Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

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Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Sport Volleyball
Founded2018;6 years ago (2018)
First season 2018
No. of teams12
Continent Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
(2nd title)
Most titlesFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
(2 titles)
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 annual 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.

Contents

From 2023 to 2024, 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 three Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams. Vietnam have won twice while Hong Kong have won once.

History

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning in 2018. This tournament was initially set up to serve as a qualifier to the Women's Asian Volleyball Cup, which served as the tournament for the top teams of the AVC. The first two editions were due to take place in Hong Kong, China. But due to unforeseen reasons, the first edition in 2018 did not hold, while the second edition two years later was canceled due to grave concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The tournament first took place in 2022. The champions were 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 2023 to 2024, 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

YearHostFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2018
Details 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg
Hong Kong 		did not held due to unforeseen reasons8
2020 Flag of Hong Kong.svg
Hong Kong 		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details 		Flag of Thailand.svg
Nakhon Pathom 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg
Hong Kong 		Round-robin
(3–2)		Flag of India.svg
India 		Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia 		Round-robin
(3–2)		Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan 		5
2023
Details 		Flag of Indonesia.svg
Gresik 		Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam 		3–2Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chinese Taipei 		3–0Flag of India.svg
India 		11
2024
Details 		Flag of the Philippines.svg
Manila 		Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam 		3–0Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
Kazakhstan 		Flag of the Philippines.svg
Philippines 		3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		10

Teams reaching the top four

TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2 (2023, 2024)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1 (2022)
Flag of India.svg  India 1 (2022)1 (2023)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1 (2023)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1 (2024)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1 (2023)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1 (2022)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1 (2024)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 (2024)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1 (2022)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)Champion(s)Number
SEAVA (Southeast Asia) Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (2)2 titles
EAZVA (East Asia) Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (1)1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2022
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2023
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2024

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2002
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1001
3Flag of India.svg  India 0101
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0101
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0101
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0011
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0011
Totals (8 entries)3339

Participating nations

Legend
Team Flag of Thailand.svg
2022
(5)		 Flag of Indonesia.svg
2023
(11)		 Flag of the Philippines.svg
2024
(10)		Total
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia •6th4th2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei •3rd9th2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1st9th8th3
Flag of India.svg  India 2nd4th5th3
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia •2nd7th2
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran •5th6th2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan ••2nd1
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau •11th•1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3rd••1
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia •10th•1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines •7th3rd2
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 5th•10th2
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4th8th•2
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam •1st1st2

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
2022Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 5
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
2023Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
2024Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1

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