CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup explained

Sport:	Volleyball
Founded:	2019
Inaugural:	2019
Teams:	8
Continent:	Central and South Asia (CAVA)
Champion:	(2nd title)
Most Champs:	(2 titles) (2 titles)
Upcoming Season:	2023 CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

The CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZVA), the sport's regional governing body.^[1] The current champion is India, which won its first title at the 2023 edition.^{[2] [3]}

Results summary

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ffffff		Teams
width=14%	Champions	width=9%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up	width=14%	3rd place	width=9%	Score	width=14%	4th place
2019 Details	Dhaka		Round-robin			Round-robin		5
2021 Details	Dhaka		3–2			3–0		6
2023 Details	Kathmandu		3–0			3–1		8
2024 Details	Kathmandu			3–2				3–0			5

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
	style=background:#FFF68F	2 (2019, 2021)	1 (2024)	1 (2023)
	style=background:#FFF68F	2 (2023, 2024)
		1 (2021)		1 (2023)
		1 (2023)
		1 (2019)
			1 (2019)	1 (2021)
			1 (2021)	1 (2024)
			1 (2024)
				1 (2019)

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
2		2019, 2021
2		2023, 2024

Participating nations

width=170	Nation	2019	2021	2023	2024	Years
	5th				1
	4th	5th	8th		3
			bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	2
			bgcolor=silver	2nd		1
	3rd	4th	6th		3
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th	7th		3
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4
		3rd	5th	4th	3
		bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	5th	2
Total	5	6	8	5

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2019		5
2021		2
2023		2
2024		1

Awards

Most Valuable Player

align=center	2019	Pratibha Mali
align=center	2023	Nirmal Tanwar
align=center	2024	Shaalini Saravanan

Best Setter

align=center	2019	Madina Mirlan Kyzy
align=center	2023	Jini K. S.
align=center	2024	Juhi Shaw

Best Libero

align=center	2019	Salina Shrestha
align=center	2023	Salina Shrestha
align=center	2024	Salina Shrestha

Best Middle Blocker

align=center	2019	Bithe
align=center	2023	Soorya S.
align=center	2024	Soorya S. Mobina Sadat Ghafarianambarani

Best Outside Hitter

align=center	2023	Uatayeva Bota
align=center	2024	Masoumeh Ghadami Tabaghdehi Shaalini Saravanan

Best Opposite Hitter

align=center	2023	Zarina Sitkazinova
align=center	2024	Saraswoti Chaudhary

External links

• Official AVC website

Notes and References

1. Web site: CAVA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGE CUP IN NEPAL KICKS OFF WITH GRAND OPENING CEREMONY . Asian Volleyball Confederation . 26 May 2024 .
2. Web site: India thrashes Kazakhstan to win CAVA Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2023 . The Hindu . 29 May 2023 .
3. Web site: India claim CAVA Challenge Cup . The Kathmandu Post . 29 May 2023 .