Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

The Asian Women's Volleyball 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 Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by two different national teams. Vietnam have won twice while Hong Kong have won once.

History

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning in 2018. This tournament was initially 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 to take place in Hong Kong, China. But due to unforeseen reasons, the first edition in 2018 did not hold, while the second edition two years later was canceled due to grave concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. In 2023 edition, Vietnam crowned as the champions, won also their first title in the tournament and qualified for the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup.

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.

Results summary

Teams reaching the top four

Champions by region

Hosts

List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

Medal summary

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Debut of teams

Awards

See also

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
• Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
• Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship

References

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website