India women's national volleyball team
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AssociationVolleyball Federation of India
ConfederationAVC
Head coachNilesh Mate
FIVB ranking 59 
9 (29 June 2025)[1]
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| Association | Volleyball Federation of India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Confederation | AVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Nilesh Mate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIVB ranking | 59 9 (29 June 2025)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uniforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 8th (1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 7th (1979, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.
In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 Asian Games.[2][3][4][5] The team won the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games as they defeated Nepal in the final.[6]
Summer Olympics
Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.
| Summer Olympics record | Qualification record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
 1964–1972  |
did not qualify | – | |||||||
 1976 |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||
 1980 |
did not qualify | 7th | |||||||
 1984 |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||
 1988 | |||||||||
 1992 |
did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
1996–2020  |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2024 |
did not qualify | did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 0/15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
FIVB World Championship
India has qualified only once in the World Championship.
| FIVB World Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
| 1952 |
Round robin | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | |||
1956–1974  |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1978 |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||
 1982 |
did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
 1986–1990  |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||
 1994 |
did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
| 1998–2010 |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||
| 2014 |
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 2018 |
suspended | suspended | |||||||
 / 2022 |
did not qualify | no Asian qualification were held | |||||||
 2025 |
did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 2027 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||
 2029 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1/22 | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Asian Championship
| Asian Volleyball Championship record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 1979 |
7th | ||||
| 1991 |
11th | ||||
| 2005 |
8th | ||||
 2009 |
11th | ||||
 2011 |
11th | ||||
| 2013 |
11th | ||||
| 2015 |
10th | ||||
 2019 |
10th | ||||
| 2023 |
7th | ||||
Asian Nations Cup
| Asian Nations Cup record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 2022 |
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 2023 |
4th | ||||
| 2024 |
5th | ||||
| 2025 |
9th | ||||
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 1982 |
6th | ||||
| 2010 |
9th | ||||
| 2014 |
8th | ||||
| 2018 |
10th | ||||
| 2022 |
9th | ||||
CAVA Nations League
| CAVA Nations League record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 2024 |
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CAVA Challenge Cup
| CAVA Challenge Cup record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 2023 |
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Lusofonia Games
| Lusofonia Games record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
 2009 |
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| 2014 |
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South Asian Games
| South Asian Games record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position[7][8] | ||||
| 1999 |
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 2004 |
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 2006 |
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 2010 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2019 |
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Results and schedule
2025
| 8 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00 |
India |
2–3 |  Hong Kong |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (25–22, 25–18, 15–25, 21–25, 16–18) Report | ||||
| 9 June 2025 12:30 UTC+07:00 |
Australia  |
3–1 | India |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (18–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–23) Report | ||||
| 11 June 2025 20:00 UTC+07:00 |
Vietnam |
3–0 | India |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (25–19, 25–7, 25–8) Report | ||||
| 12 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00 |
India |
1–3 |  Chinese Taipei |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (16–25, 20–25, 25–22, 17–25) Report | ||||
| 13 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00 |
India |
3–1 |  New Zealand |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (25–17, 21–25, 25–15, 25–22) Report | ||||
| 14 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00 |
India |
3–1 |  Mongolia |
Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi |
| (25–23, 21–25, 25–18, 25-20) Report | ||||
Current squad
The following list consists of 14 players who were called for 2025 AVC Women's Nations Cup.[9]
Head coach: Mayaluri Vasudha Reddy
# |
Position |
Name | Date of birth | Height | Spike | Block | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | L | Sivapriya Govind | 29 October 1998 | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | 276 cm (9 ft 1 in) | 268 cm (8 ft 10 in) | Kerala |
| 3 | MB | Abitha Anilkumar | 21 December 1997 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | 273 cm (8 ft 11 in) | Kerala |
| 4 | OH | Shaalini Saravanan | 19 July 2000 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) | 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | OH | Vunnam Purandheswar Chowdary | 29 November 2001 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 275 cm (9 ft 0 in) | 263 cm (8 ft 8 in) | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | MB | Shilpa Rajendran Nair Sindhu | 26 February 2002 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 297 cm (9 ft 9 in) | Kerala |
| 8 | OP | Shaik Liyaqath Ahmed | 10 July 2002 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 294 cm (9 ft 8 in) | Kerala |
| 10 | MB | Ayushi Bhandari | 27 February 1998 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 289 cm (9 ft 6 in) | 276 cm (9 ft 1 in) | Himachal Pradesh |
| 11 | OH | Kavita Suthar | 15 January 2006 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | Rajasthan |
| 12 | MB | Anna Mathew | 18 March 2000 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 286 cm (9 ft 5 in) | 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) | Kerala |
| 13 | OH | Anusree Kambrath Poyili (c) | 8 October 1997 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) | 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) | Kerala |
| 14 | S | Devika Devarajan Kallumambraparambil | 18 June 1992 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 273 cm (8 ft 11 in) | 259 cm (8 ft 6 in) | Kerala |
| 15 | S | Amitha Keekoth | 18 November 2000 | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | 279 cm (9 ft 2 in) | 266 cm (8 ft 9 in) | Kerala |
| 16 | MB | Ananya Sree Pullari | 8 October 2002 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 291 cm (9 ft 7 in) | 277 cm (9 ft 1 in) | Telangana |
| 18 | L | Ananya Das | 14 October 2000 | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) | 263 cm (8 ft 8 in) | West Bengal |
Coaching staff and officials
Head coach: Nilesh Matte,
Assistant coach: Shazia Cariappa Machamada,
Strength and conditioning coach: Bhaskar Borah,
Referee: Anjali Patil,
Team manager: Kamlesh Kumar Patel.[10]
