Afghanistan women's national volleyball team

The Afghanistan women's national volleyball team represents Afghanistan in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.

Afghanistan

Nickname(s)	Flying Angels[1]
Association	Afghanistan National Volleyball Federation
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Nasrin Khazani
FIVB ranking	– (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away

History

Afghanistan (left) playing against Azerbaijan (right) at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

In the 2010s, the Islamic Republic era, Afghanistan already has a women's national volleyball team.^[2]

Post 2021

After the 2021 Fall of Kabul to the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were barred from playing sports.

Despite this, Afghanistan had receive funding from the FIVB to help maintain its women's national team.^[3] In 2023, the team made up from the Afghan diaspora competed at the 2022 Asian Games in China.^[4][5][6]

Due to the joint support of the FIVB, IOC and National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan women’s volleyball team have continued to play in various international competitions. This made volleyball the only sport since the start of Taliban rule to field a women's national team internationally.^[7]

Competition records

Asian Games

• 2022 — 13th place

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2021 — Group stage

CAVA Challenge Cup

• 2024 – 4th place

AVC Central Asia Zone Championship

• 2019 – 5th place

Head coach

• Fatemeh Zahra "Nasrin" Khazani^[8][9] (2023)