Volleyball at the Asian Games
Volleyball for men is played at the Asian Games since the 1958 edition in Tokyo, Japan. Women event is played since the 1962 edition in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Summary
Men
Women
Men – Nine-a-side
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1958 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
No playoffs | South Korea |
Republic of China |
No playoffs | Hong Kong | ||
| 1962 |
Jakarta |
Japan |
No playoffs | South Korea |
Philippines |
No playoffs | Indonesia | ||
Women – Nine-a-side
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1962 |
Jakarta |
Japan |
No playoffs | South Korea |
Indonesia |
No playoffs | Philippines | ||
Medal table
Total
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 16 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 18 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | South Korea | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Men – Nine-a-side
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Women – Nine-a-side
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Participating nations
Men
| Team | 1958 |
1962 |
1966 |
1970 |
1974 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 1 |
| Bahrain | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 12th | 4 |
| Bangladesh | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Cambodia | • | 7th | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | 3 |
| China | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 9th | 2nd | 13 |
| Chinese Taipei | • | • | 7th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 3rd | 11th | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 5th | • | • | • | • | 14th | 14th | 11th | 8th | • | • | • | 13th | 17th | 15th | 19th | 16th | 10 |
| India | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | • | 5th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | • | • | 7th | 5th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 12th | 6th | 14 |
| Indonesia | • | 4th | 5th | 6th | • | • | 6th | 10th | • | • | 6th | • | • | 13th | • | 6th | 8th | 9 |
| Iran | 2nd | • | 3rd | 5th | 4th | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 11 |
| Iraq | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Japan | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 17 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 8th | • | 7th | 9th | 10th | 17th | 9th | 7 |
| Kuwait | • | • | • | • | 8th | 6th | 7th | 6th | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | 8th | • | • | 7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 14th | 2 |
| Lebanon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Macau | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Malaysia | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | • | 16th | 20th | • | 4 |
| Mongolia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 17th | 17th | • | 18th | 15th | 5 |
| Myanmar | • | 6th | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | 14th | 14th | 11th | • | 6 |
| Nepal | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 12th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 18th | 5 |
| North Korea | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| North Yemen | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Pakistan | • | 3rd | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | • | 8th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 7th | • | 10th | 11th | 8th | 5th | 14 |
| Palestine | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Philippines | 4th | 9th | 8th | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 5 |
| Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 10th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 9th | 5th | 6th | • | • | • | 3rd | 7th | 12th | 10th | • | 8 |
| South Korea | • | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 16 |
| South Yemen | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 2 |
| Thailand | • | 8th | 6th | 7th | • | 10th | • | 9th | • | • | 5th | • | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 10th | 11 |
| Turkmenistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 13th | • | • | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Vietnam | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 14th | • | 4 |
| Number of teams | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 |
Women
| Team | 1962 |
1966 |
1970 |
1974 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 1 |
| Cambodia | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| China | • | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 13 |
| Chinese Taipei | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 6th | 10 |
| Hong Kong | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 11th | 10th | 4 |
| India | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3rd | • | 7th | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 4 |
| Iran | • | 3rd | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Japan | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 16 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 8th | 7 |
| Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | • | • | 2 |
| Mongolia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 4 |
| Myanmar | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Nepal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 1 |
| North Korea | • | • | • | 4th | 4th | 4th | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 7th | 6 |
| Philippines | 4th | 4th | 6th | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 5 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 16 |
| Tajikistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 11th | • | • | • | 2 |
| Thailand | • | 5th | 8th | 5th | • | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 13 | |
| Vietnam | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | 4th | 3 |
| Number of teams | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Men – Nine-a-side
| Team | 1958 |
1962 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 3rd | • | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 4th | • | 1 |
| Indonesia | • | 4th | 1 |
| Japan | 1st | 1st | 2 |
| Malaysia | • | 6th | 1 |
| Philippines | 5th | 3rd | 2 |
| Singapore | • | 5th | 1 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 2nd | 2 |
| Number of teams | 5 | 6 |
Women – Nine-a-side
| Team | 1962 |
Years |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3rd | 1 |
| Japan | 1st | 1 |
| Philippines | 4th | 1 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 1 |
| Number of teams | 4 |