Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship
SportVolleyball
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
First season1980
ContinentsAsia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 China
(13th title)
Most titles China
(13 titles)

The Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 20 women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 1980. The top four teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship. The current champion is China, which won its 13th title at the 2024 tournament.

Formerly, the championship was entitled Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, but in accordance with the FIVB Board of Administration Meeting on 21–22 March 2022, which announced to align the FIVB age group categories per gender to Under-19 and Under-21 for both genders, the adjustment of 2022 Age Group Championships has also been considered important for representative women’s age group teams from Asia to compete in the FIVB Age Group Championships in 2023.

The 20 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by three different national teams: China have won twelve times, Japan with seven titles, and South Korea with one title.

Results summary

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Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
1980
Details
South Korea
Seoul

South Korea
Round-robin
Japan

India
Round-robin
Singapore
6
1984
Details
Australia
Canberra

Japan

China

South Korea

Chinese Taipei
6
1986
Details
Thailand
Bangkok

Japan
3–2
China

South Korea
3–0
Thailand
9
1988
Details
Indonesia
Jakarta

Japan
3–1
China

South Korea

Indonesia
10
1990
Details
Thailand
Chiang Mai

Japan

South Korea

China

Chinese Taipei
14
1992
Details
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur

China
3–0
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
3–0
Australia
13
1994
Details
Philippines
Manila

China

Japan

South Korea

Chinese Taipei
10
1996
Details
Thailand
Chiang Mai

China
Round-robin
Japan

South Korea
Round-robin
Chinese Taipei
11
1998
Details
Thailand
Trang

China
3–0
South Korea

Japan
3–1
Thailand
10
2000
Details
Philippines
Dagupan

China
Round-robin
Japan

South Korea
Round-robin
Thailand
8
2002
Details
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City

China

Thailand

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
12
2004
Details
Sri Lanka
Colombo

China
3–0
Japan

South Korea
3–0
Chinese Taipei
9
2006
Details
Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima

China
3–1
Japan

Chinese Taipei
3–1
Thailand
12
2008
Details
Taiwan
Taipei

Japan
3–0
Chinese Taipei

China
3–0
South Korea
11
2010
Details
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City

China
3–0
South Korea

Japan
3–0
Thailand
15
2012
Details
Thailand
Nakhon Pathom / Ratchaburi

China
3–0
Chinese Taipei

Japan
3–2
Thailand
16
2014
Details
Taiwan
Taipei

China
3–1
Japan

South Korea
3–2
Thailand
15
2016
Details
Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima

China
3–2
Japan

Thailand
3–1
Vietnam
15
2018
Details
Vietnam
Bắc Ninh

Japan
3–0
China

Thailand
3–1
Chinese Taipei
15
2020 China
Chongqing
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details
Kazakhstan
Nur Sultan

Japan
3–0
China

Thailand
3–2
South Korea
9
2024
Details
China
Jiangmen

China
3–2
Japan

South Korea
3–1
Thailand
12

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 China 13 (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016,2024) 5 (1984, 1986, 1988, 2018, 2022) 2 (1990, 2008)
 Japan 7 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2008, 2018, 2022) 8 (1980, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2016) 3 (1998, 2010, 2012)
 South Korea 1 (1980) 4 (1990, 1992, 1998, 2010) 9 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2024) 3 (2002, 2008, 2022)
 Chinese Taipei 2 (2008, 2012) 3 (1992, 2002, 2006) 6 (1984, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2018)
 Thailand 1 (2002) 3 (2016, 2018, 2022) 7 (1986, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 India 1 (1980)
 Singapore 1 (1980)
 Indonesia 1 (1988)
 Australia 1 (1992)
 Vietnam 1 (2016)

Champions by region

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Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
EAZVA (East Asia) China (12), Japan (7), South Korea (1) 20 titles

Hosts

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Times Hosted Nations Year(s)
7  Thailand 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2012, 2016
3  Vietnam 2002, 2010, 2018
2  Philippines 1994, 2000
 Taiwan 2008, 2014
1  South Korea 1980
 Australia 1984
 Indonesia 1988
 Malaysia 1992
 Sri Lanka 2004
 Kazakhstan 2022
 China 2024

Medal summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China135220
2 Japan79319
3 South Korea14914
4 Chinese Taipei0235
5 Thailand0134
6 India0011
Totals (6 entries)21212163

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 the forthcoming tournament
Year
Team
South Korea
1980
(6)
Australia
1984
(6)
Thailand
1986
(9)
Indonesia
1988
(10)
Thailand
1990
(14)
Malaysia
1992
(13)
Philippines
1994
(10)
Thailand
1996
(11)
Thailand
1998
(10)
Philippines
2000
(8)
Vietnam
2002
(12)
Sri Lanka
2004
(9)
Thailand
2006
(12)
Taiwan
2008
(11)
Vietnam
2010
(15)
Thailand
2012
(16)
Taiwan
2014
(15)
Thailand
2016
(15)
Vietnam
2018
(15)
Kazakhstan
2022
(9)
China
2024
(12)
Total
 Australia 5th 5th 9th 7th 7th 4th 6th 7th 6th 11th 6th 7th 9th 11th 9th 13th 11th 10th 11th 19
 China 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 20
 Chinese Taipei 4th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 5th 6th 4th 5th 6th 20
 Fiji 13th 1
 Guam 14th 1
 Hong Kong 6th 12th 11th 8th 11th 14th 11th 11th 13th 12th 12th 11
 India 3rd 6th 8th 9th 8th 6th 8th 7th 10th 10th 10th 6th 6th 8th 11th 7th 8th 17
 Indonesia 4th 8th 9th 9th 9th 9th 6th 7th 8
 Iran 9th 8th 12th 9th 8th 6th 9th 7
 Japan 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 21
 Kazakhstan 7th 7th 7th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 7th 10
 Kuwait 16th 1
 Macau 14th 12th 14th 3
 Malaysia 11th 7th 10th 8th 13th 5
 Maldives 9th 1
 Mongolia 14th 1
 New Zealand 6th 10th 10th 12th 10th 8th 8th 12th 12th 9th 14th 9th 10th 13
 North Korea 5th 6th 2
 Philippines 10th 7th 8th 8th 12th 10th 6
 Singapore 4th 7th 9th 9th 11th 5
 South Korea 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 3rd 21
 Sri Lanka 8th 13th 13th 10th 10th 8th 12th 11th 15th 13th 8th 15th 15th 13
 Thailand 4th 6th 6th 6th 5th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 5th 4th 5th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 19
 Turkmenistan 15th 15th 2
 Uzbekistan 9th 1
 Vietnam 9th 7th 6th 6th 8th 10th 10th 4th 6th 5th 10

Debut of teams

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Awards

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Former awards

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See also

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References

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