Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship

Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1980
Inaugural season	1980
No. of teams	15 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (6th title)
Most titles	China (12 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 19 women'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 1980. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. The current champion is China, which won its twelfth title at the 2016 tournament.

The 18 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by three different national teams. China have won twelve times. The other Asian Championship winners are Japan, with five titles; and South Korea, with one title.

The 2016 Asian Championship took place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The next Asian Championship will be hosted by Vietnam in 2018.

Results summary[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
1980 Details	Seoul		South Korea	Round-robin	Japan		India	Round-robin	Singapore		6
1984 Details	Canberra		Japan		China		South Korea		Chinese Taipei		6
1986 Details	Bangkok		Japan	3–2	China		South Korea	3–0	Thailand		9
1988 Details	Jakarta		Japan	3–1	China		South Korea		Indonesia		10
1990 Details	Chiang Mai		Japan		South Korea		China		Chinese Taipei		14
1992 Details	Kuala Lumpur		China	3–0	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia		13
1994 Details	Manila		China		Japan		South Korea		Chinese Taipei		10
1996 Details	Chiang Mai		China	Round-robin	Japan		South Korea	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		11
1998 Details	Trang		China	3–0	South Korea		Japan	3–1	Thailand		10
2000 Details	Dagupan City		China	Round-robin	Japan		South Korea	Round-robin	Thailand		8
2002 Details	Ho Chi Minh City		China		Thailand		Chinese Taipei		South Korea		12
2004 Details	Colombo		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei		9
2006 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		China	3–1	Japan		Chinese Taipei	3–1	Thailand		12
2008 Details	Taipei		Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei		China	3–0	South Korea		11
2010 Details	Ho Chi Minh City		China	3–0	South Korea		Japan	3–0	Thailand		15
2012 Details	Nakhon Pathom / Ratchaburi		China	3–0	Chinese Taipei		Japan	3–2	Thailand		16
2014 Details	Taipei		China	3–1	Japan		South Korea	3–2	Thailand		15
2016 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		China	3–2	Japan		Thailand	3–1	Vietnam		15
2018 Details	Bắc Ninh		Japan	3–0	China		Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei		15
2020	Originally scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China, canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Semey

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
China	12 ( 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	4 (1984, 1986, 1988, 2018)	2 (1990, 2008)
Japan	6 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2008, 2018)	8 (1980, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2016)	3 (1998, 2010, 2012)
South Korea	1 (1980)	4 (1990, 1992, 1998, 2010)	8 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2014)	2 (2002, 2008)
Chinese Taipei		2 (2008, 2012)	3 (1992, 2002, 2006)	6 (1984, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2018)
Thailand		1 (2002)	2 (2016, 2018)	7 (1986, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
India			1 (1980)
Singapore				1 (1980)
Indonesia				1 (1988)
Australia				1 (1992)
Vietnam				1 (2016)

Champions by region[]

Hosts[]

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
7	Thailand	1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2012, 2016
3	Vietnam	2002, 2010, 2018
2	Philippines	1994, 2000
	Taiwan	2008, 2014
1	South Korea	1980
	Australia	1984
	Indonesia	1988
	Malaysia	1992
	Sri Lanka	2004
	Kazakhstan	2022

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	12	4	2	18
2	Japan	6	8	3	17
3	South Korea	1	4	8	13
4	Chinese Taipei	0	2	3	5
5	Thailand	0	1	2	3
6	India	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		19	19	19	57

Participating nations[]

Nation	1980	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Years
Australia	5th	5th	9th	7th	7th	4th	6th	7th	6th		11th	6th	7th	9th	11th	9th	13th	11th	10th	18
China		2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	18
Chinese Taipei		4th	5th	5th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	5th	6th	4th	18
															13th					1
Guam					14th															1
Hong Kong	6th				12th	11th	8th	11th							14th	11th	11th	13th	12th	10
India	3rd		6th	8th	9th	8th		6th			8th	7th	10th	10th	10th	6th	6th	8th	11th	15
Indonesia				4th	8th	9th	9th				9th		9th	6th	7th					8
Iran															9th	8th	12th	9th	8th	5
Japan	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	19
Kazakhstan										7th	7th			7th	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8
																16th				1
Macau																	14th	12th	14th	3
Malaysia					11th	7th	10th		8th										13th	5
												9th								1
Mongolia																14th				1
New Zealand		6th		10th	10th	12th					10th		8th	8th	12th	12th	9th	14th	9th	12
North Korea					5th					6th										2
Philippines						10th	7th	8th		8th	12th							10th		6
Singapore	4th		7th	9th					9th				11th							5
South Korea	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	5th	4th	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	5th	19
Sri Lanka			8th		13th	13th		10th	10th			8th	12th	11th	15th	13th	8th	15th	15th	13
Thailand			4th	6th	6th	6th	5th	5th	4th	4th	2nd	5th	4th	5th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	17
																15th	15th			2
Vietnam								9th	7th		6th		6th		8th	10th	10th	4th	6th	9
Total	6	6	9	10	14	13	10	11	10	8	12	9	12	11	15	16	15	15	15

Debut of teams[]

Year Debutants Total 1980  Australia 6  Hong Kong  India  Japan  Singapore  South Korea 1984  China 3  Chinese Taipei  New Zealand 1986  Sri Lanka 2  Thailand 1988  Indonesia 1 1990  Guam 3  Malaysia  North Korea

Year Debutants Total 1992  Philippines 1 1994 None 0 1996  Vietnam 1 1998 None 0 2000  Kazakhstan 1 2002 None 0 2004   1 2006 None 0 2008 None 0 2010   2  Iran 2012   3  Mongolia   2014  Macau 1

Year Debutants Total 2016 None 0 2018 None 0

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player[] Year Most Valuable Player 2006 Yan Ni 2008 Yuki Kawai 2010 Liu Yanhan 2012 Zhu Ting 2014 2016 Wu Han 2018

Best Opposite Spiker[] Year Best Opposie Spiker 2014 2016 Pimpichaya Kokram 2018

Best Outside Spikers[] Year Best Outside Spikers 2014 Lee Jae-yeong 2016 2018 Thanacha Sooksod

Best Middle Blockers[] Year Best Middle Blockers 2014 Hu Mingyuan 2016 Yang Hanyu 2018

Best Setter[] Year Best Setter 2006 Miho Watanabe 2008 Yuki Kawai 2010 Wu Bei 2012 2014 Lee Da-yeong 2016 2018

Best Libero[] Year Best Libero 2000 2006 Wang Qian 2008 Kotoe Inoue 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Former awards[]

Best Scorer[] Tournament Best Scorer 2006 Nakhon Ratchasima Wu Shu-fen 2008 Taipei Chen Wan-ting 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Park Jeong-ah 2012 Nakhon Pathom Kuttika Kaewpin

Best Spiker[] Tournament Best Scorer 2006 Nakhon Ratchasima Chen Yao 2008 Taipei 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Mari Horikawa 2012 Nakhon Pathom Zhu Ting

Best Server[] Tournament Best Server 2000 Dagupan City Ai Otomo 2006 Nakhon Ratchasima Fan Linlin 2008 Taipei Joo Yea-na 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Mari Horikawa 2012 Nakhon Pathom

Best Blocker[] Tournament Best Scorer 2006 Nakhon Ratchasima Yan Ni 2008 Taipei Yang Junjing 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Yang Zhou 2012 Nakhon Pathom Zheng Yixin

See also[]

• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• AVC Cup for Women
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links[]

• Official AVC website