| AVC Women's Challenge Cup | |
| Last Season: | 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup |
| Sport: | Volleyball |
| Inaugural: | 2018 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Continent: | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
| Champion: | (2nd title) |
| Most Champs: | (2 titles) |
| Tv: | PPTV |
The AVC Women's Challenge Cup, also known as the AVC Challenge Cup for Women, is an annual international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body.
From 2023 to 2024, the winner will qualify for the FIVB Challenger Cup.
This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious continental competition for Asian national women's volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Cup.
The three AVC Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams. Vietnam have won twice while Hong 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 the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. It is set up to serve as a qualifier to the Women'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, the first edition in 2018 was not held, while the second edition two years later was canceled due to grave concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The tournament first took place in 2022. The champions were Hong Kong, which won their first title at the 2022 edition in a round-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 the FIVB Challenger Cup.[3] [4] In the 2023 edition, Vietnam were crowned as the champions, who also won their first title in the tournament and qualified for the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup.[5] Starting in 2025, with the new format of the Nations League and the abolishment of the FIVB Challenger Cup, this will serve as an annual competition for teams not participating in the VNL to earn world ranking points to increase their place in the FIVB Senior World Rankings, and possibly qualify to the future editions of the VNL.
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=#ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=#ffffff | 3rd place match | width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=14% | Champions | width=9% | Score | width=14% | Runners-up | width=14% | 3rd place | width=9% | Score | width=14% | 4th place | |||
| 2018 Details |  Hong Kong | did not held due to unforeseen reasons | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Hong Kong | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||
| 2022 Details |  Nakhon Pathom | Round-robin (3–2) | width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff | Round-robin (3–2) | width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff | 5 | ||||||||
| 2023 Details | Gresik | 3–2 | 3–0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2024 Details | Manila | 3–0 | 3–0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#FFF68F | 2 (2023, 2024) | ||||
| style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2022) | ||||
| 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | ||||
| 1 (2023) | |||||
| 1 (2024) | |||||
| 1 (2023) | |||||
| 1 (2022) | |||||
| 1 (2024) | |||||
| 1 (2024) | |||||
| 1 (2022) |
| Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAVA (Southeast Asia) | (2) | 2 titles | |
| EAZVA (East Asia) | (1) | 1 title |
List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.
| Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1 | 2022 | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2024 |
| Team | 2022 (5) | 2023 (11) | 2024 (10) | Total | |||
| • | 6th | 4th | 2 | ||||
| • | 3rd | 9th | 2 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 9th | 8th | 3 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 3 | |||
| • | 2nd | 7th | 2 | ||||
| • | 5th | 6th | 2 | ||||
| • | • | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1 | |||
| • | 11th | • | 1 | ||||
| 3rd | • | • | 1 | ||||
| • | 10th | • | 1 | ||||
| • | 7th | 3rd | 2 | ||||
| 5th | • | 10th | 2 | ||||
| 4th | 8th | • | 2 | ||||
| • | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2 |
| Year | Debutants | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | ||
| 2024 | 1 |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chim Wing Lam | ||
| 2023 | Trần Thị Thanh Thúy | ||
| 2024 | Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Best Setter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  Jini K.S | ||
| 2023 | Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh | ||
| 2024 | Jia De Guzman |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Best Outside Spikers |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2022 | Low Mei Cing | |
| Pang Wing Lam | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2023 | Trần Thị Thanh Thúy | |
| Wu Fang-yu | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2024 |  Caitlin Tipping | |
 Sana Anarkulova |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Best Middle Blockers |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2022 | Ngin Jia Ning | |
| Lau Ho Ting | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2023 | Đinh Thị Trà Giang | |
| Wilda Nurfadhilah | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2024 | Lê Thanh Thúy | |
| Yuliya Yakimova |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Best Opposite Spiker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Saranya N.S | ||
| 2023 | Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi | ||
| 2024 | Angel Canino |
| width=20% | Year | width=80% | Best Libero |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Aswathi R. | ||
| 2023 | Yulis Indahyani | ||
| 2024 | Nguyễn Khánh Đang |