Volleyball at the African Games
# Volleyball at the African Games

Volleyball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

## Indoor volleyball

### Men

**Results**

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Host | Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1965 Details | Brazzaville | Egypt | 3 - 2 | Tunisia | Congo | 3 - 1 | Cameroon |
| 1969 | Bamako | Disrupted by military coup | Disrupted by military coup | Disrupted by military coup | Disrupted by military coup | Disrupted by military coup | Disrupted by military coup |
| 1973 Details | Lagos | Egypt | 3 – 0 | Tunisia | Senegal | 3 – 2 | Ivory Coast |
| 1978 Details | Algiers | Tunisia | 3 – 2 | Nigeria | Algeria | 3 – 2 | Ivory Coast |
| 1987 Details | Nairobi | Cameroon | 3 – 0 | Algeria | Nigeria | 3 – 0 | Madagascar |
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Algeria | 3 – 2 | Egypt | Tunisia | 3 – 0 | Cameroon |
| 1995 Details | Bulawayo | Egypt | 3 – 0 | Cameroon | Nigeria | 3 – 1 | Algeria |
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg | Cameroon | 3 – 2 | Nigeria | Egypt | 3 – 1 | South Africa |
| 2003 Details | Abuja | Egypt | 3 – 0 | Nigeria | Cameroon | 3 – 2 | Algeria |
| 2007 Details | Blida | Egypt | 3 – 1 | Tunisia | Algeria | 3 – 2 | Kenya |
| 2011 Details | Maputo | Cameroon | 3 – 2 | Algeria | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Rwanda |
| 2015 Details | Brazzaville | Algeria | 3 – 0 | Congo | Egypt | 3 – 2 | Rwanda |
| 2019 Details | Rabat | Cameroon | 3 – 1 | Algeria | Egypt | 3 – 1 | Morocco |

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

**Medal table**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Women

**Results**

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Host | Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1978 Details | Algiers | Algeria | 3 – 0 | Nigeria | Ghana | 3 – 2 | Tunisia |
| 1987 Details | Nairobi | Egypt | 3 – 1 | Kenya | Mauritius | 3 – 1 | Ghana |
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Egypt | Cameroon | – | Ghana |
| 1995 Details | Bulawayo | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Nigeria | Egypt | – | |
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg | Kenya | 3 – 1 | Egypt | Nigeria | 3 – 0 | South Africa |
| 2003 Details | Abuja | Nigeria | 3 – 2 | Egypt | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Cameroon |
| 2007 Details | Blida | Algeria | 3 – 1 | Cameroon | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Seychelles |
| 2011 Details | Maputo | Algeria | 3 – 1 | Cameroon | Kenya | 3 – 0 | Nigeria |
| 2015 Details | Brazzaville | Kenya | 3 – 1 | Cameroon | Egypt | 3 – 0 | Seychelles |
| 2019 Details | Rabat | Kenya | 3 – 1 | Cameroon | Morocco | 3 – 2 | Nigeria |

**Medal table**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Egypt | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

**Participating nations**

| Nation | 1978 | 1987 | Years |
| - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 1st | | ≥1 |
| Egypt | | 1st | ≥1 |
| Ghana | 3rd | 4th | 2 |
| Kenya | | 2nd | ≥1 |
| Mauritius | | 3rd | ≥1 |
| Nigeria | 2nd | | ≥1 |
| Tunisia | 4th | | ≥1 |
| Total | ? | ? | |
