African Volleyball Confederation

The CAVB was the last confederation to be created: it was established in 1972, when the FIVB turned its five Volleyball Zone Commissions into continental confederations. The African Volleyball Commission had been founded in 1967.

Although the national federation of Egypt was involved in the founding of the FIVB in 1947, the sport of volleyball remains essentially amateur in Africa, even in countries which maintain consistent Olympic programmes, such as South Africa or Kenya. There has been considerable effort by the international federation to increase competitivity in the continent through special development actions. The results of these measures are, {{asof|2005}}, still timid.

The CAVB's headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco.

The CAVB is responsible for national volleyball federations located in Africa and organizes continental competitions such as the African Volleyball Championship (first edition, 1967). It also takes part in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the Olympic Games or the men's and women's world championships, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.

{{Asof|2024}}, no African team has ever been able to obtain impressive results in international competitions, neither in women's nor in men's events. It could be argued that Egypt has some tradition in the sport, since it is the oldest of all the national federations affiliated to the CAVB.

Judging from participation in international events, which is usually granted through continental qualification procedures, one may attribute predominance on the continent to the teams of Egypt and Tunisia in men's volleyball and Kenya, Egypt, and Tunisia in women's volleyball.

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As of 2020, the following 54 national federations were affiliated to the CAVB that was divided into 5 subregions and 7 zones.{{cite web |url=https://www.cavb.org/about |title=About CAVB |work=CAVB official website }}[https://www.fivb.com/-/media/2022/coorporate/fivb/growing%20the%20game/revised%20image-cava-wava.jpg?la=en&hash=D78E53619390A06FDF137F3AF2D95192 FIVB Zonal Associations]

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• African Clubs Championship
• African Volleyball Cup Winners' Cup
• Women's African Clubs Championship
• Women's African Cup Winners' Cup (volleyball)

• Africa Beach Volleyball Championship
• Africa Beach Volleyball Championship U19
• Africa Women's Beach Volleyball Championship
• Africa Women's Beach Volleyball Championship U19

• African Zone 1 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 2 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 3 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 4 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 5 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 6 Volleyball Championship
• African Zone 7 Volleyball Championship

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• [http://www.cavb.africa/ Official Website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210091044/http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/enforcement/amateurism/international/volleyball/africa/africa_vb NCAA list of African volleyball federations]

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Category:Sports governing bodies in Africa

Category:Volleyball governing bodies

Category:Fédération Internationale de Volleyball confederations