2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship will be the 21st edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, organised by Asia's governing volleyball body, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). It will be hosted by China in 2021. The tournament also serves as part of Asian qualification for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, with the top two nations including winners and runners-up advancing to the qualifying tournaments.

2021 Asian Women's Championship
亞洲女子排球錦標賽
中国 2021
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityJiangmen
Teams16
Venue(s)1

Host selection

During AVC Sports Events Council Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Asian Volleyball Confederation announced on 11 February 2020 that only one national federation have applied to organize 2021 Asian Women's Championship:[1]

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:

  • 1 team for the host nation (China)
  • 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship (Asian Women's Championship South Korea 2019)
  • 5 teams from each of 5 zones including West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania (with a qualification tournament if needed)

For any unused quota, the spot will be reallocated to the next highest ranked nation.

Qualified teams

The following eleven teams already qualified for the tournament.

TeamZoneQualification methodDate of qualificationAppFirstLast
 ChinaEAZVAHost nation—21st19752019
 JapanEAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship champions25 August 201921st19752019
 ThailandSEAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship runners-up25 August 201918th19872019
 South KoreaEAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 3rd place25 August 201921st19752019
 KazakhstanCAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 5th place25 August 201912th19932019
 Chinese TaipeiEAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 6th place25 August 201918th19832019
 IranCAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 7th place25 August 20198th20072019
 IndonesiaSEAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 8th place25 August 201912th19792019
 AustraliaOZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 9th place25 August 201921st19752019
 IndiaCAZVA2019 Asian Women's Championship 10th place25 August 20199th19792019
 Hong KongEAZVAReallocation of unused quota from China—9th19792019

Venue

The Jiangmen Sports Hall has been selected for the venue of 2021 Asian Women's Championship in Jiangmen, China.

Jiangmen
Jiangmen Sports Hall
Capacity: 8,500

See also

References
  1. "AVC SPORTS EVENTS COUNCIL REVIEWS TASKS COMPLETED AND DISCUSSES FUTURE CHALLENGES". AVC. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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