The Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship is an international

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competition in

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and

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contested by the under 20 women's national teams of the members of

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(AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 1980. The top 2 teams qualified for the

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.The current champion is

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, which won its seventh title at the 2022 tournament. Formerly, the championship was entitled Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, but in accordance with the FIVB Board of Administration Meeting on 21–22 March 2022, which announced to align the FIVB age group categories per gender to Under-19 and Under-21 for both genders, the adjustment of 2022 Age Group Championships has also been considered important for representative women’s age group teams from Asia to compete in the FIVB Age Group Championships in 2023. The 20 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by three different national teams.

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have won twelve times. The other Asian Championship winners are

, with seven titles; and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, with one title.

Results summary

Teams reaching the top four

Champions by region

Hosts

Medal summary

Participating nations

Debut of teams

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Best Opposite Spiker

Best Outside Spikers

Best Middle Blockers

Best Setter

Best Libero

Former awards

Best Scorer

Best Spiker

Best Server

Best Blocker

External links

Official AVC website
{{International youth volleyball (Women)

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