| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | set | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 | | Final | Mon 06.10.97 |  Tunisia | 3-0 |  Cameroon | 45-25 | 15-7 | 15-9 | 15-9 | | | 3-4 | Mon 06.10.97 |  Algeria | 3-- |  Nigeria | | | 5-6 | --- --.10.97 |  Egypt | 3-- |  Senegal | | | 7-8 | --- --.10.97 |  South Africa | 3-- |  Botswana | | | 1/2 | Sun 05.10.97 | Tunisia | 3-0 | Algeria | 46-37 | 16-14 | 15-11 | 15-12 | | | 1/2 | Sun 05.10.97 | Cameroon | 3-1 | Nigeria | |
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| Final ranking | | 1. | Tunisia | | 2. | Cameroon | | 3. | Algeria | | 4. | Nigeria | | 5. | Egypt | | 6. | Senegal | | 7. | South Africa | | 8. | Botswana |
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| Other teams intended to play but DNS: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Zaire, Liberia, Mauritius and Benin. | | Algeria, Senegal and Botswana were not in the initial list. |
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| | | 2 Groups of 4 teams. First 2 to Semi-Finals. |
| Group A | | 1. | Algeria | | 2. | Nigeria | | 3. | Senegal | | 4. | Botswana |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | set | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 | | Tue 30.09.97 | Algeria | 3-0 | Senegal | | | --- --.10.97 | Nigeria | --- | Botswana | | | Wed 01.10.97 | Algeria | 3-0 | Nigeria | | | --- --.10.97 | Senegal | --- | Botswana | | | Fri 03.10.97 | Algeria | 3-0 | Botswana | | | --- --.10.97 | Nigeria | --- | Senegal | |
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| Group B | | 1. | Cameroon | | 2. | Tunisia | | 3. | Egypt | | 4. | South Africa |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | set | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 | | --- --.10.97 | Cameroon | 3-- | South Africa | | | --- --.10.97 | Tunisia | 3-2 | Egypt | | | --- --.10.97 | Cameroon | 3-- | Egypt | | | --- --.10.97 | Tunisia | 3-- | South Africa | | | --- --.10.97 | Egypt | 3-- | South Africa | | | --- --.10.97 | Cameroon | 3-- | Tunisia | |
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| 1. Tunisia | | Noureddine Hfaiedh | | Atef Loukil | | Mohamed Baghdadi | | Mejdi Toumi | | Riadh Ghandri | | Ghazi Guidara | | Ghazi Koubaa | | Khaled Belaid | | Riadh Hedhili | | Marouane Fehri | | Hichel Ben Romdhane | | Tarek Aouni | | Coach: Shen Fu Lin |
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