CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League

CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League
Most recent season or competition:; 2025 CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2022
No. of teams	Various
Continent	Central and South Asia (CAVA)
Most recent; champion	Iran (2nd title)
Most titles	Iran ; Pakistan ; (2 titles each)
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

Last updated December 04, 2025

The CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA), the sport's regional governing body.

History

The tournament was initially named the AVC Asian Senior Men's Central Zone Volleyball Championship.^[1] In 2022, the tournament was held in Lahore, Pakistan from 24 to 29 November.^[2] The host nation claimed their first title.^[3] In 2023 CAVA rebranded the tournament's name into the CAVA Nations League. The next edition was held in Kyrgyzstan. Iran won the first title.^[4] In 2024, the tournament was held in Pakistan. The host nation claimed their second title. In 2025 the tournament, originally scheduled in Pakistan, was moved to Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan and Iran claimed their second title in tournament.^[5]

Precursors

Before 2020, the Asian regional federations were not very active. Their entire activity consisted of holding several irregular competitions and in practice there was no clear management structure. Regional competitions were held under the title of zone competitions, and this region was Zone 2 of Asia and was mostly managed by the Asian Federation itself, not the Central Asian Federation. Zone 2 Men's Asia Volleyball Championship was held in 3 editions:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
2006 Details	Colombo	Kazakhstan	Round-robin	Pakistan	India	Round-robin	Sri Lanka	5 ^[11]
2007 Details	Islamabad	India	Round-robin	Iran	Kazakhstan	Round-robin	Pakistan	7 ^[12]
2010 Details

Results summary

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
2022 Details	Lahore	Pakistan	3–1	Iran	Bangladesh	3–2	Sri Lanka	5
2023 Details	Cholpon-Ata	Iran	Round-robin	Kyrgyzstan	Mongolia	Round-robin	Uzbekistan	7
2024 Details	Islamabad	Pakistan	3–1	Turkmenistan	Kyrgyzstan	3–1	Sri Lanka	6
2025 Details ^[13]	Fergana	Iran	3–0	India	Pakistan	3–1	Kazakhstan	7

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Iran	2 (2023, 2025)	1 (2022)
Pakistan	2 (2022, 2024)		1 (2025)
Kyrgyzstan		1 (2023)	1 (2024)
India		1 (2025)
Turkmenistan		1 (2024)
Bangladesh			1 (2022)
Mongolia			1 (2023)
Sri Lanka				2 (2022, 2024)
Kazakhstan				1 (2025)
Uzbekistan				1 (2023)

Hosts

Number	Nations	Year(s)
2	Pakistan	2022, 2024
1	Kyrgyzstan	2023
1	Uzbekistan	2025

Medal summary

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

Invitee nations
Team	2022 (5)	2023 (7)	2024 (6)	2025 (7)	Total
Afghanistan	5th	•	6th	•	2
Bangladesh	3rd	•	•	•	1
India	•	•	•	2nd	1
Iran	2nd	1st	5th	1st	4
Kazakhstan	•	•	•	4th	1
Kyrgyzstan	•	2nd	3rd	5th	3
Nepal	•	7th	•	•	1
Pakistan	1st	•	1st	3rd	3
Sri Lanka	4th	•	4th	•	2
Turkmenistan	•	5th	2nd	6th	3
Uzbekistan	•	4th	•	7th	2
Mongolia	•	3rd	•	•	1

References

↑ "Kyrgyzstan beat Uzbekistan in straight sets to win volleyball title". The Kathmandu Post. August 25, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
↑ "Pakistan hosts Engro Central Asian Volleyball Championship 2022 powered by JAZZ". Daily Times. November 24, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
↑ "Pakistan crowned champions on home soil in Engro Central Asian Men's Volleyball Championship". AVC. November 30, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
↑ "IRAN CROWNED CHAMPIONS IN 2023 CAVA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL NATION'S LEAGUE". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
↑ "CAVA Men's Nations League: Indian team finishes as runner-up to Iran".
↑ http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Central_Asia_index.html
↑ https://www.cava.asia/
↑ https://www.dawn.com/news/1001118/asian-central-zone-championship-volleyball-squad-gets-indian-visa
↑ https://asianvolleyball.net/new/
↑ https://volleybox.net/
↑ http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_Zone_2_2006.html
↑ http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_Zone_2_2007.html
↑ https://khelnow.com/volleyball/cava-mens-nations-league-2025-schedule-results-202505

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[1] "Kyrgyzstan beat Uzbekistan in straight sets to win volleyball title". The Kathmandu Post. August 25, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2023.

[2] "Pakistan hosts Engro Central Asian Volleyball Championship 2022 powered by JAZZ". Daily Times. November 24, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.

[3] "Pakistan crowned champions on home soil in Engro Central Asian Men's Volleyball Championship". AVC. November 30, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.

[4] "IRAN CROWNED CHAMPIONS IN 2023 CAVA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL NATION'S LEAGUE". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

[5] "CAVA Men's Nations League: Indian team finishes as runner-up to Iran".

[6] ttp://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Central_Asia_index.html

[7] ttps://www.cava.asia/

[8] ttps://www.dawn.com/news/1001118/asian-central-zone-championship-volleyball-squad-gets-indian-visa

[9] ttps://asianvolleyball.net/new/

[10] ttps://volleybox.net/

[11] ttp://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_Zone_2_2006.html

[12] ttp://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_Zone_2_2007.html

[13] ttps://khelnow.com/volleyball/cava-mens-nations-league-2025-schedule-results-202505

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