Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, December 8, 2017- 18 men and 12 women teams from seven countries will take part in the 2017 CAVB Zone 6 club Championship to be held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
The drawing was held earlier on Friday where the Men’s teams were divided into 4 pools, two of them comprise 4 teams each and the other 2 with 5 teams each.
The women teams were divided into 2 pools of 6 teams. The Pools were as follows
Men’s competition
Pool A
1-Police 6 – Botswana
2- Harare City – Zimbabwe
3- Green Eagles – Zambia
4- Kamplits – RSA
Pool B
1- Support Unit – Zim
2- Spartans – Zim
3- Indeni – Zambia
4- BDF 6 – Botswana
5- Uni Jozi – RSA
Pool C
1- UZ – Zimb
2- Chalube – Zambia
3- Unza – Zambia
4- Autoridade Tributária – Mozambique
5- Kamuzu Barrack – Malawi
Pool D
1- NABA – Zim
2- Black Rhinos – Zim
3- Nkwazi – Zambia
4- Red Skins – Lesotho
Women’s competition
Pool A
1. UZ – Zimb
2. Harare City – Zim
3. Moyale Barracks – Malawi
4. Kamwala Magic – zambia
5. Kamplits – RSA
6. BDF 6 – Botswana
Pool B
1. Support Unit – Zim
2. Spartans – Zim
3. Blue Eagles – Malawi
4. Super Select – Zambia
5. VUT – RSA
6. LDF 6 – Lesotho
The teams of each pool will play in a round robin format system where the top 2 in each of the men pools will proceed to quarterfinal, while in Women the top 4 in both pools will proceed to the quarters.
Men’s quarterfinal will run as follows:
1st 1/4 : A1 vs B2
2nd 1/4: A2 vs B1
3rd 1/4: C1 vs D2
4th 1/4: C2 vs D1
Semifinals
Winner 1 vs winner 3
Winner 2 vs winner 4
The Women’s quarters will be as follows:
1st 1/4: A1 vs B4
2nd 1/4: A2 vs B3
3rd 1/4: A3 vs B2
4th 1/4: A4 vs B1
Semifinal
Winner 1 vs winner 3
Winner 2 vs winner 4
Source: CAVB