Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

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).

Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
First season	1997
No. of teams	16
Continents	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	China (1st title)
Most titles	Iran (7 titles)

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
Iran	7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)	3 (2003, 2022, 2024)	1 (2018)	1 (2017)
Japan	3 (2017, 2018, 2022)	3 (1999, 2008, 2014)	2 (1997, 2012)	1 (2024)
South Korea	1 (1999)	5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018)	1 (2010)	3 (2007, 2012, 2022)
China	1 (2024)	2 (2010, 2012)	4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017)	3 (1997, 2003, 2008)
India	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	3 (2005, 2008, 2022)	1 (2010)
Chinese Taipei	1 (1997)		1 (2001)	3 (2005, 2014, 2018)
North Korea			1 (2003)	1 (2001)
Pakistan			1 (2024)
Saudi Arabia				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	Iran	2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2020, 2022
2	Sri Lanka	2008, 2014
1	Bahrain	2024
	Chinese Taipei	1999
	India	2003
	Malaysia	2007
	Myanmar	2017
	Philippines	1997

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	7	3	1	11
2	Japan	3	3	2	8
3	South Korea	1	5	1	7
4	China	1	2	4	7
5	India	1	1	3	5
6	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
7	North Korea	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan	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
Australia	6th	7th	10th	6th	8th	7th	8th	9th	9th	8th	7th	8th	•	12th	13
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9th	•	•	•	7th	2
Bangladesh	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•	•	•	1
China	4th	3rd	5th	4th	6th	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	6th	5th	1st	14
Chinese Taipei	1st	5th	3rd	8th	4th	6th	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th	4th	6th	8th	14
Hong Kong	•	•	•	•	•	11th	•	•	•	13th	11th	17th	•	13th	5
India	•	•	7th	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	7th	7th	•	7th	3rd	9th	11
Iran	•	•	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	12
Japan	3rd	2nd	6th	•	5th	5th	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	4th	13
Kazakhstan	•	•	•	•	•	•	9th	10th	10th	9th	•	12th	•	10th	6
Kuwait	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•	•	•	•	•	8th	16th	3
Lebanon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	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	•	3rd	2
Philippines	8th	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	3
Qatar	•	•	8th	7th	•	•	•	•	•	15th	•	16th	•	•	4
Saudi Arabia	•	4th	9th	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	•	•	•	15th	4
South Korea	2nd	1st	2nd	9th	2nd	4th	•	3rd	4th	6th	2nd	2nd	4th	5th	13
Sri Lanka	•	•	•	•	•	10th	7th	8th	6th	5th	9th	9th	•	•	7
Thailand	5th	6th	•	5th	7th	9th	6th	7th	8th	•	6th	5th	7th	6th	12
Turkmenistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	12th	•	15th	•	•	3
United Arab Emirates	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1

Debut of teams

Year Debutants Total 1997  Australia 8  China  Chinese Taipei  Japan  Philippines  South Korea  Thailand  United Arab Emirates 1999  Saudi Arabia 1 2001  India 4  Iran  North Korea  Qatar 2003 None 0 2005 2007  Hong Kong 3  Malaysia  Sri Lanka 2008  Kazakhstan 3  Kuwait  Maldives 2010 None 0 2012  Turkmenistan 1 2014  Bahrain 2017  Bangladesh 2  Myanmar 2018  New Zealand 3  Oman  Pakistan 2022 None 2024  Lebanon 1

