Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

Upcoming season or competition: 2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2018;6 years ago (2018)
First season	2018
No. of teams	12
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Vietnam (1st title)
Most titles	Hong Kong   Vietnam (1 title each)
TV partner(s)	PPTV
Official website	asianvolleyball.net

The Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, also known as the AVC Challenge Cup for Women, is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body.

From 2023 edition, the winner will qualify for the FIVB Challenger Cup.

This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious continental competition for Asian national women's volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Cup.

The two Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams. Both Hong Kong and Vietnam have won one time.

History

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning 2018. The first two editions of the tournament were due to take place in Hong Kong, China, but due to unforeseen reasons, the first edition in 2018 did not held, while the second edition two years later was cancelled due to grave concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] The tournament was first take place in 2022. The champions was Hong Kong, which won their first title at the 2022 edition in a round-robin format. ^[2] In 2023 edition, Vietnam crowned as the champions, won also their first title in the tournament and qualified for the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup. ^[3]

From the 2023 edition, the AVC Challenge Cup has reformed from being held biennially to annually as it serve as a qualifier for the FIVB Challenger Cup. ^{[4] [5]}

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2018 Details	Hong Kong		did not held due to unforeseen reasons								8
2020	Hong Kong		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Hong Kong	Round-robin (3–2)	India		Malaysia	Round-robin (3–2)	Uzbekistan		5
2023 Details	Gresik		Vietnam	3–2	Indonesia		Chinese Taipei	3–0	India		11
2024 Details	Manila			–				–			12

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
Hong Kong	1 (2022)
Vietnam	1 (2023)
India		1 (2022)		1 (2023)
Indonesia		1 (2023)
Chinese Taipei			1 (2023)
Malaysia			1 (2022)
Uzbekistan				1 (2022)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAZVA (East Asia)	Hong Kong (1)	1 title
SEAVA (Southeast Asia)	Vietnam (1)	1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
1	Thailand	2022
	Indonesia	2023
	Philippines	2024

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Vietnam	1	0	0	1
3	India	0	1	0	1
	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
5	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team	2022 (5)	2023 (11)	2024 (12)	Total
Australia	•	6th	Q	2
Chinese Taipei	•	3rd	Q	2
Hong Kong	1st	9th		2
India	2nd	4th	Q	3
Indonesia	•	2nd	Q	2
Iran	•	5th	Q	2
Macau	•	11th		1
Malaysia	3rd	•		1
Mongolia	•	10th		1
Philippines	•	7th	Q	2
Singapore	5th	•		1
Uzbekistan	4th	8th		2
Vietnam	•	1st	Q	2

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2022	Hong Kong	5
	India
	Malaysia
	Singapore
	Uzbekistan
2023	Australia	8
	Chinese Taipei
	Indonesia
	Iran
	Macau
	Mongolia
	Philippines
	Vietnam

Awards

Year Most Valuable Player 2022 Chim Wing Lam 2023 Trần Thị Thanh Thúy

Year Best Setter 2022 Jini K.S 2023 Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh

Year Best Outside Spikers 2022 Low Mei Cing Pang Wing Lam 2023 Trần Thị Thanh Thúy Wu Fang-yu

Year Best Middle Blockers 2022 Ngin Jia Ning Lau Ho Ting 2023 Đinh Thị Trà Giang Wilda Nurfadhilah

Year Best Opposite Spiker 2022 Saranya N.S 2023 Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi

Year Best Libero 2022 Aswathi R. 2023 Yulis Indahyani

See also

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
• Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
• Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship

References

1. ""21st Princess Cup" 3rd AVC Women's Challenge Cup set to get off the ground in Nakhon Pathom on June 24". AVC. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
2. Preechachan (30 June 2022). "Hong Kong, China make history after capturing 3rd AVC Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup". AVC. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. Preechachan (25 June 2023). "Vietnam win AVC Challenge Cup". AVC. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. Preechachan (5 June 2023). "Women's Volleyroos Selected For Women's Challenger Cup". AVC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
5. Edria Liang (16 June 2023). 中華女排出戰亞洲挑戰盃 賽程、名單一次看 [Chinese Taipei women's volleyball team Asian Challenge Cup schedule and list]. VOL Sports (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website