Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2015
First season	2015
No. of teams	13 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	China (2nd title)
Most titles	China (2 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 in Pasig, Philippines, in 2015.

The current champion is China, which won the second title at the 2019 tournament. The tournament have been won by two national teams: China with two titles and Japan with one title.

The 2019 Championship took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 13 to 21 July. The 2021 Championship was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
2015 Details	Pasig		China	3–1	Thailand		South Korea	3–0	Japan		12
2017 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Japan	3–2	Thailand		Vietnam	3–0	Chinese Taipei		13
2019 Details	Hanoi		China	3–0	North Korea		Vietnam	3–1	Thailand		13

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
China	2 (2015, 2019)
Japan	1 (2017)			1 (2015)
Thailand		2 (2015, 2017)		1 (2019)
North Korea		1 (2019)
Vietnam			2 (2017, 2019)
South Korea			1 (2015)
Chinese Taipei				1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAZVA (East Asia)	China (2), Japan (1)	3 titles

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
1	Philippines	2015
	Thailand	2017
	Vietnam	2019

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	1	0	0	1
3	Thailand	0	2	0	2
4	North Korea	0	1	0	1
5	Vietnam	0	0	2	2
6	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations

Team	2015 (12)	2017 (13)	2019 (13)	Total
Australia	•	10th	9th	2
China	1st	•	1st	2
Chinese Taipei	5th	4th	5th	3
Hong Kong	•	6th	7th	2
India	6th	•	10th	2
Iran	8th	8th	•	2
Japan	4th	1st	•	2
Kazakhstan	9th	5th	6th	3
Macau	11th	13th	11th	3
Malaysia	•	7th	•	1
Maldives	12th	•	12th	2
New Zealand	•	11th	8th	2
North Korea	•	•	2nd	1
Philippines	7th	•	•	1
Sri Lanka	•	12th	13th	2
South Korea	3rd	•	•	1
Thailand	2nd	2nd	4th	3
Uzbekistan	10th	9th	•	2
Vietnam	•	3rd	3rd	2

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
2019	North Korea	1

Awards

Year	Most Valuable Player
2015	Liu Yanhan
2017	Misaki Yamauchi
2019	Wu Han

Year	Best Outside Spikers
2015	Liu Yanhan
	Lee So-young
2017	Chatchu-on Moksri
	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy
2019	Son Hyang Mi
	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy

Year	Best Opposite Spiker
2015	Pimpichaya Kokram
2017	Pimpichaya Kokram
2019	Sun Jie

Year	Best Setter
2015	Chen Xintong
2017	Miki Sukurai
2019	Ri Jong Hyang

Year	Best Middle Blockers
2015	Zheng Yixin
	Hattaya Bamrungsuk
2017	Ayaka Sugi
	Hathairat Jarat
2019	Gao Yi
	Nguyễn Thị Trinh

Year	Best Libero
2015	Kim Yeong-yeon
2017	Lai Xiang-chen
2019	Jidapa Nahuanong

See also

• Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship

External links

• Official AVC website