2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

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2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup
2025 AVC WVNC logo.png
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nationVietnam
City Hanoi
Dates7–14 June
Teams 11  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Third placeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Fourth placeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Tournament awards
MVP Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền
Best Setter Flag of the Philippines.svg Jia de Guzman
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPP Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền
Best Libero Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Khánh Đang
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Attendance42,850 (1,224 per match)
Official website
2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

The 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup was the first of the newly rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup, and sixth overall edition of the formerly known AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). It was held from 7 to 14 June 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam. [1]

Contents

As the FIVB Volleyball Nations League restructured its format and abolished the Challenger Cup as a direct qualifier to the tournament, this tournament would served to countries currently not participating in the Nations League to garner world ranking points for a chance to enter the said competition. [2] Vietnam, the champions of this tournament qualified for the 2026 Asian Championship. [3]

Host Vietnam won their third consecutive title after defeating the Philippines in the final. [4] Chinese Taipei defeated Kazakhstan in the 3rd place match and took the bronze medal. [3] Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền was named as the MVP of the tournament for the second time. [5]

Host selection

Vietnam had submitted its bid to host the tournament and have been approved by AVC in 9 April 2025. AVC has sent an official document to the Volleyball Federation of Vietnam. [6]

Qualification

List of teams:
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Participating in the 2025 FIVB Nations League
Participating in the 2025 AVC Nations Cup
Did not enter the tournament
Did not participate 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup qualified teams map.svg
List of teams:
  Participating in the 2025 FIVB Nations League
  Participating in the 2025 AVC Nations Cup
  Did not enter the tournament
  Did not participate

Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the next AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria: [1]

CountryZoneQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam [a] SAVA Host country15 April 20252 2023 2024 Champions (2023, 2024)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup runners-up29 May 20241 2024 Runners-up (2024)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines SAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 3rd placers29 May 20242 2023 2024 3rd place (2024)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia OZVA 2024 Challenge Cup 4th placers29 May 20242 2023 2024 4th place (2024)
Flag of India.svg  India CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 5th placers29 May 20243 2022 2024 Runners-up (2022)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 6th placers29 May 20242 2023 2024 5th place (2023)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia [a] SAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 7th placers15 April 20252 2023 2024 Runners-up (2023)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei EAVA 1st World ranked non-qualified team15 April 20252 2023 2024 3rd place (2023)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore [b] SAVA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team15 April 20252 2022 2024 5th place (2022)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong EAVA 3rd World ranked non-qualified team15 April 20253 2022 2024 Champions (2022)
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia EAVA Additional entrant teams6 May 20251 2023 10th place (2023)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand OZVA 6 May 20250NoneNone
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar [c] WAVA 0NoneNone

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China, Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea, and Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand which are part of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament. [8]

Pools composition

The draw of lots took place on 25 May 2025. [9] Unlike in the men's tournament, the teams were divided into two pools due to not reaching the maximum participation limit of 12 teams.

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their standings in the previous edition. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool APool B
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (Hosts)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (2)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (4)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (3)
Flag of India.svg  India (5)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (6)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (8)Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (7)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (9)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia (–)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (–)

Venue

Hanoi, Vietnam
Đông Anh Gymnasium
Capacity: 2,650

Pool standing procedure

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (H)44012120MAX3001631.840 Semifinals
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4319942.2502972381.248
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 42246100.6002873550.808 5th–8th semifinals
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 41345100.5002833390.835
5Flag of India.svg  India 40414120.3333013730.807 9th–11th semifinals
Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jun12:30 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 18–259–2520–25  47–75 P2 Report
7 Jun20:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25–1625–1325–10  75–39 P2 Report
8 Jun17:30 India  Flag of India.svg2–3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25–2225–1815–2521–2516–18102–108 P2 Report
8 Jun20:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–0Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 25–1725–1625–17  75–50 P2 Report
9 Jun12:30 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–1Flag of India.svg  India 18–2525–2025–1925–23 93–87 P2 Report
9 Jun17:30 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg3–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25–1025–825–20  75–38 P2 Report
11 Jun10:00 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 20–2519–2525–1825–1814–16103–102 P2 Report
11 Jun20:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–0Flag of India.svg  India 25–1925–725–8  75–34 P2 Report
12 Jun17:30 India  Flag of India.svg1–3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 16–2520–2525–2217–25 78–97 P2 Report
12 Jun20:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25–1125–1425–15  75–40 P2 Report

