Men's African Volleyball Championship

Men's African Volleyball Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship
SportVolleyball
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
First season1967
No. of teams16 (Finals)
ContinentCAVB (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt
(9th title)
Most titles Tunisia
(11 titles)

The African Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Africa, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1987 they have been held biannually. The current champion is Egypt, which won its ninth title at the 2023 tournament on home soil.

Summary

Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1967
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Tunisia
3–0
Algeria

Guinea
3–0
Libya
4
1971
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Tunisia
3–2
Egypt

Madagascar

Cameroon
7
1976
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Egypt

Tunisia

Morocco

Senegal
8
1979
Details
Libya
Tripoli

Tunisia

Libya

Madagascar

Senegal
5
1983
Details
Egypt
Port Said

Egypt

Tunisia

Algeria
Round-robin
Cameroon
7
1987
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Tunisia
3–0
Cameroon

Algeria
3–2
Egypt
8
1989
Details
Ivory Coast
Abidjan

Cameroon
3–2
Algeria

Egypt
3–0
Ivory Coast
4
1991
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Algeria
3–2
Egypt

Tunisia
3–0
Cameroon
10
1993
Details
Algeria
Algiers

Algeria
3–0
Tunisia

Egypt
3–0
Seychelles
10
1995
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Tunisia
Round-robin
Egypt

Algeria
Round-robin
Morocco
6
1997
Details
Nigeria
Lagos

Tunisia
3–0
Cameroon

Algeria
3–1
Nigeria
8
1999
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Tunisia
Round-robin
Egypt

Algeria
Round-robin
Cameroon
6
2001
Details
Nigeria
Port Harcourt

Cameroon
3–1
Nigeria

South Africa
Round-robin
Mauritius
5
2003
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Tunisia
3–0
Egypt

Cameroon
3–0
Algeria
8
2005
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
3–1
Tunisia

Cameroon
3–0
Morocco
10
2007
Details
South Africa
Durban

Egypt
3–2
Tunisia

Cameroon
3–0
South Africa
9
2009
Details
Morocco
Tétouan

Egypt
3–0
Algeria

Cameroon
3–1
Morocco
9
2011
Details
Morocco
Tangier

Egypt
3–1
Cameroon

Tunisia
3–1
Algeria
8
2013
Details
Tunisia
Sousse

Egypt
Round-robin
Tunisia

Morocco
Round-robin
Cameroon
6
2015
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
3–0
Tunisia

Morocco
3–1
Algeria
9
2017
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Tunisia
3–0
Egypt

Cameroon
3–1
Algeria
14
2019
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Tunisia
3–2
Cameroon

Algeria
3–1
Egypt
10
2021
Details
Rwanda
Kigali

Tunisia
3–1
Cameroon

Egypt
3–1
Morocco
16
2023
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
3–1
Algeria

Libya
3–1
Cameroon
15

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia117220
2 Egypt96318
3 Cameroon25512
4 Algeria24612
5 Libya0112
6 Nigeria0101
7 Morocco0033
8 Madagascar0022
9 Guinea0011
 South Africa0011
Totals (10 entries)24242472

Participating nations

Nation Tunisia
1967
Egypt
1971
Tunisia
1976
Libya
1979
Egypt
1983
Tunisia
1987
Ivory Coast
1989
Egypt
1991
Algeria
1993
Tunisia
1995
Nigeria
1997
Egypt
1999
Nigeria
2001
Egypt
2003
Egypt
2005
South Africa
2007
Morocco
2009
Morocco
2011
Tunisia
2013
Egypt
2015
Egypt
2017
Tunisia
2019
Rwanda
2021
Egypt
2023
Years
 Algeria 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 17
 Angola 6th 10th 2
 Botswana 10th 8th 9th 7th 8th 8th 7th 11th 10th 9
 Burkina Faso 13th 1
 Burundi 9th 11th 14th 3
 Cameroon 4th 4th 2nd 1st 4th 5th 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 20
 Chad 12th 7th 7th 3
 Congo 8th 5th 6th 3
 DR Congo 6th 6th 7th 8th 8th 8th 6
 Egypt 2nd 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 21
 Ethiopia 15th 1
 Gabon 9th 1
 Gambia 12th 1
 Ghana 6th 6th 9th 10th 4
 Guinea 3rd 1
 Ivory Coast 6th 6th 4th 9th 9th 5
 Kenya 8th 7th 7th 6th 5th 8th 10th 9th 9th 9
 Libya 4th 2nd 6th 6th 7th 3rd 6
 Madagascar 3rd 5th 3rd 3
 Mali 10th 15th 2
 Mauritius 4th 9th 2
 Morocco 3rd 5th 4th 5th 5th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 4th 8th 14
 Mozambique 9th 1
 Niger 14th 12th 2
 Nigeria 5th 5th 5th 4th 2nd 6th 13th 7th 8
 Rwanda 7th 8th 5th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8
 Senegal 5th 4th 4th 6th 11th 5
 Seychelles 4th 1
 South Africa 8th 7th 3rd 7th 8th 4th 7th 7th 8
 South Sudan 14th 1
 Sudan 5th 6th 5th 10th 4
 Tanzania 16th 13th 2
 Togo 7th 1
 Tunisia 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 5th 22
 Uganda 5th 1
 Zambia 8th 1
 Zimbabwe 7th 8th 2
Total 4 7 7 5 7 8 4 10 10 6 8 6 5 8 10 9 9 8 6 9 14 10 16 15

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