Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1997
Inaugural season	1997
No. of teams	16 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (2nd title)
Most titles	Iran (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, formerly known as the Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship, is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 19 men'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 1997. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top four teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament.

The 12 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won two times. The other Asian Championship winners are Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India, with one title each.

The 2018 Asian Championship took place in Tabriz, Iran.

Result summary[]

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
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			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	Originally scheduled to be held in Shiraz, Iran, canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Isfahan

Teams reaching the top four[]

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

Champions by region[]

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
CAZVA (Central Asia)	Iran (7), India (1)	8 titles
EAZVA (East Asia)	Japan (2), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1)	4 titles

Hosts[]

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

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	7	1	1	9
2	Japan	2	3	2	7
3	South Korea	1	5	1	7
4	India	1	1	2	4
5	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
6	China	0	2	4	6
7	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		12	12	12	36

Participating nations[]

Nation	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2018	Years
Australia	6th	7th	10th	6th	8th	7th	8th	9th	9th	8th	7th	8th	12
Bahrain										9th			1
Bangladesh											10th		1
China	4th	3rd	5th	4th	6th	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	6th	12
Chinese Taipei	1st	5th	3rd	8th	4th	6th	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th	4th	12
Hong Kong						11th				13th	11th	17th	4
India			7th	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	7th	7th		7th	9
Iran			1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	3rd	10
Japan	3rd	2nd	6th		5th	5th	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	11
Kazakhstan							9th	10th	10th	9th		12th	5
Kuwait							10th						1
						8th						10th	2
Maldives							11th			14th			2
Myanmar											8th		1
New Zealand												14th	1
North Korea			4th	3rd									2
												13th	1
Pakistan												11th	1
Philippines	8th	8th											2
Qatar			8th	7th						15th		16th	4
		4th	9th							11th			3
South Korea	2nd	1st	2nd	9th	2nd	4th		3rd	4th	6th	2nd	2nd	11
Sri Lanka						10th	7th	8th	6th	5th	9th	9th	7
Thailand	5th	6th		5th	7th	9th	6th	7th	8th		6th	5th	10
Turkmenistan									11th	12th		15th	3
United Arab Emirates	7th												1
Total	8	8	10	9	8	11	11	10	11	15	11	17

Debut of teams[]

Awards[]

Former awards[]

See also[]

• Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

External links[]

• Official AVC website