Volleyball: 2014 Men's African Club Championship |21 March 2014

Beau Vallon drawn in pool D

Indian Ocean Club Championship (IOCC) winners Beau Vallon of Seychelles have been drawn in pool D of the 2014 Men's African Club Championship taking place in Sousse, Tunisia.

The Seychelles champions will clash with Ahly Tripoli (Libya) who finished third in 2013, record holders Ahly of Egypt (six titles), FAP (Cameroon) and Prisons (Kenya) in pool D.

The draw was made on Wednesday and Beau Vallon are one of the 21 teams taking part.
Like pool D, pools A and B also have five teams each, while pool C contains six teams.

Organisers and two-time champions Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia have been drawn in pool A along with Nahda (Sudan), Ittihad Taangier (Morocco), Borj Bou Arririj (Algeria), Bafia (Cameroon).

Defending champions Sfax of Tunisia who have won six titles will battle it out with Autoridade (Mozambique), Stif (Algeria), Ettihad Misurata (Libya), Espoir (Congo RD).

 Pool C includes 2013 vice-champions Esperance of Tunisia who won the title three times beside GSU (Kenya), Nemo Stars (Uganda), Mughrer Cement (Ethiopia), Port (Cameroon), and Ahly Beni Ghazi (Libya).

Teams of each pool will play in a round-robin format where the top two in each group will qualify for the quarterfinals to be played on a knockout format to determine the qualifiers for the semifinals.

The teams ranked third and fourth in each pool will play for the ninth to 16 brackets in the same knockout system.  
Those ranked fifth in each preliminary pool will fight for the 17 to 20 brackets, while the team ranked sixth in pool C will automatically finish in 21st position.

The annual Men's African Club Championship organised by the Confederation of African Volleyball acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Club World Championship to be held in Brazil May 6 to 11, 2014.