The 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup was the sixth edition of the AVC Men's Volleyball Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). It is the first edition of the tournament since its rebranding from the AVC Men's Challenge Cup. The event was organized in cooperation with a steering committee appointed by the (FIVB), following the suspension of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI). The tournament was held from 20 to 28 June 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, marking the first time India has hosted the event.
Indonesia won the tournament by defeating South Korea in the final, marking Indonesia's first medal in the competition's history. South Korea's runner-up finish was their first silver medal at the tournament. Host nation India defeated defending champions Bahrain in the third-place match to win the bronze medal, which was India's first podium finish at the event. Indonesia's Boy Arnez Arabi was named the tournament's MVP while Vladislav Mastikhin of Kazakhstan finished as the tournament's top scorer with a total of 126 points.
Host selection India was selected to host the 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup after AVC unveiled its 2026 calendar in December 2025. Ahmedabad was named the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex.
Teams Qualification
A total of 12 teams were selected for the AVC Men's Volleyball Cup based on specific qualification criteria. This included one slot reserved for the host country and another for the defending champions from the previous edition, with the runner-up taking the spot if the defending champion happened to be the host nation. Additionally, five teams were selected based on the highest FIVB World Rankings among those that had not yet qualified. The remaining five slots were awarded to teams from zonal representatives that had not qualified for the tournament. Furthermore, any teams competing in the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League were strictly ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.
+ Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Appearance(s)Previous bestperformance First Last Hosts 2nd 2023 2023 1 (2023) 2025 CAVA 4th placers 3rd 2023 2024 1 (2024) Defending champions 4th 2023 2025 4 (2025) 2025 SEA V.League runners-up 4th 2023 2025 4 (2023) 2025 WAVA 3rd placers 1st Debut 1 2025 EAVA runners-up 4th 2023 2025 4 (2025) 2025 OZVA runners-up 2nd 2025 2025 2 (2025) 1st World ranked AVC team 3rd 2024 2025 3 (2024) 2nd World ranked AVC team 4th 2023 2025 4 (2023, 2024) 3rd World ranked AVC team 4th 2023 2025 4 (2023, 2025) 4th World ranked AVC team 3rd 2024 2025 3 (2024, 2025) 5th World ranked AVC team 4th 2023 2025 4 (2023, 2025)
Seeding +Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (58) (Hosts) (21) (26) (33) (40) (44) (51) (53) (59) (60) (76) (82)
Draw results The draw of lots took place on 10 April 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India led by AVC President Ramon Suzara, with Nilofer Shaikh, assistant director of the Sports Authority of Gujarat. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.
+ Pool A Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 + Pool B Team B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B7
Squads
Venue Ahmedabad, IndiaVeer Savarkar Sports ComplexCapacity: 5,000
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
The following individual awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside spikers Boy Arnez Arabi Jeong Han-yong Best middle blockers Hendra Kurniawan Park Chang-seong Best opposite spiker Shin Ho-jin Best libero Anand Kottarathil
Source:
See also 2026 Men's European Volleyball League 2026 Copa Sudamericana 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Continental Championship 2026 AVC Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
Notes
References
External links
at Volleyball World