India women's national volleyball team explained

India
Gender:women
Federation:Volleyball Federation of India
Confederation:AVC
Coach:Jai Narain
World Champs Apps:1
World Champs First:1952
World Champs Best:8th (1952)
Regional Name:Asian Championship
Regional Cup Apps:9
Regional Cup First:1979
Regional Cup Best:7th (1979, 2023)
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The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.

In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 Asian Games.[1] [2] [3] [4] The team won the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games as they defeated Nepal in the final.[5]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.

Summer Olympics recordQualification record
YearResultPosition
did not qualify
1976did not enterdid not enter
1980did not qualify7th
1984did not enterdid not enter
1988
1992did not qualify14th
19962020 did not qualify
2024did not qualifydid not qualify
Total0/15000

FIVB World Championship

India has qualified only once in the World Championship.

FIVB World Championship recordQualification record
YearResultPosition
1952Round robin8th707
19561974 did not qualify
1978did not enterdid not enter
1982did not qualify606
19861990 did not enterdid not enter
1994did not qualify14th
19982010 did not enterdid not enter
2014did not qualify633
2018suspendedsuspended
/ 2022did not qualifyno Asian qualification were held
2025TBDTBD
Totals1/198th707639

Asian Championship

Asian Volleyball Championship record
YearPosition
19797th
199111th
20058th
200911th
201111th
201311th
201510th
201910th
20237th

Asian Challenge Cup

Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup record
YearPosition
2022
20234th
20245th

Asian Games

Asian Games record
YearPosition
19826th
20109th
20148th
201810th
20229th

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games record
YearPosition
2009
2014

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
YearPosition[6] [7]
1999
2004
2006
2010
2016
2019

Results and schedule

2023

See main article: Volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games. ----------------

2024

See main article: 2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup. --------------------

Current squad

The following list consists of 14 players who are called for 2024 Asian Women's Challenge Cup.[8]

Head coach: Jai Narain

NameDate of birthHeightSpikeBlock2023–24 Club
1OHPooja N Prasad29 January 19971.760NaN02850NaN02750NaN0 Karnataka
2LAswathi Raveendran25 June 19971.60NaN02750NaN02600NaN0 Kerala
4OHShaalini S.19 July 20001.730NaN02800NaN02670NaN0 Tamil Nadu
5MBShilpa R. S.26 February 20021.890NaN02980NaN02970NaN0 Kerala
6MBSoorya S.16 December 19981.850NaN03020NaN02980NaN0 Kerala
7SJini K. S. (c)10 September 19961.710NaN02780NaN02670NaN0 Kerala
8MBAswani K.17 June 19961.890NaN02900NaN02800NaN0 Kerala
9OPRoli Pathak20 June 20021.770NaN02930NaN02830NaN0 Madhya Pradesh
10OHKavita15 January 20061.770NaN02980NaN02850NaN0 Rajasthan
11OPAnagha Radhakrishnan10 July 20021.830NaN02960NaN02940NaN0 Kerala
13OHAnushree K. P.8 October 19971.770NaN02960NaN02850NaN0 Kerala
14MBPurna Shukla9 August 20021.820NaN02990NaN02900NaN0 Gujarat
17SJuhi Shaw26 August 19951.680NaN02780NaN02670NaN0 West Bengal
18LAnannya Das14 October 20001.60NaN02720NaN02630NaN0 Odisha

Notable players

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games. 2018-08-06. VolleyMob. 8 August 2018. en-US.
  2. News: Asian Games 2018 Name of Indian Athletes: Complete List of 541-Member Contingent for 37 Sports Events at Jakarta Palembang Asian Games LatestLY. 3 August 2018. Latestly. 8 August 2018. en-US.
  3. News: Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced. Sportstarlive. 8 August 2018. en.
  4. News: Volleyball teams for Asian Games. 2018-07-16. The Hindu. 8 August 2018. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  5. News: Volleyball is my first love: Shahi. 28 December 2020 . . 22 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG. 23 May 2024.
  7. Web site: South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes. 3 December 2019 . 23 May 2024.
  8. Book: 2023-06-18 . Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 . Asian Volleyball Confederation.