The AVC Club Volleyball Championship is a sport

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 competition for club volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 teams, currently held annually and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation

Asian Volleyball Confederation

Asian Volleyball Confederation is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Asia.- Profile :The Asian Volleyball Confederation was established on May 6th, 1952, and since then AVC has become one of the largest continental volleyball associations in the world, with its member...

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 federation. From the year of 2004, the names of AVC Club Tournaments changed from "AVC Cup Men's/Women's Club Tournaments" to "Asian Men's/Women's Club Volleyball Championship". 2003 AVC Men's and Women's Club Tournaments were cancelled due to the outbreak of SARS

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Peace Cup

The competition started as the Peace Cup back in 1989 and the tournament was held annually until 1998. The first six editions hosted by Hiroshima

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Japan

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Men

Year	Host	Champion	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
1999 Details	Hefei Hefei Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in Eastern China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Anhui...	Sichuan Fulan	Samsung Insurance Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs is a Korean professional volleyball team founded in 1995 and changed as a professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation...	Paykan Tehran	Chengdu Enwei
2000 Details	Suphanburi Suphanburi Suphan Buri is a town in central Thailand, capital of the Suphan Buri Province. It covers the whole tambon Tha Philiang and parts of the tambon Rua Yai and Tha Rahat, all within the Mueang Suphan Buri district...	Samsung Insurance Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs is a Korean professional volleyball team founded in 1995 and changed as a professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation...	Paykan Tehran	Jin Han Wang	PTT
2001 Details	Shehong	Samsung Insurance Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs is a Korean professional volleyball team founded in 1995 and changed as a professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation...	Suntory Sunbirds Suntory Sunbirds Suntory Sunbirds is a men's volleyball team based in Osaka city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1973.The owner of the club is Suntory.-Honours:Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League...	Shanghai Cable TV	Sichuan Fulan
2002 Details	Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...	Paykan Tehran	Sanam Tehran	Atyrau FC Atyrau FC Atyrau are a Kazakh football club based at the Munayshy Stadium in Atyrau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been promoted in 2001, and have played in the top division for the last six seasons. In that time they have twice been league runners-up...	Al-Rayyan
2004 Details	Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...	Sanam Tehran	Paykan Tehran	Atyrau FC Atyrau FC Atyrau are a Kazakh football club based at the Munayshy Stadium in Atyrau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been promoted in 2001, and have played in the top division for the last six seasons. In that time they have twice been league runners-up...	Shanghai Oriental
2005 Details	Islamabad Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...	Rahat CSKA	Saipa Tehran	Shanghai Oriental	Habib Bank Limited
2006 Details	Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...	Paykan Tehran	Rahat CSKA	Jakarta BNI Taplus	Army
2007 Details	Manama Manama Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155,000 people.Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population...	Paykan Tehran	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...	Al-Arabi	Al-Najma Al-Najma Al-Najma is a Bahraini football club based in Manama. They play in the top division in Bahraini football. Some of their famous players are striker mourad faris ,Rashed Jamal,young Bahrain Olympic team player Hamad Faisal , Yemeni international defender Salem Saeed ,and the main goalkeeper of the...
2008 Details	Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	Paykan Tehran	Almaty	Suntory Sunbirds Suntory Sunbirds Suntory Sunbirds is a men's volleyball team based in Osaka city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1973.The owner of the club is Suntory.-Honours:Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League...	Al-Nasr Al-Nasr Sports Club Al-Nasr Sports Club , is a professional association football club located in Dubai and plays in the UAE Pro-League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic was founded in 1945 and considered as the first and the oldest club in the UAE...
2009 Details	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...	Paykan Tehran	Al-Hilal Al-Hilal Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...	Al-Arabi	Al-Nasr Al-Nasr Sports Club Al-Nasr Sports Club , is a professional association football club located in Dubai and plays in the UAE Pro-League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic was founded in 1945 and considered as the first and the oldest club in the UAE...
2010 Details 2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship The 2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 11th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Zhenjiang Gymnasium, Zhenjiang, China.-Pools composition:...	Zhenjiang Zhenjiang Zhenjiang is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Jiangsu province in the eastern People's Republic of China . Sitting on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Changzhou to the east, and Yangzhou across the river to the north.Once...	Paykan Tehran	Al-Arabi	Panasonic Panthers Panasonic Panthers Panasonic Panthers is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1952.The owner of the club is Panasonic Corporation.-Honours:Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League...	Shanghai Tang Dynasty
2011 Details 2011 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship The 2011 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 12th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Sriwijaya Sport Hall, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.-Pools composition:...	Palembang Palembang Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square...	Paykan Tehran	Almaty	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	Osaka Blazers Sakai Osaka Blazers Sakai Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League.The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also included football club Yawata Steel F.C....
2012 Details	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

Titles by country

1	Iran	8	4	1	13
2	South Korea	2	1	0	3
3	Kazakhstan	1	3	2	6
4	People's Republic of China	1	0	4	5
5	Saudi Arabia	0	2	0	2
6	Japan	0	1	2	3
	Qatar	0	1	2	3
8	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

