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2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Continental Championships

2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Continental Championships
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityTianjin
Dates21–30 August 2026
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The 2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Continental Championships will be the 23rd staging of the Asian Women's Volleyball Continental Championships, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament is scheduled to be held in Tianjin, China from 21 to 30 August 2026.[1]

The winner qualifies for the Volleyball tournament at the 2028 Olympic Games[2] in Los Angeles. The top three finishers will also qualify for the 2027 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship in Canada and United States.

Qualification

Following the new AVC regulations[3], starting in 2026, a maximum of 12 teams in the AVC Continental Championships will be selected as follows:

  • 1 team from the host country
  • 1 team as the defending champion from the previous edition (If the defending champion is also the host nation, the runners-up take the place)
  • 1 team as the champion of the 2025 AVC Nations Cup
  • 4 teams based on the FIVB World Rankings that have not yet qualified
  • 5 teams from the five AVC zones that have not yet qualified (via zonal championships or qualification tournaments, if necessary)

Qualified teams

The AVC stated that the twelve teams that had qualified to participate in the tournament were announced.[4]

Country Zone Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 China EAVA Host country 20 December 2025 21 1975 2023 Champions (1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)
 Thailand SAVA Defending champions 6 September 2023 18 1987 2023 Champions (2009, 2013, 2023)
 Vietnam SAVA 2025 AVC Nations Cup champions 14 June 2025 11 1991 2023 4th place (2023)
 Japan EAVA World Rankings qualifiers 1 January 2026 21 1975 2023 Champions (1975, 1983, 2007, 2017, 2019)
 Kazakhstan CAVA 12 1993 2023 Runners-up (2005)
 Chinese Taipei EAVA 18 1983 2023 4th place (1983, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2015)
 South Korea EAVA 21 1975 2023 Runners-up (1975, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2015)
 Hong Kong[a] EAVA 2025 EAVA 4th placer 6 February 2026 16 1979 2023 6th place (1979)
 Iran CAVA 2025 CAVA champions 8 2007 2023 7th place (2019)
 Lebanon WAVA 2025 WAVA champions 0 None Debut
 Indonesia[b] SAVA 2025 SEA Games 3rd placer 11 1979 2019 5th place (1979)
 Australia OZVA Oceania Qualification qualifier 21 1975 2023 4th place (1975, 1979)
  1. ^ As China, Chinese Taipei, and South Korea had already qualified, the EAVA quota was allocated to Hong Kong, which finished fourth.
  2. ^ As Thailand and Vietnam had already qualified, the SAVA quota was allocated to Indonesia, which finished third.

Final standing

References

  1. ^ "AVC unveils 2026 international volleyball calendar and host cities". AVC. 20 December 2025. Archived from the original on 20 December 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Volleyball and Beach Volleyball qualification systems for LA2028 Olympic Games". FIVB. 11 December 2025. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ^ "AVC confirms qualified teams for 2026 AVC Volleyball Continental Championships". AVC. 6 February 2026. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  4. ^ "AVC Volleyball Continental Championships Qualification". AVC. 7 February 2026. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
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