Girls' Asian U18 Volleyball Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1997
First season	1997
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Japan
Most titles	Japan (9 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship is a biennial competition contested by the under 18 women's national teams of the Asian Volleyball Confederation as part of the Asian Youth Volleyball Championship.

Formerly, the championship was entitled Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, but in accordance with the FIVB Board of Administration Meeting on March 21–22, 2022 which announced to align the FIVB age group categories per gender to Under-19 and Under-21 for both genders, the adjustment of 2022 Age Group Championships has also been considered important for representative women’s age group teams from Asia to compete in the FIVB Age Group Championships in 2023.

Since the championships started in 1997, the tournaments have been won by two countries. Japan have won nine times including the 2022 edition and China have won four titles. The top 4 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship.

Result summary[edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
1997 Details	Yala		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Thailand		8
1999 Details	Singapore		China	Round-robin	Japan		Chinese Taipei	Round-robin	South Korea		8
2001 Details	Trang		China	3–0	Japan		South Korea	3–2	Chinese Taipei		9
2003 Details	Sisaket		China	Round-robin	North Korea		Thailand	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		8
2005 Details	Mandaue		China	3–2	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	3–2	Japan		9
2007 Details	Kamphaeng Phet		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		8
2008 Details	Manila		Japan	3–0	China		Thailand	3–0	South Korea		12
2010 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Japan	3–0	China		Thailand	3–1	South Korea		13
2012 Details	Chengdu		Japan	3–1	China		Chinese Taipei	3–0	South Korea		13
2014 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Japan	3–1	Thailand		China	3–0	South Korea		13
2017 Details	Chongqing		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–0	Thailand		11
2018 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Japan	3–1	China		Thailand	3–1	South Korea		12
2020	Nakhon Pathom		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Japan	3–2	China		South Korea	3–2	Thailand		11
2024 Details	Nakhon Pathom

Teams reaching the top four[edit]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Japan	9 (1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2022)	2 (1999, 2001)		1 (2005)
China	4 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)	6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2022)	3 (1997, 2007, 2014)
South Korea		3 (1997, 2005, 2007)	3 (2001, 2017, 2022)	6 (1999, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Thailand		1 (2014)	4 (2003, 2008, 2010, 2018)	3 (1997, 2017, 2022)
North Korea		1 (2003)
Chinese Taipei			3 (1999, 2005, 2012)	3 (2001, 2003, 2007)

Champions by region[edit]

Hosts[edit]

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
8	Thailand	1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
2	China	2012, 2017
	Philippines	2005, 2008
1	Singapore	1999
	Malaysia	2010

Medal summary[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	9	2	0	11
2	China	4	6	3	13
3	South Korea	0	3	3	6
4	Thailand	0	1	4	5
5	North Korea	0	1	0	1
6	Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		13	13	13	39

Participating nations[edit]

Nation	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2018	2022	Years
Australia		6th	8th	7th	6th	8th	7th	7th	11th	13th	7th	9th	11th	12
China	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	13
Chinese Taipei	5th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	4th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	5th	13
Hong Kong									8th	9th	6th	12th		4
India			9th	5th	9th	6th	10th	13th	6th	11th		8th	10th	10
Indonesia							6th							1
Iran							11th	9th	10th	10th	9th	7th	7th	7
Japan	1st	2nd	2nd		4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	12
Kazakhstan				6th			9th	6th	7th	6th		6th	6th	7
Malaysia	6th		7th					8th				11th		4
Mongolia									12th					1
New Zealand								11th		8th	8th	10th		4
North Korea			6th	2nd										2
Philippines	8th	8th		8th	8th		8th			7th			9th	7
Samoa											11th			1
Singapore	7th	7th						12th						3
South Korea	2nd	4th	3rd		2nd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	12
Sri Lanka						7th	12th		13th					3
Thailand	4th	5th	5th	3rd	5th	5th	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	4th	3rd	4th	13
Uzbekistan											10th		8th	2
Vietnam					7th			10th	9th	12th				4
Total	8	8	9	8	9	8	12	13	13	13	11	12	11

Debut of teams[edit]

