CAVA Men's Volleyball Championship
International volleyball competition in Asia
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The CAVA Men's Volleyball Championship, earlier known as CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League, is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA), the sport's regional governing body.
CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League (2023–2025)
| Most recent season or competition: 2026 CAVA Men's Volleyball Championship | |
| Formerly | Central Asian Men's Volleyball Championship (2022) CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League (2023–2025) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Founded | 2022 |
| No. of teams | Various |
| Continent | Central and South Asia (CAVA) |
Most recent champion |  Pakistan (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Pakistan (3 titles) |
| Website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
History
The tournament was initially named the AVC Asian Senior Men's Central Zone Volleyball Championship.[1] In 2022, the tournament was held in Lahore, Pakistan from 24 to 29 November.[2] The host nation claimed their first title.[3] In 2023 CAVA rebranded the tournament's name into the CAVA Nations League. The next edition was held in Kyrgyzstan. Iran won the first title.[4] In 2024, the tournament was held in Pakistan. The host nation claimed their second title. In 2025 the tournament, originally scheduled in Pakistan, was moved to Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan and Iran claimed their second title in tournament.[5]
Precursors
Before 2020, the Asian regional federations were not very active. Their entire activity consisted of holding several irregular competitions and in practice there was no clear management structure. Regional competitions were held under the title of zone competitions, and this region was Zone 2 of Asia and was mostly managed by the Asian Federation itself, not the Central Asian Federation. Zone 2 Men's Asia Volleyball Championship was held in 4 editions:[6][7][8][9][10]
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2006 Details |
 Colombo |
 Kazakhstan |
Round-robin | Pakistan |
 India |
Round-robin | Sri Lanka |
5 [11] | |||
| 2007 Details |
Islamabad |
India |
Round-robin |  Iran |
Kazakhstan |
Round-robin | Pakistan |
7 [12] | |||
| 2010 Details |
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| 2019 Details |
 Kathmandu |
 Kyrgyzstan |
3–0 |  Uzbekistan |
 Turkmenistan |
3–0 |  Maldives |
7 | |||
Results summary
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2022 Details |
Lahore |
Pakistan |
3–1 | Iran |
 Bangladesh |
3–2 | Sri Lanka |
5 | |||
| 2023 Details |
Cholpon-Ata |
Iran |
Round-robin | Kyrgyzstan |
 Mongolia |
Round-robin | Uzbekistan |
7 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Islamabad |
Pakistan |
3–1 | Turkmenistan |
Kyrgyzstan |
3–1 | Sri Lanka |
6 | |||
| 2025 Details |
Fergana |
Iran |
3–0 | India |
Pakistan |
3–1 | Kazakhstan |
7[13] | |||
| 2026 Details |
Islamabad |
Pakistan |
3–0 | Bangladesh |
Sri Lanka |
3–2 | Uzbekistan |
6 | |||
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan |
3 (2022, 2024, 2026) | 1 (2025) | ||
| Iran |
2 (2023, 2025) | 1 (2022) | ||
| Kyrgyzstan |
1 (2023) | 1 (2024) | ||
| Bangladesh |
1 (2026) | 1 (2022) | ||
| India |
1 (2025) | |||
| Turkmenistan |
1 (2024) | |||
| Sri Lanka |
1 (2026) | 2 (2022, 2024) | ||
| Mongolia |
1 (2023) | |||
| Uzbekistan |
2 (2023, 2026) | |||
| Kazakhstan |
1 (2025) |
Hosts
| Number | Nations | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pakistan | 2022, 2024, 2026 |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 2023 |
| Uzbekistan | 2025 |
Medal summary
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| Team | 2022 (5) |
2023 (7) |
2024 (6) |
2025 (7) |
2026 (6) |
Total |
 Afghanistan |
5th | • | 6th | • | • | 2 |
| Bangladesh |
3rd | • | • | • | 2nd | 2 |
| India |
• | • | • | 2nd | • | 1 |
| Iran |
2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | • | 4 |
| Kazakhstan |
• | • | • | 4th | 5th | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
• | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | • | 3 |
| Nepal |
• | 7th | • | • | 6th | 2 |
| Pakistan |
1st | • | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4 |
| Sri Lanka |
4th | • | 4th | • | 3rd | 3 |
| Turkmenistan |
• | 5th | 2nd | 6th | • | 3 |
| Uzbekistan |
• | 4th | • | 7th | 4th | 3 |
| Invitee nations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia |
• | 3rd | • | • | • | 1 |
See also
- CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League
- Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
- Asian Eastern Zonal Men's Volleyball Championship
- SEA V Cup
- WAVA Men's Volleyball Championship
- OZVA Men's Volleyball Championship
- Volleyball at the Asian Games
- Volleyball at the South Asian Games
- SAFF Championship
- SABA Championship