Asian Volleyball Confederation

Asian Volleyball Confederation

Sport	Volleyball
Category	Continental Sports Organization
Membership	65 National Association
Abbreviation	AVC
Founded	1952[1]
Regional affiliation	Asia and Oceania
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
President	Rita Subowo
Vice president(s)	Cai Yi
Other key staff	Secretary-General Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai Treasurer Cai Yi
Official website
asianvolleyball.net
Official languages English

The Asian Volleyball Confederation, commonly known by the acronym AVC, is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Asia and Oceania. It has 65 member countries, mostly located in the Asia-Pacific region, but excludes the six transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Cyprus, along Israel – which are instead members of CEV.

The main headquarters is located in Bangkok, Thailand and the current president is Rita Subowo of Indonesia.

Board of Administration[]

List of presidents[]

• Masaichi Nishikawa (1952–1976)
• Nemesio Yabut (1976–1979)
• Yutaka Maeda (1979–1985)
• Yasutaka Matsudaira (1985–1996)
• Yuan Weimin (1997–2001)
• Wei Jizhong (2001–2008)
• Saleh A Bin Nasser (2008–2020)
• Rita Subowo (2020–present)

Members[]

code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIVB affiliation	AVC affiliation	IOC member
WAZVA (12)
BHR		(M, )				Yes
IRQ		(M, )				Yes
JOR		(, )				Yes
KUW		(M, )				Yes
LBN		(M, )				Yes
OMA		(, )				Yes
PLE		(, )				Yes
QAT	Qatar	(M, W)				Yes
KSA		()				Yes
SYR		(M, W)				Yes
UAE		(, )				Yes
YEM		(, )				Yes
CAZVA (14)
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)				Yes
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	1973			Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, )				Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1951			Yes
IRN	Iran	(M, W)	1945			Yes
KAZ		(M, W)				Yes
MDV		(M, )	1982	1984		Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)				Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, )	1955			Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	1951			Yes
TJK		(M, W)				Yes
KGZ		(, )				Yes
TKM		(M, )				Yes
UZB		(M, W)				Yes
SEAZVA (11)
BRU		(, )				Yes
CAM		(, W)				Yes
IDN	Indonesia	(M, W)	1955			Yes
LAO		(, )				Yes
MAS		(, W)				Yes
MYA		(M, W)				Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	2015	2021	2021	Yes
SIN		(M, W)				Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1959			Yes
TLS		(, )				Yes
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	1961	1991	1991	Yes
EAZVA (9)
CHN	China	(M, W)	1953			Yes
HKG		(M, W)				Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1927	1951	1952	Yes
MAC		(, W)				No
MNG		(, W)				Yes
PRK		(M, W)				Yes
KOR	South Korea	(M, W)	1947			Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei	(M, W)	1954			Yes
OZVA (20)
ASA		(, W)				Yes
AUS	Australia	(M, W)				Yes
COK		(M, )				Yes
FIJ		(M, )				Yes
GUM		(, W)				Yes
KIR		(, )				Yes
MRI		(, )				Yes
MIC		(, )				Yes
NAU		(, )				Yes
NZL	New Zealand	(M, W)				Yes
NIE		(, )				No
NMI		(, )				Yes
PAL		(M, )				Yes
PNG		(, W)				Yes
SOL		(, )				Yes
TAH		(, )				No
TGA		(, )				Yes
TUV		(, )				Yes
VAN		(, )				Yes
SAM		(, )				Yes

Events[]

Championships[]

AVC organizes three championships, involving two of three FIVB disciplines (volleyball and beach volleyball).

• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship (held in odd years; held in every four years as FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Qualification Tournament since 2021)
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship (held in odd years; held in every four years as FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Qualification Tournament since 2021)
• Asian Beach Volleyball Championships (held in every year; involving two-gender tournaments)
• - Since 2008 ^[2]

Age-restricted championships[]

AVC also runs various competitions restricted to a younger age.

• Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship (held in odd years as FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship (held in odd years as FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship (held in even years as FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship (held in even years as FIVB Volleyball Men's U20 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship (held in even years as FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship (held in even years as FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship Qualification Tournament)
• (held in even years as FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships Qualification Tournament; involving two-gender tournaments)
• (held in even years as FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships Qualification Tournament; involving two-gender tournaments)
• (held in even years as FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships Qualification Tournament; involving two-gender tournaments)

Results (2013 it was probably unofficial):^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Year	Host	Men				Women
		1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
	India , Chennai	Indonesia	Kazakhstan	Australia	Kazakhstan	Australia	Japan	Kazakhstan	Indonesia
	Thailand , Kamphaengphet	China	Thailand	Thailand	Australia	China	Japan	Thailand	Australia
	Thailand , Roi Et	Australia	Thailand	Thailand	Iran	Thailand	Japan	Indonesia	Vanuatu
	Thailand , Roi Et	Thailand	Australia	Kazakhstan	Australia	Thailand	Thailand	China	China
	Thailand , Nakhon Pathom	Iran	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Australia	Thailand	Australia	Thailand
	Laos , Vientiane	Thailand	Australia	Iran	Iran	Thailand	New Zealand	China	Thailand
	Thailand , Nakhon Pathom	Indonesia	Thailand	Kazakhstan	Pakistan	Thailand	China	Kazakhstan	Indonesia
	Thailand , Nakhon Pathom	Iran	Thailand	Kazakhstan	Thailand	Australia	Thailand	Thailand	Australia
	Thailand , Ratchaburi	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan

U21/U19/U17 Beach Volleyball Medals (2013-2021)[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	8	10	6	24
2	Australia (AUS)	4	2	2	8
3	China (CHN)	2	1	2	5
4	Indonesia (INA)	2	0	1	3
	Iran (IRI)	2	0	1	3
6	Japan (JPN)	0	3	0	3
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	6	7
8	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 nations)		18	18	18	54

Club championships[]

AVC organizes two more championships for volleyball clubs.

• Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship (held in every year as FIVB Volleyball Men's World Club Championship Qualification Tournament)
• Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship (held in every year as FIVB Volleyball Women's World Club Championship Qualification Tournament)

Cups[]

AVC organizes four cups for volleyball national teams in two divisions per gender.

• AVC Cup for Men (held in even year; top division for men's national teams)
• AVC Cup for Women (held in even year; top division for women's national teams)
• AVC Men's Challenge Cup (held in even year; first division for men's national teams)
• AVC Women's Challenge Cup (held in even year; first division for women's national teams)

Tour[]

AVC organizes a continental tour for beach volleyball teams.

• AVC Beach Tour (held in even year; involving two-gender tournaments)

Continental qualification tournaments[]

AVC organizes four continental qualification tournaments, involving two of three FIVB disciplines (volleyball and beach volleyball).

• AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification (held in every four years as Olympic Qualification Tournament; tournament's name was exclusive for 2020 Summer Olympics)
• AVC Women's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification (held in every four years as Olympic Qualification Tournament; tournament's name was exclusive for 2020 Summer Olympics)
• AVC Continental Qualifications for FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup (held in every year as FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup Qualification Tournament; involving two-gender tournaments)
• AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup (held in three seasons as Olympic Qualification Tournament; involving two-gender tournaments)

Current title holders[]

Championship	Cup	Challenge Cup	U-19/20/21	U-17/18/19	Club
Men's team  Iran (2021)	Men's team  Qatar (2018)	Men's team  Iraq (2018)	Men's U20 team  Iran (2018)	Boys' U18 team  Japan (2018)	Iran (2021)
Women's team  Japan (2019)	Women's team  China (2018)	Cancelled	Women's U19 team  Japan (2018)	Girls' U17 team  Japan (2018)	Tianjin Bohai Bank  China (2019)
C McHugh / D Schumann  Australia (2020)			Phichakon N / Phanupong T  Thailand (2019)	D Herlambang / B Akbar  Indonesia (2018)
Wang F / Xia XY  China (2020)			Pawarun C / Thatsarida S  Thailand (2019)	Pawarun C / Thatsarida S  Thailand (2018)

Sponsors[]

• Mikasa
• SMM Sport
• Senoh
• Grand Sport Group

References[]

External links[]

• Official AVC website (in English)