Confédération Africaine de Volleyball

Confédération Africaine de Volleyball
CAVB logo
Formation	1972
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Membership	53 nations
President	Amr El Wani
Website	http://www.cavb.org/

Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.

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Officially, the CAVB was the last confederation to be created: it was established in 1972, when the FIVB turned its five Volleyball Zone Commissions into continental confederations. The African Volleyball Commission had been originally founded in 1967.

Although the national federation of Egypt was involved in the founding of the FIVB in 1947, the sport of volleyball remains essentially amateur in Africa, even in countries which maintain consistent Olympic programmes, such as South Africa or Kenya. In recent years, there has been considerable effort by the international federation to increase competitivity in the continent through special development actions. The results of these measures are, as of 2005, still timid.

The CAVB's headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.

The CAVB is responsible for national volleyball federations located in Africa and organizes continental competitions such as the African Volleyball Championship (first edition, 1967). It also takes part in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the Olympic Games or the World Championship, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.

Teams

As of 2004, no African team has ever been able to obtain expressive results in international competitions, neither in women's nor in men's events. It could be argued that Egypt has some tradition in the sport, since it is the oldest from all national federations affiliated to the CAVB.

Judging from participation in international events, which is usually granted through continental qualification procedures, one may attribute predominance in the continent to the teams of Egypt and Tunisia, in men's, and Kenya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Nigeria, in women's volleyball.

Affiliated Federations

As of 2004, the following national federations were affiliated to the CAVB:

Code	Country	Federation
ALG	Algeria	Algerian Volleyball Federation
ANG	Angola	Federação Angolana de Voleibol
BDI	Burundi	Fédération Burundaise de Volleyball
BEN	Benin	Fédération Beninoise de Volley-Ball
BOT	Botswana	Botswana Volleyball Federation
BUR	Burkina Faso	Federation Burkinabe de Volley-Ball
CAF	Central African Republic	Federation Centrafricaine de Volleyball
CGO	Republic of the Congo	Fédération Congolaise de Volley-Ball
CHA	Chad	Fédération Tchadienne de Volley-Ball
CIV	Côte d'Ivoire	Fédération Ivoirienne de Volley-Ball
CMR	Cameroon	Fédération Camerounaise De Volley-Ball
COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Fédération de Volley-Ball du Congo
COM	Comoros	Fédération Comorienne de Volley-Ball
CPV	Cape Verde	Federação Cabo-Verdiana de Voleibol
DJI	Djibouti	Fédération Djiboutienne de Volley-Ball
EGY	Egypt	Egyptian Volleyball Federation
ERT	Eritrea	Eritrean National Volleyball Federation
ETH	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Volleyball Federation
GAB	Gabon	Federation Gabonaise de Volley-Ball
GAM	Gambia	Gambia Volleyball Association
GBS	Guinea-Bissau	unknown
GEQ	Equatorial Guinea	Federación Ecuatoguineana de Voleibol
GHA	Ghana	Ghana Volleyball Association
GUI	Guinea	Fédération Guineenne de Volley-Ball
KEN	Kenya	Kenya Volleyball Association
LBA	Libya	Libyan Volleyball Federation
LBR	Liberia	Liberia Volleyball Federation
LES	Lesotho	Lesotho National Volleyball Association
MAD	Madagascar	Fédération Malagasy de Volleyball
MAR	Morocco	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Volley-Ball
MAW	Malawi	Volleyball Association Of Malawi
MLI	Mali	Fédération Malienne de Volleyball
MOZ	Mozambique	Federação Moçambicana de Voleibol
MRI	Mauritius	Mauritius Volleyball Association
MTN	Mauritania	Fédération Mauritanienne de Volley-Ball
NAM	Namibia	Namibian Volleyball Federation
NGR	Nigeria	Nigerian Volleyball Federation
NIG	Niger	Fédération Nigerienne de Volley-Ball
RSA	South Africa	Volleyball South Africa
RWA	Rwanda	Fédération Rwandaise de Volleyball
SEN	Senegal	Fédération Senegalaise De Volley-Ball
SEY	Seychelles	Seychelles Volleyball Federation
SLE	Sierra Leone	Fédération de Volleyball de la Sierra Leone
SOM	Somalia	unknown
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Federação Santomense de Voleibol
SUD	Sudan	Sudan Volleyball Association
SWZ	Swaziland	Swaziland National Volleyball Association
TAN	Tanzania	Tanzania Volleyball Association
TOG	Togo	Fédération Togolaise de Volley-Ball
TUN	Tunisia	Fédération Tunisienne de Volley-Ball
UGA	Uganda	Uganda Volleyball Federation
ZAM	Zambia	Zambia Volleyball Association
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Volleyball Association

Tournaments

• Africa Volleyball Championship (male and female)
• Africa Volleyball Championship U21 (male)
• Women's Africa Volleyball Championship U20
• Africa Volleyball Championship U19 (male)
• Girl's Africa Volleyball Championship U18
• African Cup of Champions Clubs

External links

• CAVB Homepage
• NCAA list of African volleyball federations
• National Volleyball Federation of The Central African Republic
• National Volleyball Federation of Morocco