Women's Asian Volleyball Championship

This article is about the women's indoor volleyball tournament. For the women's tournament, see Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

The Asian Women's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Japan, which won its fifth title at the 2019 tournament.

The 20 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by three different national teams. China have won thirteen times. The other Asian Championship winners are Japan, with four titles; and Thailand with two titles.

The 2019 Asian Championship took place in Seoul, South Korea. The next Asian Championship will be 2021.

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
		Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place
1975 Details	Australia	Japan	Round-robin	South Korea	China	Round-robin	Australia	5
1979 Details	Hong Kong	China	Round-robin	Japan	South Korea	Round-robin	Australia	7
1983 Details	Japan	Japan	Round-robin	China	South Korea	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei	9
1987 Details	China	China	3–0	Japan	South Korea	3–0	New Zealand	11
1989 Details	Hong Kong	China	3–0	South Korea	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	10
1991 Details	Thailand	China	3–0	Japan	South Korea	3–?	North Korea	14
1993 Details	China	China	3–0	Japan	South Korea	3–1	Chinese Taipei	14
1995 Details	Thailand	China	Round-robin	South Korea	Japan	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei	9
1997 Details	Philippines	China	Round-robin	South Korea	Japan	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei	9
1999 Details	Hong Kong	China	Round-robin	South Korea	Japan	Round-robin	Thailand	9
2001 Details	Thailand	China	3–0	South Korea	Thailand	3–2	Japan	9
2003 Details	Vietnam	China	3–0	Japan	South Korea	3–1	Thailand	10
2005 Details	China	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	Japan	3–0	South Korea	12
2007 Details	Thailand	Japan	Round-robin	China	Thailand	Round-robin	South Korea	13
2009 Details	Vietnam	Thailand	3–1	China	Japan	3–0	South Korea	14
2011 Details	Chinese Taipei	China	3–1	Japan	South Korea	3–2	Thailand	14
2013 Details	Thailand	Thailand	3–0	Japan	South Korea	3–2	China	16
2015 Details	China	China	3–0	South Korea	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	14
2017 Details	Philippines	Japan	3–2	Thailand	South Korea	3–0	China	14
2019 Details	South Korea	Japan	3–1	Thailand	South Korea	3–0	China	13
2021 Details	China							16
2023 Details	Thailand							16

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
China	13 (1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)	3 (1983, 2007, 2009)	1 (1975)	3 (2013, 2017, 2019)
Japan	5 (1975, 1983, 2007, 2017, 2019)	7 (1979, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2013)	6 (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009)	1 (2001)
Thailand	2 (2009, 2013)	2 (2017, 2019)	3 (2001, 2007, 2015)	3 (1999, 2003, 2011)
South Korea		7 (1975, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2015)	10 (1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)	3 (2005, 2007, 2009)
Kazakhstan		1 (2005)
Chinese Taipei				6 (1983, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2015)
Australia				2 (1975, 1979)
New Zealand				1 (1987)
North Korea				1 (1991)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAZVA (East Asia)	China (13), Japan (5)	18 titles
SEAZVA (Southeast Asia)	Thailand (2)	2 titles

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
6	Thailand	1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2023
5	China	1987, 1993, 2005, 2015, 2021
3	Hong Kong	1979, 1989, 1999
2	Philippines	1997, 2017
	Vietnam	2003, 2009
1	Australia	1975
	Japan	1983
	Chinese Taipei	2011
	South Korea	2019

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	13	3	1	17
2	Japan	5	7	6	18
3	Thailand	2	2	3	7
4	South Korea	0	7	10	17
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		20	20	20	60

Awards

Main articles: Asian Women's Volleyball Championship Best Players and Asian Women's Volleyball Championship Most Valuable Player

At the end of each Championship, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently six awards:

• The Most Valuable Player for the best player, determined by a vote of organizing committees.
• The Best Opposite spiker for the best opposite spiker, determined by their statistics and a vote of organizing committees.
• The Best Outside spikers for the best outside spikers, determined by their statistics and a vote of organizing committees.
• The Best Middle blocker for the best middle blockers, determined by their statistics and a vote of organizing committees.
• The Best Setter for the best setter, determined by their statistics and a vote of organizing committees.
• The Best Libero for the best libero, determined by their statistics and a vote of organizing committees.

See also

• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• AVC Cup for Women
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship

References

• Sports123.com

External links

• Official AVC website