Bahamas is ready to host the 19th Edition

CAZOVA Senior Volleyball Championships 

NASSAU, Bahamas, August 9, 2025.- The stage is set for a very exciting 19th edition of the CAZOVA Caribbean Volleyball Championship with the release of the final schedule for the event in Nassau, The Bahamas, August 16 - 24. 

Five teams will be trying to dethrone queens Jamaica while kings Suriname will be battling to defend their crown against challenges from six strong opponents. In releasing the schedule President of CAZOVA Mushtaque Mohammed indicated that the CAZOVA tournament was viewed as “the volleyball Olympics” for the region. 

“The players, the officials and the fans have come to expect some exciting volleyball from these games.  While the winners will advance to the NORCECA finals, everyone is keen to boast of being the number one team in the region,” said Mohammed. 

Suriname men are in Group A along with the hosts, The Bahamas and Jamaica.  Barbados who won the title a record 10 times are in group B along with their archrivals Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Guadeloupe. 

Among the women Jamaica lead a zone of “death” comprising former six times queens Barbados and the rapidly rising Suriname.  Guadeloupe, former queens Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas who have held the top spot on three occasions are in a tough group B. 

Following the opening ceremony on the 16th the action begins with Jamaica men clashing with the hosts, The Bahamas, which should set the scene for nine days of exciting volleyball.