2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship

Volleyball competition held in Bahrain

2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
Dates	December 18-23
Teams	6
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jassem Annabhan
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The 2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship was held in Manama, Bahrain, from December 19 to December 23, 2008.

Teams

Competition system

The competition system of the 2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bahrain	5	4	1	9	12	7	1.714	449	397	1.131
2	Tunisia	5	4	1	9	14	5	2.800	437	392	1.115
3	Qatar	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	452	432	1.046
4	Algeria	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	416	404	1.030
5	United Arab Emirates	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	316	389	0.812
6	Oman	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	409	465	0.880

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Dec	12:30	Bahrain	3–1	United Arab Emirates	25–22	20–25	25–15	25-14		95–76
18 Dec	14:30	Qatar	3–2	Algeria	19–25	22–25	25–18	25-15	16-14	107–97
18 Dec	16:30	Tunisia	3–2	Oman	25–20	25–15	24–26	18-25	16-14	108–100
19 Dec	12:30	Bahrain	3–1	Oman	25–22	27–29	25–14	25-18		102–83
19 Dec	14:30	Algeria	3–2	Tunisia	25–23	25–15	19–25	26-28	15-12	110–103
19 Dec	16:30	Qatar	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–15	25–18	25–21			75–54
20 Dec	12:30	Bahrain	3–0	Algeria	25–14	25–23	25–22			75–59
20 Dec	14:30	Tunisia	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–20	25–23			75–62
20 Dec	16:30	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Oman	25–23	25–23	25–23			75–69
22 Dec	12:30	Algeria	3–0	Oman	25–23	25–19	25–19			75–61
22 Dec	14:30	Tunisia	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–16	25–23	25–14			75–53
22 Dec	16:30	Bahrain	3–2	Qatar	22–25	25–19	25–22	23-25	15-12	110–103
23 Dec	12:30	Qatar	3–2	Oman	19–25	21–25	25–21	25-12	15-13	105–96
23 Dec	14:30	Algeria	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	25–18	25–22			75–58
23 Dec	16:30	Tunisia	3–0	Bahrain	25–22	26–24	25–21			76–67

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Bahrain
	Tunisia
	Qatar
4	Algeria
5	United Arab Emirates
6	Oman

Awards

MVP: Jassem Annabhan^[1]
Best spiker: Marouen Garci
Best blocker: Fadhel Abbas
Best server: Ali Isshak
Best setter: Seifeddine Al Majid
Best receiver: Faraj Jumaa
Best libero: Aymen Harouna

References

^ "Bahrain, defeated by Tunisia, won the 16th Arab Championship". arabic people. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.