# Women's Asian 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 Thailand, which won its third title in 2023.
The 21 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by three different national teams. China have won thirteen times. The other Asian Championship winners are Japan, with five titles; and Thailand with three titles.
The 2021 edition was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 edition was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Starting in 2026, the tournaments will now be held every even year, conforming to the 2025–28 Volleyball Calendar of the FIVB.

## Results summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | | Teams |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | | Teams |
| 1975 Details | Melbourne | 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 | Fukuoka | Japan | Round-robin | China | | South Korea | Round-robin | Chinese Taipei | | 9 |
| 1987 Details | Shanghai | 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 | Bangkok | China | 3–0 | Japan | | South Korea | 3–0 | North Korea | | 14 |
| 1993 Details | Shanghai | China | 3–0 | Japan | | South Korea | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | | 14 |
| 1995 Details | Chiang Mai | China | Round-robin | South Korea | | Japan | Round-robin | Chinese Taipei | | 9 |
| 1997 Details | Manila | 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 | Nakhon Ratchasima | China | 3–0 | South Korea | | Thailand | 3–2 | Japan | | 9 |
| 2003 Details | Ho Chi Minh City | China | 3–0 | Japan | | South Korea | 3–1 | Thailand | | 10 |
| 2005 Details | Taicang | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | | 12 |
| 2007 Details | Nakhon Ratchasima | Japan | Round-robin | China | | Thailand | Round-robin | South Korea | | 13 |
| 2009 Details | Hanoi | Thailand | 3–1 | China | | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | | 14 |
| 2011 Details | Taipei | China | 3–1 | Japan | | South Korea | 3–2 | Thailand | | 14 |
| 2013 Details | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | 3–0 | Japan | | South Korea | 3–2 | China | | 16 |
| 2015 Details | Tianjin | China | 3–0 | South Korea | | Thailand | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | | 14 |
| 2017 Details | Biñan / Muntinlupa | Japan | 3–2 | Thailand | | South Korea | 3–0 | China | | 14 |
| 2019 Details | Seoul | Japan | 3–1 | Thailand | | South Korea | 3–0 | China | | 13 |
| 2021 Details | San Fernando / Angeles City / Olongapo | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2023 Details | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | 3–2 | China | | Japan | 3–2 | Vietnam | | 14 |

### Teams reaching the top four

| Team | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
| China | 13 (1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015) | 4 (1983, 2007, 2009, 2023) | 1 (1975) | 3 (2013, 2017, 2019) |
| Japan | 5 (1975, 1983, 2007, 2017, 2019) | 7 (1979, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2011, 2013) | 7 (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2023) | 1 (2001) |
| Thailand | 3 (2009, 2013, 2023) | 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) |
| Vietnam | | | | 1 (2023) |

### Champions by region

| Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
| EAZVA (East Asia) | China (13), Japan (5) | 18 titles |
| SEAZVA (Southeast Asia) | Thailand (3) | 3 titles |

## Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.
| Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
| 6 | Thailand | 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2023 |
| 4 | China | 1987, 1993, 2005, 2015 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 1979, 1989, 1999 |
| 2 | Philippines | 1997, 2017 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2003, 2009 |
| 1 | Australia | 1975 |
| 1 | Japan | 1983 |
| 1 | South Korea | 2019 |
| 1 | Taiwan | 2011 |

## Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

## Participating nations
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
* – Hosts
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| YearTeam | 1975 (5) | 1979 (7) | 1983 (9) | 1987 (11) | 1989 (10) | 1991 (14) | 1993 (14) | 1995 (9) | 1997 (9) | 1999 (9) | 2001 (9) | 2003 (10) | 2005 (12) | 2007 (13) | 2009 (14) | 2011 (14) | 2013 (16) | 2015 (14) | 2017 (14) | 2019 (13) | 2023 (14) | Total |
| Australia | 4th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 21 |
| China | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 21 |
| Chinese Taipei | • | • | 4th | • | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 18 |
| Hong Kong | • | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 12th | 9th | 9th | 8th | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | • | 13th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 16 |
| India | • | 7th | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 11th | 11th | 11th | • | 10th | 10th | 7th | 9 |
| Indonesia | • | 5th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 13th | 13th | 10th | • | • | 8th | • | 11 |
| Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 8 |
| Japan | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | 9th | • | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 12 |
| Macau | • | • | • | 11th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Malaysia | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 1 |
| Mongolia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 11th | • | • | 12th | 3 |
| Myanmar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| New Zealand | 5th | • | 9th | 4th | • | 10th | 11th | 7th | • | • | 8th | 10th | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | • | 11 |
| North Korea | • | • | • | • | 5th | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
| Philippines | • | • | 5th | • | • | 13th | 13th | 8th | 8th | • | • | 8th | 9th | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | 8th | • | 13th | 11 |
| Singapore | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 21 |
| Sri Lanka | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 14th | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | 10th | 14th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 13th | • | 10 |
| Thailand | • | • | • | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 18 |
| Turkmenistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | 6th | 7th | • | • | • | 13th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 6 |
| Vietnam | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | • | 4th | 11 |

### Debut of teams

| Year | Debutants | Total |
| 1975 | Australia | 5 |
| 1975 | China | 5 |
| 1975 | Japan | 5 |
| 1975 | New Zealand | 5 |
| 1975 | South Korea | 5 |
| 1979 | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 1979 | India | 3 |
| 1979 | Indonesia | 3 |
| 1983 | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| 1983 | Philippines | 2 |
| 1987 | Macau | 4 |
| 1987 | Malaysia | 4 |
| 1987 | Singapore | 4 |
| 1987 | Thailand | 4 |
| 1989 | North Korea | 1 |
| 1991 | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| 1991 | Vietnam | 2 |
| 1993 | Kazakhstan | 2 |
| 1993 | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| 1995 | None | 0 |
| 1997 | None | 0 |
| 1999 | None | 0 |
| Year | Debutants | Total |
| 2001 | None | 0 |
| 2003 | None | 0 |
| 2005 | None | 0 |
| 2007 | Iran | 1 |
| 2009 | None | 0 |
| 2011 | Turkmenistan | 1 |
| 2013 | Mongolia | 2 |
| 2013 | Myanmar | 2 |
| 2015 | None | 0 |
| 2017 | Maldives | 1 |
| 2019 | None | 0 |
| 2023 | None | 0 |

## Most valuable player by edition

* 1975–2001 – Not awarded
* 2003 – Zhao Ruirui (CHN)
* 2005 – Chu Jinling (CHN)
* 2007 – Miyuki Takahashi (JPN)
* 2009 – Onuma Sittirak (THA)
* 2011 – Wang Yimei (CHN)
* 2013 – Wilavan Apinyapong (THA)
* 2015 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
* 2017 – Risa Shinnabe (JPN)
* 2019 – Mayu Ishikawa (JPN)
* 2023 – Chatchu-on Moksri (THA)