Port Autonome de Douala and Mayo Kani Evolution Tighten Their Grip as Cameroon Volleyball Championship Returns to Yaounde

Cameroon Volleyball Championship | Second Regroupment | SED Gymnasium, Yaounde | 21 February 2026

The SED gymnasium in Yaounde welcomed Cameroon’s top volleyball clubs, reconvened for the second regroupment of the 2025–2026 national senior championship. Seven matches—four in the men’s competition and three in the women’s — brought long-awaited clarity to a standings table that had been left in suspense since the first round of fixtures. What emerged was a picture of competition that is growing sharper, more physical, and increasingly unforgiving at the top.

Men’s Championship: PAD Cement Leadership With Stunning Comeback

The day’s most gripping contest came in Match 10, when Cameroun Sport Volleyball (CSV) and Port Autonome de Douala (PAD) served up a five-set thriller that had supporters on their feet in Yaounde. CSV took the opening set 25–21 and appeared to be asserting control, but PAD steadied themselves and seized the second 25–22, then dominated the third 25–16. When CSV drew level by taking the fourth in a tense 27–25 finish, a decider felt inevitable — and PAD delivered it, edging the fifth set 18–16 to take the match 3–2.

It was the kind of victory that says something about a team’s character. PAD now lead the provisional standings with 11 points from four matches, their set ratio of 12–6 placing them comfortably ahead of the helm.

Forces Armées et Police (FAP) had a day of contrasting halves. In the morning, they were ruthless, dismantling Shekina Sport Académie (SSA) with a clinical 3–0 win — 25–14, 25–10, 25–15.  But in their second fixture, PAD turned the tables entirely, sweeping FAP 3–0 in straight sets (26–24, 25–19, 25–17). FAP sit second on nine points, with their two convincing wins partially offset by that heavy defeat.

Shekina Sport Académie find themselves in difficult territory. Four matches played, four defeats, and a points column still to move. With LTV, DYD, DSA and CEV all having played fewer games, the table remains fluid, but SSA will need a significant turnaround when the third regroupment arrives.

Provisional Men’s Standings (after Regroupment 2):

Women’s Championship: Nyong et Kelle Volleyball Upset FAP in a Five-Set Classic

If the men’s late drama belonged to PAD, the women’s competition had its own moment of high drama as Nyong et Kelle Volleyball (NKV) knocked out Forces Armées et Police (FAP) in five sets — 20–25 in the first, 24–26 in the second before a mid-match fightback from FAP to take the third and fourth, only for NKV to hold their nerve and seal it in the fifth 15–11. Three sets to two. A result that will likely define the trajectory of this championship for weeks to come.

FAP, one of the most decorated clubs in Cameroonian volleyball, will take note. They entered the day among the favourites, and while they still occupy third in the provisional table with four points, the defeat to NKV is a reminder that the women’s competition this season is genuinely open.

Mayo Kani Évolution (MKE) were the most consistent performers across the day’s fixtures. First they beat Fatgo’o Volleyball Club (FVC) convincingly, 3–1, with three dominant sets (25–18, 20–25, 16–25, 19–25 in FVC’s favour on the scoresheet, but 1–3 to MKE overall). Then, without pause, they turned their attention to NKV and produced another polished display — 25–16, 25–19, losing the third 22–25, then closing it out 25–21 to win 3–1. Back-to-back wins in a single day is no small feat in senior volleyball, and MKE’s consistency has pushed them to the top of the standings on nine points.

Far ahead remains LTV, who sit above all on six points from two matches, their set ratio an extraordinary 6–0 and points ratio of 1.829. They simply haven’t been tested yet — but when the third regroupment brings them into contact with the likes of MKE and NKV, that unblemished record will truely be tested.

Provisional Women’s Standings (after Regroupment 2):

What to Expect in Regroupment Three

Cameroon’s volleyball championship is well and truly alive. The third regroupment — scheduled for Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2026, again at the SED gymnasium in Yaounde — promises to be the most consequential weekend of the season so far. Several clubs still have a gap in their fixture tally, and as those outstanding matches are played, the standings will shift.