Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2015
Inaugural season	2015
No. of teams	13 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	China (2nd title)
Most titles	China (2 title)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 Women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The first championship was held in Pasig, Philippines, in 2015. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship.

The current champion is China, which won the second title at the 2019 tournament. The tournament have been won by two national teams: China with two titles and Japan with one title.

The 2019 Asian Championship took place in Hà Nội, Vietnam, from 13 to 21 July.

Results summary[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
2015 Details	Pasig		China	3–1	Thailand			3–0	Japan		12
2017 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Japan	3–2	Thailand		Vietnam	3–0			13
2019 Details	Hà Nội		China	3–0			Vietnam	3–1	Thailand		13

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
China	2 (2015, 2019)
Japan	1 (2017)			1 (2015)
Thailand		2 (2015, 2017)		1 (2019)
North Korea		1 (2019)
Vietnam			2 (2017, 2019)
South Korea			1 (2015)
Chinese Taipei				1 (2017)

Champions by region[]

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAZVA (East Asia)	China (2), Japan (1)	3 titles

Hosts[]

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
1	Philippines	2015
	Thailand	2017
	Vietnam	2019

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	1	0	0	1
3	Thailand	0	2	0	2
4	North Korea	0	1	0	1
5	Vietnam	0	0	2	2
6	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations[]

Nation	2015	2017	2019	Years
		10th	9th	2
China	1st		1st	2
	5th	4th	5th	3
		6th	7th	2
	6th		10th	2
	8th	8th		2
Japan	4th	1st		2
	9th	5th	6th	3
	11th	13th	11th	3
		7th		1
	12th		12th	2
		11th	8th	2
			2nd	1
Philippines	7th			1
		12th	13th	2
	3rd			1
Thailand	2nd	2nd	4th	3
	10th	9th		2
Vietnam		3rd	3rd	2
Total	12	13	13

Debut of teams[]

Year	Debutants	Total
2015	China	12
	Japan
	Philippines
	Thailand
2017	Australia	6
	Vietnam
2019		1

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player[]

Year	Most Valuable Player
2015	Liu Yanhan
2017
2019

Best Opposite Spiker[]

Year	Best Opposite Spiker
2015	Pimpichaya Kokram
2017	Pimpichaya Kokram
2019

Best Outside Spikers[]

Year	Best Outside Spikers
2015	Liu Yanhan
	Lee So-young
2017	Chatchu-on Moksri
	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy
2019
	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy

Best Middle Blockers[]

Year	Best Middle Blockers
2015	Zheng Yixin
	Hattaya Bamrungsuk
2017
	Hathairat Jarat
2019	Gao Yi

Best Setter[]

Year	Best Setter
2015
2017
2019

Best Libero[]

Year	Best Libero
2015
2017
2019

See also[]

• Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship

External links[]

• Official AVC website