The AVC Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under-18 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). First held in 1997, the tournament is held biennially and serves as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
It broke its biennial design only in 2008, a year after it held its 2007 competition in Colombo, and in 2018, following the holding of a competition in 2017 in Naypyidaw after the tournament skipped the year 2016. It formerly carried the title Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship (in the tournament's 11th edition), Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship (in the 10th edition), Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship (in the 4th-9th editions), and Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship (in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).
15 of the championship's tournaments have been won by six different national teams. Iran have won eight times and Japan have won three times. The other winners are China, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India with one title each.
Result summary YearHostFinal3rd place matchTeamsChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place1997DetailsBaguioRound-robinRound-robin81999DetailsChiayiRound-robinRound-robin82001DetailsIsfahan3–13–2102003DetailsVisakhapatnam3–13–092005DetailsTehran3–03–082007DetailsKuala Lumpur3–03–2112008DetailsColombo3–03–2112010DetailsTehran3–23–1102012DetailsTehran3–23–2112014DetailsColombo3–03–1152017DetailsNaypyidaw3–03–1112018DetailsTabriz3–13–1172020DetailsShirazCanceled due to COVID-19 pandemic2022DetailsTehran3–03–282024DetailsManama3–23–0162026<br/ >DetailsHaikou3–13–216
Teams reaching the top four TeamWinnersRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place8 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2026)3 (2003, 2022, 2024)1 (2018)1 (2017)3 (2017, 2018, 2022)4 (1999, 2008, 2014, 2026)2 (1997, 2012)1 (2024)1 (1999)5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018)1 (2010)3 (2007, 2012, 2022)1 (2024)2 (2010, 2012)4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017)4 (1997, 2003, 2008, 2026)1 (2003)1 (2007)3 (2005, 2008, 2022)1 (2010)1 (1997)2 (2001, 2026)3 (2005, 2014, 2018)1 (2003)1 (2001)1 (2024)1 (1999)
Champions by region Federation (Region)Champion(s)NumberCAZVA (Central Asia)Iran (8), India (1)9 titlesEAZVA (East Asia)Japan (3), China (1), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1)6 titles
Hosts NumberNationsYear(s)62001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2020, 202222008, 201412024202619992003200720171997
Medal table
Participating nations Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Did not enter / Did not qualify – Hosts Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament
+ 1997(8) 1999 (8) 2001(10) 2003(9) 2005(8) 2007(11) 2008(11) 2010(10) 2012(11) 2014(15) 2017(11) 2018(17) 2022(8) 2024(16) 2026(16) Total6th7th10th6th8th7th8th9th9th8th7th8th•12th16th14•••••••••9th•••7th12th3••••••••••10th••••14th3rd5th4th6th3rd4th2nd2nd3rd3rd6th5th1st4th151st5th3rd8th4th6th5th6th5th4th5th4th6th8th3rd15•••••11th•••13th11th17th•13th11th6••7th1st3rd2nd3rd4th7th7th•7th3rd9th8th12••••••••••••••9th1••1st2nd1st1st1st1st 1st1st4th3rd2nd2nd1st133rd2nd6th•5th5th2nd5th 3rd2nd1st1st1st4th2nd14••••••9th10th10th9th•12th•10th14th7••••••10th•••••8th16th•3••••••••••••••13th1•••••••••••••14th•1•••••8th•••••10th•••2••••••11th••14th•••••2••••••••••8th••••1•••••••••••14th•••1••4th3rd•••••••••••2•••••••••••13th•••1•••••••••••11th•3rd5th38th8th•••••••••••11th10th4••8th7th•••••15th•16th•••4•4th9th••••••11th•••15th15th52nd1st2nd9th2nd4th•3rd4th6th2nd2nd4th5th7th14•••••10th7th8th6th5th9th9th•••75th6th•5th7th9th6th7th8th•6th5th7th6th6th13••••••••11th12th•15th•••37th••••••••••••••1
Debut of teams
Year Debutants Total 1997 81999 1 2001 42003 None 02005 2007 3 2008 32010None 02012 12014 2017 2 2018 32022None 02024 1 2026 2
Awards
Most Valuable Player TournamentMost Valuable Player2001 Isfahan Mohammad Soleimani2003 Visakhapatnam Sanjay Kumar2005 Tehran Saber Narimannejad2007 Kuala Lumpur Mojtaba Shaban2008 Colombo Farhad Salafzoun2010 Tehran Ramin Khani2012 Tehran Akbar Valaei2014 Colombo Rasoul Aghchehli2017 Naypyidaw Kento Miyaura2018 Tabriz Taito Mizumachi2022 Tehran Hiroki Bito2024 Manama Ding Haocheng
Best Outside Spikers TournamentBest Opposite Spiker2014 Colombo Amir Hossein Esfandiar Jan Min-han2017 Naypyidaw Morteza Sharifi Mahiro Saeki2018 Tabriz Chang Hung-yeh Park Seung-su2022 Tehran Shunta Ono S.Matin Hosseini2024 Manama Yu Xiang Rahimi Mohammad Amin
Best Opposite Spiker TournamentBest Opposite Spiker2014 Colombo Rasoul Aghchehli2017 Naypyidaw Im Dong-hyeok2018 Tabriz Bardia Saadat2022 Tehran Aryan Baliyan2024 Manama Yahya Muhhamad
Best Setter TournamentBest Setter2001 Isfahan Song Byung-il2003 Visakhapatnam Ramaswami Kamraj2005 Tehran Kim Gwang-guk2007 Kuala Lumpur Cheng Li-sheng2008 Colombo Kosuke Tomonaga2010 Tehran Lee Min-gyu2012 Tehran Yu Yaochen2014 Colombo Javad Karimi2017 Naypyidaw Choi Ik-je2018 Tabriz Taiga Itoyama2022 Tehran Emran Kook Jili2024 Manama Gong Haoqian
Best Middle Blockers TournamentBest Middle Blockers2014 Colombo Ali Asghar Mojarad Tao Zixuan2017 Naypyidaw Wang Dongchen Shunichiro Sato2018 Tabriz Alireza Abdollahi Riku Ito2022 Tehran Taha Behboudnia Kush Singh2024 Manama Bateni Mohammadnima Jabran Jabran
Best Libero TournamentBest Libero2005 Tehran Abdolreza Alizadeh2008 Colombo Taiki Tsuruda2010 Tehran Oh Jae-seong2012 Tehran Lee Sang-uk2014 Colombo Tomohiro Horie2017 Naypyidaw Park Kyeong-min2018 Tabriz Jang Ji-won2022 Tehran Sena Kameoka2024 Manama Arabyarmohammadi Mohammadamin
Former awards
Best Scorer TournamentBest Scorer2001 Isfahan Kang Dong-jin2003 Visakhapatnam Mohammad Soleimani2005 Tehran Mansour Zadvan2007 Kuala Lumpur Mojtaba Shaban2008 Colombo Pouria Fayazi2010 Tehran Anup D'Costa2012 Tehran Yuki Ishikawa
Best Spiker TournamentBest Spiker2001 Isfahan Mohammad Soleimani2003 Visakhapatnam Pak Yong-nam2005 Tehran Kang Young-jun2007 Kuala Lumpur Chen Ping2008 Colombo Dai Qingyao2010 Tehran Jin Seong-tae2012 Tehran Zhang Zhejia
Best Server TournamentBest Server2001 Isfahan Kang Dong-jin2003 Visakhapatnam Arash Sadeghiani2005 Tehran Arash Keshavarzi2007 Kuala Lumpur Chen Ping2008 Colombo Song Jianwei2010 Tehran Song Jianwei2012 Tehran Javad Hekmati
Best Blocker TournamentBest Blocker2001 Isfahan Davoud Moghbeli2003 Visakhapatnam Sanjay Kumar2005 Tehran Guttikonda Pradeep2007 Kuala Lumpur Aidan Zingel2008 Colombo Saman Faezi2010 Tehran Armin Sadeghiani2012 Tehran Sahand Allahverdian
Best Receiver TournamentBest Receiver2001 Isfahan Liu Hsiung2003 Visakhapatnam P. S. Srikanth2007 Kuala Lumpur Chien Wei-lun
Best Digger TournamentBest Digger2001 Isfahan Farhad Zarif2003 Visakhapatnam Moslem Mohammadizadeh2007 Kuala Lumpur Shogo Hayase
See also AVC Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship AVC Men's Volleyball Continental Championship AVC Men's Volleyball Cup AVC Men's U20 Volleyball Championship AVC Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship
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