The 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup was the fifth edition of the AVC Women's Volleyball Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) in cooperation with the ad hoc committee appointed by the (FIVB) following the suspension of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF). It was held from 6 to 14 June 2026 in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. This was the Philippines' second time hosting the tournament after Manila hosted the 2024 edition.
South Korea won the tournament for the first time in the history of the competition. Making their tournament debut following a relegation from the Volleyball Nations League the previous season, the South Korean team lost only two sets throughout the event, both in a five-set pool play match against Chinese Taipei. They defeated defending champions Vietnam 3–0 in the semifinals before shutting out Chinese Taipei 3–0 in the final. Team captain was named the tournament's MVP.
Chinese Taipei finished as runners-up to claim their first silver medal, following bronze medals in 2023 and 2025. Vietnam, the champions of the previous three editions, won the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan 3–0 in the third-place match, securing their fourth podium finish in five years. Vietnamese captain Trần Thị Thanh Thúy was the tournament's top scorer with 105 total points.
Host selection The hosting rights for the 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup was awarded on 6 September 2025, during the AVC Board of Administration meeting held in AVC House in Bangkok, Thailand. The hosting bid of the Philippines was unanimously voted and approved by the confederation. Candon was named as the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the newly refurbished Candon City Arena. The indoor arena has hosted the first leg of the 2025 SEA Men's V.League and the 2026 Volleyball All-Star Showcase.
Qualification
A maximum of 12 teams were selected for the AVC Women's Volleyball Cup based on specific qualification criteria. This included one slot reserved for the host country and another for the defending champions from the previous edition, with the runner-up taking the spot if the defending champion happened to be the host nation. Additionally, five teams were selected based on the highest FIVB World Rankings among those that had not yet qualified. The remaining five slots were awarded to teams from zonal tournaments that had not already qualified for the tournament. Furthermore, any teams competing in the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League were strictly ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament, listed by the method of qualification. CountryZoneQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastSAVAHost country6 September 2025320232025Runners-up (2025)SAVADefending champions14 June 2025320232025Champions (2023, 2024, 2025)CAVA World Rankings pathway 2 February 2026220242025Runners-up (2024)EAVA3202320253rd place (2023, 2025)EAVA0 NoneDebutCAVA3202320255th place (2023)CAVA0 NoneDebutCAVA2025 CAVA Championship runners-up2202220234th place (2022)EAVA2025 EAVA Championship 4th placers420222025Champions (2022)OZVA2026 OZVA Qualifier champions3202320254th place (2024)SAVA2025 SEA V.League 4th placers320232025Runners-up (2023)WAVA2025 WAVA Championship champions0 NoneDebut Notes:
Pools composition The draw of lots took place on 17 April 2026 at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, Philippines led by AVC President Ramon Suzara, with Thea Gagate, and Leila Cruz, who are national team players. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.
Seeding +Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (46) (Hosts) (28) (35) (37) (40) (47) (62) (70) (73) (81) (87) (–)
Draw results Pool APool B
Venue Candon, PhilippinesCandon City ArenaCapacity: 8,000
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
See also 2026 Women's European Volleyball League 2026 Copa Sudamericana (women's volleyball) 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Continental Championship 2026 AVC Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
References
External links
2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup at Volleyball World Team rosters