2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup
Volleyball tournament in the Philippines
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The 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup will be the second edition of the AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup, and seventh overall edition of the formerly known AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF). It will be held from 6 to 14 June 2026 in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.[1] This will be the Philippines' second time hosting the tournament after Manila hosted the 2024 edition.
Host selection
The hosting rights for the 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup was awarded on 6 September 2025, during the AVC Board of Administration meeting held in AVC House in Bangkok, Thailand. The hosting bid of the Philippines was unanimously voted and approved by the confederation.[2] Candon was named as the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the newly refurbished Candon City Arena.[1]
Qualification
Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria:[citation needed]
- 1 team for the host country.
- 1 team for the defending champion from the previous edition. (If the defending champion is also the host nation, the runners-up take the place)
- 5 teams based on the FIVB World Rankings that have not yet qualified.
- 5 remaining teams from the zonal competitions that haven't already qualified for neither the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League nor the Nations Cup.
| Country | Zone | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | |||||
 Philippines |
SAVA | Host country | 6 September 2025 | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2025) |
 Vietnam |
SAVA | Defending champions | 14 June 2025 | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2023, 2024, 2025) |
 Kazakhstan |
CAVA | World Rankings qualifiers | 2 February 2026 | 2 | 2024 | 2025 | Runners-up (2024) |
 Chinese Taipei |
EAVA | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | 3rd place (2023, 2025) | ||
 South Korea |
EAVA | 0 | None | Debut | |||
 Iran |
CAVA | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | 5th place (2023) | ||
 Kyrgyzstan |
CAVA | 0 | None | Debut | |||
 Australia |
OZVA | OZVA qualification qualifier | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | 4th place (2024) | |
 Indonesia |
SAVA | 2025 SAVA 4th placers | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2023) | |
 Hong Kong |
EAVA | 2025 EAVA 4th placers | 4 | 2022 | 2025 | Champions (2022) | |
 Lebanon |
WAVA | 2025 WAVA champions | 0 | None | Debut | ||
 Uzbekistan |
CAVA | 2025 CAVA runners-up | 2 | 2022 | 2023 | 4th place (2022) | |
China, 
Japan, and 
Thailand which are competing at the 2026 Nations League, are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.
Pools composition
The draw of lots took place on 17 April 2026 at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, Philippines led by AVC President Ramon Suzara, with Thea Gagate, and Leila Cruz, who are national team players. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.[3][4]
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| [ LIVE ] Drawing of Lots : AVC Women's Cup Candon 2026 | |
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 Drawing of Lots Live Streaming |
Seeding
| Seeded teams | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines (46) (Hosts) Vietnam (28) Kazakhstan (35) Chinese Taipei (37) South Korea (40) Iran (47) |
Kyrgyzstan (62) Indonesia (70) |
Australia (73) Hong Kong (81) |
Uzbekistan (87) Lebanon (–) |
Draw results
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Philippines |
Vietnam |
| Chinese Taipei |
Kazakhstan |
| South Korea |
Iran |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Indonesia |
| Australia |
Hong Kong |
| Uzbekistan |
Lebanon |
Venue
| Candon, Philippines |
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| Candon City Arena |
| Capacity: 8,000 |
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Pool standing procedure
- Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
- 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
- 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.
Preliminary round
- All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippines (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | South Korea |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5th place match |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7th place match |
| 5 | Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9th place match |
| 6 | Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11th place match |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | ||||||
| TBD | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | ||||||
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 | Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Iran |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5th place match |
| 4 | Indonesia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7th place match |
| 5 | Hong Kong |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9th place match |
| 6 | Lebanon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11th place match |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | ||||||
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