Awards

Most Valuable Player Tournament Most Valuable Player 2001 Isfahan Mohammad Soleimani 2003 Visakhapatnam Sanjay Kumar 2005 Tehran Saber Narimannejad 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mojtaba Shaban 2008 Colombo Farhad Salafzoun 2010 Tehran Ramin Khani 2012 Tehran Akbar Valaei 2014 Colombo Rasoul Aghchehli 2017 Naypyidaw Kento Miyaura 2018 Tabriz Taito Mizumachi 2022 Tehran Hiroki Bito 2024 Manama Ding Haocheng Best Outside Spikers Tournament Best Opposite Spiker 2014 Colombo Amir Hossein Esfandiar Jan Min-han 2017 Naypyidaw Morteza Sharifi Mahiro Saeki 2018 Tabriz Chang Hung-yeh Park Seung-su 2022 Tehran Shunta Ono S.Matin Hosseini 2024 Manama Yu Xiang Rahimi Mohammad Amin Best Opposite Spiker Tournament Best Opposite Spiker 2014 Colombo Rasoul Aghchehli 2017 Naypyidaw Im Dong-hyeok 2018 Tabriz Bardia Saadat 2022 Tehran Aryan Baliyan 2024 Manama Yahya Muhhamad

Best Setter Tournament Best Setter 2001 Isfahan Song Byung-il 2003 Visakhapatnam Ramaswami Kamraj 2005 Tehran Kim Gwang-guk 2007 Kuala Lumpur Cheng Li-sheng 2008 Colombo Kosuke Tomonaga 2010 Tehran Lee Min-gyu 2012 Tehran Yu Yaochen 2014 Colombo Javad Karimi 2017 Naypyidaw Choi Ik-je 2018 Tabriz Taiga Itoyama 2022 Tehran Emran Kook Jili 2024 Manama Gong Haoqian Best Middle Blockers Tournament Best Middle Blockers 2014 Colombo Ali Asghar Mojarad Tao Zixuan 2017 Naypyidaw Wang Dongchen Shunichiro Sato 2018 Tabriz Alireza Abdollahi Riku Ito 2022 Tehran Taha Behboudnia Kush Singh 2024 Manama Bateni Mohammadnima Jabran Jabran Best Libero Tournament Best Libero 2005 Tehran Abdolreza Alizadeh 2008 Colombo Taiki Tsuruda 2010 Tehran Oh Jae-seong 2012 Tehran Lee Sang-uk 2014 Colombo Tomohiro Horie 2017 Naypyidaw Park Kyeong-min 2018 Tabriz Jang Ji-won 2022 Tehran Sena Kameoka 2024 Manama Arabyarmohammadi Mohammadamin

Former awards

Best Scorer Tournament Best Scorer 2001 Isfahan Kang Dong-jin 2003 Visakhapatnam Mohammad Soleimani 2005 Tehran Mansour Zadvan 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mojtaba Shaban 2008 Colombo Pouria Fayazi 2010 Tehran Anup D'Costa 2012 Tehran Yuki Ishikawa

Best Spiker Tournament Best Spiker 2001 Isfahan Mohammad Soleimani 2003 Visakhapatnam Pak Yong-nam 2005 Tehran Kang Young-jun 2007 Kuala Lumpur Chen Ping 2008 Colombo Dai Qingyao 2010 Tehran Jin Seong-tae 2012 Tehran Zhang Zhejia

Best Server Tournament Best Server 2001 Isfahan Kang Dong-jin 2003 Visakhapatnam Arash Sadeghiani 2005 Tehran Arash Keshavarzi 2007 Kuala Lumpur Chen Ping 2008 Colombo Song Jianwei 2010 Tehran Song Jianwei 2012 Tehran Javad Hekmati

Best Blocker Tournament Best Blocker 2001 Isfahan Davoud Moghbeli 2003 Visakhapatnam Sanjay Kumar 2005 Tehran Guttikonda Pradeep 2007 Kuala Lumpur Aidan Zingel 2008 Colombo Saman Faezi 2010 Tehran Armin Sadeghiani 2012 Tehran Sahand Allahverdian

Best Receiver Tournament Best Receiver 2001 Isfahan Liu Hsiung 2003 Visakhapatnam P. S. Srikanth 2007 Kuala Lumpur Chien Wei-lun

Best Digger Tournament Best Digger 2001 Isfahan Farhad Zarif 2003 Visakhapatnam Moslem Mohammadizadeh 2007 Kuala Lumpur Shogo Hayase

See also

• Volleyball portal
• Sports portal
• Asia portal

• Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship