2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

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Host nationVietnam
CityHanoi
Dates7–14 June
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup
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Tournament details
Host nationVietnam
CityHanoi
Dates7–14 June
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Vietnam (3rd title)
Runners-up Philippines
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament awards
MVPVietnam Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền
Best SetterPhilippines Jia de Guzman
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPVietnam Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền
Best LiberoVietnam Nguyễn Khánh Đang
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Attendance42,850 (1,224 per match)
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2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

The 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup was the first of the newly rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup, and sixth overall edition of the formerly known AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). It was held from 7 to 14 June 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam.[1]

As the FIVB Volleyball Nations League restructured its format and abolished the Challenger Cup as a direct qualifier to the tournament, this tournament would served to countries currently not participating in the Nations League to garner world ranking points for a chance to enter the said competition.[2] Vietnam, the champions of this tournament qualified for the 2026 Asian Championship.[3]

Host Vietnam won their third consecutive title after defeating the Philippines in the final.[4] Chinese Taipei defeated Kazakhstan in the 3rd place match and took the bronze medal.[3] Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền was named as the MVP of the tournament for the second time.[5]

Vietnam had submitted its bid to host the tournament and have been approved by AVC in 9 April 2025. AVC has sent an official document to the Volleyball Federation of Vietnam.[6]

Qualification

List of teams:
  Participating in the 2025 FIVB Nations League
  Participating in the 2025 AVC Nations Cup
  Did not enter the tournament
  Did not participate

Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the next AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria:[1]

  • 1 team for the host country
  • 6 other top-ranked teams from the previous edition (2024)
  • 5 other highest-ranked entrant teams in the FIVB Senior World Rankings
    • If a team does not have world ranking points, the final decision will be made by AVC in consultation with Volleyball World and the host country.
Country Zone Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Vietnam[a] SAVA Host country 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 Champions (2023, 2024)
 Kazakhstan CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup runners-up 29 May 2024 1 2024 Runners-up (2024)
 Philippines SAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 3rd placers 29 May 2024 2 2023 2024 3rd place (2024)
 Australia OZVA 2024 Challenge Cup 4th placers 29 May 2024 2 2023 2024 4th place (2024)
 India CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 5th placers 29 May 2024 3 2022 2024 Runners-up (2022)
 Iran CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 6th placers 29 May 2024 2 2023 2024 5th place (2023)
 Indonesia[a] SAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 7th placers 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 Runners-up (2023)
 Chinese Taipei EAVA 1st World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 3rd place (2023)
 Singapore[b] SAVA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2022 2024 5th place (2022)
 Hong Kong EAVA 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 3 2022 2024 Champions (2022)
 Mongolia EAVA Additional entrant teams 6 May 2025 1 2023 10th place (2023)
 New Zealand OZVA 6 May 2025 0 None None
 Qatar[c] WAVA N/a 0 None None

 China,  Japan,  South Korea, and  Thailand which are part of the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.[8]

Pools composition

The draw of lots took place on 25 May 2025 at the Edsa Shangri-La, Manila in Mandaluyong, Philippines.[9][10] Unlike in the men's tournament, the teams were divided into two pools due to not reaching the maximum participation limit of 12 teams.

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their standings in the previous edition. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A Pool B
 Vietnam (Hosts)  Kazakhstan (2)
 Australia (4)  Philippines (3)
 India (5)  Iran (6)
 Hong Kong (8)  Indonesia (7)
 Chinese Taipei (9)  Mongolia (–)
N/a  New Zealand (–)

