Egypt is considered the pioneer of women’s
Volleyball in Africa as in 1960 it was the first
country from the continent to register a women’s
team. The Egyptian Women’s League was the first in
Africa in 1962-1963 and at that time two major
clubs were competing for the title, Al-Ahly and
Gezera. In 1970 a third club, Zamalek entered the
competition to win most of the league titles in
the seventies. In the following years Al-Ahly
swept all the titles up to and including 2003.
The international activity of Egyptian Volleyball
started in 1970 when the first national team was
established and the first title came six years
later when Egypt won the first African Nations
Championship in the Egyptian city of Port Said in
1976.
Egypt won four African Nations Championship in 76,
89, 95 and 2003 and three Arab Nations
Championships in 82, 88 and 95. The Egyptian
women’s team also won the gold medal in the All
Africa Games in Kenya 1987 and the All Arab Games
in 1992, 97 and 99.
The Egyptian clubs also achieved many continental
and regional competitions especially the Al-Ahly
club, which claimed 10 African and four Arab Club
Championships.
The quality of Egypt’s international teams has
improved substantially in recent years as they
qualified for the World Championship in China 1990
and Germany 2002 as well as the World Cup in 1995
and 2003.
