Referring to the world volleyball, most of them mention teams or tournaments in Asia, Europe and America. African volleyball has long been considered a low -lying area and hidden things that not many people know. There are many things about volleyball in the black continent that most fans have not known.
There are 54 countries in Africa and in most countries, volleyball is not even in the top 10 or top 5 most popular sports. In Africa, sports are interested in football, rugby, cricket, marathon, handball, boxing and some traditional sports.
Only a few African countries are popular sports, including Tunisia and Egypt. These are also two countries and Kenya dominated the black continental volleyball tournament. In addition, in Algeria, volleyball is also quite famous.
African volleyball management agency is the African volleyball federation – CAVB located in Morocco with 54 members. According to statistics, volleyball is gradually becoming more popular in Africa even though in the world, this is a sport that is considered the fourth most.
The three largest volleyball tournaments in Africa today include: African championship volleyball tournament for men and women and the African club championship. Some less interested tournaments include African championship, Egyptian Men's Volleyball, Tunisia Men's Volleyball Tournament …
Egypt is the most successful country in African volleyball. Other countries have achievements including Kenya, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon. The most successful clubs in Africa are Al Ahly SC, CS SFaxien and Zamalek SC.
With the annual African championship volleyball tournament, there are about 15 men's volleyball teams and 12 women's volleyball teams attended. In addition, the number of countries participating in beach volleyball tournament is higher than indoor volleyball.