The 2026 AVC Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament is currently taking place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 1 to 7 July.https://asianvolleyball.net/new/2026-volleyball-calendar/
Thailand was given the hosting rights, with Nakhon Ratchasima as the host city. This will be Thailand's ninth time hosting and second time the city hosts the event.
This tournament served as the qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2027 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.
Players must be born on or after January 1, 2009. Asia U18 players who have already played once in the FIVB U19 Championship cannot play in AVC U18 Championship as it is a qualification event for the following year of FIVB U19 event. In principle, the players can participate in Asian U18 and FIVB U19 only once.
China are the defending champions after beating Japan 3–0 at the final in Nakhon Pathom.
Host selection AVC awarded Thailand the hosting rights of the 16th edition of Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship. This will be Thailand's ninth time hosting after 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2024. This will be the second time Nakhon Ratchasima hosts the event after 2014.
Pools composition The draw of lots was released on 23 May 2026 on Asian Volleyball Confederation YouTube channel. Teams were split into four pools with four teams each. Pool APool BPool CPool D
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 FIVB 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 Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).
9th–16th places
9th–16th quarterfinals
13th–16th semifinals
9th–12th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Final Eight
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Qualified for the 2027 U19 World Championship
14–woman rosterChen Xiaohui, Xu Ruilin, Zhao Yuhan, Si Jingyu, Chen Ruihan, Chen Xinyi, Zhang Yijia, Ren Sichen, Xuan Yachen, Li Mingjing, Chen Yulin, Wang Xinyu, Chen Qien, Niu SidiHead coachYuan Zhi
Awards
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
Qualified teams for FIVB U19 World Championship The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2027 FIVB Girls' U19 World Championship. + Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the FIVB U19 World Championship1 5 July 2026 16 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025) 5 July 2026 14 (1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025) 5 July 2026 13 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) 5 July 2026 11 (1997, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year.
See also 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup
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