Women

Year	Host	Champion	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
1999 Details 1999 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament The 1999 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament was the 1st staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.-Final standing:-References:*...	Ubon Ratchathani Amphoe Mueang Ubon Ratchathani Mueang Ubon Ratchathani is the capital district of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district was originally named Buphapala Nikhom...	LG Caltex Oil Corp	Aero Thai	Shanghai Cable TV Shanghai Dunlop Shanghai Dunlop Women Volleyball Team is a professional volleyball team in Chinese Volleyball League.They have won five league titles.Their head coach is Zhang Limin.- Team member 2010-2011:-Career titles:Chinese Volleyball LeagueAVC Club Championship...	Alma Dinamo
2000 Details 2000 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament The 2000 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament was the 2nd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Shaoxing, China.-Final standing:-References:*...	Shaoxing Shaoxing Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. It was once known as "越"...	Shanghai Cable TV Shanghai Dunlop Shanghai Dunlop Women Volleyball Team is a professional volleyball team in Chinese Volleyball League.They have won five league titles.Their head coach is Zhang Limin.- Team member 2010-2011:-Career titles:Chinese Volleyball LeagueAVC Club Championship...	NEC Red Rockets NEC Red Rockets is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The owner of the team is NEC.The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC’s corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League tournament...	Zhejiang Nandu	Hyundai Greenfox
2001 Details 2001 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament The 2001 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament was the 3rd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.-Final standing:-References:*...	Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...	Shanghai Cable TV Shanghai Dunlop Shanghai Dunlop Women Volleyball Team is a professional volleyball team in Chinese Volleyball League.They have won five league titles.Their head coach is Zhang Limin.- Team member 2010-2011:-Career titles:Chinese Volleyball LeagueAVC Club Championship...	Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1948....	Aero Thai	Rahat CSKA
2002 Details	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...	Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1948....	BEC World	Rahat Almaty	Shanghai Cable TV Shanghai Dunlop Shanghai Dunlop Women Volleyball Team is a professional volleyball team in Chinese Volleyball League.They have won five league titles.Their head coach is Zhang Limin.- Team member 2010-2011:-Career titles:Chinese Volleyball LeagueAVC Club Championship...
2004 Details	Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	Rahat Almaty	Bayi Yiyang Bayi (Army) Keming Surface Industry Bayi Keming Surface Industry is a professional women's volleyball club based in Hunan and play in the 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League. They won the championship in 2001.Fan Linlin, Yang Junjing are national team players...	Chung Shan	Astana Kanaty
2005 Details	Ninh Binh Ninh Bình Ninh Bình is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ninh Binh province.-Geography:Ninh Binh city located in the southernmost plains north Vietnam...	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....	Chung Shan	Korea Highway Corporation	Rahat CSKA
2006 Details	Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....	Chung Shan	Sang Som	Rahat CSKA
2007 Details	Vinh Phuc	Rahat CSKA	Sang Som	Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs Hisamitsu Springs is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1948....	Sobaeksu
2008 Details	Vinh Phuc	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....	Sang Som	Toray Arrows Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) Toray Arrows is a women's volleyball team based in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 2000. The owner of the team is Toray Industries.The jersey number of the team is the order of the age.-Honours:...	Sobaeksu
2009 Details	Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom is a city in central Thailand, capital of the Nakhon Pathom Province. One of the most important landmarks is the giant Phra Pathom Chedi...	Federbrau Federbrau Volleyball Federbrau is a women's volleyball club, based in Bangkok, Thailand. The club plays in the Thailand Volleyball Championship Serie A, which started in 2008.-History:...	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....	Toray Arrows Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) Toray Arrows is a women's volleyball team based in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 2000. The owner of the team is Toray Industries.The jersey number of the team is the order of the age.-Honours:...	Zhetysu Almaty
2010 Details 2010 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship The 2010 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 11th edition of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Tri Dharma Hall, Gresik, Surabaya, Indonesia.-Pools composition:...	Gresik	Federbrau Federbrau Volleyball Federbrau is a women's volleyball club, based in Bangkok, Thailand. The club plays in the Thailand Volleyball Championship Serie A, which started in 2008.-History:...	Zhetysu Almaty	JT Marvelous JT Marvelous JT Marvelous is a women's volleyball team owned by Japan Tobacco Ltd., and based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League.-Honours:Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League*Champion :2010-11*Runners-up : 2006-2007, 2009–10...	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....
2011 Details 2011 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship The 2011 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 12th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Vinh Phuc Gymnasium, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.-Pools composition:...	Vinh Phuc	Chang	Tianjin Bridgestone Tianjin Bridgestone The Tianjin Bridgestone Women Volleyball team is one of the most successful professional volleyball clubs in the Chinese Volleyball League, based in the city of Tianjin, China....	Zhetysu Almaty	Thong Tin Lien Viet Bank
2012 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district...

Titles by country

1	People's Republic of China	5	3	2	10
2	Thailand	3	4	2	9
3	Kazakhstan	2	1	2	5
4	Japan	1	2	4	7
5	South Korea	1	0	1	2
6	Chinese Taipei	0	2	1	3
Total		12	12	12	36