| Most recent season or competition: 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018; 7 years ago (2018) |
| First season | 2018 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | Asia andOceania (AVC) |
| Most recent champions |  Vietnam(3rd title) |
| Most titles | Vietnam (3 titles) |
| Broadcasters | Volleyball TV(Global) PPTV(Thailand) Vidio(Indonesia) |
| Official website | asianvolleyball |
TheAVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup (previously known as theAVC Women's Challenge Cup), is an annual internationalvolleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior women's national teams of the members ofAsian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body.
From2023 to2024, the winner will qualify for theFIVB Challenger Cup.
This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious continental competition for Asian national women's volleyball teams, theAsian Volleyball Championship andAsian Volleyball Cup.
The four AVC Women's Nations Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams.Vietnam have won thrice whileHong Kong have won once.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning in 2018. This tournament was initially catered to AVC member associations ranked 11th and below or that did not participate in theAsian Women's Volleyball Championship. It is set up to serve as a qualifier to theWomen's Asian Volleyball Cup, which served as the tournament for the top teams of the AVC. The first two editions were due in Hong Kong, China. But due to unforeseen reasons, thefirst edition in 2018 was not held, while the second edition two years later was canceled due to grave concerns over theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] The tournament first took place in 2022. The champions wereHong Kong, which won their first title at the2022 edition in around-robin format.[2]
From 2023 to 2024, the AVC Challenge Cup has reformed from being held biennially to annually as it serve as a qualifier for theFIVB Challenger Cup.[3][4] In both2023 and2024 edition,Vietnam were crowned as the champions, and qualified for2023 FIVB Challenger Cup and2024 FIVB Challenger Cup respectively.[5][6]
Starting in 2025, the tournament was rebranded and would be known as the AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup. With the new format of theNations League and the abolishment of theChallenger Cup, this tournament would be served as an annual competition for teams not participating in the VNL to earn world ranking points to increase their place in theFIVB Senior World Rankings, and possibly qualify to the future editions of the VNL. This tournament also served as a direct qualifier for theAsian Women's Volleyball Championship, with the champions earning a spot starting at the2026 edition.[7]
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2018 Details |  Hong Kong | not held due to unforeseen reasons | 8 | ||||||||
| 2020 | Hong Kong | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2022 Details |  Nakhon Pathom | Hong Kong | Round-robin (3–2) |  India |  Malaysia | Round-robin (3–2) |  Uzbekistan | 5 | |||
| 2023 Details |  Gresik | Vietnam | 3–2 | Indonesia |  Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | India | 11 | |||
| 2024 Details |  Manila | Vietnam | 3–0 |  Kazakhstan | Philippines | 3–0 |  Australia | 10 | |||
| 2025 Details | Hanoi | Vietnam | 3–0 | Philippines | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 11 | |||
| 2026 Details | Candon | 12 | |||||||||
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 3 (2023,2024,2025) | |||
| Hong Kong | 1 (2022) | |||
| Philippines | 1 (2025) | 1 (2024) | ||
| India | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | ||
| Kazakhstan | 1 (2024) | 1 (2025) | ||
| Indonesia | 1 (2023) | |||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 (2023,2025) | |||
| Malaysia | 1 (2022) | |||
| Uzbekistan | 1 (2022) | |||
| Australia | 1 (2024) |
| Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
|---|---|---|
| SAVA (Southeast Asia) | Vietnam (3) | 3 titles |
| EAVA (East Asia) | Hong Kong (1) | 1 title |
List of hosts by number of times hosted.
| Number | Nations | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Philippines | 2024, 2026 |
| 1 | Thailand | 2022 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | |
| Vietnam | 2025 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Year Team | 2022 (5) | 2023 (11) | 2024 (10) | 2025 (11) | 2026 (12) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | • | 6th | 4th | 7th | Q | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | Q | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 1st | 9th | 8th | 8th | 4 | |
| India | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 9th | 4 | |
| Indonesia | • | 2nd | 7th | 5th | Q | 4 |
 Iran | • | 5th | 6th | 6th | Q | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | 2nd | 4th | Q | 2 |
 Macau | • | 11th | • | • | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 3rd | • | • | • | 1 | |
 Mongolia | • | 10th | • | 10th | 2 | |
 New Zealand | • | • | • | 11th | 1 | |
| Philippines | • | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | Q | 4 |
 Singapore | 5th | • | 10th | • | 2 | |
| Uzbekistan | 4th | 8th | • | • | 2 | |
| Vietnam | • | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 4 |
| Year | Debutants | Total |
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| 2022 | Hong Kong | 5 |
| India | ||
| Malaysia | ||
| Singapore | ||
| Uzbekistan | ||
| 2023 | Australia | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | ||
| Indonesia | ||
| Iran | ||
| Macau | ||
| Mongolia | ||
| Philippines | ||
| Vietnam | ||
| 2024 | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| 2025 | New Zealand | 1 |
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