India women's national volleyball team

India
Association	Volleyball Federation of India
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Jai Narain
FIVB ranking	57 (as of 30 May 2024)
Uniforms
Home	Away
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 1952)
Best result	8th (1952)
Asian Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1979)
Best result	7th (1979, 2023)
Asian Challenge Cup
CAVA Challenge Cup
Lusofonia Games
South Asian Games

The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.

In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 Asian Games.[1][2][3][4] The team won the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games as they defeated Nepal in the final.[5]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.

Summer Olympics record						Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1964–1972	Did not qualify					–
1976	Did not enter					Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify					7th
1984	Did not enter					Did not enter
1988	Did not enter					Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify					14th
1996–2020	Did not qualify					Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify					Did not qualify
Total	0/15					0	0	0

FIVB World Championship

India has qualified only once in the World Championship.

FIVB World Championship record						Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1952	Round robin	8th	7	0	7	–
1956–1974	Did not qualify					–
1978	Did not enter					Did not enter
1982	Did not qualify					6	0	6
1986–1990	Did not enter					Did not enter
1994	Did not qualify					14th
1998–2010	Did not enter					Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify					6	3	3
2018	Suspended					Suspended
and 2022	Did not qualify					No Asian qualification were held
2025	TBD					TBD
Totals	1/19	8th	7	0	7	6	3	9

Asian Championship

Asian Volleyball Championship record
Year	Position
1979	7th
1991	11th
2005	8th
2009	11th
2011	11th
2013	11th
2015	10th
2019	10th
2023	7th

Asian Challenge Cup

Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup record
Year	Position
2022
2023	4th
2024	5th

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Position
1982	6th
2010	9th
2014	8th
2018	10th
2022	9th

CAVA Challenge Cup

CAVA Challenge Cup record
Year	Position
2023

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games record
Year	Position
2009
2014

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year	Position[6][7]
1999
2004
2006
2010
2016
2019

Results and schedule

2023

30 September 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00	India	1–3 (80–98)	North Korea	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
	(25–23, 22–25, 17–25, 16–25)

1 October 2023 19:00 UTC+08:00	China	3–0 (75–27)	India	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
	(25–9, 25–9, 25–9)

4 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00	India	3–1 (101–91)	Nepal	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
	(25–23, 26–28, 25–23, 25–17)

6 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00	India	3–0 (75–53)	Mongolia	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–17)

7 October 2023 10:30 UTC+08:00	India	3–2 (103–96)	Hong Kong	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
	(25-18, 18–25, 20–25, 25-19, 15–9)

2024

22 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–0 (75–61)	Iran	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–17, 25–23, 25–21)

23 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3 (48–75)	India	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(19–25, 13–25, 16–25)

24 May 2024 19:00 UTC+08:00	India	1–3 (81–97)	Philippines	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–22, 21–25, 17–25, 18–25)

25 May 2024 16:00 UTC+08:00	Australia	3–1 (92–99)	India	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(26–24, 25–16, 19–25, 29–27)

28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–1 (107–93)	Indonesia	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–16, 30–32, 25–20, 27–25)

28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–0 (75–44)	Iran	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–17, 25–16, 25–11)

Current squad

The following list consists of 14 players who are called for 2024 Asian Women's Challenge Cup.[8]

Head coach: Jai Narain

#	Position	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block	2023–24 Club
1	OH	Pooja N Prasad	(1997-01-29) January 29, 1997	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	Karnataka
2	L	Aswathi Raveendran	(1997-06-25) June 25, 1997	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	260 cm (8 ft 6 in)	Kerala
4	OH	Shaalini S.	(2000-07-19) July 19, 2000	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Tamil Nadu
5	MB	Shilpa R. S.	(2002-02-26) February 26, 2002	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	297 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
6	MB	Soorya S.	(1998-12-16) December 16, 1998	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	302 cm (9 ft 11 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
7	S	Jini K. S. (c)	(1996-09-10) September 10, 1996	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	278 cm (9 ft 1 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Kerala
8	MB	Aswani K.	(1996-06-17) June 17, 1996	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	290 cm (9 ft 6 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	Kerala
9	OP	Roli Pathak	(2002-06-20) June 20, 2002	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	293 cm (9 ft 7 in)	283 cm (9 ft 3 in)	Madhya Pradesh
10	OH	Kavita	(2006-01-15) January 15, 2006	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Rajasthan
11	OP	Anagha Radhakrishnan	(2002-07-10) July 10, 2002	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	294 cm (9 ft 8 in)	Kerala
13	OH	Anushree K. P.	(1997-10-08) October 8, 1997	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Kerala
14	MB	Purna Shukla	(2002-08-09) August 9, 2002	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	299 cm (9 ft 10 in)	290 cm (9 ft 6 in)	Gujarat
17	S	Juhi Shaw	(1995-08-26) August 26, 1995	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	278 cm (9 ft 1 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	West Bengal
18	L	Anannya Das	(2000-10-14) October 14, 2000	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	272 cm (8 ft 11 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	Odisha

Notable players

References

"India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
"Asian Games 2018 Name of Indian Athletes: Complete List of 541-Member Contingent for 37 Sports Events at Jakarta Palembang Asian Games | LatestLY". Latestly. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
"Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
"Volleyball teams for Asian Games". The Hindu. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
"Volleyball is my first love: Shahi". The Himalayan Times. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
"Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
"South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 18 June 2023.

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[1] "India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[2] "Asian Games 2018 Name of Indian Athletes: Complete List of 541-Member Contingent for 37 Sports Events at Jakarta Palembang Asian Games | LatestLY". Latestly. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[3] "Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[4] "Volleyball teams for Asian Games". The Hindu. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[5] "Volleyball is my first love: Shahi". The Himalayan Times. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[6] "Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG". Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[7] "South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes". Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[avcclcw1-8] Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 18 June 2023.

Women's National Volleyball Teams of Asia (AVC)
Asian Volleyball Confederation
Zone 1 (WAVA)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Zone 2 (CAVA)	Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Zone 3 (EAZVA)	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Zone 4 (SEAVA)	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Zone 5 (OZVA)	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands FS of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Asian Women's Volleyball Championship