Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport Volleyball
Founded 2015
Inaugural season 2015
No. of teams 13 (Finals)
Continent Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Japan (1st title)
Most titles  China
 Japan (1 title)
TV partner(s) SMMTV
Official website Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 Women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The first championship was held inPasig, Philippines, in 2015. The tournaWoment doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship.

The current champion is Japan, which won its first title at the 2017 tournament. The 1 Asian Championship tournament have been won by two national teams. China and Japan with one title each.

The 2017 Asian Championship took place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Results summary

Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
2015
Details
Philippines
Pasig

China
3–1
Thailand

South Korea
3–0
Japan
12
2017
Details
Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima

Japan
3–2
Thailand

Vietnam
3–0
Chinese Taipei
13

Teams reaching the top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Japan 1 (2017) 1 (2015)
 China 1 (2015)
 Thailand 2 (2015, 2017)
 South Korea 1 (2015)
 Vietnam 1 (2017)
 Chinese Taipei 1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
EAZVA (East Asia) China (1), Japan (1) 2 titles

Hosts

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
1 Philippines2015
 Thailand2017

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China1001
 Japan1001
3 Thailand0202
4 South Korea0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Participating nations

Nation Philippines
2015
Thailand
2017
Years
 Australia 10th 1
 China 1st 1
 Chinese Taipei 5th4th 2
 Hong Kong 6th 1
 India 6th 1
 Iran 8th8th 2
 Japan 4th1st 2
 Kazakhstan 9th5th 2
 Macau 11th13th 2
 Malaysia 7th 1
 Maldives 12th 1
 New Zealand 11th 1
 Philippines 7th 1
 Sri Lanka 12th 1
 South Korea 3rd 1
 Thailand 2nd2nd 2
 Uzbekistan 10th9th 2
 Vietnam 3rd 1
Total 1213

Debut of teams

Year Debutants Total
2015  China 12
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Iran
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Macau
 Maldives
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Uzbekistan
2017  Australia 6
 Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 Sri Lanka
 Vietnam

Awards

See also

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