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.
13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew.
* Withdrew.
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 3âÂÂ0 or 3âÂÂ1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3âÂÂ2: 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.
Source: CAVB.
Source: CAVB.