Tunisia qualifies for the 2013 FIVB U-18 World Championship – Volleyball News

Girls’ National U-18 Volleyball Team of Tunisia finished second at the CAVB Youth African Nations Championship, which recently concluded in Cairo, Egypt.

Victory against Rwanda in straight sets enabled Tunisia to secure a berth in the upcoming Youth World Championship. Tunisia and Rwanda fought for 68 minutes at the Army Club Hall in Cairo, Egypt. The former squad scored 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-15) and dismissed Rwanda.

"I'm happy with the performance of my players today. We played carefully in the first set as the Rwandan team played very well, but my team was in peak performance to win the second and third sets widely,” said Tunisian coach Rym Ben Slimane.

The Tunisian team will be back in action at the 2013 FIVB Youth World Championship, which will take place in Thailand this coming July.

Egypts’s Zamalek wins the 2012 African Men’s Club Volleyball Championship

 The Egyptian men downed the hosts Tunisia in the final showdown of the 2012 African Men’s Club Volleyball Championship by sending 3-1 (25-17, 16-25, 25-18, 31-29) on board. The visiting team of Zamalek fought a great battle with Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia and finally emerged successful. The crucial match continued for about 106 minutes and put both teams to a real test of abilities and temperament.

By winning the 2012 African Men’s Club Volleyball Championship, the Egyptian team reserved a berth in the upcoming FIVB World Club Volleyball Championship, which is set to take place in Doha, Qatar later this year. 

The Tunisian city Sousse provided the backdrop for the tournament and received great many volleyball fans from all over the Africa. 

To read more about the final day matches of 2012 African Club Volleyball Championship, hit the following link:

http://www.fivb.org/EN/Media/viewPressRelease.asp?No=34389&Language=en 

Algeria and Libiya qualify for the quarter-finals of 2012 African Men’s Club Volleyball Championship

Borj Bouaririj of Algeria and Libya’s Ahly Ben Ghazi clawed their way to the crucial quarter-final stage of 2012 African men’s club volleyball championship, which is underway in Sousse, Tunisia from April 21-30. 

On day-5 of the tournament Borj Bouaririj defeated Sun Shine of Nigeria in a close match and reserved a berth in the quarter-finals. Algerian men’s posted 3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 32-30, 25-21) victory over Nigerian counterparts. 

Likewise, Libyan Ahly Ben Ghazi crushed the Maldivian team AS Voara and advanced to the quarter-finals. Ahly earned victory with three sets to one, while the final set scores were: 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 25-19). 

Both teams qualified for the quarter-finals from Pool A. The quarter-final are scheduled to start on Friday, April 27. 

For schedule of matches, you can please check the following link: 

http://www.cavb.org/volly/pagescom.php?option=pagedetail&id=132 

Tunisia ready to host the Men’s African Club Championship – Volleyball News

The 2012 CAVB Men’s African Club Championship is set to begin on Saturday, April 21 in Sousse, Tunisia. A total of 22 volleyball clubs from the African Continent are supposed to join the competition, which will serve as a qualifying stage for the FIVB Men’s Club World Championship later this year.


The host country will compete with three teams at the home campaign. To catch up on complete story, visit the following link: 
http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=34291&Language=en