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 | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Continental Championships Volleyball |
Date(s) | varying |
Frequency | annual |
Country | varying |
Inaugurated | 1999 |
Previous event | 2019 |
Next event | 2021 |
Organised by | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
Website | asianvolleyball |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
References
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- "Thailand's Chang takes Asian Women's Club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Tianjin seal Club World champs berth". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Evergrande qualify for FIVB Women's Club World Champs". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "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.
- "Bangkok Glass reign supreme in Asian Women's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "NEC Red Rockets reign Supreme over Asian Women's Club Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Thailand's Supreme VC win Asian Women's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Supreme win back-to-back Asian Women's Club Championship titles". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Li Yingying powers Tianjin to Asian Women's Club Championship triumph". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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