{"id":2000128218,"date":"2026-10-07T10:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000128218"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:59:46","slug":"rwanda-receives-award-for-outstanding-contribution-to-volleyball-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-receives-award-for-outstanding-contribution-to-volleyball-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda receives award for outstanding contribution to volleyball development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FRVB President Rapha\u00ebl Ngarambe attended the CAVB Ordinary Congress held in Sal, Cabo Verde, on October 4, 2026, where the federation received the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda was commended for successfully hosting the CAVB Africa Men\u2019s Club Championship, which brought together some of the continent\u2019s top men\u2019s volleyball clubs from April 20 to May 3, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAVB also highlighted the contribution of President Paul Kagame, who supported the tournament and attended matches held at BK Arena and Petit Stade in Kigali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda, a CAVB partner, was further recognised for facilitating visa access for African players and officials attending international competitions hosted in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt\u2019s Al Ahly SC won the African Men\u2019s Club Championship after defeating Rwanda\u2019s Police VC 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22) in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRVB President Rapha\u00ebl Ngarambe received the award on behalf of Rwanda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FRVB President Rapha\u00ebl Ngarambe received the award on behalf of Rwanda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB) has received an Excellence Award for its outstanding performance, achievements and contribution to the development of volleyball in Africa, with the Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) also recognising Rwanda\u2019s role in hosting the CAVB Africa Men\u2019s Club Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000128225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000128218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000128225,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"FRVB President Rapha\u00ebl Ngarambe received the award on behalf of Rwanda.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":1501,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","width":1000,"height":1501},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","width":1000,"height":1501},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","width":1000,"height":1501},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","width":1000,"height":1501},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/img_0108.jpg-ca7d2.jpg","width":1000,"height":1501}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000128218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000128227,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128218\/revisions\/2000128227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000128225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000128218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000128218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000128218"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000128218"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000128218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}