Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.
Officially, 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 originally founded in 1967.
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Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.
Officially, 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 originally 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. In recent years, 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...
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