Egypt has maximum score
Egypt led easily 2-0 before the Libyan team entered the match late in the third set to improve to 1-2 before the Egyptians regained their consistency to win the fourth set and the match 3-1. Egypt improved their win-loss ratio to 3-0 raising their points to 9. Libya dropped to 0-3 and still with 0 points.
Tunisia came back late to clinch a tough five set win over Algeria 3-2 (25-23, 24-26, 18-25, 25-22, 16-14) in a fantastic 135 minutes of thrilling volleyball.
In another grueling tiebreaker Morocco pulled off a 3-2 (25-23, 25-20, 26-28, 17-25, 15-13) over Cameroon in the tournaments longest match (148 min). Morocco scored five consecutive points in the first set to turn the score from 20-23 to win the set 25-23. The Moroccan team became highly motivated to win the second set and lost two match points in the third set before Cameroon improved the score to 2-1. The West Africans continued with high motivations to win the fourth set, but Morocco came on time to win the tiebreak 15-13 and their third match in the competition to improve to 3-0 with 7 points and claim the second position in the standings.
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Standings
1. Egypt 9 (3-0) (9-4)
2. Morocco 9 (3-0) (9-4)
3. Tunisia 5 (2-1) (8-4)
4. Cameroon 3 (1-2) (5-8)
5. Algeria 3 (0-3) (6-9)
6. Libya 0 (0-3) (1-9)
Fourth round (26. September)
Egypt – Algeria
Cameroon – Libya
Tunisia – Morocco
Fifth round (27. September)
Libya – Algeria
Morocco – Egypt
Cameroon – Tunisia
