Most recent season or competition: 2017 Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 2014 |
Inaugural season | 2014 |
No. of teams | 6 (Finals) |
Continent | CAVB (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | Algeria (1st title) |
Most titles | Algeria Tunisia (1 title each) |
The Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams with players under 23 years, held biannually and organized by the African Volleyball Confederation. [1]
The first championship is currently being held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 7 to 12, 2014.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2014 Details | Sharm El Sheikh | Tunisia | No playoffs | Egypt | Algeria | No playoffs | Libya | ||
2016 | Durban | Cancelled | |||||||
2017 Details | Algiers | Algeria | No playoffs | Mauritius | — |
N° | Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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1 | Algeria | 1 (2017) | 1 (2014) | ||
2 | Tunisia | 1 (2014) | |||
3 | Egypt | 1 (2014) | |||
3 | Mauritius | 1 (2017) | |||
4 | Libya | 1 (2014) |
Nation | 2014 | 2017 | Years |
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Algeria | 3rd | 1st | 2 |
Egypt | 2nd | 1 | |
Libya | 4th | 1 | |
Morocco | 6th | 1 | |
Rwanda | 5th | 1 | |
Tunisia | 1st | 1 | |
Mauritius | 2nd | 1 | |
Total | 6 | 2 |
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