2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
The 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship will be the 21st edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, organised by Asia's governing volleyball body, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) to be hosted in the Philippines. Originally scheduled for August 29 to September 5, 2021, the tournament was postponed to August 30 to September 6, 2022 due rising COVID-19 cases amidst a pandemic. Host selection. During the AVC Sports Events Council Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, the Asian Volleyball Confederation announced on February 11, 2020, that only one national federation have applied to organize  2021 Asian Women's Championship: However, China later withdrew as host. The Philippines was named as replacement hosts on May 15, 2021. The main venue will be Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga, while the Subic Gymnasium in Olongapo (Subic) and the AUF Sports and Cultural Center in Angeles City (Clark) will be the secondary venues. The Philippine government's Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), which deals with the country's response against the COVID-19 pandemic, approved the hosting of the tournament on July 16, 2021. Qualification. Following the  AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by Qualified teams. The AVC stated that there were originally twelve entrant teams that were due to participate in the tournament. Venue. Three venues spanning three cities in the Clark and Subic areas in the Philippines will be used for the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. Pools composition. Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their previous edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the previous  ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same zonal association. The draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 16, 2021. Ranking from the 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).