Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

The Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (between 1999 and 2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in Thailand. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Statusactive
GenreContinental Championships
Volleyball
Date(s)varying
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1999 (1999)
Previous event2019
Next event2021
Organised byAsian Volleyball Confederation
Websiteasianvolleyball.net

The winner of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Tianjin Bohai Bank hold the record for most victories, winning the competition five times. Teams from China have won the tournament eight times, the most for any nation. The current Asian champions are China's Tianjin Bohai Bank, who defeated Thailand's Supreme Chonburi 3–1 in the final of the 2019 event.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:[1]

  • 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
  • Teams were seeded by the result of 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, based on a serpentine system.
  • The tournament was held in 8 days.
  • A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID.
  • Two foreign players would be ineligible for participating on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships
Edition Season Hosts Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Ref
1 1999  Thailand LG Caltex Round-robin Aero Thai Shanghai Round-robin Alma Dinamo
2 2000  China Shanghai Round-robin NEC Red Rockets Zhejiang Nandu Round-robin Hyundai E&C Greenfox
3 2001  Vietnam Shanghai Round-robin Hisamitsu Springs Aero Thai Round-robin Rahat CSKA
4 2002  Thailand Hisamitsu Springs 3–0 BEC World Rahat Almaty 3–1 Shanghai
– 2003  Kazakhstan Tournament cancelled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
5 2004 Rahat Almaty Round-robin Bayi Yiyang High-Tech District Chung Shan Round-robin Astana Kanaty [2]
6 2005  Vietnam Tianjin Bridgestone Round-robin Chung Shan Korea Highway Corporation Round-robin Rahat CSKA
7 2006  Philippines Tianjin Bridgestone Round-robin Chung Shan Sang Som Round-robin Rahat CSKA
8 2007  Vietnam Rahat CSKA Round-robin Sang Som Hisamitsu Springs Round-robin Sobaeksu [3]
9 2008 Tianjin Bridgestone 3–2 Sang Som Toray Arrows 3–2 Sobaeksu
10 2009  Thailand Federbrau 3–2 Tianjin Bridgestone Toray Arrows 3–2 Zhetyssu Almaty [4]
11 2010  Indonesia Federbrau 3–1 Zhetyssu Almaty JT Marvelous 3–2 Tianjin Bridgestone [5]
12 2011  Vietnam Chang 3–0 Tianjin Bridgestone Zhetyssu Almaty 3–0 Thông tin Liên Việt Bank [6]
13 2012  Thailand Tianjin Bridgestone 3–2 Toray Arrows Chang 3–0 Zhetyssu Almaty [7]
14 2013  Vietnam Guangdong Evergrande 3–1 Zhetyssu Almaty PFU BlueCats 3–0 Bo Tong Gang [8]
15 2014  Thailand Hisamitsu Springs 3–0 Tianjin Bohai Bank Zhetyssu Taldykorgan 3–0  Chinese Taipei [9]
16 2015  Vietnam Bangkok Glass 3–2 Hisamitsu Springs Zhejiang 3–0 Power [10]
17 2016  Philippines NEC Red Rockets 3–0 Bayi Shenzhen Bangkok Glass 3–2 Altay Oskemen [11]
18 2017  Kazakhstan Supreme Chonburi 3–1 Hisamitsu Springs Tianjin Bohai Bank 3–1 Altay [12]
19 2018 Supreme Chonburi 3–2 NEC Red Rockets Jiangsu Zenith Steel 3–2 Altay [13]
20 2019  China Tianjin Bohai Bank 3–1 Supreme Chonburi Hisamitsu Springs 3–0 Altay [14]
– 2020  Thailand Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [15]
21 2021

Performances by club
Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Tianjin Bohai Bank 5 3 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2019 2009, 2011, 2013
Chang 3 2 2009, 2010, 2011 2007, 2008
Hisamitsu Springs 2 3 2002, 2014 2001, 2015, 2017
Supreme Chonburi 2 1 2017, 2018 2019
Shanghai Bright Ubest 2 0 2000, 2001 —
NEC Red Rockets 1 2 2016 1999, 2018
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 1 0 1999 —
Rahat Almaty 1 0 2004 —
Rahat CSKA 1 0 2007 —
Guangdong Evergrande 1 0 2013 —
Bangkok Glass 1 0 2015 —
Chung Shan 0 2 — 2005, 2006
Zhetyssu Taldykorgan 0 2 — 2010, 2013
Bayi Nanchang 0 2 — 2004, 2016
Aero Thai 0 1 — 1999
BEC World 0 1 — 2002
Toray Arrows 0 1 — 2012

Performances by country
Country Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
 China 8 5 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2019 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016,
 Thailand 6 5 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2019
 Japan 3 6 2002, 2014, 2016 1999, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
 Kazakhstan 2 2 2004, 2007 2010, 2013
 South Korea 1 0 1999 —
 Chinese Taipei 0 2 — 2005, 2006

Performances by zonal association
Zonal associationTitlesRunners-up
EAZVA1213
SEAZVA65
CAZVA22
Total2020

See also

References
  1. "Regulations – 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. "Joyous Kazakhs celebrate title success". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "Rahat Wins Gold Medal at Asian Women's Club Championhsip". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Thai Federbrau win Asian Women's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "Federbrau crowned Asian Women's Club Champion". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. "Thailand's Chang takes Asian Women's Club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. "Tianjin seal Club World champs berth". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. "Evergrande qualify for FIVB Women's Club World Champs". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. "Hisamitsu Springs capture Asian Women's Club Championship title and ticket to FIVB Club World Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. "Bangkok Glass reign supreme in Asian Women's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. "NEC Red Rockets reign Supreme over Asian Women's Club Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  12. "Thailand's Supreme VC win Asian Women's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  13. "Supreme win back-to-back Asian Women's Club Championship titles". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  14. "Li Yingying powers Tianjin to Asian Women's Club Championship triumph". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  15. "Cancellation and postponement confirmed for 2020 AVC Championships". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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