# Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under-18 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's Asian-continent governing body. Tournaments have been held every two years since 1997. It broke its biennial design only in 2008, a year after it held its 2007 competition in Colombo, and in 2018, following the holding of a competition in 2017 in Naypyidaw after the tournament skipped the year 2016. It formerly carried the title Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship (in the tournament's 11th edition), Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship (in the 10th edition), Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship (in the 4th-9th editions), and Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship (in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).
The top four teams of each tournament qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is China, which won its first title at the 2024 tournament.
14 of the championship's tournaments have been won by six different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won three times. The other winners are China, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India with one title each.

## Result 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 |
| 1997 Details | Baguio | Chinese Taipei | Round-robin | South Korea | | Japan | Round-robin | China | | 8 |
| 1999 Details | Chiayi | South Korea | Round-robin | Japan | | China | Round-robin | Saudi Arabia | | 8 |
| 2001 Details | Isfahan | Iran | 3–1 | South Korea | | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 | North Korea | | 10 |
| 2003 Details | Visakhapatnam | India | 3–1 | Iran | | North Korea | 3–0 | China | | 9 |
| 2005 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–0 | South Korea | | India | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | | 8 |
| 2007 Details | Kuala Lumpur | Iran | 3–0 | India | | China | 3–2 | South Korea | | 11 |
| 2008 Details | Colombo | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | | India | 3–2 | China | | 11 |
| 2010 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–2 | China | | South Korea | 3–1 | India | | 10 |
| 2012 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–2 | China | | Japan | 3–2 | South Korea | | 11 |
| 2014 Details | Colombo | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | | China | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | | 15 |
| 2017 Details | Naypyidaw | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | | China | 3–1 | Iran | | 11 |
| 2018 Details | Tabriz | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | | Iran | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | | 17 |
| 2020 Details | Shiraz | 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 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 Details | Tehran | Japan | 3–0 | Iran | | India | 3–2 | South Korea | | 8 |
| 2024 Details | Manama | China | 3–2 | Iran | | Pakistan | 3–0 | Japan | | 16 |

### Teams reaching the top four

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| Iran | 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 3 (2003, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) |
| Japan | 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) | 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) | 2 (1997, 2012) | 1 (2024) |
| South Korea | 1 (1999) | 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2010) | 3 (2007, 2012, 2022) |
| China | 1 (2024) | 2 (2010, 2012) | 4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017) | 3 (1997, 2003, 2008) |
| India | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 3 (2005, 2008, 2022) | 1 (2010) |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 (1997) | | 1 (2001) | 3 (2005, 2014, 2018) |
| North Korea | | | 1 (2003) | 1 (2001) |
| Pakistan | | | 1 (2024) | |
| Saudi Arabia | | | | 1 (1999) |

### Champions by region

| Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
| CAZVA (Central Asia) | Iran (7), India (1) | 8 titles |
| EAZVA (East Asia) | Japan (3), China (1), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) | 6 titles |

## Hosts

| Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
| 6 | Iran | 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2020, 2022 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2008, 2014 |
| 1 | Bahrain | 2024 |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 1999 |
| 1 | India | 2003 |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2007 |
| 1 | Myanmar | 2017 |
| 1 | Philippines | 1997 |

## Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iran | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Participating nations
### 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
| YearTeam | 1997 (8) | 1999 (8) | 2001 (10) | 2003 (9) | 2005 (8) | 2007 (11) | 2008 (11) | 2010 (10) | 2012 (11) | 2014 (15) | 2017 (11) | 2018 (17) | 2022 (8) | 2024 (16) | Total |
| Australia | 6th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 8th | • | 12th | 13 |
| Bahrain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 7th | 2 |
| Bangladesh | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | 1 |
| China | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 1st | 14 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 14 |
| Hong Kong | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 13th | 11th | 17th | • | 13th | 5 |
| India | • | • | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 7th | 3rd | 9th | 11 |
| Iran | • | • | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 12 |
| Japan | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9th | • | 12th | • | 10th | 6 |
| Kuwait | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 16th | 3 |
| Lebanon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 1 |
| Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 2 |
| Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Myanmar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 1 |
| New Zealand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 1 |
| North Korea | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Oman | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | 1 |
| Pakistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 3rd | 2 |
| Philippines | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 3 |
| Qatar | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 16th | • | • | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | • | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 15th | 4 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 4th | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 9th | • | • | 7 |
| Thailand | 5th | 6th | • | 5th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 12 |
| Turkmenistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | • | • | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |

### Debut of teams

| Year | Debutants | Total |
| 1997 | Australia | 8 |
| 1997 | China | 8 |
| 1997 | Chinese Taipei | 8 |
| 1997 | Japan | 8 |
| 1997 | Philippines | 8 |
| 1997 | South Korea | 8 |
| 1997 | Thailand | 8 |
| 1997 | United Arab Emirates | 8 |
| 1999 | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| 2001 | India | 4 |
| 2001 | Iran | 4 |
| 2001 | North Korea | 4 |
| 2001 | Qatar | 4 |
| 2003 | None | 0 |
| 2005 | None | 0 |
| 2007 | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 2007 | Malaysia | 3 |
| 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| 2008 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 3 |
| 2008 | Maldives | 3 |
| 2010 | None | 0 |
| 2012 | Turkmenistan | 1 |
| 2014 | Bahrain | 1 |
| 2017 | Bangladesh | 2 |
| 2017 | Myanmar | 2 |
| 2018 | New Zealand | 3 |
| 2018 | Oman | 3 |
| 2018 | Pakistan | 3 |
| 2022 | None | |
| 2024 | Lebanon | 1 |