Women's Asian Club Volleyball Championship Explained

Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Last Season:2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Sport:Volleyball
Formerly:AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (1999–2002)
Teams:Various
Continent:Asia and Oceania
Administrator:AVC
Country:AVC members
Champion: Sport Center 1
(1st title)
Most Champs: Tianjin Bohai Bank
(5 titles)
Tv:PPTV
Website:Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (between 1999 and 2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in Thailand. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

The winner of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Tianjin Bohai Bank holds the record for most victories, winning the competition five times. Teams from China have won the tournament eight times, the most for any nation. The current Asian club champions is Sport Center 1 from Vietnam, who defeated Diamond Food–Fine Chef (3–2) in the final of the 2023 event.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:[1]

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships

EditionSeasonHostsChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeRef
11999 LG Caltex Aero Thai Shanghai Alma Dinamo
22000 Shanghai NEC Red Rockets Zhejiang Nandu Hyundai E&C Greenfox
32001 Shanghai Hisamitsu Springs Aero Thai Rahat Almaty
42002 Hisamitsu Springs3–0 BEC World Rahat Almaty3–1 Shanghai
–2003Canceled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
52004 Rahat Almaty Bayi Yiyang High-Tech District Chung Shan Astana Kanaty[2]
62005 Tianjin Bridgestone Chung Shan Korea Highway Corporation Rahat Almaty
72006 Tianjin Bridgestone Chung Shan Sang Som Rahat Almaty
82007 Rahat Almaty Sang Som Hisamitsu Springs Sobaeksu[3]
92008 Tianjin Bridgestone3–2 Sang Som Toray Arrows3–2 Sobaeksu
102009 Federbrau3–2 Tianjin Bridgestone Toray Arrows3–2 Zhetyssu Almaty[4]
112010 Federbrau3–1 Zhetyssu Almaty JT Marvelous3–2 Tianjin Bridgestone[5]
122011 Chang3–0 Tianjin Bridgestone Zhetyssu Almaty3–0 Thông tin LienVietPostBank[6]
132012 Tianjin Bridgestone3–2 Toray Arrows Chang3–0 Zhetyssu Almaty[7]
142013 Guangdong Evergrande3–1 Zhetyssu Almaty PFU BlueCats3–0 Bo Tong Gang[8]
152014 Hisamitsu Springs3–0 Tianjin Bohai Bank Zhetyssu Taldykorgan3–0[9]
162015 Bangkok Glass3–2 Hisamitsu Springs Zhejiang3–0 Taiwan Power[10]
172016 NEC Red Rockets3–0 Bayi Shenzhen Bangkok Glass3–2 Altay Oskemen[11]
182017 Supreme Chonburi3–1 Hisamitsu Springs Tianjin Bohai Bank3–1 Altay[12]
192018 Supreme Chonburi3–2 NEC Red Rockets Jiangsu Zenith Steel3–2 Altay[13]
202019 Tianjin Bohai Bank3–1 Supreme Chonburi Hisamitsu Springs3–0 Altay[14]
–2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[15]
212021 Altay3–0 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC Supreme Chonburi3–0 Saipa Tehran[16]
222022 Kuanysh3–2 Altay Diamond Food–Fine Chef3–1 Barij Essence[17]
232023 Sport Center 13–2 Diamond Food–Fine Chef Liaoning Donghua3–1 King Whale Taipei[18]

Performances by club

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Tianjin Bohai Bank532005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 20192009, 2011, 2013
Chang322009, 2010, 20112007, 2008
Hisamitsu Springs232002, 20142001, 2015, 2017
Supreme Chonburi212017, 20182019
Shanghai Bright Ubest202000, 2001
Rahat Almaty202004, 2007
NEC Red Rockets1220161999, 2018
Altay1120212022
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX101999
Guangdong Evergrande102013
Bangkok Glass102015
Kuanysh102022
Sport Center 1102023
Chung Shan 022005, 2006
Zhetyssu Taldykorgan022010, 2013
Bayi Nanchang022004, 2016
Aero Thai 011999
BEC World 012002
Toray Arrows012012
Nakhon Ratchasima QminC012021
Diamond Food–Fine Chef012023

Performances by country

CountryTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
852000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 20192004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016,
672009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 20181999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2021, 2023
432004, 2007, 2021, 20222010, 2013, 2022
362002, 2014, 20161999, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
101999
102023
022005, 2006

Performances by zonal association

Zonal association data-sort-type="number" Titles !data-sort-type="number" Runners-up
12 13
7 7
4 3
Total 23 23

Medals

As of 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship.

MVP by edition

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations – 2021 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship. . 11 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Joyous Kazakhs celebrate title success. . 26 April 2004 . 11 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Rahat Wins Gold Medal at Asian Women's Club Championhsip. . 24 June 2007. 11 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Thai Federbrau win Asian Women's Club Championship. . 9 June 2009. 11 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Federbrau crowned Asian Women's Club Champion. . 5 July 2010. 11 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Thailand's Chang takes Asian Women's Club title. . 26 June 2011. 11 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Tianjin seal Club World champs berth. . 30 April 2012. 11 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Evergrande qualify for FIVB Women's Club World Champs . . 6 May 2013. 11 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Hisamitsu Springs capture Asian Women’s Club Championship title and ticket to FIVB Club World Championship. . 25 April 2014. 11 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Bangkok Glass reign supreme in Asian Women’s Club Championship. . 20 September 2015. 11 January 2021.
  11. Web site: NEC Red Rockets reign Supreme over Asian Women's Club Championship. . 11 September 2016. 11 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Thailand’s Supreme VC win Asian Women’s Club Championship. . 31 May 2017. 11 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Supreme win back-to-back Asian Women's Club Championship titles. . 18 July 2018. 11 January 2021.
  14. Web site: Li Yingying powers Tianjin to Asian Women's Club Championship triumph . . 6 May 2019 . 11 January 2021.
  15. Web site: Cancellation and postponement confirmed for 2020 AVC Championships. . 17 July 2020. 11 January 2021.
  16. Web site: Altay power past Nakhon Ratchasima in thrilling three-setter to reign supreme at Asian Women's Club Championship. . 7 October 2021. 21 May 2022.
  17. Web site: Defending champs Altay dethroned, Denysova's heroics help Kuanysh in epic comeback win at 2022 Asian Women's Club Championship. . 30 April 2022. 21 May 2022.
  18. Web site: Sport Center 1 make hosts Vietnam proud after epic comeback win against Diamond Food for their unprecedented title in 2023 Asian Women’s Club Championship. . 3 May 2023. 3 May 2023.

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