Kenya women's national volleyball team

The Kenya women's national volleyball team, the Malkia Strikers, represents Kenya in international volleyball competitions. Kenya has dominated the African continent since the 1990s, winning the Women's African Volleyball Championship a record of ten times. They have qualified three times for the Olympics; in 2000, 2004 and for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Kenya
Nickname(s)Malkia Strikers
AssociationKenya Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCAVB
Head coach Luizomar de Moura
FIVB ranking29 (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 2000)
Best result11th (2000, 2004)
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1994)
Best result13th place (1994, 1998)
Honours
All-Africa Games
1991 Cairo Team Competition
1995 Harare Team Competition
1999 Johannesburg Team Competition
2015 Brazzaville Team Competition
2019 Rabat Team Competition
1987 Nairobi Team Competition
2003 Abuja Team Competition
2007 Algiers Team Competition
2011 Maputo Team Competition
African Championship
1991 Cairo Team Competition
1993 Lagos Team Competition
1995 Nairobi Team Competition
1997 Cairo Team Competition
2005 Lagos Team Competition
2007 Nairobi Team Competition
2011 Nairobi Team Competition
2013 Nairobi Team Competition
2015 Nairobi Team Competition
2023 Yaoundé Team Competition
2003 Nairobi Team Competition
2017 Yaoundé Team Competition
2019 Cairo Team Competition
2021 Kigali Team Competition

Kenya also has a beach volleyball team, who were the only women's team at the Tokyo Olympics. Kenya's women's sitting volleyball team did not qualify for Tokyo.

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