Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Women's U20 African Volleyball Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1986 |
First season | 1986 |
No. of teams | 9 |
Continent | CAVB (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | Egypt (8th title) |
Most titles | Tunisia (1st title) |
The Women's U-20 African Volleyball Championship, formerly known as the Women's Junior African Volleyball Championship, is a sport competition for national teams with women players under 20 years, currently held biannually and organized by the African Volleyball Confederation, the Africa volleyball federation.
Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
1998 Details | ... | Nigeria | – | Egypt | Mauritius | – | |||||
2000 Details | ... | – | – | ||||||||
2002 Details | Sidi Bou Said | Algeria | Round-robin | Egypt | Tunisia | Round-robin | Senegal | 5 | |||
2004 Details | Abuja | Egypt | Round-robin | Nigeria | Senegal | — | 3 [1] | ||||
2006 Details | Alexandria | Egypt | Round-robin | Seychelles | Tunisia | Round-robin | Senegal | 5 | |||
2008 Details | Nairobi | Egypt | Round-robin | Tunisia | Kenya | Round-robin | Seychelles | 5 | |||
2010 Details [2] | Kelibia | Egypt | Round-robin | Tunisia | Algeria | Round-robin | Rwanda | 5 | |||
2013* Details [3] | Abuja | Egypt | Round-robin | Algeria | Nigeria | — | 3 | ||||
2015* Details [4] | Cairo | Egypt | Round-robin | Algeria | Kenya | — | 3 | ||||
2017* Details | Cairo | Egypt | 3 – 0, 3 – 1 [5] | Tunisia | — | 2 | |||||
2018 Details [6] | Nairobi | Egypt | 3 – 0 [7] | Rwanda | Cameroon | 3 – 1 [7] | Nigeria | 9 | |||
2024 Details | Tunis | Tunisia | 3 – 2 | Egypt |
* Notes:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
2 | Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Algeria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Seychelles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
Nation | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | Years |
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Algeria | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 5 | |||||
Botswana | 5th | 1 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 3rd | 1 | |||||||||
DR Congo | 6th | 1 | |||||||||
Egypt | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 10 |
Ivory Coast | 5th | 1 | |||||||||
Kenya | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | Q | 4 | ||||||
Mauritius | 7th | 1 | |||||||||
Nigeria | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 4 | ||||||
Rwanda | 4th | 2nd | 2 | ||||||||
Senegal | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4 | ||||||
Seychelles | 2nd | 4th | 2 | ||||||||
Tanzania | 8th | 1 | |||||||||
Tunisia | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 6 | ||||
Uganda | 9th | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
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