| Competition: | Women's African Volleyball Championship |
| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Year: | 2017 |
| City: | Yaoundé |
| Dates: | 7–14 October 2017 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | CMR |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Last: | 2015 Women's African Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 2019 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.[1]
Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.[2]
See main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB).
13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship,[3] of which 4 later withdrew.
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| Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
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| width=50% | Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex |
| Capacity: 5,200 | |
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.
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
The drawing of lots was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 October 2017.[4]
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2018 World Championship |
| 14–woman squad[5] | |
| Head coach | |
| Jean-René Akono |
Fatou Diouck
Edith Wisa Mukuvulani
Aya ElshamySource: CAVB.[2]
