Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1997 |
Inaugural season | 1997 |
No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
Continent | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
Most recent champion(s) | Japan (2nd title) |
Most titles | Iran (7 titles) |
TV partner(s) | SMMTV |
Official website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
The Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, formerly known as the Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship, is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 19 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 1997. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top four teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament.
The 12 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won two times. The other Asian Championship winners are Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India, with one title each.
The 2018 Asian Championship took place in Tabriz, Iran.
Result summary[edit]
Teams reaching the top four[edit]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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Iran | 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 1 (2003) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) |
Japan | 2 (2017, 2018) | 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) | 2 (1997, 2012) | |
South Korea | 1 (1999) | 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2010) | 2 (2007, 2012) |
India | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 2 (2005, 2008) | 1 (2010) |
Chinese Taipei | 1 (1997) | 1 (2001) | 3 (2005, 2014, 2018) | |
China | 2 (2010, 2012) | 4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017) | 3 (1997, 2003, 2008) | |
North Korea | 1 (2003) | 1 (2001) | ||
Saudi Arabia | 1 (1999) |
Champions by region[edit]
Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
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CAZVA (Central Asia) | Iran (7), India (1) | 8 titles |
EAZVA (East Asia) | Japan (2), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) | 4 titles |
Hosts[edit]
Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
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6 | Iran | 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2022 |
2 | Sri Lanka | 2008, 2014 |
1 | Philippines | 1997 |
Chinese Taipei | 1999 | |
India | 2003 | |
Malaysia | 2007 | |
Myanmar | 2017 |
Medal summary[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
3 | South Korea | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
4 | India | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | China | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
7 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Participating nations[edit]
Nation | 1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2018 |
Years |
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Australia | 6th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 12 |
Bahrain | 9th | 1 | |||||||||||
Bangladesh | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||
China | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 12 |
Chinese Taipei | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 12 |
Hong Kong | 11th | 13th | 11th | 17th | 4 | ||||||||
India | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 9 | |||
Iran | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 10 | ||
Japan | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 11 | |
Kazakhstan | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 12th | 5 | |||||||
Kuwait | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||
Malaysia | 8th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||
Maldives | 11th | 14th | 2 | ||||||||||
Myanmar | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
New Zealand | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||
North Korea | 4th | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||
Oman | 13th | 1 | |||||||||||
Pakistan | 11th | 1 | |||||||||||
Philippines | 8th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||||
Qatar | 8th | 7th | 15th | 16th | 4 | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 4th | 9th | 11th | 3 | |||||||||
South Korea | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 11 | |
Sri Lanka | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 9th | 7 | |||||
Thailand | 5th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 10 | ||
Turkmenistan | 11th | 12th | 15th | 3 | |||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 7th | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 17 |
Debut of teams[edit]
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Awards[edit]
Most Valuable Player[edit] |
Best Opposite Spiker[edit]
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Best Outside Spikers[edit]
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Best Middle Blockers[edit]
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Former awards[edit]
Best Scorer[edit]
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Best Spiker[edit]
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Best Server[edit]
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Best Blocker[edit]
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Best Receiver[edit]
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Best Digger[edit]
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See also[edit]
- Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
External links[edit]
- Asian volleyball championships
- Asian volleyball championships men's competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 1997
- International volleyball competitions
- International men's volleyball competitions
- Youth volleyball
- Volleyball competitions in Asia
- Biennial sporting events
- Asian Volleyball Confederation
- Asian youth sports competitions