The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.^[1]

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2021 Women's African Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Rwanda
City	Kigali
Dates	12–20 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kenya
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament awards
MVP	Christelle Tchoudjang Nana
Best Setter	Alexandra Erhart
Best OH	Sharon Chepchumba
Best MB	Gladys Ekaru
Best Libero	Yousra Souidi
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9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.

More information Means of qualification, Dates ...

Means of qualification	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Rwanda
2019 African Championship	9–14 July 2019	Cairo	4	Cameroon  Kenya  Senegal  Morocco
Zone 1 representatives	—	—	1	Tunisia
Zone 3 representatives	—	—	1	Nigeria
Zone 4 representatives	—	—	2	Burundi  DR Congo
Total			9

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Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

Pool A	Pool B
Rwanda (Hosts)	Cameroon (1)
Senegal (3)	Kenya (2)
Morocco (6)	Burundi (–)
Nigeria (–)	Tunisia (–)
	DR Congo (–)

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1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

• All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Morocco	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	168	160	1.050	Semifinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	143	131	1.092
3	Senegal[lower-alpha 1]	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	109	150	0.727	Withdrew
4	Rwanda[lower-alpha 2] (H)	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	182	161	1.130	9th place

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host nation
Notes:

1.  Rwanda was forfeited by FIVB because Rwanda illegally registered four foreigners without due process
2.  Senegal withdrew from the competition

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:00	KGL	Nigeria	3–0	Senegal	25–16	25–18	25–22			75–56
12 Sep	18:00	KGL	Rwanda	3–1	Morocco	25–19	25–18	32–34	25–22		107–93
13 Sep	18:00	KGL	Nigeria	0–3	Rwanda	22–25	23–25	23–25			68–75
15 Sep	14:00	KGL	Senegal	0–3	Morocco	23–25	17–25	13–25			53–75
16 Sep[lower-alpha 1]	18:00	KGL	Rwanda	–	Senegal	–	–	–			0–0
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]	16:00	KGL	Morocco	–	Nigeria	–	–	–			0–0

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Notes

1. This match was canceled.

Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	153	1.471	Semifinals
2	Kenya	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	285	206	1.383
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	185	200	0.925	5th place
4	DR Congo	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	168	196	0.857
5	Burundi	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	117	225	0.520	7th place

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	KGL	Burundi	0–3	DR Congo	18–25	15–25	13–25			46–75
12 Sep	16:00	KGL	Cameroon	3–0	Kenya	25–20	25–21	25–19			75–60
13 Sep	10:00	KGL	Tunisia	0–3	Cameroon	15–25	18–25	17–25			50–75
13 Sep	12:00	PTS	DR Congo	0–3	Kenya	12–25	12–25	19–25			43–75
15 Sep	12:00	KGL	Cameroon	3–0	Burundi	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–43
15 Sep	16:00	KGL	Kenya	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60
16 Sep	14:00	KGL	Burundi	0–3	Kenya	8–25	9–25	11–25			28–75
16 Sep	16:00	KGL	DR Congo	0–3	Tunisia	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]	14:00	KGL	Cameroon	–	DR Congo	–	–	–			0–0
17 Sep[lower-alpha 1]	18:00	KGL	Tunisia	–	Burundi	–	–	–			0–0

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Notes

1. This match was canceled.

• All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

5th place match

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	14.00	KGL	Tunisia	3–0	DR Congo	25–17	25–11	25–20			75–48

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Final Four

	Semifinals				Final
	19 September – Kigali
	Morocco	0
					19 September – Kigali
	Kenya	3
					Kenya	1
	19 September – Kigali
					Cameroon	3
	Cameroon	3
	Nigeria	0
					3rd place match
					19 September – Kigali
					Morocco	3
					Nigeria	0

Semifinals

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	10.00	KGL	Morocco	0–3	Kenya	12–25	21–25	11–25			44–75
19 Sep	12.00	KGL	Cameroon	3–0	Nigeria	25–13	35–33	25–13			85–59

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3rd place match

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16.00	KGL	Morocco	3–0	Nigeria	25–19	25–17	25–18			75–54

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Final

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	18.00	KGL	Kenya	1–3	Cameroon	21–25	23–25	25–15	23–25		92–90

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• 2021 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship