The 2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Jiangmen, China, from 1 to 9 July 2024.[1]
A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.[3]
China won their thirteenth title of the tournament after defeating Japan in a tiebreaker match in the final.[4][5] South Korea defeated Thailand in the third place match (3–1).[6]
Qualification
The following teams qualified for the tournament.[7]
This is the 21tst Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2024 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.[8]
Shan Linqian, Duan Mengke, Dong Yuhan, Guo Weilin, Li Chenxuan, Wang Yindi (c), Chen Houyu, Li Yuening, Zhu Hanging, Sun Wanjun, Fan Boning, Guo Xiangling
Head Coach
Kuang Qi
Awards
Most valuable player
Wang Yindi (CHN)
Best setter
Niina Kumagai (JPN)
Best outside spikers
Li Chenxuan (CHN)
Warissara Sritaloeed (THA)
Best middle blockers
Chen Houyu (CHN)
Lee Ji-yun (KOR)
Best opposite spiker
Miku Akimoto (JPN)
Best libero
Sun Wanjun (CHN)
Qualified teams for the 2025 FIVB U21 World Championship
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^"FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships 2025" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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