Asian Women's Volleyball Cup Explained

Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
Last Season:2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
Sport:Volleyball
Inaugural:2008
Teams:10 (Finals)
Continent:Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Champion:
(1st title)
Most Champs:
(5 titles)
Tv:PPTV
Website:Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, also known as the AVC Cup for Women, was an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the top senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2008. The current champion is Japan, which won its first title at the 2022 tournament.

This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious, continental competition for Asian national volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup.

The 7 Asian Cup tournaments have been won by three different national teams. China have won five times. The other Asian Cup winners are Japan and Thailand, with one title each.

History

Originally the tournament was awarded every two years beginning 2008.

In August 2022, beginning next year the biennial tournament will now be done annually according to AVC Control Committee President and Technical Director Dr. Han Joo Eom.[1]

Results summary

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=10 bgcolor=#ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffff3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffffTeams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2008
Details

Nakhon Ratchasima
3–03–28
2010
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Taicang
3–03–08
2012
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Almaty
3–13–08
2014
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Shenzhen
3–03–28
2016
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Vĩnh Phúc
3–03–08
2018
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Nakhon Ratchasima
3–03–010
2020
Taipei
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
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Pasig
3–1width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffff3–0width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffff9

Teams reaching the top four

TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place
style=background:#FFF68F5 (2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)2 (2012, 2022)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2012)1 (2010)4 (2008, 2016, 2018, 2022)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2022)1 (2018)4 (2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
2 (2008, 2014)1 (2010)
1 (2016)2 (2012, 2014)
2 (2012, 2022)
1 (2018)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)Champion(s)Number
EAZVA (East Asia)China (5), Japan (1)6 titles
SEAZVA (Southeast Asia)Thailand (1)1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of cups hosted.

Time HostedNationsYear(s)
22010, 2014
2008, 2018
12012
2022
2016

Participating nations

Legend
Team
2008
(8)

2010
(8)

2012
(8)

2014
(8)

2016
(8)

2018
(10)

2022
(9)
Total
7th7th8th3
1st1st2nd1st1st1st2nd7
6th6th7th6th5th4th5th7
8th8th7th6th8th7th6
4th4th5th4th4th2nd1st7
5th3rd3rd2nd10th5
8th1
9th6th2
2nd3rd6th2nd8th6th9th7
3rd2nd1st5th3rd3rd3rd7
5th7th4th8th7th5th4th7

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
20088
20102
2012None0
2014
2016
20181
2022None0

Awards

YearMost Valuable Player
2008 Wei Qiuyue
2010 Wang Yimei
2012 Onuma Sittirak
2014 Yan Ni
2016 Li Jing
2018 Liu Yanhan
2022 Mika Shibata
YearBest Setter
2008 Lee Sook-ja
2010 Nootsara Tomkom
2012 Nootsara Tomkom
2014 Ding Xia
2016 Irina Lukomskaya
2018 Sun Haiping
2022 Pornpun Guedpard
YearBest Outside Spikers
align=center rowspan=22014 Zhang Changning
Liu Yanhan
align=center rowspan=22016 Li Jing
Ajcharaporn Kongyot
align=center rowspan=22018 Miwako Osanai
Ajcharaporn Kongyot
align=center rowspan=22022 Wu Mengjie
Chatchu-on Moksri
YearBest Middle Blockers
align=center rowspan=22014 Yan Ni
Yang Hyo-jin
align=center rowspan=22016 Kristina Anikonova
Yang Zhou
align=center rowspan=22018 Gao Yi
Tseng Wan-ling
align=center rowspan=22022 Hiroyo Yamanaka
Hu Mingyuan
YearBest Opposite Spiker
2014 Kim Yeon-koung
2016 Yekaterina Zhdanova
2018 Pimpichaya Kokram
2022 Zhou Yetong
YearBest Libero
2008 Wanna Buakaew
2010 Zhang Xian
2012 Marina Storozhenko
2014 Miku Torigoe
2016 Piyanut Pannoy
2018 Rena Mizusugi
2022 Rena Mizusugi

Former awards

YearBest Scorer
2008 Kim Min-ji
2010 Kim Yeon-koung
2012 Onuma Sittirak
YearBest Spiker
2008 Wang Yimei
2010 Kim Yeon-koung
2012 Onuma Sittirak
YearBest Server
2008 Nanami Inoue
2010 Chen Wan-ting
2012 Hui Ruoqi
YearBest Blocker
2008 Xue Ming
2010 Yang Hyo-jin
2012 Xu Yunli

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morales . Luis . AVC Cup for Women to be held annually starting next year, to stake FIVB points . Philstar . 24 August 2022 . 20 August 2022.