2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

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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]

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

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

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 (–)

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

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	Pool E
3	Australia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	148	180	0.822	9th–12th places

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	Pool F
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	135	178	0.758	9th–12th places

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	Pool E
3	Iran	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	106	150	0.707	9th–12th places

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	Pool F
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	93	151	0.616	9th–12th places

Classification round

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

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	Final four
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	5th–8th places

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	Final four
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	5th–8th places

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Warissara Sritaloeed (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

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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)

^ Bold indicates defending champion of FIVB U21 World Championship for last year.

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