2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. Held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.

Qualification
13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew.

* Withdrew.

Format
The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below). The two best teams of each group progress to the second stage, the second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.

Pool standing procedure

 * 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

Pools composition
The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 October 2017.

Preliminary round

 * All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final round

 * All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Fifth place playoffs

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Seventh place match

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Fifth place match

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Semifinals

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Third place match

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Final

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Final standing
Source: CAVB.

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇨🇲 Laetitia Moma Bassoko


 * Best setter
 * 🇨🇲 Koulla Nadge


 * Best receiver
 * 🇸🇳 Fatou Diouck


 * Best libero
 * 🇨🇲 Raïssa Nasser


 * Best attacker
 * 🇰🇪 Mercy Moim


 * Best blocker
 * 🇰🇪 Edith Wisa Mukuvulani


 * Best server
 * 🇪🇬 Aya Elshamy

Source: CAVB.