Irushanwa ryashinzwe mu 1980, iyi shampiyona itegurwa buri mwaka n’Ishyirahamwe ry’Umukino wa Volleyball muri Afurika. Ihuza amakipe akomeye yo mu mashyirahamwe 54 y’ibihugu byo muri Afurika, ashyirwa mu turere dutanu na zone zirindwi.
Mu myaka yashize, iri rushanwa ryabaye irushanwa rikomeye ku mugabane w’Afurika, ryiganjemo ibihangange byo muri Afurika y’Amajyaruguru – cyane cyane Misiri na Tuniziya. Al Ahly VC yegukanye igikombe cya mbere nyuma imaze gutsinda Zamalek VC ku mukino wa nyuma.
Uretse icyubahiro cy’umugabane w’Afurika, ibibazo birarushaho kuba byinshi: uwatsinze ni we wenyine uhabwa umwanya wo gukinira muri Shampiyona y’Isi y’Amakipe.
Mu mateka, amakipe yo muri Afurika yagiye arwana no guhangana n’amakipe yo mu Burayi na Amerika y’Epfo ku rwego rw’isi. Ariko, Al Ahly yabonye umusaruro mwiza kurusha iyindi yose ku mugabane w’Afurika mu 2010, irangiza ku mwanya wa gatanu.
U Rwanda rwatangiye gukina mu ntangiriro za 2000, aho APR VC yafatwaga nk’ikipe ya mbere ihagarariye igihugu ahagana mu 2002. Uko kwigaragaza kwabaye intangiriro y’urugendo rw’u Rwanda muri volleyball yo ku mugabane w’Afurika yo hagati, kandi byateguriye inzira amakipe nka Gisagara VC na Police VC.
Amakipe ane azahagararira u Rwanda akomeje imyiteguro, kuko ntabwo ari irushanwa ribatunguye mbese nayo arimo kwiyubaka kugira ngo abone uko azakira neza abashyitsi bazaturuka mu bindi bihugu, ayo makipe ni APR VC, Kepler VC, REG VC ndetse na Police VC, akomeje kwiyubaka no kwizeza abanyarwanda ko azabahagararira neza.

Intsinzi nziza kurusha izindi zose mu gihugu yabonetse mu 2022, ubwo Gisagara VC yegukanaga umudari wa bronze w’amateka iyobowe n’umutoza Fidele Nyirimana, itsinze Port Douala yo muri Kameruni ibitego 3-1.
Mu irushanwa riheruka kubera muri Libiya, APR VC yegereye undi mwanya wo kurangiza muri 1/2 ariko amaherezo iza ku mwanya wa kane nyuma yo gutsindwa umukino wa gatatu.
Irushanwa ry’uyu mwaka rizakoresha imiterere yagutse y’amakipe 32. Amakipe azashyirwa mu matsinda umunani y’amakipe ane, buri kipe ikina imikino itatu mu matsinda.
Amakipe abiri ya mbere muri buri kipe izazamuka mu cyiciro cya 16, kuva mu cyiciro cya 16 kugeza muri kimwe cya kane, 1/2, no ku mukino wa nyuma.
Amakipe azarangiza ari aya gatatu n’aya kane mu matsinda yabo ntazakomeza, kandi nta mikino yose izaba iri hagati y’imyanya ya 17 na 32. Ahubwo, urutonde rw’ayo makipe ruzagenwa hashingiwe ku bisubizo bihuriweho, hakurikijwe amabwiriza yemewe y’amarushanwa. Ariko, imikino yatoranyijwe mu cyiciro cya kane n’icya kabiri izakomeza gukinwa kugira ngo harebwe urutonde rw’amakipe.

Al Ahly VC imaze gutsinda Zamalek ya Misiri yegukanye igikombe
Al Ahly SC ikomeje kuba ikipe yatsinze cyane mu mateka y’iri rushanwa, ifite ibikombe 16 bya nyuma. Amakipe yo mu Misiri muri rusange ayoboye umugabane w’Afurika n’intsinzi 22 za shampiyona.
Nubwo urutonde rwa nyuma rw’amakipe azitabira rutaramenyekana, Rukinzo VC byitezwe ko izatangira gukina ibi bikaba ari intambwe ikomeye kuri volleyball y’Uburundi ku rwego rw’umugabane.
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