How North Africa has won 38 back-to-back Africa crownsNo club out of North Africa has ever won the men's volleyball club championships. File Photo courtesy of CAVBAs the 38th edition of the Africa men volleyball club championships commence in Cairo Egypt on Monday , it is now a chase for other regions to break the long running record that has seen the competition's crown only won by Clubs from North Africa. Kenya Prisons men team came close in 2011 having reached the finals where they faced Al Ahly while GSU finished 4th last year having lost in the semi finals. This year 23 teams have confirmed participation in the competition and have been drawn in four pools.Playing at home,defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt hold a record 13 titles and will be out to bag their 14th crown. In the women's competition that ended last Monday , Al Ahly of Egypt tenth historic title after they outclassed their archrivals Carthage of Tunisia 3-1 (21-25, 25-15, 25-11, 25-19) in the final.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 31, 2019 22:07 UTC