Indian women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.
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| Association | Volleyball Federation of India | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AVC | ||
| Head coach | Ajit Patil | ||
| FIVB ranking | 62 (as of 31 July 2023) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1952) | ||
| Best result | 8th (1952) | ||
| Asian Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1979) | ||
| Best result | 7th (1979, 2023) | ||
Honours | |||
In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 Asian Games.[1][2][3][4] The team won the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games as they defeated Nepal in the final.[5]
Tournament record edit
Summer Olympics edit
Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.
| Summer Olympics record | Qualification record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
 1964–1972 
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Did not qualify | – | |||||||
 1976
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
 1980
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Did not qualify | 7th | |||||||
 1984
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
 1988
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 1992
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Did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
1996–2020 
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2024
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TBD | TBD | |||||||
| Total | 0/15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
FIVB World Championship edit
India has qualified only once in the World Championship.
| FIVB Women's World Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
| 1952
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Round robin | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | |||
1956–1974 
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1978
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
 1982
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Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
 1986–1990 
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
 1994
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Did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
| 1998–2010
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2014
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Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 2018
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Suspended | Suspended | |||||||
 and  2022
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TBD | Qualified for second round | |||||||
| Totals | 1/18 | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Asian Volleyball Championship edit
| Asian Volleyball Championship record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 1979
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7th | ||||
| 1991
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11th | ||||
| 2005
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8th | ||||
 2009
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11th | ||||
 2011
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11th | ||||
 2013
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11th | ||||
| 2015
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10th | ||||
 2019
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10th | ||||
| 2023
|
7th | ||||
Asian Games edit
| Asian Games record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 1982
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6th | ||||
| 2010
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9th | ||||
| 2014
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8th | ||||
 2018
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10th | ||||
| 2022
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9th | ||||
South Asian Games edit
| South Asian Games record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 1999
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 Gold medal
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 2004
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Gold medal
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 2006
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Gold medal
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 2010
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Gold medal
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| 2016
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Gold medal
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| 2019
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Gold medal
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Notable players edit
- Minimol Abraham
- Saroj Kumari Piploda
- Aswani Kiran
- Priyanka Bora
- Priyanka Khedkar
- Nirmal Saini
- Jagmati Sangwan
- Soorya Thottangal
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games 2018 Name of Indian Athletes: Complete List of 541-Member Contingent for 37 Sports Events at Jakarta Palembang Asian Games | LatestLY". Latestly. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball teams for Asian Games". The Hindu. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball is my first love: Shahi". The Himalayan Times. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.