| Competition: | Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Gender: | women |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Dates: | 11–18 July |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| City: | Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| Champions Other: |  Supreme Chonburi |
| Title Number: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  NEC Red Rockets |
| Third Other: |  Jiangsu Zenith Steel |
| Fourth Other: |  Altay |
| Mvp: | (Supreme Chonburi) |
| Last: | 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship |
The 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (VFRK). It was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan from 11 to 18 July 2018. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the World Championship.[1] [2]
Nine clubs from nine AVC member associations participated in the tournament including Kazakhstan, the host country. Of the nine AVC member associations, seven had clubs which participated in the 2017 edition.
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| width=180 | Association | width=220 | Team | width=350 | Means of qualification |
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| Altay | 2017–18 Kazakhstan National Liga winners | ||||
| Jiangsu Zenith Steel | 2016–17 Chinese Volleyball League winners | ||||
| CMFC | 2017–18 Enterprise Volleyball League winners | ||||
| Garuda VC | 2018 Indonesian Proliga winners | ||||
| Paykan Tehran VC | 2017 Iranian Volleyball League Champions | ||||
| NEC Red Rockets | 2016–17 V.Premier League winners | ||||
| Lanka Lions | 2017 Sri Lanka Volleyball League Champions | ||||
| Supreme Chonburi | 2017–18 Volleyball Thailand League winners | ||||
| VTV Bình Điền Long An | 2017 Volleyball Vietnam League winners |
This is the first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking. The three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.[3]
| width=25% | Pool A | width=25% | Pool B | width=25% | Pool C |
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| Thailand (1) | Kazakhstan (4) | Vietnam (7) | |||
| Japan (2) | Chinese Taipei (5) | Indonesia (–) | |||
| China (3) | Iran (6) | Sri Lanka (–) | |||
See main article: 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match forfeited: 0 match points for each.
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| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | ||||
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| 1 | NEC Red Rockets | 1 | Altay | 1 | Garuda VC | |
| 2 | Supreme Chonburi | 2 | CMFC | 2 | VTV Bình Điền Long An | |
| 3 | Jiangsu Zenith Steel | 3 | Paykan Tehran VC | 3 | Lanka Lions |
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| width=40 | Rank | width=240 | Team |
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| NEC Red Rockets | |||
| 4 | Altay | ||
| 5 | Garuda VC | ||
| 6 | Paykan Tehran VC | ||
| 7 | VTV Bình Điền Long An | ||
| 8 | CMFC | ||
| 9 | Lanka Lions | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship |
| Team roster | |
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| Head coach | |
| Nataphon Srisamutnak |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Supreme Chonburi (c) | NEC Red Rockets (c) | Jiangsu Zenith Steel (c) |
(Altay)
(Altay)