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 541131443.5004333511.234 Semifinals
2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 541121252.4004033351.203
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 532812111.0914884811.015 5th–8th semifinals
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 5237991.0003943901.010
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 51436140.4293884440.874 9th place match
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 51424140.2863234280.755 9th–11th semifinals
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jun10:00 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg3–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25–1525–2325–15  75–53 P2 Report
7 Jun15:00 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–0Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 25–1825–1625–14  75–48 P2 Report
7 Jun17:30 Iran  Flag of Iran.svg3–2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 23–2525–2316–2525–1915–12104–104 P2 Report
8 Jun10:00 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg3–1Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 25–1424–2625–1825–15 99–73 P2 Report
8 Jun12:30 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 22–2525–2325–1328–26 100–87 P2 Report
8 Jun15:00 Iran  Flag of Iran.svg3–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23–2525–1625–1225–18 98–71 P2 Report
9 Jun10:00 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 25–1725–1226–24  76–53 P2 Report
9 Jun15:00 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg2–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 25–1621–2526–2423–2513–15108–105 P2 Report
9 Jun20:00 Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg2–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22–2520–2525–1025–2013–15105–95 P2 Report
11 Jun12:30 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg3–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 25–1425–1822–2526–24 98–81 P2 Report
11 Jun15:00 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25–1725–2125–18  75–56 P2 Report
11 Jun17:30 Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg3–0Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 25–1825–2125–23  75–62 P2 Report
12 Jun10:00 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0–3Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 21–2515–2519–25  55–75 P2 Report
12 Jun12:30 Iran  Flag of Iran.svg2–3Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 18–2525–2125–1421–2511–15100–100 P2 Report
12 Jun15:00 Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg3–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25–1425–1525–19  75–48 P2 Report

Final round

9th–11th places

 
9th–11th semifinals 9th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
14 June
 
 
Flag of India.svg  India 3
 
13 June
 
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1
 
Flag of India.svg  India 3
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
 

9th–11th semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
13 Jun10:00 India  Flag of India.svg3–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25–1721–2525–1525–22 96–79 P2 Report

9th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Jun10:00 India  Flag of India.svg3–1Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 25–2321–2525–1825–20 96–86 P2 Report

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals 5th place match
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1
 
14 June
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
 
13 June
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3
 
7th place match
 
 
14 June
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3

5th–8th semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
13 Jun12:30 Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg1–3Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 21–2520–2525–2315–25 81–98 P2 Report
13 Jun15:00 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 19–2518–2522–25  59–75 P2 Report

7th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Jun12:30 Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg2–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25–1821–2525–2323–258–15102–106 P2 Report

5th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Jun15:00 Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg3–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 25–1725–1523–2525–20 98–77 P2 Report

Final four

 
Semifinals Final
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3
 
14 June
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3
 
13 June
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 3
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2
 
3rd place match
 
 
14 June
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
13 Jun17:30 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25–1519–2525–725–16 94–63 P2 Report
13 Jun20:00 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 25–1725–2118–2515–2515–1298–100 P2 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Jun17:30 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1–3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 25–1713–2516–2513–25 67–92 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Jun20:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 25–1525–1725–14  75–46 P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

Broadcasting rights

Country/regionBroadcaster
GlobalVolleyball TV, YouTube
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Emtek (Vidio, Moji)
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Cignal (One Sports, Pilipinas Live)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Vietnam Television (VTVCab)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Vietnam originally qualified on 29 May 2024 as the defending champions. Their spot was allocated to Indonesia after being awarded hosting rights on 15 April 2025.
  2. Singapore originally qualified for the tournament. However, they did not sent an intent to participate.
  3. Although the submission deadline for countries wanting to join the tournament has passed, AVC invited Qatar to complete the 12-team competition. However, the team declined to join. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Preechachan (15 April 2025). "Vietnam and Bahrain confirmed to host respective AVC Women's and Men's Nations Cup in June". AVC . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. Preechachan (6 June 2025). "Inaugural AVC Women's Nations Cup set to launch in Hanoi on June 7". AVC . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Preechachan (14 June 2025). "Vietnam crowned inaugural AVC Women's Nations Cup champions on home soil". AVC . Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  4. "Đội tuyển bóng chuyền nữ Việt Nam lần thứ ba liên tiếp vô địch AVC Nations Cup" [Vietnam women's volleyball team wins AVC Nations Cup for third consecutive time]. Pháp Luật và Xã hội (in Vietnamese). 14 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  5. "Bích Tuyền năm thứ 2 liên tiếp làm MVP của AVC Nations Cup" [Bich Tuyen is the MVP of the AVC Nations Cup for the second consecutive year]. Vietnam.vn (in Vietnamese). 15 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. SGGPO (9 April 2025). "Liên đoàn châu Á chấp thuận Việt Nam là chủ giải bóng chuyền nữ quốc tế AVC Challenge Cup 2025" [Asian Confederation approves Vietnam as host of AVC Challenge Cup 2025 international women's volleyball tournament]. Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. @volleytrails (24 May 2025). "Qatar declines AVC Nations Cup participation" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. Quang Minh (7 May 2025). "11 đội tuyển bóng chuyền nữ tranh tài AVC Nations Cup 2025 tại Hà Nội" [Eleven women's national volleyball teams compete in AVC Nations Cup 2025 in Hanoi]. tuoitre.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  9. Preechachan (25 May 2025). "AVC UNVEILS DRAWING OF LOTS RESULTS FOR ITS REMAINING FOUR 2025 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 26 May 2025.