Congratulations to the future stars of Tunisian and African volleyball!
FIVB says…
Tunisia captured their third consecutive African title and their ninth in total after defeating their arch rivals, Egypt 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21) in the final of the 2013 Men’s Junior African Nations Championship held at the Sidi Boussaid hall in Tunis, Tunisia on Saturday.
Tunisia now has nine titles (1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2010 and 2013), ahead of both Egypt and Algeria with two titles and Morocco with one.
The bronze medal was won by Rwanda after defeating Morocco in 3 sets (27-25, 27-25, 25-21). Take note, this is the very first time that Rwanda has won a volleyball medal in their history. Yay!
Individual prizes
MVP: no. 14 Malek Chekir (Tunisia)
Beat Server: no. 13 Mohamed Brahim (Tunisia)
Best Reception: no. 6 Reda Abdelmagid (Egypt)
Best Setter: no. 2 Amine Zayani (Morocco)
Best Attacker: no. 2 Aimable Mutuyimana (Rwanda)
Best Blocker: no. 17 Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Best Libero: no. 16 Tayeb Korbosli (Tunisia)
Final Results
Final
Egypt v Tunisia 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21)
Bronze medal
Rwanda v Morocco 3-0 (27-25, 27-25, 25-21)
5 and 6 positions
Algeria v Libya 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-18)
7 and 8 positions
RD Congo v Congo Brazzaville 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-21)
Ranking 9 and 10 on Friday
South Africa v Sierra Leone 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-21)
Final standings
1. Tunisia
2. Egypt
3. Rwanda
4. Morocco
5. Algeria
6. Libya
7. RD Congo
8. Congo Brazzaville
9. South Africa
10. Sierra Leone
Mabrouk!
(source & image: FIVB)