The Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament (between 1999 and 2002), is an annual continental club

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competition organised by the

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(AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in

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in Thailand. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to

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respectively. The winner of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. Tianjin Bohai Bank holds the record for most victories, winning the competition five times. Teams from China have won the tournament eight times, the most for any nation. The current Asian club champions is

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, who defeated Diamond Food–Fine Chef (3–2) in the final of the 2023 event.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows: *16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified. *Teams were seeded by the result of

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, based on a

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. *The tournament was held in 8 days. *A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID. *A maximum of two foreign players, with a valid International Transfer Certificate, are allowed to be on court at the same time. In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships

Performances by club

Performances by country

Performances by zonal association

Medals

As of

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MVP by edition

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– ( Hisamitsu Springs) *2003 – ''tournament canceled'' *

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– ( Tianjin Bohai Bank) *2020 – ''tournament canceled'' *

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References

External links

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