Kenya women's national volleyball team

Kenya
Nickname(s)Malkia Strikers
AssociationKenya Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCAVB
Head coachBrazil Luizomar de Moura
FIVB ranking20 (as of 23 May 2024)
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
Gold medal – first place 1991 Cairo Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1987 Nairobi Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Abuja Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Maputo Team Competition
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 1991 Cairo Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1993 Lagos Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1995 Nairobi Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1997 Cairo Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2005 Lagos Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nairobi Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nairobi Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nairobi Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nairobi Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yaoundé Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2003 Nairobi Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2017 Yaoundé Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cairo Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kigali Team Competition

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 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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