They went into the tournament aiming to finish in the top teams on the continent and indeed, APR men’s volleyball club thrashed Libya’s Ahly Tripoli 3-1 on Saturday to seal their target.However, by press time, the Rwandan champions were yet to play their 9th and 10th position classification match against GSU of Kenya.The army side finished fourth in the ‘group of death’ of the tournament (Pool B) which had six teams-the most in a group including defending champions Al Ahly from Egypt and eventual finalists Esperance of Tunisia.After defeating Tripoli in the 9-12 position playoffs, it means that APR were due to face Kenya’s GSU to fight last evening for the ninth and tenth positions, which falls into APR’s head coach Sammy Mulinge’s target of finishing among the top ten.Meanwhile, hosts Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia shocked the defending champions and record title holders (with 10 trophies) Al Ahly of Egypt 3-0 in front of 5000 spectators in 74 minutes to book a berth in the final against Egypt’s Zamalek.Zamalek had earlier on trounced Algeria’s Borj Bou Arririj 3-1 in the other semi-final. This means that Borj Bou Arririj will meet Al Ahly in the third position playoff.Voara (Madagascar), Inter (Congo Brazzaville), Manga Sport (Gabon), Omni Sport (Ivory Coast) and D’Agosto (Angola) have been confirmed in the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st positions respectively.
