India women's national volleyball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national volleyball team.

India
AssociationVolleyball Federation of India
ConfederationAVC
Head coachJai Narain
FIVB ranking57 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 1952)
Best result8th (1952)
Asian Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1979)
Best result7th (1979, 2023)
Honours
Asian Challenge Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Nakhon Pathom Team
CAVA Challenge Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kathmandu Team
Lusofonia Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Goa Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lisbon Team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Kathmandu Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu Team

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
Japan 1964–1972 West Germany did not qualify –
Canada 1976 did not enter did not enter
Soviet Union 1980 did not qualify 7th
United States 1984 did not enter did not enter
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992 did not qualify 14th
United States 1996–2020 Japan did not qualify
France 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
Soviet Union 1952 Round robin 8th 7 0 7 –
France 1956–1974 Mexico did not qualify
Soviet Union 1978 did not enter did not enter
Peru 1982 did not qualify 6 0 6
Czechoslovakia 1986–1990 China did not enter did not enter
Brazil 1994 did not qualify 14th
Japan 1998–2010 Japan did not enter did not enter
Japan 2014 did not qualify 6 3 3
Japan 2018 suspended suspended
Netherlands/Poland 2022 did not qualify no Asian qualification were held
Thailand 2025 did not qualify 5 1 4
Totals 1/20 8th 7 0 7 6 3 9

Asian Championship

Asian Volleyball Championship record
Year Position
Hong Kong 1979 7th
China 1991 11th
China 2005 8th
Vietnam 2009 11th
Chinese Taipei 2011 11th
Thailand 2013 11th
China 2015 10th
South Korea 2019 10th
Thailand 2023 7th

Asian Challenge Cup

Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup record
Year Position
Thailand 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Indonesia 2023 4th
Philippines 2024 5th

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Position
India 1982 6th
China 2010 9th
South Korea 2014 8th
Indonesia 2018 10th
China 2022 9th

CAVA Challenge Cup

CAVA Challenge Cup record
Year Position
Nepal 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games record
Year Position
Portugal 2009 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
India 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year Position[6][7]
Nepal 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pakistan 2004 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sri Lanka 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bangladesh 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s)
India 2016 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nepal 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Results and schedule

2024

Main article: 2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
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) 29 January 1997 (age 27) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) 275 cm (9 ft 0 in) India Karnataka
2 L Aswathi Raveendran (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27) 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) 275 cm (9 ft 0 in) 260 cm (8 ft 6 in) India Kerala
4 OH Shaalini S. (2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 24) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) India Tamil Nadu
5 MB Shilpa R. S. (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) 297 cm (9 ft 9 in) India Kerala
6 MB Soorya S. (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 25) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 302 cm (9 ft 11 in) 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) India Kerala
7 S Jini K. S. (c) (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 278 cm (9 ft 1 in) 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) India Kerala
8 MB Aswani K. (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) 280 cm (9 ft 2 in) India Kerala
9 OP Roli Pathak (2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 22) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 293 cm (9 ft 7 in) 283 cm (9 ft 3 in) India Madhya Pradesh
10 OH Kavita (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 298 cm (9 ft 9 in) 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) India Rajasthan
11 OP Anagha Radhakrishnan (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) 294 cm (9 ft 8 in) India Kerala
13 OH Anushree K. P. (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 296 cm (9 ft 9 in) 285 cm (9 ft 4 in) India Kerala
14 MB Purna Shukla (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 299 cm (9 ft 10 in) 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) India Gujarat
17 S Juhi Shaw (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 29) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 278 cm (9 ft 1 in) 267 cm (8 ft 9 in) India West Bengal
18 L Anannya Das (2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 24) 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) 263 cm (8 ft 8 in) India Odisha

Notable players

See also

References

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  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". 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 18 June 2023.