Most recent season or competition: 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship | |
Formerly | AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (1999–2002) |
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Sport | Volleyball |
Founded | 1999 |
Administrator | AVC |
No. of teams | Various |
Country | AVC members |
Continent | Asia and Oceania |
Most recent champion(s) | Sport Center 1 (1st title) |
Most titles | Tianjin Bohai Bank (5 titles) |
TV partner(s) | PPTV |
Official website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
The Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (between 1999 and 2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in Thailand. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.
The winner of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
Tianjin Bohai Bank holds the record for most victories, winning the competition five times. Teams from China have won the tournament eight times, the most for any nation. The current Asian club champions is Sport Center 1 from Vietnam, who defeated Diamond Food–Fine Chef (3–2) in the final of the 2023 event.
The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows: [1]
In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.
Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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Tianjin Bohai Bank | 5 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2019 | 2009, 2011, 2013 |
Chang | 3 | 2 | 2009, 2010, 2011 | 2007, 2008 |
Hisamitsu Springs | 2 | 3 | 2002, 2014 | 2001, 2015, 2017 |
Supreme Chonburi | 2 | 1 | 2017, 2018 | 2019 |
Shanghai Bright Ubest | 2 | 0 | 2000, 2001 | — |
Rahat Almaty | 2 | 0 | 2004, 2007 | — |
NEC Red Rockets | 1 | 2 | 2016 | 1999, 2018 |
Altay | 1 | 1 | 2021 | 2022 |
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | 1 | 0 | 1999 | — |
Guangdong Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 2013 | — |
Bangkok Glass | 1 | 0 | 2015 | — |
Kuanysh | 1 | 0 | 2022 | — |
Sport Center 1 | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — |
Chung Shan | 0 | 2 | — | 2005, 2006 |
Zhetyssu Taldykorgan | 0 | 2 | — | 2010, 2013 |
Bayi Nanchang | 0 | 2 | — | 2004, 2016 |
Aero Thai | 0 | 1 | — | 1999 |
BEC World | 0 | 1 | — | 2002 |
Toray Arrows | 0 | 1 | — | 2012 |
Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 0 | 1 | — | 2021 |
Diamond Food–Fine Chef | 0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
Country | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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China | 8 | 5 | 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2019 | 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, |
Thailand | 6 | 7 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018 | 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 2004, 2007, 2021, 2022 | 2010, 2013, 2022 |
Japan | 3 | 6 | 2002, 2014, 2016 | 1999, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1999 | — |
Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — |
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | — | 2005, 2006 |
Zonal association | Titles | Runners-up |
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EAZVA | 12 | 13 |
SEAZVA | 7 | 7 |
CAZVA | 4 | 3 |
Total | 23 | 23 |
As of 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
2 | Thailand | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Japan | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
5 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals (7 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
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