India women's national volleyball team
Association | Volleyball Federation of India | ||
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Confederation | AVC | ||
Head coach | Ajit Patil | ||
FIVB ranking | 62 (as of 31 July 2023) | ||
Uniforms | |||
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World Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (First in 1952) | ||
Best result | 8th (1952) | ||
Asian Championship | |||
Appearances | 9 (First in 1979) | ||
Best result | 7th (1979, 2023) | ||
Honours |
Indian 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[edit]
Summer Olympics[edit]
Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.
Summer Olympics record | Qualification record | ||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
1992 | Did not qualify | 14th | |||||||
1996–2020 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2024 | TBD | TBD | |||||||
Total | 0/15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FIVB World Championship[edit]
India has qualified only once in the World Championship.
FIVB World Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||
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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 | TBD | Qualified for second round | |||||||
Totals | 1/18 | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Asian Championship[edit]
Asian Volleyball Championship record | |||||
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Year | Position | ||||
1979 | 7th | ||||
1991 | 11th | ||||
2005 | 8th | ||||
2009 | 11th | ||||
2011 | 11th | ||||
2013 | 11th | ||||
2015 | 10th | ||||
2019 | 10th | ||||
2023 | 7th |
Asian Challenge Cup[edit]
Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup record | |||||
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Year | Position | ||||
2022 | |||||
2023 | 4th | ||||
2024 |
Asian Games[edit]
Asian Games record | |||||
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Year | Position | ||||
1982 | 6th | ||||
2010 | 9th | ||||
2014 | 8th | ||||
2018 | 10th | ||||
2022 | 9th |
South Asian Games[edit]
South Asian Games record | |||||
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Year | Position | ||||
1999 | Gold medal | ||||
2004 | Gold medal | ||||
2006 | Gold medal | ||||
2010 | Gold medal | ||||
2016 | Gold medal | ||||
2019 | Gold medal |
Notable players[edit]
- Minimol Abraham
- Saroj Kumari Piploda
- Aswani Kiran
- Priyanka Bora
- Priyanka Khedkar
- Nirmal Saini
- Jagmati Sangwan
- Soorya Thottangal
See also[edit]
- India men's national volleyball team
- India women's national under-20 volleyball team
- India women's national under-18 volleyball team
References[edit]
- ^ "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.