Year Debutants Total 1997  China 8  Chinese Taipei  Japan  Malaysia  Philippines  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand 1999  Australia 1 2001  India 2  North Korea 2003  Kazakhstan 1 2005  Vietnam 1 2007  Sri Lanka 1 2008  Indonesia 2  Iran 2010  New Zealand 1 2012  Hong Kong 2  Mongolia 2014 None 0 2017  Samoa 2  Uzbekistan 2018 None 0 2022

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player[edit] Tournament Most Valuable Player 1997 Yala Midori Takahashi 2001 Trang Huang Huiping 2003 Sisaket Wang Yimei 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Miyu Nagaoka 2008 Manila Shiori Murata 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mari Horikawa 2012 Chengdu Sarina Koga 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Airi Miyabe 2017 Chongqing Nishikawa Yuki 2018 Nakhon Pathom Nishikawa Yoshino Best Outside Spikers[edit] Tournament Best Outside Spikers 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Ko Minji Chatchu-on Moksri 2017 Chongqing Park Hyemin Nishikawa Yuki 2018 Nakhon Pathom Nishikawa Yoshino Zhou Yetong Best Opposite Spiker[edit] Tournament Best Opposite Spiker 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Pimpichaya Kokram 2017 Chongqing Sun Xiaoxuan 2018 Nakhon Pathom Manami Koyama

Best Setter[edit] Tournament Best Setter 2001 Trang Zhang Qian 2003 Sisaket Kamonporn Sukmak 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Si Eun-mi 2008 Manila Chisato Mitsuyama 2010 Kuala Lumpur Yukiko Yanagidani 2012 Chengdu Airi Tahara 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Natthanicha Jaisaen 2017 Chongqing Zhang Zihan 2018 Nakhon Pathom Supatcha Kamtalaksa Best Middle Blockers[edit] Tournament Best Middle Blockers 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Li Yingying Miyu Nakagawa 2017 Chongqing Mao Junyi Lee Juah 2018 Nakhon Pathom Wu Mengjie Madoka Kashimura Best Libero[edit] Tournament Best Libero 2008 Manila Sumiko Mori 2010 Kuala Lumpur Sumiko Mori 2012 Chengdu Lin Miao-hua 2014 Nakhon Ratchasima Kanoha Kagamihara 2017 Chongqing Mizusugi Rena 2018 Nakhon Pathom Jidapa Nahuanong

Former awards[edit]

Best Scorer[edit] Tournament Best Scorer 1997 Yala Mari Ochiai 2001 Trang Huang Huiping 2003 Sisaket Saymai Paladsrichuay 2005 Mandaue Kim Yeon-Koung 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Lee Yeon-Ju 2008 Manila Yang Jie 2010 Kuala Lumpur Park Jeong-ah 2012 Chengdu Sarina Koga

Best Spiker[edit] Tournament Best Spiker 1997 Yala Lee Yun-hui 2001 Trang Huang Huiping 2003 Sisaket Kim Song-ok 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Miyu Nagaoka 2008 Manila Shiori Murata 2010 Kuala Lumpur Fumika Moriya 2012 Chengdu Hu Mingyuan

Best Server[edit] Tournament Best Server 1997 Yala Tian Jia 2001 Trang Lu Yan 2003 Sisaket Ma Xiaoying 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Yuki Kawai 2008 Manila Kim Mi-yeon 2010 Kuala Lumpur Liu Mingjuan 2012 Chengdu Chen Tzu-ya

Best Blocker[edit] Tournament Best Blocker 1997 Yala Rattana Sanguanrum 2001 Trang Huang Huiping 2003 Sisaket Betsy Thankachen 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Chen Shih-ting 2008 Manila Wang Huimin 2010 Kuala Lumpur Liu Yanhan 2012 Chengdu Yuan Xinyue

Best Receiver[edit] Tournament Best Receiver 2003 Sisaket Sin Yong-sun 2005 Mandaue Kim Yeon-Koung 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Airi Kawahara

Best Digger[edit] Tournament Best Digger 2003 Sisaket Suvipriew Bamrung 2007 Kamphaeng Phet Kotoe Inoue

See also[edit]

• Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

External links[edit]

• Official AVC website