# Women's African Volleyball Championship

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

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 1976 Details | Port Said | Egypt | Round-robin | Tunisia | Morocco | Round-robin | Algeria | 6 |
| 1985 Details | Tunis | Tunisia | Round-robin | Egypt | Cameroon | Round-robin | Algeria | 4 |
| 1987 Details | Rabat | Tunisia | 3–2 | Morocco | Egypt | Round-robin | Algeria | 4 |
| 1989 Details | Port Louis | Egypt | 3–0 | Mauritius | Madagascar | 3–1 | Kenya | 4 |
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Kenya | | Egypt | Cameroon | | Ghana | 8 |
| 1993 Details | Lagos | Kenya | 3–0 | Egypt | Nigeria | | Cameroon | 10 |
| 1995 Details | Tunis | Kenya | | Nigeria | Tunisia | | Angola | 6 |
| 1997 Details | Lagos | Kenya | | Nigeria | Angola | | South Africa | 5 |
| 1999 Details | Lagos | Tunisia | Round-robin | Cameroon | Nigeria | Round-robin | Guinea | 4 |
| 2001 Details | Port Harcourt | Seychelles | 3–0 | Nigeria | Cameroon | Round-robin | South Africa | 4 |
| 2003 Details | Nairobi | Egypt | 3–1 | Kenya | Cameroon | 3–1 | Algeria | 8 |
| 2005 Details | Abuja | Kenya | 3–1 | Nigeria | Egypt | 3–2 | Tunisia | 8 |
| 2007 Details | Nairobi | Kenya | 3–0 | Algeria | Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt | 10 |
| 2009 Details | Blida | Algeria | 3–0 | Tunisia | Cameroon | 3–0 | Senegal | 6 |
| 2011 Details | Nairobi | Kenya | 3–1 | Algeria | Egypt | 3–2 | Senegal | 9 |
| 2013 Details | Nairobi | Kenya | Round-robin | Cameroon | Tunisia | Round-robin | Senegal | 6 |
| 2015 Details | Nairobi | Kenya | 3–0 | Algeria | Cameroon | 3–2 | Senegal | 8 |
| 2017 Details | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 3–0 | Kenya | Egypt | 3–0 | Senegal | 9 |
| 2019 Details | Cairo | Cameroon | 3–2 | Kenya | Senegal | 3–1 | Egypt | 7 |
| 2021 Details | Kigali | Cameroon | 3–1 | Kenya | Morocco | 3–0 | Nigeria | 9 |
| 2023 Details | Yaoundé | Kenya | 3–0 | Egypt | Cameroon | 3–1 | Rwanda | 12 |

## Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Algeria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 1976 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Years |
| Algeria | 4th | 4th | | | | | | | | | 4th | | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | | 5th | 11 |
| Angola | | | | | | | 4th | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Botswana | | | | | | 10th | | | | | | 7th | 7th | 5th | 7th | | 8th | 8th | 7th | | | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 1 |
| Burundi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 11th | 2 |
| Cameroon | | 3rd | 4th | | 3rd | 4th | | | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 17 |
| DR Congo | | | | | 6th | | | | | | 7th | | | | | | | 9th | | 6th | | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Egypt | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | | | | | 1st | 3rd | 4th | | 3rd | 5th | | 3rd | 4th | | 2nd | 14 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | 8th | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | 4th | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Guinea | 6th | | | | | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Kenya | | | | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | | | 2nd | 1st | 1st | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 15 |
| Lesotho | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 1 |
| Madagascar | | | | 3rd | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Mali | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 1 |
| Mauritius | | | | 2nd | | 7th | 5th | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | | | | 4 |
| Morocco | 3rd | | 2nd | | | | | | | | | 6th | | 6th | | | 6th | | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 8 |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | | 2nd | | | 8th | | | 7th | | 4th | 6th | 10 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | | 9th | | | | | DQ | 4th | 4 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | | 9 |
| Seychelles | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| South Africa | | | | | | 8th | | 4th | | 4th | | | 8th | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Sudan | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | | | | | | | | 8th | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2nd | 1st | 1st | | 5th | 6th | 3rd | | 1st | | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | | 5th | | 16 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |