2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
| 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |
 Vietnam
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| Dates | 10–17 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, will be the nineteenth edition of the Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournamet will be held in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam, from 10 to 17 June 2018.
A total of sixteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.
The sixteen AVC member associations will participate in the tournament (included the India, who was suspended by the FIVB) with Vietnam already qualified as host country, the thirteen teams participated in the 2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, and the two remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The sixteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (5 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition.
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
This is the first Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 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 (2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship). As the four best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best four will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.
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