Women's Asian Volleyball Championship
Upcoming season or competition: 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
---|---|
Founded | 1975 |
First season | 1975 |
No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
Continent | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
Most recent champion(s) | Japan (4th title) |
Most titles | China (13 titles) |
TV partner(s) | SMMTV |
Official website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
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 fourth title at the 2017 tournament.
The 19 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 2017 Asian Championship took place in Metro Manila, Philippines. The next Asian Championship will be hosted by Thailand in 2019.
Results summary
Teams reaching the top four
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) | 2 (2013, 2017) |
Japan | 4 (1975, 1983, 2007, 2017) | 7 (1979, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2013) | 6 (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009) | 1 (2001) |
Thailand | 2 (2009, 2013) | 1 (2017) | 3 (2001, 2007, 2015) | 3 (1999, 2003, 2011) |
South Korea | 7 (1975, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2015) | 9 (1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) | 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 (4) | 17 titles |
SEAZVA (Southeast Asia) | Thailand (2) | 2 titles |
Hosts
Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
---|---|---|
6 | Thailand | 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2019 |
4 | China | 1987, 1993, 2005, 2015 |
3 | Hong Kong | 1979, 1989, 1999 |
2 | Philippines | 1997, 2017 |
Vietnam | 2003, 2009 | |
1 | Australia | 1975 |
Japan | 1983 | |
Chinese Taipei | 2011 |
Medal summary
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
2 | Japan | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
3 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | South Korea | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
5 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Participating nations
Nation | 1975 |
1979 |
1983 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 4th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 10th | 19 |
China | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | 19 |
Chinese Taipei | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 16 | |||
Hong Kong | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 12th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 11th | 14 | |||||
India | 7th | 14th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 7 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 5th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 10 | |||||||||
Iran | 12th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 6 | |||||||||||||
Japan | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 19 |
Kazakhstan | 5th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 10 | |||||||||
Macau | 11th | 10th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Malaysia | 9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Maldives | 14th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mongolia | 14th | 11th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Myanmar | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 5th | 9th | 4th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 10 | |||||||||
North Korea | 5th | 4th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Philippines | 5th | 13th | 13th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 12th | 12th | 8th | 10 | |||||||||
Singapore | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Korea | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 19 |
Sri Lanka | 12th | 14th | 9th | 10th | 14th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 9 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 16 | |||
Turkmenistan | 14th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 6th | 6th | 7th | 13th | 12th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Vietnam | 8th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 10 | |||||||||
Total | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 19th |
Debut of teams
|
|
|
Awards
Most Valuable Player
|
Best Opposite Spiker
|
Best Outside Spikers
|
Best Middle Blockers
|
Best Setter
|
Best Libero
|
Former awards
Best Scorer
|
Best Spiker
|
Best Server
|
Best Blocker
|
Best Receiver
|
Best Digger
|
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