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AVC Women's Challenge Cup

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AVC Women's Challenge Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup
SportVolleyball
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
First season2018
No. of teams12
ContinentAsia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Vietnam
(2nd title)
Most titles Vietnam
(2 titles)
TV partner(s)PPTV
Official websiteasianvolleyball.net

The AVC Women's Challenge Cup, also known as the AVC Challenge Cup for Women, is an annual 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.

From 2023 to 2024, the winner will qualify for the FIVB Challenger Cup.

This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious continental competition for Asian national women's volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Cup.

The three AVC Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams. Vietnam have won twice while Hong Kong have won once.

History

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Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning in 2018. This tournament was initially catered to AVC member associations ranked 11th and below or that did not participate in the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. It is set up to serve as a qualifier to the Women's Asian Volleyball Cup, which served as the tournament for the top teams of the AVC. The first two editions were due in Hong Kong, China. But due to unforeseen reasons, the first edition in 2018 was not held, while the second edition two years later was canceled due to grave concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The tournament first took place in 2022. The champions were Hong Kong, which won their first title at the 2022 edition in a round-robin format.[2]

From 2023 to 2024, the AVC Challenge Cup has reformed from being held biennially to annually as it serve as a qualifier for the FIVB Challenger Cup.[3][4] In the 2023 edition, Vietnam were crowned as the champions, who also won their first title in the tournament and qualified for the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup.[5] Starting in 2025, with the new format of the Nations League and the abolishment of the FIVB Challenger Cup, this will serve as an annual competition for teams not participating in the VNL to earn world ranking points to increase their place in the FIVB Senior World Rankings, and possibly qualify to the future editions of the VNL.

Results summary

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Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2018
Details 		Hong Kong
Hong Kong 		did not held due to unforeseen reasons 8
2020 Hong Kong
Hong Kong 		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details 		Thailand
Nakhon Pathom
Hong Kong 		Round-robin
(3–2)
India
Malaysia 		Round-robin
(3–2)
Uzbekistan 		5
2023
Details 		Indonesia
Gresik
Vietnam 		3–2
Indonesia
Chinese Taipei 		3–0
India 		11
2024
Details 		Philippines
Manila
Vietnam 		3–0
Kazakhstan
Philippines 		3–0
Australia 		10

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
 Vietnam 2 (2023, 2024)
 Hong Kong 1 (2022)
 India 1 (2022) 1 (2023)
 Indonesia 1 (2023)
 Kazakhstan 1 (2024)
 Chinese Taipei 1 (2023)
 Malaysia 1 (2022)
 Philippines 1 (2024)
 Australia 1 (2024)
 Uzbekistan 1 (2022)

Champions by region

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Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
SEAVA (Southeast Asia)  Vietnam (2) 2 titles
EAZVA (East Asia)  Hong Kong (1) 1 title

Hosts

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List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

Times Hosted Nations Year(s)
1  Thailand 2022
 Indonesia 2023
 Philippines 2024

Medal summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Vietnam2002
2 Hong Kong1001
3 India0101
 Indonesia0101
 Kazakhstan0101
6 Chinese Taipei0011
 Malaysia0011
 Philippines0011
Totals (8 entries)3339

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Team Thailand
2022
(5) 		Indonesia
2023
(11) 		Philippines
2024
(10) 		Total
 Australia • 6th 4th 2
 Chinese Taipei • 3rd 9th 2
 Hong Kong 1st 9th 8th 3
 India 2nd 4th 5th 3
 Indonesia • 2nd 7th 2
 Iran • 5th 6th 2
 Kazakhstan • • 2nd 1
 Macau • 11th • 1
 Malaysia 3rd • • 1
 Mongolia • 10th • 1
 Philippines • 7th 3rd 2
 Singapore 5th • 10th 2
 Uzbekistan 4th 8th • 2
 Vietnam • 1st 1st 2

Debut of teams

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Year Debutants Total
2022  Hong Kong 5
 India
 Malaysia
 Singapore
 Uzbekistan
2023  Australia 8
 Chinese Taipei
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Macau
 Mongolia
 Philippines
 Vietnam
2024  Kazakhstan 1

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ""21st Princess Cup" 3rd AVC Women's Challenge Cup set to get off the ground in Nakhon Pathom on June 24". AVC. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ Preechachan (30 June 2022). "Hong Kong, China make history after capturing 3rd AVC Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup". AVC. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ Preechachan (5 June 2023). "Women's Volleyroos Selected For Women's Challenger Cup". AVC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. ^ Edria Liang (16 June 2023). 中華女排出戰亞洲挑戰盃 賽程、名單一次看 [Chinese Taipei women's volleyball team Asian Challenge Cup schedule and list]. VOL Sports (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ^ Preechachan (25 June 2023). "Vietnam win AVC Challenge Cup". AVC. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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