India women's national volleyball team

India
Association	Volleyball Federation of India
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Nilesh Mate
FIVB ranking	53 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home	Away
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 1952)
Best result	8th (1952)
Asian Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1979)
Best result	7th (1979, 2023)
Asian Nations Cup
CAVA Nations League
CAVA Challenge Cup
Lusofonia Games
South Asian Games

The India 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

Summer Olympics

Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.

Summer Olympics record						Qualification record
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	did not enter					did not enter
1992	did not qualify					14th
1996–2020	did not qualify					did not qualify
2024	did not qualify					did not qualify
Total	0/15					0	0	0

FIVB World Championship

India has qualified only once in the World Championship.

FIVB World Championship record						Qualification record
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
/ 2022	did not qualify					no Asian qualification were held
2025	did not qualify					5	1	4
Totals	1/20	8th	7	0	7	6	3	9

Asian Championship

Asian Volleyball Championship record
Year	Position
1979	7th
1991	11th
2005	8th
2009	11th
2011	11th
2013	11th
2015	10th
2019	10th
2023	7th

Asian Nations Cup

Asian Nations Cup record
Year	Position
2022
2023	4th
2024	5th
2025	9th

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Position
1982	6th
2010	9th
2014	8th
2018	10th
2022	9th

CAVA Nations League

CAVA Nations League record
Year	Position
2024

CAVA Challenge Cup

CAVA Challenge Cup record
Year	Position
2023

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games record
Year	Position
2009
2014

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year	Position^[6]^[7]
1999
2004
2006
2010
2016
2019

Results and schedule

2024

2024 CAVA Women's Nations League

1 August 2024 17:45 UTC+05:45		3–1	Iran	Kathmandu
	(25–20, 25–18, 19–25, 25–11) Report

2 August 2024 17:15 UTC+05:45		3–0	Maldives	Kathmandu
	(25–6, 25–11, 25–10) Report

3 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45		2–3	Nepal	Kathmandu
	(18–25, 25–12, 17–25, 25–18, 13–15) Report

5 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45		3–0	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu
	(25–13, 25–21, 25–20) Report

6 August 2024 15:00 UTC+05:45		3–0	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–23) Report

7 August 2024 17:00 UTC+05:45		3–2	Nepal	Kathmandu
	(23–25, 25–14, 22–25, 25–21, 15–5) Report

2025

8 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00		2–3	Hong Kong	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–22, 25–18, 15–25, 21–25, 16–18) Report

9 June 2025 12:30 UTC+07:00	Australia	3–1		Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(18–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–23) Report

11 June 2025 20:00 UTC+07:00	Vietnam	3–0		Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–19, 25–7, 25–8) Report

12 June 2025 17:30 UTC+07:00		1–3	Chinese Taipei	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(16–25, 20–25, 25–22, 17–25) Report

13 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00		3–1	New Zealand	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–15, 25–22) Report

14 June 2025 10:00 UTC+07:00		3–1	Mongolia	Đông Anh Gymnasium, Hanoi
	(25–23, 21–25, 25–18, 25-20) Report

Current squad

The following list consists of 14 players who were called for 2025 AVC Women's Nations Cup.^[8]

Head coach: Nilesh Matte

#	Position	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block	State
2	L	Sivapriya Govind	(1998-10-29) 29 October 1998	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	276 cm (9 ft 1 in)	268 cm (8 ft 10 in)	Kerala
3	MB	Abitha Anilkumar	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	273 cm (8 ft 11 in)	Kerala
4	OH	Shaalini Saravanan	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Tamil Nadu
5	OH	Ezhilmathi Dhanam Palanivel	(2001-11-29) 29 November 2001	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	Tamil Nadu
7	MB	Shilpa Rajendrandnair Sindhu	(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	297 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
8	OP	Anagha Radhakrishnan	(2002-07-10) 10 July 2002	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	294 cm (9 ft 8 in)	Kerala
10	MB	Ayushi Bhandari	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	289 cm (9 ft 6 in)	276 cm (9 ft 1 in)	Himachal Pradesh
11	OH	Kavita Suthar	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Rajasthan
12	MB	Anna Mathew	(2000-03-18) 18 March 2000	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	286 cm (9 ft 5 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	Kerala
13	OH	Anusree Kambrath Poyili (c)	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Kerala
14	S	Devika Devarajan Kallumambraparambil	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	273 cm (8 ft 11 in)	259 cm (8 ft 6 in)	Kerala
15	S	Amitha Keekoth	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	279 cm (9 ft 2 in)	266 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Kerala
16	MB	Ananya Sree Pullari	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	291 cm (9 ft 7 in)	277 cm (9 ft 1 in)	Telangana
18	L	Anannya Das	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	272 cm (8 ft 11 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	West Bengal

Notable players

References

^ "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.
^ "Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ "South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes". 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Nations Cup for Women 2025 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 7 August 2025.

[1] "India Announces Men's and Women's Rosters for 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[2] "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.

[3] "Volleyball squads for Asian Games announced". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[4] "Volleyball teams for Asian Games". The Hindu. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[5] "Volleyball is my first love: Shahi". The Himalayan Times. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[6] "Indian Women's Volleyball team wins gold in SAG". Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[7] "South Asian Games 2019: India add to gold haul after winning men's and women's volleyball summit clashes". 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[avcclcw1-8] Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Nations Cup for Women 2025 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 7 August 2025.

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