2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament.
2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityHangzhou
Dates9–14 June
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions China (6th title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Japan
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played16

The 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament is the 6th edition of the biannual continental championship, contested by the senior women's national sitting volleyball teams in the Asia and Oceania region, sanctioned by ParaVolley Asia Oceania. It was held in Hangzhou, China from 9 to 14 June 2025, marking the third time the Chinese hosted the tournament, after 2007 and 2017.

Seven teams took part, one less than the previous edition.

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with two spots available.

China are the defending champions, after beating Iran 3–0 in the 2023 final in Astana. China won their sixth title after beating Iran 3–0 in the final to defend their title.[1]

Teams

Seven teams took part, one less than the previous edition. Australia are present after being absent in 2023. Kazakhstan and India didn't participate after taking part in 2023.

Team[2] Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2024
 Australia 2nd 2007 1 N/A Sixth place (2007)
 China (H) 6th 2003 2023 6 1st Champions (2003, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2023)
 Iran 4th 2007 2 2nd Runners-up (2023)
 Japan 6th 2003 6 3rd Runners-up (2003, 2007, 2017, 2019)
 Mongolia 5th 2003 2 6th Third place (2003)
 South Korea 3rd 2019 3 4th Third place (2019)
 Thailand 2nd 2023 2 5th Fifth place (2023)

Squads

Australia

Simon Albury[3]
Joanna Argaet
Eliza Ault-Connell
Charlotte Bellsmith
Natalie Horobin
Bronwyn McColl
Megan McKee
Evie Ruffle
Carly Salmon
Mikayla Tuppurainen
Rachael Williams

Venue

The World ParaVolley Development Centre in Hangzhou was the venue. The venue hosted the 2017 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships and 2017 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6. The venue will also host the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships.

Hangzhou
World ParaVolley Development Centre
Capacity: Unknown

Format

The seven teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony demonstrated Hangzhou's local tradition through music and dance and showcased local artists with disabilities.[4]

Group stage

  • All times are local.
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Tiebreakers

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China (H) 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 49 3.061 Semifinals
2  Thailand 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 102 126 0.810
3  South Korea 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 73 150 0.487 Fifth place bracket
Source: 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 June 09:00 Thailand  3–0  South Korea 25–17 25–20 25–14     75–51 Report
10 June 14:00 China  3–0  Thailand 25–1 25–17 25–9     75–27 Report
11 June 09:00 South Korea  0–3  China 6–25 9–25 7–25     22–75 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 90 2.500 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 197 126 1.563
3  Australia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 68 225 0.302 Fifth place bracket
4  Mongolia 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 126 175 0.720
Source: 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 June 11:00 Iran  3–0  Australia 25–5 25–7 25–6     75–18 Report
9 June 14:00 Japan  3–0  Mongolia 25–6 25–9 25–11     75–26 Report
10 June 09:00 Australia  0–3  Mongolia 3–25 17–25 5–25     25–75 Report
10 June 11:00 Iran  3–0  Japan 25–8 25–17 25–22     75–47 Report
11 June 11:00 Japan  3–0  Australia 25–5 25–16 25–4     75–25 Report
11 June 14:00 Mongolia  0–3  Iran 4–25 8–25 13–25     25–75 Report

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
 China3
 
14 June
 
 Japan0
 
 China3
 
13 June
 
 Iran0
 
 Iran3
 
 
 Thailand0
 
Third place
 
 
14 June
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Thailand0

Semi finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 June 11:00 China  3–0  Japan 25–8 25–10 25–23     75–41 Report
13 June 14:00 Iran  3–0  Thailand 25–17 25–8 25–11     75–36 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 11:00 Japan  3–0  Thailand 25–20 25–20 25–11     75–51  

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 13:30 China  3–0  Iran 25–17 25–17 25–17     75–51  

5–7th placement group

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
5  Mongolia 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 179 135 1.326 Fifth place
6  South Korea 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 177 128 1.383 Sixth place
7  Australia 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 57 150 0.380 Seventh place
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 June 09:00 Mongolia  3–0  Australia 25–10 25–12 25–11     75–33 Report
13 June 16:00 South Korea  2–3  Mongolia 23–25 25–21 25–18 19–25 10–15 102–104 Report
14 June 09:00 Australia  0–3  South Korea 9–25 1–25 14–25     24–75  

Final rankings

By finishing as the top two teams beside world championship hosts China, Iran and Japan qualified for the world championship. Thailand achieved their best result, placing fourth.

Rank Team
 China
 Iran
 Japan
4  Thailand
5  Mongolia
6  South Korea
7  Australia
Team Qualified for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships

Notes

  1. ^ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/514317/Iran-runners-up-in-2025-PVAO-Sitting-Volleyball-Championships#:~:text=Sports,team%20to%20compete%20in%20PVAO
  2. ^ "Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships history page 50" (PDF). www.worldparavolley.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  3. ^ "Team Announcement – 2025 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships – Volleyball Australia".
  4. ^ Oceania, ParaVolley Asia (June 8, 2025). "PVAO Zonal Championships open in Hangzhou in high spirits < World ParaVolley".
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