Central Asian Volleyball Association

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Central Asian Volleyball Association

Abbreviation	CAVA
Formation	December 1993; 30 years ago
Region served	Central Asia and South Asia
Membership	14 member associations
Official language	English
President	Mohamed Latheef
Parent organization	AVC
Website	cava.asia

The Central Asian Volleyball Association is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Central Asia and South Asia.

In the spirit of the FIVB 2001 plan, AVC was the first to create five zonal associations at the 10th general assembly in December 1993.

Members associations

Code	Association	National teams	IOC member	OCA member
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
BGD	Bangladesh	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
BTN	Bhutan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
IRN	Iran	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
KAZ	Kazakhstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes

Ranking

Men's national teams Senior team Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[1] CAZVA AVC FIVB Country Points Change 1 1 8  Iran 254 2 8 39  Pakistan 116 1 3 10 59  Sri Lanka 100 1 4 11 65  Kazakhstan 96 5 14 78  India 74 6 18 91  Bangladesh 57  Kyrgyzstan  Maldives 9 27 136  Afghanistan 50  Bhutan    Nepal  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan Last updated: 17 November 2020

Women's national teams Senior team Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[2] CAZVA AVC FIVB Country Points Change 1 5 21  Kazakhstan 157 2 8 54  India 97 3 10 63  Iran 89 4 12 71  Sri Lanka 79 5 17 86  Maldives 57    Nepal 7 19 119  Afghanistan 50  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan Last updated: 17 November 2020

Executive committee

Position	Name
President	Mohamed Latheef
Members	Ramvtar Singh
	Klych Sarbaghyshev
	Jitendra Bahadur Chand

Competitions

2015 Asian Central Championship

2016 Asian Central Championship

2017 Asian Central Championship

2018 Asian Central Championship

2019 Asian Central Championship

2022 Asian Central Championship

Volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event
Men tournament
Asian Games	Iran	China	Japan	2022[3]
Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	Japan	Iran	Qatar	2023[4]
Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship	Iran	India	South Korea	2022
Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship	Japan	Iran	India	2022[5]
Women tournament
South Asian Games	India	Nepal	Sri Lanka	2019

Beach volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event
Men tournament
South Asian Beach Games	Wasantha Ratnapala – Jude Mahesh (SRI)	Naveen Sampath – Pubudu Kumara (SRI)	Sivabalan – Dhara (IND)	2011
Women tournament
South Asian Beach Games	Geethika – Thaksila (SRI)	Ganga Sagari – Sujeewa Vithanage (SRI)	Hemamalini – Ragana (IND)	2011

See also

• East Asian Zonal Volleyball Association
• Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association
• Southeast Asian Volleyball Association

References

External links

• AVC official website (in English)