Asian Volleyball Championship

The Asian Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, the Asian volleyball federation. The first edition for both men and women was held in 1975.

Men

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1975 Details	Melbourne		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	Australia
1979 Details	Manama		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Australia
1983 Details	Tokyo		Japan	No playoffs	China		South Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1987 Details	Kuwait City		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–0	Kuwait
1989 Details	Seoul		South Korea	3–0	Japan		China	3–2	Pakistan
1991 Details	Perth		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	Australia
1993 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan		Japan	3–2	China
1995 Details	Seoul		Japan	No playoffs	China		South Korea	No playoffs	Iran
1997 Details	Doha		China	No playoffs	Japan		Australia	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1999 Details	Tehran		China	No playoffs	Australia		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan
2001 Details	Changwon		South Korea	3–1	Australia		Japan	3–1	China
2003 Details	Tianjin		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Iran	No playoffs	Australia
2005 Details	Suphanburi		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–1	India
2007 Details	Jakarta		Australia	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	China
2009 Details	Manila		Japan	3–1	Iran		South Korea	3–1	China
2011 Details	Tehran		Iran	3–1	China		South Korea	3–1	Australia
2013 Details	Dubai		Iran	3–0	South Korea		China	3–1	Japan
2015 Details	Tehran		Japan	3–1	Iran		China	3–2	Qatar
2017 Details	TBA
2019 Details	TBA

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	3	3	14
2	South Korea	4	4	8	16
3	China	3	6	5	14
4	Iran	2	2	1	5
5	Australia	1	2	1	4
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Total		18	18	18	54

Participating nations

Nation	1975	1979	1983	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Afghanistan																15th	20th			2
Australia	4th	4th	6th	11th	10th	4th	6th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	1st	7th	4th	5th	5th		18
Bahrain		14th		8th	16th				10th	10th		13th	10th				12th	12th		9
Bangladesh					17th		16th													2
China	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd		18
Chinese Taipei			4th	6th	9th	5th	10th	6th	4th	7th	6th	9th	13th	8th	8th	13th	9th	6th		16
Hong Kong			10th		14th						12th		18th		17th					5
India		5th	5th	5th	6th	10th	9th		9th	9th	7th	5th	4th	9th	9th	6th	7th	11th		16
Indonesia	6th		9th			6th				6th			11th	7th	6th	11th				8
Iran		6th		10th	8th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	5th	3rd	6th	5th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		16
Iraq		8th		9th	7th												13th			4
Japan	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	1st	2nd	1st	5th	4th	1st		18
Jordan				17th																1
Kazakhstan							2nd	14th		11th	9th	8th		10th	5th	9th	10th	9th		10
Kuwait		7th	7th	4th	5th		14th	13th		14th				17th			17th	14th		10
Lebanon		13th													11th		8th			3
Macau									13th											1
Maldives														16th	18th					2
Myanmar															10th		18th			2
Nepal			11th		18th															2
New Zealand	7th	11th	8th	12th	12th	12th	11th	12th				14th	15th							10
North Korea						11th														1
Oman																	19th	15th		2
Pakistan				7th	4th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th		7th	9th	13th		7th		10th		12
Philippines	5th						15th	11th	14th				14th		15th					6
Qatar					19th		12th	10th	8th	13th	11th	11th	7th	11th	14th	12th	11th	4th		13
Samoa						15th														1
Saudi Arabia		9th		13th		13th			12th		8th	12th		12th			21st			8
Singapore		12th																		1
South Korea	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th		18
Sri Lanka					13th		13th	9th	15th	12th				14th	16th	8th	15th	13th		10
Syria		10th																		1
Thailand				14th	15th	9th	7th	7th	11th			10th	5th	6th	13th	10th	6th	8th		13
Turkmenistan																14th		16th		2
United Arab Emirates				15th	11th	14th			17th		10th	15th	17th				14th			8
Uzbekistan									16th				16th			16th	16th			4
Vietnam													12th	15th	12th					3
Yemen		15th		16th																2
Total	7	15	11	17	19	15	16	14	17	14	12	15	18	17	18	16	21	16

