Cameroon’s Volleyball Clubs Make History in Cairo Despite Early Exits

There was heartbreak and history in equal measure for Cameroon at the 26th African Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in Cairo this April. Both Litto Team and Mayo Kani Evolution were knocked out at the quarter-final stage, but what followed told a rather more encouraging story about the direction of Cameroonian volleyball.

Quarter-final exits, but not without fight
Litto Team faced the tournament’s most formidable obstacle in their last-eight tie, coming up against hosts Al Ahly of Egypt on their own court. It was, frankly, a mountain too steep to climb. Al Ahly were assured and dominant from the first whistle, winning 3-0 with set scores of 25-17, 25-14 and 25-16. Wete Sissako and her teammates, representing the Littoral region, could not find their rhythm against a side of that calibre playing in front of their own supporters.
Mayo Kani Evolution’s afternoon was no less demanding. They met KCB of Kenya and, despite the energy and determination shown by Danna Fosso and the squad led by coach Victoire L’or Ngon Ntame, the Cameroonian side fell 0-3, losing the sets 15-25, 18-25 and 21-25. Effort was never in question. The gap in experience at this level, though, was hard to ignore.

Litto Team climb to fifth, a genuine milestone
What happened next, however, is where the real story lies.
Rather than leaving Cairo empty-handed, Litto Team channelled their disappointment into the classification rounds with impressive resolve. A 3-1 victory over Ghana’s KSC on Tuesday, winning 25-16, 25-16, 14-25 and 26-24, secured them a crack at fifth place. Then, on Thursday, they faced DCI of Kenya in that decisive match and came through 3-1 under the guidance of coach Luis Domingos.

Fifth place. Their best-ever finish in the competition.
After finishing seventh in 2025, that is a genuine two-place improvement and, for a club that has historically struggled to reach these upper rankings, no small thing. It speaks not only to the quality within Litto Team’s squad but also to the rising standard of the Cameroonian championship as a whole.

Mayo Kani rewrite their own record
Mayo Kani’s classification journey took a different path. They lost to DCI of Kenya in their first classification match, going down 0-3 with scores of 20-25, 10-25 and 25-27. That result pushed them into the contest for seventh place, where they met KSC of Ghana.
And there they delivered, winning 3-2 in a hard-fought encounter to claim seventh place overall. For context, they finished 13th in 2025. A leap of six places, in a single edition, is the kind of progress that coaches dream about and players work years to achieve. For Victoire L’or Ngon Ntame’s group, it represents a genuine breakthrough moment in the club’s history.

Al Ahly claim an 11th continental crown
On the broader stage, the tournament concluded as many had expected. Al Ahly, imperious throughout the competition, defeated KCB of Kenya 3-1 in the final on 23 April, with set scores of 22-25, 25-15, 25-20 and 25-16. It was their 11th title in the competition, a staggering record that underlines why they remain the standard-bearers of African club volleyball. KPC of Kenya rounded out the podium with a 3-1 win over CFC of Tunisia in the third-place play-off.

Looking ahead with renewed ambition
The dream, naturally, is to one day see a Cameroonian club standing on that podium, in the tradition of players like Christelle Nana and Laeticia Moma who have made the country proud on the continental stage. That day has not arrived yet. But if Cairo 2026 proved anything, it is that the gap is narrowing, the work is paying off, and the belief within Cameroonian volleyball is quietly, steadily growing.
Fifth and seventh. Not bad at all.