Women's African Volleyball Championship

{{Short description|Annual Volleyball Championship}}

{{Infobox sports league

| last_season = 2023 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship

| logo =

| pixels =

| caption =

| sport = Volleyball

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1976}}

| inaugural = 1976

| ceo =

| fame =

| motto =

| teams = 12 (Finals)

| continent = CAVB (Africa)

| champion = {{vbw|KEN}}
(10th title)

| most_champs = {{vbw|KEN}}
(10 titles)

| singles =

| TV =

| website =

}}

The African Women's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Africa, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). The tournament is currently held biannually. The current champion is Kenya, which won its tenth title at the 2023 tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Summary

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!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=12%|Host

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!colspan=3|Final

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!colspan=3|3rd place match

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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Teams

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!width=14%|Champions

!width=9%|Score

!width=14%|Runners-up

!width=14%|3rd place

!width=9%|Score

!width=14%|4th place

1976
Details

|{{flagicon|EGY|1972}}
Port Said

|{{vbw-big|EGY|1972}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|TUN|1959}}

|{{vbw-big|MAR}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|6

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|1985
Details

|{{flagicon|TUN|1959}}
Tunis

|{{vbw-big|TUN|1959}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|4

1987
Details

|{{flagicon|MAR}}
Rabat

|{{vbw-big|TUN|1959}}

|3–2

|{{vbw-big|MAR}}

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|4

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|1989
Details

|{{flagicon|MRI}}
Port Louis

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|MRI}}

|{{vbw-big|MDG}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|4

1991
Details

|{{flagicon|EGY}}
Cairo

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|

|{{vbw-big|GHA}}

|8

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|1993
Details

|{{flagicon|NGR}}
Lagos

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|10

1995
Details

|{{flagicon|TUN}}
Tunis

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|{{vbw-big|TUN|1959}}

|

|{{vbw-big|ANG}}

|6

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|1997
Details

|{{flagicon|NGR}}
Lagos

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|{{vbw-big|ANG}}

|

|{{vbw-big|RSA}}

|5

1999
Details

|{{flagicon|NGR}}
Lagos

|{{vbw-big|TUN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|GUI}}

|4

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2001
Details

|{{flagicon|NGR}}
Port Harcourt

|{{vbw-big|SEY}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|RSA}}

|4

2003
Details

|{{flagicon|KEN}}
Nairobi

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|8

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2005
Details

|{{flagicon|NGR}}
Abuja

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|3–2

|{{vbw-big|TUN}}

|8

2007
Details

|{{flagicon|KEN}}
Nairobi

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|{{vbw-big|TUN}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|10

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2009
Details

|{{flagicon|ALG}}
Blida

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|TUN}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|6

2011
Details

|{{flagicon|KEN}}
Nairobi

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|3–2

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|9

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2013
Details

|{{flagicon|KEN}}
Nairobi

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|{{vbw-big|TUN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|6

2015
Details

|{{flagicon|KEN}}
Nairobi

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|ALG}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–2

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|8

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2017
Details

|{{flagicon|CMR}}
Yaoundé

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|9

2019
Details

|{{flagicon|EGY}}
Cairo

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–2

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|{{vbw-big|SEN}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|7

bgcolor=#E8E8F0

|2021
Details

|{{flagicon|RWA}}
Kigali

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|{{vbw-big|MAR}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|NGR}}

|9

2023
Details

|{{flagicon|CMR}}
Yaoundé

|{{vbw-big|KEN}}

|3–0

|{{vbw-big|EGY}}

|{{vbw-big|CMR}}

|3–1

|{{vbw-big|RWA}}

|12

Medal summary

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

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| event =

| team =

| gold_KEN = 10 | silver_KEN = 4 | bronze_KEN = 0

| gold_EGY = 3 | silver_EGY = 4 | bronze_EGY = 4

| gold_CMR = 3 | silver_CMR = 2 | bronze_CMR = 7

| gold_TUN = 3 | silver_TUN = 2 | bronze_TUN = 3

| gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 3 | bronze_ALG = 0

| gold_SEY = 1 | silver_SEY = 0 | bronze_SEY = 0

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 4 | bronze_NGR = 2

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 2

| gold_MRI = 0 | silver_MRI = 1 | bronze_MRI = 0

| gold_ANG = 0 | silver_ANG = 0 | bronze_ANG = 1

| gold_MDG = 0 | silver_MDG = 0 | bronze_MDG = 1

| gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1

}}

Participating nations

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!Nation

! {{flagicon|EGY|1972}}
1976 !! {{flagicon|TUN|1959}}
1985 !! {{flagicon|MAR}}
1987 !! {{flagicon|MRI}}
1989 !! {{flagicon|EGY}}
1991 !! {{flagicon|NGR}}
1993 !! {{flagicon|TUN}}
1995 !! {{flagicon|NGR}}
1997 !! {{flagicon|NGR}}
1999 !! {{flagicon|NGR}}
2001 !! {{flagicon|KEN}}
2003 !! {{flagicon|NGR}}
2005 !! {{flagicon|KEN}}
2007 !! {{flagicon|ALG}}
2009 !! {{flagicon|KEN}}
2011 !! {{flagicon|KEN}}
2013 !! {{flagicon|KEN}}
2015 !! {{flagicon|CMR}}
2017 !! {{flagicon|EGY}}
2019 !! {{flagicon|RWA}}
2021 !! {{flagicon|CMR}}
2023

Years
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|4th

4th4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2nd6thbgcolor=silver|2nd6th5th5th11
align=left|{{vbw|ANG}}

|

4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd2
align=left|{{vbw|BOT}}

|

10th7th7th5th7th8th8th7th8
align=left|{{vbw|BUR}}

|

10th1
align=left|{{vbw|BDI}}

|

8th11th2
align=left|{{vbw|CMR}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5th6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd17
align=left|{{vbw|COD}}

|

6th7th9th6th4
align=left|{{vbw|CIV}}

|

8th1
align=left|{{vbw|EGY}}

|bgcolor=gold|1st

bgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=silver|2nd14
align=left|{{vbw|ETH}}

|

8th5th2
align=left|{{vbw|GHA}}

|

4th9th2
align=left|{{vbw|GUI}}

|6th

4th2
align=left|{{vbw|KEN}}

|

4thbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1st15
align=left|{{vbw|LES}}

|

12th1
align=left|{{vbw|MAD}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd7th2
align=left|{{vbw|MLI}}

|

9th1
align=left|{{vbw|MRI}}

|

bgcolor=silver|2nd7th5th7th4
align=left|{{vbw|MAR}}

|bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd

bgcolor=silver|2nd6th6th6th6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd7th8
align=left|{{vbw|MOZ}}

|

5th1
align=left|{{vbw|NGR}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2nd8th7th4th6th10
align=left|{{vbw|RWA}}

|

10th9th{{abbr|DQ|Disqualified}}4th4
align=left|{{vbw|SEN}}

|

8th5th4th4th4th4th4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd7th9
align=left|{{vbw|SEY}}

|

bgcolor=gold|1st6th2
align=left|{{vbw|RSA}}

|

8th4th4th8th4
align=left|{{vbw|SUD}}

|5th

1
align=left|{{vbw|UGA}}

|

9th8th2
align=left|{{vbw|TUN}}

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1st5th6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1st5th4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5th5th5th16
align=left|{{vbw|ZAM}}

|

6th1
Total

! |6||4||4||4||8||10||6||5||4||4||8||8||10||6||9||6||8||9||7||9||12||

See also

References

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