African Volleyball Confederation

African Volleyball Confederation

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

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

Profile

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 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. 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 men's and women's World Championships, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.

Teams

As of 2004, no African team has ever been able to obtain impressive 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 of all the 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, & Kenya, Egypt and Tunisia, in women's volleyball.

Affiliated federations

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

Code	Country	Federation	Zone
ALG	Algeria	Algerian Volleyball Federation	1
ANG	Angola	Federação Angolana de Voleibol	6
BDI	Burundi	Fédération Burundaise de Volleyball	4
BEN	Benin	Fédération Beninoise de Volley-Ball	3
BOT	Botswana	Botswana Volleyball Federation	6
BUR	Burkina Faso	Federation Burkinabe de Volley-Ball	6
CAF	Central African Republic	Federation Centrafricaine de Volleyball	4
CGO	Republic of the Congo	Fédération Congolaise de Volley-Ball	4
CHA	Chad	Fédération Tchadienne de Volley-Ball	4
CIV	Ivory Coast	Fédération Ivoirienne de Volley-Ball	3
CMR	Cameroon	Fédération Camerounaise De Volley-Ball	4
COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Fédération de Volley-Ball du Congo	4
COM	Comoros	Fédération Comorienne de Volley-Ball	7
CPV	Cape Verde	Federação Cabo-Verdiana de Voleibol	2
DJI	Djibouti	Fédération Djiboutienne de Volley-Ball	5
EGY	Egypt	Egyptian Volleyball Federation	5
ERT	Eritrea	Eritrean National Volleyball Federation	5
ETH	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Volleyball Federation	5
GAB	Gabon	Federation Gabonaise de Volley-Ball	4
GAM	Gambia	Gambia Volleyball Association	2
GBS	Guinea-Bissau	Federação de Voleibol da Guine-Bissau	2
GEQ	Equatorial Guinea	Federación Ecuatoguineana de Voleibol	4
GHA	Ghana	Ghana Volleyball Association	3
GUI	Guinea	Fédération Guineenne de Volley-Ball	3
KEN	Kenya	Kenya Volleyball Federation	5
LBA	Libya	Libyan Volleyball Federation	1
LBR	Liberia	Liberia Volleyball Federation	3
LES	Lesotho	Lesotho National Volleyball Association	6
MAD	Madagascar	Fédération Malagasy de Volleyball	7
MAR	Morocco	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Volley-Ball	1
MAW	Malawi	Volleyball Association Of Malawi	6
MLI	Mali	Fédération Malienne de Volleyball	2
MOZ	Mozambique	Federação Moçambicana de Voleibol	6
MRI	Mauritius	Mauritius Volleyball Association	7
MTN	Mauritania	Fédération Mauritanienne de Volley-Ball	2
NAM	Namibia	Namibian Volleyball Federation	6
NGR	Nigeria	Nigerian Volleyball Federation	3
NIG	Niger	Fédération Nigerienne de Volley-Ball	3
RSA	South Africa	Volleyball South Africa	6
RWA	Rwanda	Fédération Rwandaise de Volleyball	5
SEN	Senegal	Fédération Senegalaise De Volley-Ball	2
SEY	Seychelles	Seychelles Volleyball Federation	7
SLE	Sierra Leone	Fédération de Volleyball de la Sierra Leone	2
SOM	Somalia	Xirrirka Kubadda Laliska	5
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Federação Santomense de Voleibol	4
SUD	Sudan	Sudan Volleyball Association	5
SWZ	Swaziland	Swaziland National Volleyball Association	6
TAN	Tanzania	Tanzania Volleyball Association	5
TOG	Togo	Fédération Togolaise de Volley-Ball	3
TUN	Tunisia	Tunisian Volleyball Federation	1
UGA	Uganda	Uganda Volleyball Federation	5
ZAM	Zambia	Zambia Volleyball Association	6
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Volleyball Association	6

Tournaments

External links

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