Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 20 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded evry two years since 1980. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. The current champion is Iran, which won its sixth title at the 2018 tournament.

Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
SportVolleyball
Founded1980
Inaugural season1980
No. of teams23 (Finals)
ContinentAsia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Iran (6th title)
Most titles Iran (6 titles)
TV partner(s)SMMTV
Official websiteAsian Volleyball Confederation

The 19 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by four different national teams. Iran have won six times as well as South Korea.China, with four titles; and Japan, with three titles.

The 2016 Asian Championship took place in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.

Result summary

Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
1980
Details

Seoul

South Korea
Round-robin
Japan

India
Round-robin
Indonesia
10
1984
Details

Riyadh

South Korea

China

Japan

Saudi Arabia
8
1986
Details

Bangkok

South Korea
3–2
Japan

China
3–1
North Korea
15
1988
Details

Jakarta

Japan
3–1
South Korea

China

Indonesia
17
1990
Details

Bangkok

China

Japan

South Korea

Thailand
14
1992
Details

Tehran

South Korea

Japan

China

Iran
13
1994
Details

Doha

South Korea

India

China

Japan
12
1996
Details

Ho Chi Minh City

China
Round-robin
Chinese Taipei

Japan
Round-robin
India
13
1998
Details

Tehran

Iran
Round-robin
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
Round-robin
China
12
2000
Details

Tehran

China
Round-robin
Saudi Arabia

Iran
Round-robin
Japan
13
2002
Details

Tehran

Iran
3–1
India

China
3–0
South Korea
14
2004
Details

Doha

South Korea
3–1
Iran

Qatar
3–2
Japan
19
2006
Details

Tehran

Iran
Round-robin
Japan

India
Round-robin
Chinese Taipei
16
2008
Details

Tehran

Iran
3–1
China

Pakistan
3–0
India
13
2010
Details

Nakhon Pathom

Japan
3–1
Iran

India
3–2
China
16
2012
Details

Urmia

Japan
3–0
China

Iran
3–0
India
13
2014
Details

Manama

Iran
3–0
China

South Korea
3–0
Bahrain
18
2016
Details

Kaohsiung

China
3–2
Iran

South Korea
3–2
Japan
16
2018
Details

Riffa

Iran
3–0
South Korea

Thailand
3–1
Iraq
23
2020
Details

Tehran
16

Teams reaching the top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 South Korea 6 (1980, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2004) 3 (1988, 1998, 2018) 3 (1990, 2014, 2016) 1 (2002)
 Iran 6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2018) 3 (2004, 2010, 2016) 2 (2000, 2012) 1 (1992)
 China 4 (1990, 1996, 2000, 2016) 4 (1984, 2008, 2012, 2014) 5 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2002) 2 (1998, 2010)
 Japan 3 (1988, 2010, 2012) 5 (1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2006) 2 (1984, 1996) 4 (1994, 2000, 2004, 2016)
 India 2 (1994, 2002) 3 (1980, 2006, 2010) 3 (1996, 2008, 2010)
 Chinese Taipei 1 (1996) 1 (1998) 1 (2006)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (2000) 1 (1984)
 Thailand 1 (2018) 1 (1990)
 Pakistan 1 (2008)
 Qatar 1 (2010)
 Indonesia 2 (1980, 1988)
 North Korea 1 (1986)
 Bahrain 1 (2014)
 Iraq 1 (2018)

Champions by region

Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
EAZVA (East Asia) South Korea (6), China (4), Japan (3) 13 titles
CAZVA (Central Asia) Iran (6) 6 titles

Hosts

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
8 Iran1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2020
3 Thailand1986, 1990, 2010
2 Qatar1994, 2004
 Bahrain2014, 2018
1 South Korea1980
 Saudi Arabia1984
 Indonesia1988
 Vietnam1996
 Chinese Taipei2016

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea63312
2 Iran63211
3 China44513
4 Japan35210
5 India0235
6 Chinese Taipei0112
7 Saudi Arabia0101
8 Pakistan0011
 Qatar0011
 Thailand0011
Totals (10 nations)19191957


Participating nations

Nation
1980

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018
Years
 Afghanistan 13th 1
 Australia 5th11th10th8th6th8th8th7th7th9th7th7th5th15th7th9th7th 17
 Bahrain 6th10th6th10th8th6th18th11th4th15th9th 11
 China 2nd3rd3rd1st3rd3rd1st4th1st3rd6th5th2nd4th2nd2nd1st5th 18
 Chinese Taipei 5th5th5th5th9th2nd3rd11th7th9th4th9th6th6th6th12th6th 17
 Hong Kong 10th17th12th17th16th19th 6
 India 3rd5th9th7th11th7th2nd4th5th9th2nd5th3rd4th3rd4th9th15th 18
 Indonesia 4th7th6th4th6th12th14th12th10th9th 10
 Iran 11th9th4th6th6th1st3rd1st2nd1st1st2nd3rd1st2nd1st 16
 Iraq 8th12th13th11th4th 5
 Japan 2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd4th3rd6th4th10th4th2nd7th1st1st5th4th13th 19
 Jordan 19th20th 2
 Kazakhstan 10th12th12th11th9th10th8th8th 8
 Kuwait 9th12th12th13th11th13th12th15th18th 9
 Macau 21st 1
 Malaysia 13th23rd 2
 Maldives 13th16th15th22nd 4
 Myanmar 7th 1
 New Zealand 16th14th8th14th14th17th 6
 North Korea 4th10th 2
 Oman 10th8th 2
 Pakistan 9th5th8th6th5th13th9th3rd13th14th 10
 Philippines 11th 1
 Qatar 15th14th7th11th8th3rd8th8th8th7th10th12th 12
 Saudi Arabia 8th4th7th10th12th2nd10th12th14th16th 10
 Singapore 7th14th13th 3
 South Korea 1st1st1st2nd3rd1st1st5th2nd5th4th1st6th6th5th5th3rd3rd2nd 19
 Sri Lanka 13th15th13th11th10th12th13th17th14th11th10th10th11th7th10th 15
 Thailand 8th9th4th7th12th11th10th7th8th8th5th3rd 12
 Turkmenistan 11th13th6th11th 4
 United Arab Emirates 6th8th9th11th15th13th18th 7
 Uzbekistan 12th16th 2
 Vietnam 9th12th 2
 Yemen 14th16th16th 3
Total 1081517141312131213141916131613181623

Debut of teams

Awards

Former awards

See also

References

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