Arab Volleyball Championship

Arab Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1977
Inaugural season	1977
Country	AVA members
Most recent champion(s)	Egypt (2016)
Most titles	Tunisia (8 titles)

The Arab Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the AVA, the Arab Volleyball Association.

The first Arab Championships were held in 1977 in Kuwait.

Results

Summary

MEN'S ARAB VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1977 Details	Kuwait	Kuwait	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1980 Details	Syria	Tunisia	Syria	Saudi Arabia
1982	Not held
1984 Details	Tunisia	Tunisia	Algeria	Kuwait
1986 Details	Jordan	Egypt	Iraq	Kuwait
1988 Details	Saudi Arabia	Tunisia	Kuwait	Iraq
1990	Not held
1992 Details	Syria	Bahrain	Syria	Kuwait
1994 Details	Bahrain	Algeria	Kuwait	Tunisia
1996 Details	Egypt	Tunisia	Qatar	Algeria
1998 Details	Bahrain	Algeria	Tunisia	Bahrain
2000 Details	Jordan	Tunisia	Algeria	Qatar
2002 Details	Jordan	Tunisia	Algeria	Egypt
2004	Not held
2006 Details	Bahrain	Tunisia	Saudi Arabia	Algeria
2008 Details	Bahrain	Bahrain	Tunisia	Qatar
2010	Not held
2012 Details	Bahrain	Tunisia	Bahrain	Libya
2014 Details	Kuwait	Egypt	Qatar	Algeria
2016 Details	Egypt	Egypt	Bahrain	Iraq

Total Hosts

Hosts	Nations (Year(s))
5	Bahrain (1994, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2012)
3	Jordan (1986, 2000, 2002)
2	Syria (1980, 1992)  Kuwait (1977, 2014)  Egypt (1996, 2016)
1	Tunisia (1984)  Saudi Arabia (1988)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	8	2	1	11
2	Egypt	3	0	1	4
3	Algeria	2	3	3	8
4	Bahrain	2	2	1	5
5	Kuwait	1	2	3	6
6	Qatar	0	2	2	4
7	Syria	0	2	0	2
8	Iraq	0	1	2	3
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	2	3
10	Morocco	0	1	0	1
11	Libya	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		16	16	16	48

Participating nations

Nation	1977	1980	1984	1986	1988	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2006	2008	2012	2014	2016	Years
Algeria			2nd				1st	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th		3rd		9
Bahrain						1st			3rd			4th	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	7
Egypt				1st							3rd				1st	1st	5
Iraq				2nd								10th		5th	8th	3rd	5
Jordan											4th			7th		6th	3
Kuwait	1st		3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd					9th		6th	4th		9
Lebanon												7th					1
Libya														3rd	7th		3
Morocco	2nd																1
Oman												6th	6th				2
Qatar								2nd		3rd		5th	3rd		2nd		5
Palestine																7th	1
Saudi Arabia	3rd	3rd										2nd		4th	6th	5th	6
Somalia	11th																1
Sudan												8th					1
Syria		2nd				2nd											2
Tunisia		1st	1st		1st		3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st			11
United Arab Emirates													5th	8th		4th	3
Yemen															9th		1
Total	12	10					8	6	6	6	10	10	6	8	9	7

References

• (in French) Arab volleyball championship from 1977 to 2012 (Tunisian Volleyball Federation)

External links

• Official AVA website
• abdogedeon.com