India women's national volleyball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national volleyball team.

The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.

India

Association	Volleyball Federation of India
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Nilesh Mate
FIVB ranking	53 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 1952)
Best result	8th (1952)
Asian Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1979)
Best result	7th (1979, 2023)
Honours Asian Nations Cup 2022 Nakhon Pathom Team CAVA Nations League 2024 Kathmandu Team CAVA Challenge Cup 2023 Kathmandu Team Lusofonia Games 2014 Goa Team 2009 Lisbon Team South Asian Games 1999 Kathmandu Team 2004 Islamabad Team 2006 Colombo Team 2010 Dhaka Team 2016 Guwahati Team 2019 Kathmandu Team

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

Summer Olympics

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	did not qualify						–
1976	did not enter						did not enter
1980	did not qualify						7th
1984	did not enter						did not enter
1988
1992	did not qualify						14th
1996–2020							did not qualify
2024	did not qualify						did not qualify
Total	0/15						0	0	0

FIVB World Championship

India has qualified only once in the World Championship.

FIVB World Championship record							Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1952	Round robin	8th	7	0	7		–
1956–1974	did not qualify
1978	did not enter						did not enter
1982	did not qualify						6	0	6
1986–1990	did not enter						did not enter
1994	did not qualify						14th
1998–2010	did not enter						did not enter
2014	did not qualify						6	3	3
2018	suspended						suspended
/ 2022	did not qualify						no Asian qualification were held
2025	did not qualify						5	1	4
Totals	1/20	8th	7	0	7	6	3	9

Asian Championship

Asian Volleyball Championship record
Year	Position
1979	7th
1991	11th
2005	8th
2009	11th
2011	11th
2013	11th
2015	10th
2019	10th
2023	7th

Asian Nations Cup

Asian Nations Cup record
Year	Position
2022
2023	4th
2024	5th
2025	9th

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Position
1982	6th
2010	9th
2014	8th
2018	10th
2022	9th

CAVA Nations League

CAVA Nations League record
Year	Position
2024

CAVA Challenge Cup

CAVA Challenge Cup record
Year	Position
2023

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games record
Year	Position
2009
2014

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year	Position[6][7]
1999
2004
2006
2010
2016
2019

Results and schedule

2024

2024 CAVA Women's Nations League

1 August 2024 17:45 UTC+05:45	India	3–1	Iran	Kathmandu
	(25–20, 25–18, 19–25, 25–11) Report

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2 August 2024 17:15 UTC+05:45	India	3–0	Maldives	Kathmandu
	(25–6, 25–11, 25–10) Report

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3 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45	India	2–3	Nepal	Kathmandu
	(18–25, 25–12, 17–25, 25–18, 13–15) Report

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5 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu
	(25–13, 25–21, 25–20) Report

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6 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–23) Report

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7 August 2024 17:00 UTC+05:45	India	3–2	Nepal	Kathmandu
	(23–25, 25–14, 22–25, 25–21, 15–5) Report

2025

Main article: 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

8 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00	India	2–3	Hong Kong	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–22, 25–18, 15–25, 21–25, 16–18) Report

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9 June 2025 12:30 UTC+07:00	Australia	3–1	India	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(18–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–23) Report

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11 June 2025 20:00 UTC+07:00	Vietnam	3–0	India	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–19, 25–7, 25–8) Report

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12 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00	India	1–3	Chinese Taipei	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(16–25, 20–25, 25–22, 17–25) Report

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13 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00	India	3–1	New Zealand	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–15, 25–22) Report

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14 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00	India	3–1	Mongolia	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–23, 21–25, 25–18, 25-20) Report

Current squad

The following list consists of 14 players who were called for 2025 AVC Women's Nations Cup.^[8]

Head coach: Nilesh Matte

#	Position	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block	State
2	L	Sivapriya Govind	(1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 (age 26)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	276 cm (9 ft 1 in)	268 cm (8 ft 10 in)	Kerala
3	MB	Abitha Anilkumar	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 27)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	273 cm (8 ft 11 in)	Kerala
4	OH	Shaalini Saravanan	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 25)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Tamil Nadu
5	OH	Ezhilmathi Dhanam Palanivel	(2001-11-29) 29 November 2001 (age 23)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	Tamil Nadu
7	MB	Shilpa Rajendrandnair Sindhu	(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 23)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	297 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
8	OP	Anagha Radhakrishnan	(2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 23)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	294 cm (9 ft 8 in)	Kerala
10	MB	Ayushi Bhandari	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 27)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	289 cm (9 ft 6 in)	276 cm (9 ft 1 in)	Himachal Pradesh
11	OH	Kavita Suthar	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 19)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Rajasthan
12	MB	Anna Mathew	(2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 (age 25)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	286 cm (9 ft 5 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	Kerala
13	OH	Anusree Kambrath Poyili (c)	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Kerala
14	S	Devika Devarajan Kallumambraparambil	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 33)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	273 cm (8 ft 11 in)	259 cm (8 ft 6 in)	Kerala
15	S	Amitha Keekoth	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 24)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	279 cm (9 ft 2 in)	266 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Kerala
16	MB	Ananya Sree Pullari	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	291 cm (9 ft 7 in)	277 cm (9 ft 1 in)	Telangana
18	L	Anannya Das	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 24)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	272 cm (8 ft 11 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	West Bengal

Notable players

• Minimol Abraham
• Aswani Kiran
• Priyanka Bora
• Priyanka Khedkar
• Nirmal Saini
• Jagmati Sangwan
• Soorya Thottangal

See also

• India men's national volleyball team
• India women's national under-20 volleyball team
• India women's national under-18 volleyball team