The AVC Women's Volleyball Cup (previously known as the AVC Women's Challenge Cup, AVC Challenge Cup for Women and AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup), 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 the defunct AVC Cup for Women.
The five AVC Women's Volleyball Cup tournaments have been won by three different national teams. Vietnam has won thrice while Hong Kong and South Korea have won once each.
History Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be awarded every two years beginning in 2018. This tournament was initially catered to AVC member associations ranked 11th and below or that did not participate in the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. It is 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 in Hong Kong, China. But due to unforeseen reasons, the first edition in 2018 was not held, 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.
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. In both 2023 and 2024 edition, Vietnam were crowned as the champions, and qualified for 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup and 2024 FIVB Challenger Cup respectively.
Starting in 2025, the tournament was rebranded and would be known as the AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup. With the new format of the Nations League and the abolishment of the Challenger Cup, this tournament would be served as an annual competition for teams not participating in the VNL to earn world ranking points to increase their place in the FIVB Senior World Rankings, and possibly qualify to the future editions of the VNL. This tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, with the champions earning a spot starting at the 2026 edition.
Results summary Finals YearHostFinal3rd place matchTeamsChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place2022DetailsNakhon PathomRound-robin (3–2)Round-robin (3–2)52023DetailsGresik3–23–0112024DetailsManila3–03–0102025DetailsHanoi3–03–1112026DetailsCandon3–03–012
Performances by team TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th placeTotal 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Performances by zonal association Zonal associationChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th placeTotalSAVA (Southeast Asia) 3 2 3 0 8EAVA (East Asia) 2 1 2 0 5CAVA (Central Asia) 0 2 0 4 6OZVA (Oceania) 0 0 0 1 1
Medal summary
National team appearances Comprehensive team results 2022(5)2023(11)2024(10)2025(11)2026(12)Total•6th4th7th6th4•3rd9th3rd2nd41st9th8th8th9th52nd4th5th9th•4•2nd7th5th5th4•5th6th6th7th4••2nd4th4th3••••11th1••••12th1•11th•••13rd••••1•10th•10th•2•••11th•1•7th3rd2nd8th45th•10th••2 ••••1st14th8th••10th3•1st1st1st3rd4 + Legend1stChampions2ndRunners-up3rd3rd place4th4th placeQQualified for upcoming tournament••Qualified but withdrew•Did not qualify×Withdrew before qualification / Banned by FIVBHostsDid not enterstyle="width:10px" Not a FIVB member
Debut of teams Year Debutants Total2022, , , , 52023, , , , , , , 820241202512026, , 3
Awards
YearMost Valuable Player2022 Chim Wing Lam2023 Trần Thị Thanh Thúy2024 Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền2025 Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền2026 Kang So-hwi
YearBest Setter2022 Jini K.S2023 Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh2024 Jia de Guzman2025 Jia de Guzman2026 Võ Thị Kim Thoa
YearBest Outside Spikers2022 Low Mei Cing Pang Wing Lam2023 Trần Thị Thanh Thúy Wu Fang-yu2024 Caitlin Tipping Sana Anarkulova2025 Angel Canino Trần Thị Thanh Thúy2026 Tsai Yu-chun Kang So-hwi
YearBest Middle Blockers2022 Ngin Jia Ning Lau Ho Ting2023 Đinh Thị Trà Giang Wilda Nurfadhilah2024 Lê Thanh Thúy Yuliya Yakimova2025 Kan Ko-hui Dell Palomata2026 Park Eun-jin Chen Ciao-en
YearBest Opposite Spiker2022 Saranya N.S2023 Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi2024 Angel Canino2025 Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền2026 Na Hyun-soo
YearBest Libero2022 Aswathi R.2023 Yulis Indahyani2024 Nguyễn Khánh Đang2025 Nguyễn Khánh Đang2026 Lin Chi-jung
See also AVC Men's Volleyball Cup AVC Women's Volleyball Continental Championship AVC Women's U20 Volleyball Championship AVC Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship AVC Girls' U16 Volleyball Championship
References
External links Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website