The Rivals Are Back: Cameroon Cup 2026 Finals Promise Fireworks on Both Sides of the Net

As the dust settles on a breathless weekend of qualifiers at the SED and the Gymnase Multisports de Mfandena, the draw for the 2026 Coupe du Cameroun finals has delivered a rerun of last year’s showdowns, with all the unfinished business that entails.

The elimination rounds ran from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May, drawing nine women’s teams and eight men’s teams into what proved to be one of the more competitive qualifying weekends in recent memory.

Women’s competition: Litto Team and Mayo Kani march on
On the women’s side, the nine competing clubs were split across three groups. Group A brought together Litto Team, Fatgo’o and Dream Sports Academie. Group B featured Mayo Kani Evolution, Nyong et Kellé Volleyball and Trinity Volleyball. Group C was made up of Anna Mèches Volleyball, FAP and Mbalmayo Volleyball.

When it came to the semi-finals, very little was left to the imagination. Litto Team dispatched Nyong et Kellé in straight sets, 3-0, with scores of 25-20, 25-14 and 25-14, a performance that left little doubt about their intentions. Mayo Kani Evolution were equally ruthless, beating FAP by the same margin, 25-19, 25-22 and 25-15, to book their place in the final.

So yes, it is the same final as 2025. Litto Team against Mayo Kani Evolution, again.
What is undeniable is the edge this rematch carries. For Mayo Kani, there is the sting of last year’s defeat to avenge. For Litto Team, this is a chance to prove that their title was no fluke.

Men’s competition: PAD and Litto Team set up a blockbuster
The men’s draw was divided into two groups of four. Pool 1 consisted of Litto Team, FAP, Dream Sport Academie and Club Efoulan Volleyball. Pool 2 brought in Port Autonome de Douala (PAD), Cameroon Sport Volleyball, Dynamic de Douala and Skekinna Sports Academie.

The semi-finals in the men’s tournament told two very different stories. PAD were imperious against FAP, winning 3-0 with the kind of controlled authority that suggests they are building towards something. Litto Team, by contrast, had to scrap. Their encounter with Cameroon Sport went the distance, a gruelling 3-2 that will have left both sets of players physically and emotionally drained, though only one side smiling at the end.
That victory means Litto Team return to defend the men’s title they claimed in 2025, when they beat PAD in a final widely regarded as one of the best in recent years. And now, naturally, PAD are waiting on the other side of the net once more.

The pattern across both tournaments is hard to ignore. The teams that have led Cameroonian volleyball through the domestic season have, by and large, proven their class when it mattered most. The hierarchy, as the French would say, has been respected. Whether it holds in the finals – that is the question that will be answered on the day of the finals.