Ranking 5-8

Shams fifth, Bafia sixth, Canon seventh and Nkumba eighth 

 Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 2008- Al Shams of Egypt won the fifth position in the 2008 Women’s African Clubs Champions Championship following their victory over Bafia Evolution of Cameroon who finished at the 6^th position, while VC Canon of RD Congo defeated Nkumba University of Uganda to end at the 7^th position leaving Nkumba at the 8^th position in the ranking 5-8 matches her at Abdalla Al Faysal Hall in Ahly club Cairo, Egypt on Saturday.

 The competition will end on Sunday when Mouloudia of Algeria meets prisons of Kenya in the competition final which will be preceded by the Bronze medal match between KC Bank of Kenya and Al Ahly of Egypt

 Al Shams of Egypt took over Bafia of Cameroon 3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-23) in 75 minutes in the 5^th and 6^th positions. Shams finished the competition at the 5^th position which is one step worse than their 4^th position in 2007. Bafia finished 6^th in their first participation in an African competition.

 Al Shams overwhelmed the situation through their good spikers specially Dina Assal in position 4 and Samar Ebeid in position 2. Although Bafia players are less experienced than Shams players, they led many times specially in the third set but Shams succeeded to win the critical points in each set. Bafia star Nana Tchoudjang was the match scorer with 20 points.

 VC Canon of RD Congo clinched the 7^th position following their victory over Nkumba University of Uganda 3-0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-20) in 67 Minutes. Nkumba finished the competition in the 8^th position. Canon controlled the match from the start through the better reception and the solid block, while Nkumba complained again of their weak backline defense. Inoku Bofeyi was the match star with her efficient spikes and the good timing in block and was also the match scorer with 17 points.

Final Ranking

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5. Al Shams (Egypt)
6. Bafia Evolution (Cameroon)
7. VC Canon (RD Congo)
8. Nkuma University (Uganda)
9. Mafolofolo (Botswana)