–52 |
Report
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Third place match
| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 9 July |
10:00 |
Algeria |
3–0 |
Morocco |
25–18 |
27–25 |
25–12 |
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77–55 |
Report
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Final
| Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| 9 July |
17:30 |
Egypt |
3–0 |
Rwanda |
25–21 |
25–13 |
25–20 |
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75–54 |
Report
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Final rankings
By finishing in the top two, Egypt and Rwanda qualified for the world championship.[7]
| Rank |
Team
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Egypt
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Rwanda
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Algeria
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| 4 |
Morocco
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| 5 |
Kenya
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| 6 |
South Africa
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Aftermath
After hosting the championship, Kenya expressed interest in hosting a future world championship.[8]
Notes
- ^ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
See also
References
- ^ "Kenya gearing up for 2025 Africa Sitting Volleyball Championship". Citizen Digital. 2025-06-26. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ^ Nyongesa, Selestine. "Kenya To Host Africa Para Volleyball Championship". Signs Tv.
- ^ Kamasa, Peter (July 10, 2025). "Egypt defeat Rwanda to win Africa Sitting Volleyball championship". The New Times.
- ^ Kamasa, Peter (June 15, 2025). "Sitting volleyball: National team coach names squad for World Cup qualifiers". The New Times.
- ^ "Nigeria confirms participation in Men's 2025 African Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championship". June 16, 2025.
- ^ "African Sitting Volleyball Championship history page 48" (PDF). www.worldparavolley.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ^ Kamasa, Peter (July 9, 2025). "Rwanda qualify for 2026 World Championship". The New Times.
- ^ Voiyoh, Vincent (July 12, 2025). "Kenya prepares to host World Para Volley after successfully staging continental Championships".
External links
African Sitting Volleyball Championships |
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| Men's event |
- Cairo 1998
- Tripoli 2000
- Rabat 2001
- Tripoli 2004
- Cairo 2007
- Kigali 2011
- Cairo 2012
- Kigali 2015
- Kigali 2017
- Kigali 2019
- Lagos 2024
- Nairobi 2025
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| Women's event | |
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