Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship

Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1997
Inaugural season	1997
No. of teams	12 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (8th title)
Most titles	Japan (8 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship is a biennial competition contested by the under 17 women's national teams of the Asian Volleyball Confederation as part of the Asian Youth Volleyball Championship. It was formerly known as the Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship and in 2010 and 2017 was contested by under-18s.

Since the championships started in 1997, the tournaments have been won by two countries. Japan have won eight times including the 2018 edition. China have won four titles. The tournament doubles as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualify for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.

Result summary[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
1997 Details	Yala		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Thailand		8
1999 Details	Singapore		China	Round-robin	Japan		Chinese Taipei	Round-robin	South Korea		8
2001 Details	Trang		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–2	Chinese Taipei		9
2003 Details	Sisaket		China	Round-robin	North Korea		Thailand	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		8
2005 Details	Mandaue		China	3–2	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	3–2	Japan		9
2007 Details	Kamphaeng Phet		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		8
2008 Details	Manila		Japan	3–0	China		Thailand	3–0	South Korea		12
2010 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Japan	3–0	China		Thailand	3–1	South Korea		13
2012 Details	Chengdu		Japan	3–1	China		Chinese Taipei	3–0	South Korea		13
2014 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Japan	3–1	Thailand		China	3–0	South Korea		13
2017 Details	Chongqing		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–0	Thailand		11
2018 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Japan	3–1	China		Thailand	3–1	South Korea		12
2020	Originally scheduled to be held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 Details	Tashkent

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Japan	8 (1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018)	2 (1999, 2001)		1 (2005)
China	4 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)	5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018)	3 (1997, 2007, 2014)
South Korea		3 (1997, 2005, 2007)	2 (2001, 2017)	6 (1999, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Thailand		1 (2014)	4 (2003, 2008, 2010, 2018)	2 (1997, 2017)
North Korea		1 (2003)
Chinese Taipei			3 (1999, 2005, 2012)	3 (2001, 2003, 2007)

Champions by region[]

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAZVA (East Asia)	Japan (8), China (4)	12 titles

Hosts[]

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
6	Thailand	1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2018
2	Philippines	2005, 2008
	China	2012, 2017
1	Singapore	1999
	Malaysia	2010
	Uzbekistan	2022

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	2	0	10
2	China	4	5	3	12
3	South Korea	0	3	2	5
4	Thailand	0	1	4	5
5	North Korea	0	1	0	1
6	Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 nations)		12	12	12	36

Participating nations[]

Nation	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2018	Years
Australia		6th	8th	7th	6th	8th	7th	7th	11th	13th	7th	9th	11
China	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	12
Chinese Taipei	5th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	4th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	12
Hong Kong									8th	9th	6th	12th	4
India			9th	5th	9th	6th	10th	13th	6th	11th		8th	9
Indonesia							6th						1
Iran							11th	9th	10th	10th	9th	7th	6
Japan	1st	2nd	2nd		4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	11
Kazakhstan				6th			9th	6th	7th	6th		6th	6
Malaysia	6th		7th					8th				11th	4
Mongolia									12th				1
New Zealand								11th		8th	8th	10th	4
North Korea			6th	2nd									2
Philippines	8th	8th		8th	8th		8th			7th			6
Samoa											11th		1
Singapore	7th	7th						12th					3
South Korea	2nd	4th	3rd		2nd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	11
Sri Lanka						7th	12th		13th				3
Thailand	4th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	5th	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	4th	3rd	12
Uzbekistan											10th		1
Vietnam					7th			10th	9th	12th			4
Total	8	8	9	8	9	8	12	13	13	13	11	12

Debut of teams[]

Awards[]

Former awards[]

See also[]

• Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship

External links[]

• Official AVC website