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Association | Volleyball Federation of India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Confederation | AVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Jai Narain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIVB ranking | 57 (as of 10 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Appearances | 1 (First in 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 8th (1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 9 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 7th (1979, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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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
[edit]Summer Olympics
[edit]Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
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Did not qualify | – | |||||||
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Did not qualify | 7th | |||||||
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Did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
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Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 0/15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FIVB World Championship
[edit]India has qualified only once in the World Championship.
FIVB World Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
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Round robin | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | |||
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
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Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
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Did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
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Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
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Suspended | Suspended | |||||||
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Did not qualify | No Asian qualification were held | |||||||
2025 | TBD | TBD | |||||||
Totals | 1/19 | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Asian Championship
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7th | ||||
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11th | ||||
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8th | ||||
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11th | ||||
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11th | ||||
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11th | ||||
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10th | ||||
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10th | ||||
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7th |
Asian Challenge Cup
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4th | ||||
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5th |
Asian Games
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6th | ||||
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9th | ||||
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8th | ||||
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10th | ||||
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9th |
CAVA Challenge Cup
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Lusofonia Games
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South Asian Games
[edit]South Asian Games record | |||||
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Results and schedule
[edit]2023
[edit]30 September 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
1–3 (80–98) | ![]() |
Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou |
(25–23, 22–25, 17–25, 16–25) |
1 October 2023 19:00 UTC+08:00 |
China ![]() |
3–0 (75–27) | ![]() |
Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou |
(25–9, 25–9, 25–9) |
4 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–1 (101–91) | ![]() |
Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou |
(25–23, 26–28, 25–23, 25–17) |
6 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–0 (75–53) | ![]() |
Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou |
(25–16, 25–20, 25–17) |
7 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–2 (103–96) | ![]() |
Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou |
(25-18, 18–25, 20–25, 25-19, 15–9) |
2024
[edit]22 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–0 (75–61) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(25–17, 25–23, 25–21) |
23 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00 |
Chinese Taipei ![]() |
0–3 (48–75) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(19–25, 13–25, 16–25) |
24 May 2024 19:00 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
1–3 (81–97) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(25–22, 21–25, 17–25, 18–25) |
25 May 2024 16:00 UTC+08:00 |
Australia ![]() |
3–1 (92–99) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(26–24, 25–16, 19–25, 29–27) |
28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–1 (107–93) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(25–16, 30–32, 25–20, 27–25) |
28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00 |
India ![]() |
3–0 (75–44) | ![]() |
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila |
(25–17, 25–16, 25–11) |
Current squad
[edit]The following list consists of 14 players who are called for 2024 Asian Women's Challenge Cup.[8]
Head coach: Jai Narain
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Position
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Name | Date of birth | Height | Spike | Block | 2023–24 Club |
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1 | OH | Pooja N Prasad | January 29, 1997 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | 275 cm (9 ft 0 in) | ![]() |
2 | L | Aswathi Raveendran | June 25, 1997 | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | 275 cm (9 ft 0 in) | 260 cm (8 ft 6 in) | ![]() |
4 | OH | Shaalini S. | July 19, 2000 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) | 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) | ![]() |
5 | MB | Shilpa R. S. | February 26, 2002 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 297 cm (9 ft 9 in) | ![]() |
6 | MB | Soorya S. | December 16, 1998 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 302 cm (9 ft 11 in) | 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) | ![]() |
7 | S | Jini K. S. (c) | September 10, 1996 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 278 cm (9 ft 1 in) | 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) | ![]() |
8 | MB | Aswani K. | June 17, 1996 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) | 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) | ![]() |
9 | OP | Roli Pathak | June 20, 2002 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 293 cm (9 ft 7 in) | 283 cm (9 ft 3 in) | ![]() |
10 | OH | Kavita | January 15, 2006 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | ![]() |
11 | OP | Anagha Radhakrishnan | July 10, 2002 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 294 cm (9 ft 8 in) | ![]() |
13 | OH | Anushree K. P. | October 8, 1997 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | ![]() |
14 | MB | Purna Shukla | August 9, 2002 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 299 cm (9 ft 10 in) | 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) | ![]() |
17 | S | Juhi Shaw | August 26, 1995 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 278 cm (9 ft 1 in) | 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) | ![]() |
18 | L | Anannya Das | October 14, 2000 | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) | 263 cm (8 ft 8 in) | ![]() |
Notable players
[edit]- Minimol Abraham
- Aswani Kiran
- Priyanka Bora
- Priyanka Khedkar
- Nirmal Saini
- Jagmati Sangwan
- Soorya Thottangal
See also
[edit]- India men's national volleyball team
- India women's national under-20 volleyball team
- India women's national under-18 volleyball team
References
[edit]- ^ "India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games 2018 Name of Indian Athletes: Complete List of 541-Member Contingent for 37 Sports Events at Jakarta Palembang Asian Games | LatestLY". Latestly. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball teams for Asian Games". The Hindu. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball is my first love: Shahi". The Himalayan Times. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes". 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 18 June 2023.