Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship
Most recent season or competition: 2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
---|---|
Founded | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) |
First season | 1997 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Continents | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() (1st title) |
Most titles | ![]() (7 titles) |
The Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under-18 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's Asian-continent governing body. Tournaments have been held every two years since 1997. It broke its biennial design only in 2008, a year after it held its 2007 competition in Colombo, and in 2018, following the holding of a competition in 2017 in Naypyidaw after the tournament skipped the year 2016. It formerly carried the title Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship (in the tournament's 11th edition), Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship (in the 10th edition), Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship (in the 4th-9th editions), and Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship (in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).
The top four teams of each tournament qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is China, which won its first title at the 2024 tournament.
14 of the championship's tournaments have been won by six different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won three times. The other winners are China, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India with one title each.
Result summary
Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||||||
1997 Details | ![]() Baguio | ![]() Chinese Taipei | Round-robin | ![]() South Korea | ![]() Japan | Round-robin | ![]() China | 8 | ||||
1999 Details | ![]() Chiayi | ![]() South Korea | Round-robin | ![]() Japan | ![]() China | Round-robin | ![]() Saudi Arabia | 8 | ||||
2001 Details | ![]() Isfahan | ![]() Iran | 3–1 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() Chinese Taipei | 3–2 | ![]() North Korea | 10 | ||||
2003 Details | ![]() Visakhapatnam | ![]() India | 3–1 | ![]() Iran | ![]() North Korea | 3–0 | ![]() China | 9 | ||||
2005 Details | ![]() Tehran | ![]() Iran | 3–0 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() India | 3–0 | ![]() Chinese Taipei | 8 | ||||
2007 Details | ![]() Kuala Lumpur | ![]() Iran | 3–0 | ![]() India | ![]() China | 3–2 | ![]() South Korea | 11 | ||||
2008 Details | ![]() Colombo | ![]() Iran | 3–0 | ![]() Japan | ![]() India | 3–2 | ![]() China | 11 | ||||
2010 Details | ![]() Tehran | ![]() Iran | 3–2 | ![]() China | ![]() South Korea | 3–1 | ![]() India | 10 | ||||
2012 Details | ![]() Tehran | ![]() Iran | 3–2 | ![]() China | ![]() Japan | 3–2 | ![]() South Korea | 11 | ||||
2014 Details | ![]() Colombo | ![]() Iran | 3–0 | ![]() Japan | ![]() China | 3–1 | ![]() Chinese Taipei | 15 | ||||
2017 Details | ![]() Naypyidaw | ![]() Japan | 3–0 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() China | 3–1 | ![]() Iran | 11 | ||||
2018 Details | ![]() Tabriz | ![]() Japan | 3–1 | ![]() South Korea | ![]() Iran | 3–1 | ![]() Chinese Taipei | 17 | ||||
2020 Details | ![]() Shiraz | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
2022 Details | ![]() Tehran | ![]() Japan | 3–0 | ![]() Iran | ![]() India | 3–2 | ![]() South Korea | 8 | ||||
2024 Details | ![]() Manama | ![]() China | 3–2 | ![]() Iran | ![]() Pakistan | 3–0 | ![]() Japan | 16 |
Teams reaching the top four
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 3 (2003, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) |
![]() | 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) | 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) | 2 (1997, 2012) | 1 (2024) |
![]() | 1 (1999) | 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2010) | 3 (2007, 2012, 2022) |
![]() | 1 (2024) | 2 (2010, 2012) | 4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017) | 3 (1997, 2003, 2008) |
![]() | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 3 (2005, 2008, 2022) | 1 (2010) |
![]() | 1 (1997) | 1 (2001) | 3 (2005, 2014, 2018) | |
![]() | 1 (2003) | 1 (2001) | ||
![]() | 1 (2024) | |||
![]() | 1 (1999) |
Champions by region
Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
---|---|---|
CAZVA (Central Asia) | Iran (7), India (1) | 8 titles |
EAZVA (East Asia) | Japan (3), China (1), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) | 6 titles |
Hosts
Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
---|---|---|
6 | ![]() | 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, |
2 | ![]() | 2008, 2014 |
1 | ![]() | 2024 |
![]() | 1999 | |
![]() | 2003 | |
![]() | 2007 | |
![]() | 2017 | |
![]() | 1997 |
Medal summary
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament
Year Team | ![]() 1997 (8) | ![]() 1999 (8) | ![]() 2001 (10) | ![]() 2003 (9) | ![]() 2005 (8) | ![]() 2007 (11) | ![]() 2008 (11) | ![]() 2010 (10) | ![]() 2012 (11) | ![]() 2014 (15) | ![]() 2017 (11) | ![]() 2018 (17) | ![]() 2022 (8) | ![]() 2024 (16) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 6th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 8th | • | 12th | 13 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 7th | 2 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | 1 |
![]() | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 1st | 14 |
![]() | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 14 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 13th | 11th | 17th | • | 13th | 5 |
![]() | • | • | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 7th | 3rd | 9th | 11 |
![]() | • | • | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 12 |
![]() | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 13 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9th | • | 12th | • | 10th | 6 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 16th | 3 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 1 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 2 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 1 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 1 |
![]() | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | 1 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 3rd | 2 |
![]() | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 3 |
![]() | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 16th | • | • | 4 |
![]() | • | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 15th | 4 |
![]() | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 4th | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 13 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 9th | • | • | 7 |
![]() | 5th | 6th | • | 5th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 12 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | • | • | 3 |
![]() | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Debut of teams
|
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Outside Spikers
Best Opposite Spiker
| Best Setter
Best Middle Blockers
Best Libero
|
Former awards
Best Scorer
| Best Spiker
|
Best Server
| Best Blocker
|
Best Receiver
| Best Digger
|
See also
- Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
- Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship
References
External links
- Championship History