The Men's Asian 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).
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Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1997 |
First season | 1997 |
No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
Continent | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
TV partner(s) | SMMTV |
Official website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
The top four teams of each tournament qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its third title at the 2022 tournament.
13 of the Championship's tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won three times. The Championship's other winners are Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India, with one title each.
The 2022 Asian Championship took place in Tehran, Iran.
Result summary
editTeams reaching the top four
editTeam | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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Iran | 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 2 (2003, 2022) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) |
Japan | 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) | 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) | 2 (1997, 2012) | |
South Korea | 1 (1999) | 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2010) | 3 (2007, 2012, 2022) |
India | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 3 (2005, 2008, 2022) | 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
editFederation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
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CAZVA (Central Asia) | Iran (7), India (1) | 8 titles |
EAZVA (East Asia) | Japan (3), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) | 5 titles |
Hosts
editTimes Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
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6 | Iran | 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, |
2 | Sri Lanka | 2008, 2014 |
1 | Taiwan | 1999 |
India | 2003 | |
Malaysia | 2007 | |
Myanmar | 2017 | |
Philippines | 1997 |
Medal summary
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | South Korea | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
4 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | China | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
7 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Participating nations
edit- 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
Nation | 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) |
Total |
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 | 5th | 13 |
Chinese Taipei | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 13 |
Hong Kong | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 13th | 11th | 17th | • | 4 |
India | • | • | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 7th | 3rd | 10 |
Iran | • | • | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 11 |
Japan | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9th | • | 12th | × | 5 |
Kuwait | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 2 |
Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 2 |
Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11t | • | • | 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 | 4th | 12 |
Sri Lanka | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 9th | • | 7 |
Thailand | 5th | 6th | • | 5th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 7th | 11 |
Turkmenistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | • | 3 |
United Arab Emirates | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Debut of teams
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Awards
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Best Spikeredit
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