2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
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The 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The defending champions are Egypt. Egypt successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Morocco.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Nigeria |
| City | Lagos |
| Dates | 29 January – 3 February |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]] (10th title) |
| Runners-up | [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]] |
| Third place | [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]] |
| Fourth place | [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]] |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
← 2021 2025 → | |
Host selection
Qualified teams
Eight countries originally entered for this championship, but Zimbabwe withdrew right before the tournament started.
Algeria
Egypt
Kenya
Libya
Morocco
Nigeria (hosts)
Rwanda
Zimbabwe (withdrew)
Venue
Squads
Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.
Draw
Format
The seven teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.
Group stage
Pool A
- All times are local.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 122 | 1.844 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Morocco |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 217 | 191 | 1.136 | |
| 3 |  Kenya |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 233 | 268 | 0.869 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Nigeria (H) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 167 | 261 | 0.640 |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan | 17:30 | Nigeria | 2–3 | Kenya | 22–25 | 13–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 12–15 | 97–111 | [5] |
| 30 Jan | 17:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–17 | 25–20 | 25–9 | 75–46 | [5] | ||
| 31 Jan | 10:15 | Morocco | 3–0 | Nigeria | 25–14 | 25–11 | 25–14 | 75–39 | [5] | ||
| 31 Jan | 15:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Kenya | 25–14 | 25–23 | 25–8 | 75–45 | [5] | ||
| 1 Feb | 10:15 | Egypt | 3–0 | Nigeria | 25–11 | 25–10 | 25–10 | 75–31 | [5] | ||
| 1 Feb | 17:00 | Morocco | 3–1 | Kenya | 25–21 | 21–25 | 25–14 | 25–17 | 96–77 | [5] |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rwanda |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 76 | 1.974 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Algeria |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 119 | 111 | 1.072 | |
| 3 |  Libya |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 68 | 150 | 0.453 | Fifth place match |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Withdrew |
Source: Report
Knockout stage
| Semi finals | Final | |||||
| 2 February | ||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| 3 February | ||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| 2 February | ||||||
| Morocco | 0 | |||||
| Rwanda | 2 | |||||
| Morocco | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 February | ||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||
| Rwanda | 3 | |||||
Semi finals
Third place match
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb | 10:00 | Algeria | 0–3 | Rwanda | 18–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | 46–75 | [5] |
Final
Fifth place match
| 5th place | ||
| 2 February | ||
| Kenya | 3 | |
| Libya | 0 | |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb | 10:00 | Kenya | 3–0 | Libya | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–13 | 75–49 | [5] |
Final rankings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Egypt |
 | Morocco |
 | Rwanda |
| 4 | Algeria |
| 5 | Kenya |
| 6 | Libya |
| 7 | Nigeria |
| Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics |
See also
- 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament
- 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event
- 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
- 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event
- 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event
- 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
- 2023 Pan American Sitting Volleyball Championships
- 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event
- 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
- 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Men's tournament
- 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Women's tournament
- 2024 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6
- Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics