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Tunisia secure a World Championship berth

Tunis, Tunisia, July 30, 2005 - Hosts Tunisia secured the last African vacancy in the 2006 Men's World Championship final round in Japan after their third victory in the African Pool C second round tournament in the Tunisian capital of Algeria to win the tournament without dropping a set.

Tunisia used the home crowd to their advantage to collect a comfortable victory over Algeria 25-12, 25-23, 25-16 using the artistry of the setter and team captain Ghazi Guidara who used his fine setting to allow his spikers - especially Noureddine Hfaiedh and Hosni Karamosly - to dominate the net action all through the match.

South Africa continued their surprise performance by collecting their second victory, beating Morocco 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-20) to secure the second position in the four team tournament with five points in front of Algeria and Morocco. The South African spikers Freedom Chiya and Thokozani Ntuij played a fantastic match and had a great role in the victory.