2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

The 2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Jiangmen, China, from 1 to 9 July 2024.^[1]

2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Jiangmen
Dates	1–9 July
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (13th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament awards
MVP	Wang Yindi
Best Setter	Niina Kumagai
Best OH	Li Chenxuan Warissara Sritaloeed
Best MB	Chen Houyu Lee Ji-yun
Best OPP	Miku Akimoto
Best Libero	Sun Wanjun
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Attendance	10,690 (334 per match)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net/new/22nd-asian-womens-u20-volleyball-championship/
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The top four teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.^[2]

A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.^[3]

China won their thirteenth title of the tournament after defeating Japan in a tiebreaker match in the final.^[4][5] South Korea defeated Thailand in the third place match (3–1).^[6]

Qualification

The following teams qualified for the tournament.^[7]

Means of qualification	Births	Qualified
Host country	1	China
Central Asian teams	2	India
		Iran
East Asian teams	5	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
		Hong Kong
Oceanian teams	2	Australia
		New Zealand
Southeast Asian team	2	Thailand
		Vietnam
Total 12

Pools composition

This is the 21tst Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2024 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.^[8]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (Host)	Japan (1)	Thailand (3)	South Korea (4)
Kazakhstan (8)	India (7)	Iran (6)	Chinese Taipei (5)
Australia (–)	Hong Kong (–)	Vietnam (–)	New Zealand (–)

Preliminary round

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China (H)	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	68	2.206	Pool E
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	132	182	0.725
3	Australia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	148	180	0.822	9th–12th places

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	15:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Australia	18–25	25–22	21–25	25–21	16–14	105–107	Report
2 Jul	18:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–8	25–8	25–11			75–27	Report
3 Jul	18:00	Australia	0–3	China	13–25	15–25	13–25			41–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	78	1.923	Pool F
2	India	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	139	168	0.827
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	135	178	0.758	9th–12th places

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	13:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–14	25–11	25–11			75–36	Report
2 Jul	09:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Japan	14–25	13–25	15–25			42–75	Report
3 Jul	15:30	India	3–2	Hong Kong	16–25	22–25	25–20	25–16	15–7	103–93	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	111	1.351	Pool E
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	133	128	1.039
3	Iran	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	106	150	0.707	9th–12th places

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	09:00	Thailand	3–0	Vietnam	25–23	25–22	25–13			75–58	Report
2 Jul	13:00	Vietnam	3–0	Iran	25–18	25–16	25–19			75–53	Report
3 Jul	13:00	Iran	0–3	Thailand	14–25	22–25	17–25			53–75	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	87	1.724	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	124	129	0.961
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	93	151	0.616	9th–12th places

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	18:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	13–25	18–25	17–25			48–75	Report
2 Jul	15:30	New Zealand	0–3	South Korea	19–25	13–25	7–25			39–75	Report
3 Jul	09:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–15	25–15	26–24			76–54	Report

Classification round

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	120	1.875	Final four
2	Thailand	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	204	182	1.121
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	194	228	0.851	5th–8th places
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	154	247	0.623

Source: Daily Bulletin No.7

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	16.30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Thailand	17–25	16–25	16–25			49–75	Report
5 Jul	19.00	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–14	25–13	25–12			75–39	Report
6 Jul	16.30	Vietnam	3–1	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–20	25–18	25–15		97–78	Report
6 Jul	19.00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–11	25–20			75–54	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	156	1.590	Final four
2	South Korea	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	230	194	1.186
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	163	198	0.823	5th–8th places
4	India	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	129	225	0.573

Source: Daily Bulletin No.7

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	10.00	South Korea	3–0	India	25–16	25–18	25–10			75–44	Report
5 Jul	14.00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–13			75–40	Report
6 Jul	10.00	Japan	3–1	South Korea	25–18	23–25	25–17	25–20		98–80	Report
6 Jul	14.00	India	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	20–25	13–25			48–75	Report

Final round

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	4 July
	Australia	1
					7 July
	Iran	3
					Iran	3
	4 July
					New Zealand	1
	Hong Kong	1
	New Zealand	3
					11th place match
					7 July
					Australia	3
					Hong Kong	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	16:30	Australia	1–3	Iran	30–28	23–25	19–25	19–25		91–103	Report
4 Jul	19:00	Hong Kong	1–3	New Zealand	25–12	14–25	29–31	23–25		91–93	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	10:00	Australia	3–1	Hong Kong	25–11	25–23	16–25	25–22		91–81	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	14:00	Iran	3–1	New Zealand	25–15	25–27	25–13	25–16		100–71	Report

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	7 July
	Vietnam	3
					8 July
	India	0
					Vietnam	3
	7 July
					Chinese Taipei	0
	Kazakhstan	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place match
					8 July
					India	0
					Kazakhstan	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	16:30	Vietnam	3–0	India	25–15	25–12	25–18			75–45	Report
7 Jul	19:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	10:00	India	0–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	17–25	21–25			59–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	14:00	Vietnam	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–19	25–15			75–51	Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final match
	8 July
	Thailand	0
					9 July
	Japan	3
					Japan	2
	8 July
					China	3
	China	3
	South Korea	1
					3rd place match
					9 July
					Thailand	1
					South Korea	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	16:30	Thailand	0–3	Japan	22–25	11–25	20–25			53–75	Report
8 Jul	19:00	China	3–1	South Korea	25–6	25–4	20–25	25–17		95–52	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	16:30	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	21–25	25–18	22–25	23–25		91–93	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	19:00	Japan	2–3	China	25–23	21–25	17–25	25–14	10–15	98–102	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Japan  South Korea 4  Thailand 5  Vietnam 6  Chinese Taipei 7  Kazakhstan 8  India 9  Iran 10  New Zealand 11  Australia 12  Hong Kong Qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship Qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship as defending champions

2024 Asian Women's U20 champions  China 13th title 12–woman roster Shan Linqian, Duan Mengke, Dong Yuhan, Guo Weilin, Li Chenxuan, Wang Yindi (c), Chen Houyu, Li Yuening, Zhu Hanging, Sun Wanjun, Fan Boning, Guo Xiangling Head Coach Kuang Qi

Awards

Wang Yindi was the 2024 Asian Women's U20 Most Valuable Player.

• Most valuable player

   Wang Yindi (CHN)

• Best setter

   Niina Kumagai (JPN)

• Best outside spikers

   Li Chenxuan (CHN)

   Warisara Seetaloed (THA)

• Best middle blockers

   Chen Houyu (CHN)

   Lee Ji-yun (KOR)

• Best opposite spiker

   Miku Akimoto (JPN)

• Best libero

   Sun Wanjun (CHN)

Qualified teams for the 2025 FIVB U21 World Championship

The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship[a]
China	28 March 2024[9]	21 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Japan	6 July 2024[10]	18 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
South Korea	6 July 2024[10]	13 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011)
Thailand	6 July 2024[10]	7 (1995, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2021, 2023)
Vietnam	8 July 2024[11]	0 (None)

1. Bold indicates defending champions of FIVB U21 World Championship for last year.

See also

• 2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• 2024 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship