Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship

The Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship, formerly known as the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 19 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 1997. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its first title at the 2017 tournament.

Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
SportVolleyball
Founded1997
Inaugural season1997
No. of teams17 (Finals)
ContinentAsia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Japan (2nd title)
Most titles Iran (7 titles)
TV partner(s)SMMTV
Official websiteAsian Volleyball Confederation

The 11 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Iran have won seven times. The other Asian Championship winners are Chinese Taipei, South Korea, India and Japan, with one title each.

The 2017 Asian Championship took place in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Result summary

Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
1997
Details

Baguio

Chinese Taipei
Round-robin
South Korea

Japan
Round-robin
China
8
1999
Details

Chiayi

South Korea
Round-robin
Japan

China
Round-robin
Saudi Arabia
8
2001
Details

Isfahan

Iran
3–1
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
3–2
North Korea
10
2003
Details

Visakhapatnam

India
3–1
Iran

North Korea
3–0
China
9
2005
Details

Tehran

Iran
3–0
South Korea

India
3–0
Chinese Taipei
8
2007
Details

Kuala Lumpur

Iran
3–0
India

China
3–2
South Korea
11
2008
Details

Colombo

Iran
3–0
Japan

India
3–2
China
11
2010
Details

Tehran

Iran
3–2
China

South Korea
3–1
India
10
2012
Details

Tehran

Iran
3–2
China

Japan
3–2
South Korea
11
2014
Details

Colombo

Iran
3–0
Japan

China
3–1
Chinese Taipei
15
2017
Details

Naypyidaw

Japan
3–0
South Korea

China
3–1
Iran
11
2018
Details

Tabriz

Japan
3–1
South Korea

Iran
3–1
Chinese Taipei
17
2021
Details

Shiraz

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Teams reaching the top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Iran 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 (2003) 1 (2018) 1 (2017)
 Japan 2 (2017, 2018) 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) 2 (1997, 2012)
 South Korea 1 (1999) 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) 1 (2010) 2 (2007, 2012)
 India 1 (2003) 1 (2007) 2 (2005, 2008) 1 (2010)
 Chinese Taipei 1 (1997) 1 (2001) 3 (2005, 2014, 2018)
 China 2 (2010, 2012) 4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017) 3 (1997, 2003, 2008)
 North Korea 1 (2003) 1 (2001)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (1999)

Champions by region

Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
CAZVA (Central Asia) Iran (7) 7 titles
EAZVA (East Asia) Japan (2), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) 4 titles

Hosts

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
6 Iran2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021
2 Sri Lanka2008, 2014
1 Philippines1997
 Chinese Taipei1999
 India2003
 Malaysia2007
 Myanmar2017

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran7119
2 Japan2327
3 South Korea1517
4 India1124
5 Chinese Taipei1012
6 China0246
7 North Korea0011
Totals (7 nations)12121236

Participating nations

Nation
1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2008

2010

2012

2014

2017

2018
Years
 Australia 6th7th10th6th8th7th8th9th9th8th7th8th 12
 Bahrain 10th 1
 Bangladesh 10th 1
 China 4th3rd5th4th6th3rd4th2nd2nd3rd3rd6th 12
 Chinese Taipei 1st5th3rd8th4th6th5th6th5th4th5th4th 12
 Hong Kong 11th13th11th17th 4
 India 7th1st3rd2nd3rd4th7th7th7th 9
 Iran 1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st4th3rd 10
 Japan 3rd2nd6th5th5th2nd5th3rd2nd1st1st 11
 Kazakhstan 9th10th10th9th12th 5
 Kuwait 10th 1
 Malaysia 8th10th 2
 Maldives 11th14th 2
 Myanmar 8th 1
 New Zealand 14th 1
 North Korea 4th3rd 2
 Oman 13th 1
 Pakistan 11th 1
 Philippines 8th8th 2
 Qatar 8th7th15th16th 4
 Saudi Arabia 4th9th11th 3
 South Korea 2nd1st2nd9th2nd4th3rd4th6th2nd2nd 11
 Sri Lanka 10th7th8th6th5th9th9th 7
 Thailand 5th6th5th7th9th6th7th8th6th5th 10
 Turkmenistan 11th12th15th 3
 United Arab Emirates 7th 1
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Debut of teams

Awards

Former awards

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