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CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

Upcoming season or competition: 2023 CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2019
First season	2019
No. of teams	8
Continent	Central and South Asia (CAVA)
Most recent champion(s)	India (2nd title)
Most titles	India (2 titles)    Nepal (2 titles)
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZVA), the sport's regional governing body. The current champion is India, which won its first title at the 2023 edition.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2019 Details	Dhaka		Nepal	Round-robin	Maldives		Kyrgyzstan	Round-robin	Bangladesh		5
2021 Details	Dhaka		Nepal	3–2	Uzbekistan		Sri Lanka	3–0	Kyrgyzstan		6
2023 Details	Kathmandu		India	3–0	Kazakhstan		Nepal	3–1	Uzbekistan		8
2024 Details	Kathmandu		India	3–2	Nepal		Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka		5

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Nepal	2 (2019, 2021)	1 (2024)	1 (2023)
India	2 (2023, 2024)
Uzbekistan		1 (2021)		1 (2023)
Kazakhstan		1 (2023)
Maldives		1 (2019)
Kyrgyzstan			1 (2019)	1 (2021)
Sri Lanka			1 (2021)	1 (2024)
Iran			1 (2024)
Bangladesh				1 (2019)

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
2	Bangladesh	2019, 2021
2	Nepal	2023, 2024

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nepal	2	0	1	3
2	India	2	0	0	2
3	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Maldives	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
6	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	3	4	11

Participating nations

Nation	2019	2021	2023	2024	Years
Afghanistan	5th				1
Bangladesh	4th	5th	8th		3
India			1st	1st	2
Kazakhstan			2nd		1
Kyrgyzstan	3rd	4th	6th		3
Maldives	2nd	6th	7th		3
Nepal	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	4
Sri Lanka		3rd	5th	4th	3
Uzbekistan		2nd	4th	5th	2
Total	5	6	8	5

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2019	Afghanistan	5
	Bangladesh
	Kyrgyzstan
	Maldives
	Nepal
2021	Sri Lanka	2
	Uzbekistan
2023	India	2
	Kazakhstan
2024	Iran	1

Awards

Most Valuable Player Year Most Valuable Player 2019 Pratibha Mali 2023 Nirmal Tanwar 2024 Shaalini Saravanan

Best Spiker Year Best Opposite Spiker 2019 Pratibha Mali

Best Setter Year Best Setter 2019 Madina Mirlan Kyzy 2023 Jini K. S. 2024 Juhi Shaw

Best Libero Year Best Libero 2019 Salina Shrestha 2023 Salina Shrestha 2024 Salina Shrestha

Best Middle Blocker Year Best Middle Blockers 2019 Bithe 2023 Soorya S. 2024 Soorya S. Mobina Sadat Ghafarianambarani

Best Outside Hitter Year Best Libero 2023 Uatayeva Bota 2024 Masoumeh Ghadami Tabaghdehi Shaalini Saravanan

Best Opposite Hitter Year Best Libero 2023 Zarina Sitkazinova 2024 Saraswoti Chaudhary

References

1. "CAVA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGE CUP IN NEPAL KICKS OFF WITH GRAND OPENING CEREMONY". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
2. "India thrashes Kazakhstan to win CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup 2023". The Hindu. 29 May 2023.
3. "India claim CAVA Challenge Cup". The Kathmandu Post. 29 May 2023.

External links

• Official AVC website

• Recurring sporting events established in 2019
• International volleyball competitions
• International women's volleyball competitions
• Volleyball competitions in Asia