Venue

Hanoi, Vietnam
Đông Anh Gymnasium
Capacity: 2,650

Pool standing procedure

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Vietnam (H) 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 300 163 1.840 Semifinals
2  Chinese Taipei 4 3 1 9 9 4 2.250 297 238 1.248
3  Hong Kong 4 2 2 4 6 10 0.600 287 355 0.808 5th–8th semifinals
4  Australia 4 1 3 4 5 10 0.500 283 339 0.835
5  India 4 0 4 1 4 12 0.333 301 373 0.807 9th–11th semifinals
Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jun12:30Australia 0–3 Chinese Taipei18–259–2520–25  47–75P2 Report
7 Jun20:00Vietnam 3–0 Hong Kong25–1625–1325–10  75–39P2 Report
8 Jun17:30India 2–3 Hong Kong25–2225–1815–2521–2516–18102–108P2 Report
8 Jun20:00Vietnam 3–0 Chinese Taipei25–1725–1625–17  75–50P2 Report
9 Jun12:30Australia 3–1 India18–2525–2025–1925–23 93–87P2 Report
9 Jun17:30Chinese Taipei 3–0 Hong Kong25–1025–825–20  75–38P2 Report
11 Jun10:00Australia 2–3 Hong Kong20–2519–2525–1825–1814–16103–102P2 Report
11 Jun20:00Vietnam 3–0 India25–1925–725–8  75–34P2 Report
12 Jun17:30India 1–3 Chinese Taipei16–2520–2525–2217–25 78–97P2 Report
12 Jun20:00Vietnam 3–0 Australia25–1125–1425–15  75–40P2 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Philippines 5 4 1 13 14 4 3.500 433 351 1.234 Semifinals
2  Kazakhstan 5 4 1 12 12 5 2.400 403 335 1.203
3  Iran 5 3 2 8 12 11 1.091 488 481 1.015 5th–8th semifinals
4  Indonesia 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 394 390 1.010
5  Mongolia 5 1 4 3 6 14 0.429 388 444 0.874 9th place match
6  New Zealand 5 1 4 2 4 14 0.286 323 428 0.755 9th–11th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jun10:00Kazakhstan 3–0 New Zealand25–1525–2325–15  75–53P2 Report
7 Jun15:00Philippines 3–0 Mongolia25–1825–1625–14  75–48P2 Report
7 Jun17:30Iran 3–2 Indonesia23–2525–2316–2525–1915–12104–104P2 Report
8 Jun10:00Kazakhstan 3–1 Mongolia25–1424–2625–1825–15 99–73P2 Report
8 Jun12:30Philippines 3–1 Indonesia22–2525–2325–1328–26 100–87P2 Report
8 Jun15:00Iran 3–1 New Zealand23–2525–1625–1225–18 98–71P2 Report
9 Jun10:00Kazakhstan 3–0 Indonesia25–1725–1226–24  76–53P2 Report
9 Jun15:00Philippines 2–3 Iran25–1621–2526–2423–2513–15108–105P2 Report
9 Jun20:00Mongolia 2–3 New Zealand22–2520–2525–1025–2013–15105–95P2 Report
11 Jun12:30Kazakhstan 3–1 Iran25–1425–1822–2526–24 98–81P2 Report
11 Jun15:00Philippines 3–0 New Zealand25–1725–2125–18  75–56P2 Report
11 Jun17:30Indonesia 3–0 Mongolia25–1825–2125–23  75–62P2 Report
12 Jun10:00Kazakhstan 0–3 Philippines21–2515–2519–25  55–75P2 Report
12 Jun12:30Iran 2–3 Mongolia18–2525–2125–1421–2511–15100–100P2 Report
12 Jun15:00Indonesia 3–0 New Zealand25–1425–1525–19  75–48P2 Report

Final round

9th–11th places

 
9th–11th semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
14 June
 
 
 India3
 
13 June
 
 Mongolia1
 
 India3
 
 
 New Zealand1
 

9th–11th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jun10:00India 3–1 New Zealand25–1721–2525–1525–22 96–79P2 Report

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun10:00India 3–1 Mongolia25–2321–2525–1825–20 96–86P2 Report

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
 Hong Kong1
 
14 June
 
 Indonesia3
 
 Indonesia3
 
13 June
 
 Iran1
 
 Australia0
 
 
 Iran3
 
7th place match
 
 
14 June
 
 
 Hong Kong2
 
 
 Australia3

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jun12:30Hong Kong 1–3 Indonesia21–2520–2525–2315–25 81–98P2 Report
13 Jun15:00Australia 0–3 Iran19–2518–2522–25  59–75P2 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun12:30Hong Kong 2–3 Australia25–1821–2525–2323–258–15102–106P2 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun15:00Indonesia 3–1 Iran25–1725–1523–2525–20 98–77P2 Report

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
 Vietnam3
 
14 June
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
 Vietnam3
 
13 June
 
 Philippines0
 
 Philippines3
 
 
 Chinese Taipei2
 
3rd place match
 
 
14 June
 
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
 
 Chinese Taipei3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jun17:30Vietnam 3–1 Kazakhstan25–1519–2525–725–16 94–63P2 Report
13 Jun20:00Philippines 3–2 Chinese Taipei25–1725–2118–2515–2515–1298–100P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun17:30Kazakhstan 1–3 Chinese Taipei25–1713–2516–2513–25 67–92P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun20:00Vietnam 3–0 Philippines25–1525–1725–14  75–46P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

Broadcasting rights

Country/region Broadcaster
Global Volleyball TV, YouTube
 Indonesia Emtek (Vidio, Moji)
 Philippines Cignal (One Sports, Pilipinas Live)
 Vietnam Vietnam Television (VTVCab)

See also

Notes

References

External links

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