Women's African Clubs Championship (volleyball)

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Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Volleyball current event.svg 2024 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship
Sport Volleyball
Founded1986
No. of teams15 (2024)
Country CAVB members
Continent Africa
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek SC (2024)
Most titles Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly SC (9 titles)
Official website CAVB.org

The Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organized by the African Volleyball Confederation. It is Africa's most important continental women's club volleyball competition and was first contested in 1986. It was not held for a few years during the 1990s, but tournaments have been held yearly since 1997.

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Winners of the competition qualified as continental champions for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship between 2010 and 2014.

Results

YearHostFinalThird place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
1986
Details
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Tunis
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Club Africain
3 – 0 Flag of Morocco.svg
FAR Rabat
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Algeria.svg
MP Alger
1987
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Club Africain
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Algeria.svg
MP Alger
Flag of Egypt.svg
Heliopolis Sporting Club
1988
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Algiers
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Club Africain
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Algeria.svg
MP Alger
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Zitouna Sports
1989
Details
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Tunis
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Club Africain
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Al Hilal
3 – 2 Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
1990
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Posta Kenya
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
Flag placeholder.svg
1991
Details
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag of Kenya.svg
Posta Kenya
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
1993Not Held
1994
1995
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
1996Not Held
1997
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Béjaïa
Flag of Algeria.svg
ASW Béjaïa
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
1998
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
[1]
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
Flag placeholder.svg
1999
Details
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
[1]
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
2000
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
[1]
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
2001
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Tlemcen
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
[1]
Round-robin Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Telkom Kenya
Round-robin Flag of Cameroon.svg
AES Sonel
2002
Details
Flag of Senegal.svg
Dakar
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
[2]
Round-robin Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
Flag of Seychelles.svg
Cascade
Round-robin Flag of Senegal.svg
Sococim VBC
2003
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Round-robin Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Cameroon.svg
AES Sonel
Round-robin Flag of Cameroon.svg
INJS Volley
2004
Details
Flag of Senegal.svg
Dakar
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
NC de Béjaïa
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 0 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg
Inter Club Brazzaville
2005
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 0 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 0 Flag of Kenya.svg
Telkom Kenya
2006
Details
Flag of Mauritius.svg
Vacoas
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 0 Flag of Botswana.svg
Mafolofolo VBC
2007
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 0 Flag of Egypt.svg
El Shams Club
2008
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 1 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
2009
Details
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
Flag of Algeria.svg
NC de Béjaïa
3 – 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg
INJS Volley
2010
Details [3]
Flag of Mauritius.svg
Vacoas
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg
Bafia Evolution
15
2011
Details [4]
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 0 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg
INJS Volley
15
2012
Details [5]
Flag of Kenya.svg
Nairobi
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 0 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Algeria.svg
NJ de Chlef
3 – 0 Flag of Cameroon.svg
FAP Yaoundé
18
2013
Details [6]
Flag of Madagascar.svg
Antananarivo
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 2 Flag of Algeria.svg
GSP Alger
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
MB Béjaïa
15
2014
Details [7]
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Tunis
Flag of Algeria.svg
GSP Alger
3 – 0 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 1 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
16
2015
Details [8]
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
El Shams
13
2016
Details [9]
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Carthage
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 1 Flag of Rwanda.svg
Revenue Club
17
2017
Details [10]
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Monastir
Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
El Shams
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
17
2018
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 0 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 2 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
19
2019
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
3 – 1 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
GSP Alger
17
2020
Details
canceled due to covid 19 pandemic
2021
Details
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Kelibia
Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
3 – 0 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CS Sfaxien
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Prisons
3 – 0 Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria Customs
11
2022
Details
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Kelibia
El Haouaria
Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
3 – 1 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
16
2023
Details
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Nabeul
Grombalia
Flag of Egypt.svg
Zamalek SC
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
Flag of Tunisia.svg
CF de Carthage
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
GS Pétroliers
16
2024
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Egypt.svg
Zamalek SC
3 – 2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Al Ahly SC
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya Pipelines
3 – 1 Flag of Kenya.svg
Commercial Bank
15

Source: CAVB [11]

Wins by club

RankClubWinnersRunners-upThird PlaceTotal
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly SC 912425
2 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Pipelines 68720
3 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Prisons 5138
4 Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 44
5 Flag of Tunisia.svg CF de Carthage 2327
6 Flag of Kenya.svg Commercial Bank 2169
Flag of Kenya.svg Posta Kenya 22
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek SC 22
9 Flag of Algeria.svg GS Pétroliers*1337
10 Flag of Algeria.svg ASW Bejaia 11
11 Flag of Algeria.svg NC Bejaia 112
12 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 11
Flag of Egypt.svg El Shams 11
Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 11
14
Flag of Tunisia.svg Al Hilal 11
Flag of Seychelles.svg Cascade WVC 11
Flag of Cameroon.svg AES Sonel 11
Flag of Algeria.svg NJ de Chlef 11
Flag of Kenya.svg Telkom Kenya 11
Total33333399

* Includes club's accomplishments under former names (MC Alger and MP Alger).

Wins by country

RankCountryWinnersRunners-upThird PlaceTotal
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 15111641
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1213429
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 64212
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24511
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11
6Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 11
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 11
Total34332996

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