Beach volleyball at the Asian Games
Beach volleyball was introduced at the Asian Games in the 1998 edition and has been held at every edition since.
Summary
Men
Women
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1998 |
Bangkok |
Manatsanan Pangka Rattanaporn Arlaisuk |
2–0 | Yukiko Takahashi Mika Saiki |
Ryoko Tokuno Chiaki Kusuhara |
1–0 | Liu Chunying Zhang Jingkun | ||
| 2002 |
Busan |
Tian Jia Wang Fei |
2–0 | Wang Lu You Wenhui |
Ryoko Tokuno Chiaki Kusuhara |
2–0 | Kamoltip Kulna Jarunee Sannok | ||
| 2006 |
Doha |
Xue Chen Zhang Xi |
2–1 | Shinako Tanaka Eiko Koizumi |
Wang Jie Tian Jia |
2–0 | Kamoltip Kulna Jarunee Sannok | ||
| 2010 |
Guangzhou |
Xue Chen Zhang Xi |
2–0 | Huang Ying Yue Yuan |
Usa Tenpaksee Jarunee Sannok |
2–0 | Luk Teck Hua Beh Shun Thing | ||
| 2014 |
Incheon |
Ma Yuanyuan Xia Xinyi |
2–0 | Tanarattha Udomchavee Varapatsorn Radarong |
Wang Fan Yue Yuan |
2–0 | Yupa Phokongploy Usa Tenpaksee | ||
| 2018 |
Jakarta–Palembang |
Wang Fan Xia Xinyi |
2–1 | Megumi Murakami Miki Ishii |
Dhita Juliana Putu Dini Jasita Utami |
2–0 | Tatyana Mashkova Irina Tsimbalova | ||
| 2022 |
Hangzhou |
Xue Chen Xia Xinyi |
2–0 | Miki Ishii Sayaka Mizoe |
Wang Fan Dong Jie |
2–0 | Taravadee Naraphornrapat Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Participating nations
Men
| Team | 1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 17th | 25th | 2 | |||||
| 25th | 25th | |||||||
| Bahrain | 9th | 13th | 2 | |||||
| 17th | 17th | |||||||
| Bangladesh | 25th | 17th | 2 | |||||
| Cambodia | 7th | 9th | 17th | 17th | 4 | |||
| 25th | ||||||||
| China | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 7 |
| 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | |||
| Chinese Taipei | 17th | 1 | ||||||
| 25th | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 9th | 9th | 9th | 17th | 17th | 5 | ||
| 25th | ||||||||
| India | 17th | 9th | 17th | 3 | ||||
| 17th | 13th | 17th | ||||||
| Indonesia | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 7 |
| 3rd | 4th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | ||
| Iran | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4 | |||
| 9th | 5th | 5th | ||||||
| Japan | 5th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 9th | 7 |
| 5th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 9th | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 9th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 7 |
| 9th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 9th | 5th | |||
| Kuwait | 9th | 25th | 2 | |||||
| 17th | 25th | |||||||
| Macau | 25th | 1 | ||||||
| 25th | ||||||||
| Malaysia | 17th | 9th | 9th | 17th | 4 | |||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Maldives | 17th | 17th | 25th | 17th | 4 | |||
| 25th | 25th | |||||||
| Oman | 9th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 9th | 5 | ||
| 17th | 9th | 17th | 9th | 9th | ||||
| Palestine | 17th | 9th | 17th | 3 | ||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Philippines | 9th | 13th | 9th | 3 | ||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Qatar | 9th | 13th | 17th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 6 | |
| 9th | 17th | 25th | 9th | 17th | 9th | |||
| South Korea | 9th | 17th | 17th | 25th | 17th | 5 | ||
| 9th | 25th | 17th | 25th | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 9th | 9th | 9th | 17th | 4 | |||
| 17th | 17th | |||||||
| Tajikistan | 25th | 17th | 2 | |||||
| Thailand | 4th | 5th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 6 | |
| 5th | 9th | 25th | 9th | 9th | 9th | |||
| Timor-Leste | 25th | 25th | 25th | 17th | 4 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 17th | 1 | ||||||
| Vietnam | 17th | 1 | ||||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Yemen | 17th | 1 | ||||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Number of teams | 11 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 27 |
Women
| Team | 1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7 |
| 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | ||
| Chinese Taipei | 5th | 9th | 2 | |||||
| 9th | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 6 | |
| 13th | 9th | |||||||
| Indonesia | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4 | |||
| 7th | 5th | 9th | ||||||
| Iraq | 13th | 1 | ||||||
| Japan | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |
| 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | |||
| Kazakhstan | 9th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5 | ||
| 9th | 9th | 13th | 9th | |||||
| Macau | 9th | 1 | ||||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Malaysia | 7th | 4th | 2 | |||||
| Mongolia | 13th | 1 | ||||||
| Philippines | 9th | 7th | 5th | 3 | ||||
| 9th | ||||||||
| South Korea | 5th | 9th | 5th | 13th | 17th | 5 | ||
| 5th | 9th | 9th | 17th | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 9th | 9th | 9th | 3 | ||||
| 9th | ||||||||
| Tajikistan | 9th | 17th | 2 | |||||
| Thailand | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7 |
| 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5th | ||
| Timor-Leste | 9th | 17th | 2 | |||||
| Vietnam | 13th | 1 | ||||||
| 17th | ||||||||
| Number of teams | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 |