# 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.

## Qualification

9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.
| Means of qualification | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Rwanda |
| 2019 African Championship | 9–14 July 2019 | Cairo | 4 | Cameroon Kenya Senegal Morocco |
| Zone 1 representatives | — | — | 1 | Tunisia |
| Zone 3 representatives | — | — | 1 | Nigeria |
| Zone 4 representatives | — | — | 2 | Burundi DR Congo |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | |

## Pools composition

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Rwanda (Hosts) | Cameroon (1) |
| Senegal (3) | Kenya (2) |
| Morocco (6) | Burundi (–) |
| Nigeria (–) | Tunisia (–) |
| | DR Congo (–) |

## Venue

| Kigali, Rwanda | Kigali, Rwanda | KigaliKigali (Rwanda) |
| Kigali Arena / KGL | Petit Stade / PTS | KigaliKigali (Rwanda) |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: Unknown | KigaliKigali (Rwanda) |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

## Group stage

* All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 168 | 160 | 1.050 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 143 | 131 | 1.092 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Senegal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 109 | 150 | 0.727 | Withdrew |
| 4 | Rwanda (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 182 | 161 | 1.130 | 9th place |
* ↑ Rwanda was forfeited by FIVB because Rwanda illegally registered four foreigners without due process
* ↑ Senegal withdrew from the competition
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 14:00 | KGL | Nigeria | 3–0 | Senegal | 25–16 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | 75–56 |
| 12 Sep | 18:00 | KGL | Rwanda | 3–1 | Morocco | 25–19 | 25–18 | 32–34 | 25–22 | 107–93 |
| 13 Sep | 18:00 | KGL | Nigeria | 0–3 | Rwanda | 22–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | 68–75 |
| 15 Sep | 14:00 | KGL | Senegal | 0–3 | Morocco | 23–25 | 17–25 | 13–25 | | 53–75 |
| 16 Sep | 18:00 | KGL | Rwanda | – | Senegal | – | – | – | | 0–0 |
| 17 Sep | 16:00 | KGL | Morocco | – | Nigeria | – | – | – | | 0–0 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 This match was canceled.

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 153 | 1.471 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 285 | 206 | 1.383 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 185 | 200 | 0.925 | 5th place |
| 4 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 168 | 196 | 0.857 | 5th place |
| 5 | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 117 | 225 | 0.520 | 7th place |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 12:00 | KGL | Burundi | 0–3 | DR Congo | 18–25 | 15–25 | 13–25 | 46–75 |
| 12 Sep | 16:00 | KGL | Cameroon | 3–0 | Kenya | 25–20 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 75–60 |
| 13 Sep | 10:00 | KGL | Tunisia | 0–3 | Cameroon | 15–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | 50–75 |
| 13 Sep | 12:00 | PTS | DR Congo | 0–3 | Kenya | 12–25 | 12–25 | 19–25 | 43–75 |
| 15 Sep | 12:00 | KGL | Cameroon | 3–0 | Burundi | 25–15 | 25–14 | 25–14 | 75–43 |
| 15 Sep | 16:00 | KGL | Kenya | 3–0 | Tunisia | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 75–60 |
| 16 Sep | 14:00 | KGL | Burundi | 0–3 | Kenya | 8–25 | 9–25 | 11–25 | 28–75 |
| 16 Sep | 16:00 | KGL | DR Congo | 0–3 | Tunisia | 17–25 | 16–25 | 17–25 | 50–75 |
| 17 Sep | 14:00 | KGL | Cameroon | – | DR Congo | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| 17 Sep | 18:00 | KGL | Tunisia | – | Burundi | – | – | – | 0–0 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 This match was canceled.

## Final round

* All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 14.00 | KGL | Tunisia | 3–0 | DR Congo | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–20 | | | 75–48 | |

### Final Four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali |
| Morocco | 0 |
| Morocco | 0 | 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali |
| Kenya | 3 | 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali |
| Kenya | 3 | Kenya | 1 |
| 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali | | Kenya | 1 |
| 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali | Cameroon | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 | Cameroon | 3 |
| Nigeria | 0 | | |
| Nigeria | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 19 September – Kigali | 19 September – Kigali |
| | | Morocco | 3 |
| | | Nigeria | 0 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 10.00 | KGL | Morocco | 0–3 | Kenya | 12–25 | 21–25 | 11–25 | | | 44–75 | |
| 19 Sep | 12.00 | KGL | Cameroon | 3–0 | Nigeria | 25–13 | 35–33 | 25–13 | | | 85–59 | |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 16.00 | KGL | Morocco | 3–0 | Nigeria | 25–19 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | |

#### Final

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 18.00 | KGL | Kenya | 1–3 | Cameroon | 21–25 | 23–25 | 25–15 | 23–25 | | 92–90 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cameroon |
| | Kenya |
| | Morocco |
| 4 | Nigeria |
| 5 | Tunisia |
| 6 | DR Congo |
| 7 | Senegal |
| 8 | Burundi |
| 9 | Rwanda |
* Qualified for the 2022 World Championship
* 2021 Women's African Nations champions
* Cameroon 3rd title

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Christelle Tchoudjang Nana
* Best spiker
    Sharon Chepchumba
* Best blocker
    Gladys Ekaru
* Best server
    Laetitia Moma Bassoko
* Best setter
    Alexandra Erhart
* Best receiver
    Mercy Moim
* Best libero
    Yousra Souidi