MVP by edition

• 1999 – Behnam Mahmoudi
• 2001 – Shin Jin-sik
• 2003 – Yejju Subba Rao
• 2005 – Marcos Sugiyama
• 2007 – Dan Howard
• 2009 – Tatsuya Fukuzawa
• 2011 – Arash Kamalvand
• 2013 – Saeid Marouf
• 2015 – Kunihiro Shimizu

Women

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1975 Details	Melbourne		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	Australia
1979 Details	Hong Kong		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Australia
1983 Details	Fukuoka		Japan	No playoffs	China		South Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1987 Details	Shanghai		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–0	New Zealand
1989 Details	Hong Kong		China	3–0	South Korea		Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei
1991 Details	Bangkok		China		Japan		South Korea		North Korea
1993 Details	Shanghai		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei
1995 Details	Chiang Mai		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Manila		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1999 Details	Hong Kong		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Thailand
2001 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		China	3–0	South Korea		Thailand	3–2	Japan
2003 Details	Ho Chi Minh City		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–1	Thailand
2005 Details	Taicang		China	3–0	Kazakhstan		Japan	3–0	South Korea
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Japan	No playoffs	China		Thailand	No playoffs	South Korea
2009 Details	Hanoi		Thailand	3–1	China		Japan	3–0	South Korea
2011 Details	Taipei		China	3–1	Japan		South Korea	3–2	Thailand
2013 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–2	China
2015 Details	Tianjin		China	3–0	South Korea		Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei
2017 Details	TBA
2019 Details	TBA

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	13	3	1	17
2	Japan	3	7	6	16
3	Thailand	2	0	3	5
4	South Korea	0	7	8	15
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Total		18	18	18	54

Participating nations

Nation	1975	1979	1983	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Australia	4th	4th	7th	7th	7th	6th	10th	6th	7th	6th	6th	9th	10th	8th	9th	10th	9th	9th		18
China	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	1st		18
Chinese Taipei			4th		4th	5th	4th	4th	4th	5th	5th	5th	5th	6th	6th	5th	7th	4th		15
Hong Kong		6th	8th	10th	8th	11th	12th	9th	9th	8th			12th		10th		13th	13th		13
India		7th				14th							11th		11th	11th	11th	10th		7
Indonesia		5th	6th	6th	9th	9th	8th							9th	13th	13th	10th			10
Iran														12th	8th	8th	8th	8th		5
Japan	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	6th		18
Kazakhstan							5th			9th		7th	2nd	5th	5th	9th	5th	7th		9
Macau				11th	10th															2
Malaysia				9th																1
Mongolia																	14th	11th		2
Myanmar																	16th			1
New Zealand	5th		9th	4th		10th	11th	7th			8th	10th		11th						9
North Korea					5th	4th	9th						7th			6th				5
Philippines			5th			13th	13th	8th	8th			8th	9th				12th	12th		9
Singapore				8th																1
South Korea	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd		18
Sri Lanka						12th	14th				9th			10th	14th	12th	15th	14th		8
Thailand				5th	6th	7th	7th	5th	5th	4th	3rd	4th	6th	3rd	1st	4th	1st	3rd		15
Turkmenistan																14th				1
Uzbekistan							6th		6th	7th				13th	12th					5
Vietnam						8th					7th	6th	8th	7th	7th	7th	6th	5th		9
Total	5	7	9	11	10	14	14	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	14	14	16	14

MVP by edition

• 2001 – Feng Kun
• 2003 – Zhao Ruirui
• 2005 – Chu Jinling
• 2007 – Miyuki Takahashi
• 2009 – Onuma Sittirak
• 2011 – Wang Yimei
• 2013 – Wilavan Apinyapong
• 2015 – Zhu Ting

References

• Sports123.com

External links

• Official AVC website