SEA V.League

The Southeast Asian Volleyball League, also known as SEA V.League (formerly known as ASEAN Grand Prix), is a series of international volleyball tournaments featuring teams from Southeast Asia.

SEA V.League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 SEA Men's V.League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2017; 7 years ago (2017)
First season	2023 (men) 2019 (women)
No. of teams	4
Countries	Indonesia  Philippines  Thailand  Vietnam
Continent	AVC (Southeast Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Thailand (2nd title) W:  Thailand (7th title)
Most titles	M:  Indonesia &  Thailand (2 titles) W:  Thailand (7 titles)
Official website	SEA V.League

History

Plans of a regional women's volleyball league in Southeast Asia was first conceived in 2013 when AVC secretary-general Shanrit Wongprasert of Thailand met with officials of the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, the national volleyball association of the Philippines. The league was proposed to adopt a home and away format as an effort to promote women's volleyball in the region.^[1]

SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc., the Philippine-based organizer of the Philippine Super Liga, along with club leagues from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, was reportedly backing such plans. By July 2015, only "finishing touches" are yet to be made which includes the mechanics and official name of the tournament.^[2]

In December 2016, it was reported that the inaugural edition of the tournament was reportedly to be named as the "Southeast Asian SuperLiga" it was planned to be held from September 14 to 17, 2017.^[3] In January 2017, the tournament's name reportedly became the ASEAN Grand Prix.^[4]

The ASEAN Grand Prix was first held in 2019. Two separate tournaments was held in Thailand and the Philippines with Thailand winning the title for both competitions.^[5][6]

The series returned in 2022 as the ASEAN Grand Prix Women's Volleyball Invitation with a tournament scheduled in Thailand. A men's tournament was planned to be held in Indonesia and the Philippines as well such plan did not come to fruition.^[7] Thailand defended their AGP title after sweeping the three teams at the 2022 tournament.

From 2023, the tournament was renamed to Southeast Asian Volleyball League (SEA V.League). Men's tournament also made inaugural edition in 2023.^[8]

In 2024, a new tournament named SEA V.League Challenge was created for the men's division, which includes some other national teams in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore). The winner of SEA V.League Challenge will earn the right to participate in the next edition of SEA V.League, replacing the last placed team in the recent edition of SEA V.League.^[9]

Summary

Men's tournament

Year	Leg	Host
				Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
2023	First	Bogor		Indonesia	Thailand	Vietnam	Philippines
	Second	Santa Rosa		Indonesia	Vietnam	Thailand	Philippines
2024	First	Manila		Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Vietnam
	Second	Yogyakarta		Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Vietnam

Women's tournament

Year	Leg	Host
				Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
2019	First	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Vietnam
	Second	Santa Rosa		Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Vietnam
2022	—	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	Vietnam	Indonesia	Philippines
2023	First	Vĩnh Phúc		Thailand	Vietnam	Indonesia	Philippines
	Second	Chiang Mai		Thailand	Vietnam	Indonesia	Philippines
2024	First	Vĩnh Phúc		Thailand	Vietnam	Philippines	Indonesia
	Second	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	Vietnam	Philippines	Indonesia

Participating nations

Men's tournament

Legend

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third placers
4th	Fourth placers
	Promoted to the next year's V.League
	Relegated to the next year's V.League Challenge

Team	2023		2024		2025		Total
	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Cambodia	did not participate		SEA VLC		Q	Q	0
Indonesia	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	Q	Q	4
Philippines	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	Q	Q	4
Thailand	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	Q	Q	4
Vietnam	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	SEA VLC		4

Women's tournament

Team	2019		2022	2023		2024		Total
	1st	2nd		1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Indonesia	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	7
Philippines	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	7
Thailand	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	7
Vietnam	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	7

Debut of teams

Men's tournament Years Debutants Total 2023  Indonesia 4  Philippines  Thailand  Vietnam 2025  Cambodia 1 Women's tournament Year Debutants Total 2019  Indonesia 4  Philippines  Thailand  Vietnam

Awards

Men's tournament

Year	Leg		Most Valuable Player	Best Setter	Best Outside Spikers		Best Middle Blockers		Best Opposite Spiker	Best Libero
2023	First		Fahry Septian Putratama	Đinh Văn Duy	Anurak Phanram	Farhan Halim	Hendra Kurniawan	Kissada Nilsawai	Steve Rotter	Tanapat Charoensuk
	Second		Farhan Halim	Đinh Văn Duy	Jakkrit Thanomnoi	Boy Arnez Arabi	Hendra Kurniawan	Trương Thế Khải	Steve Rotter	Prasojo
2024	First		Kissada Nilsawai	Dio Zulfikri	Napadet Bhinijdee	Michaelo Buddin	Kim Malabunga	Hendra Kurniawan	Phạm Văn Hiệp	Tanapat Charoensuk
	Second		Napadet Bhinijdee	Dio Zulfikri	Michaelo Buddin	Farhan Halim	Kissada Nilsawai	Trần Duy Tuyến	Napadet Bhinijdee	Tanapat Charoensuk

Women's tournament

Year	Leg		Most Valuable Player	Best Spiker	Best Server	Best Middle Blocker	Best Setter	Best Libero
2019	First		Onuma Sittirak	Chatchu-on Moksri	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi	Majoy Baron	Tri Retno Mutiara Lutfi	Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên
	Second		Pleumjit Thinkaow	Pimpichaya Kokram	Ratri Wulandari	Majoy Baron	Tri Retno Mutiara Lutfi	Dawn Macandili

Year	Leg		Most Valuable Player	Best Setter	Best Outside Spikers		Best Middle Blockers		Best Opposite Spiker	Best Libero
2022	N/A		Pimpichaya Kokram	Pornpun Guedpard	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Nguyễn Thị Trinh	Tichakorn Boonlert	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi	Kyla Atienza
2023	First		Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Wilda Nurfadhilah	Thatdao Nuekjang	Hoàng Thị Kiều Trinh	Piyanut Pannoy
	Second		Chatchu-on Moksri	Arneta Putri Amelian	Vi Thị Như Quỳnh	Ratri Wulandari	Đoàn Thị Xuân	Jarasporn Bundasak	Alyssa Solomon	Piyanut Pannoy
2024	First		Chatchu-on Moksri	Jia De Guzman	Chatchu-on Moksri	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Thea Gagate	Đinh Thị Trà Giang	Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền	Piyanut Pannoy
	Second		Chatchu-on Moksri	Pornpun Guedpard	Chatchu-on Moksri	Vi Thị Như Quỳnh	Thatdao Nuekjang	Wilda Nurfadhilah	Alyssa Solomon	Nguyễn Khánh Đang

Medals summary

Men's tournament Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Indonesia 2 2 0 4 2  Thailand 2 1 1 4 3  Vietnam 0 1 1 2 4  Philippines 0 0 2 2 Totals (4 entries) 4 4 4 12

Women's tournament Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand 7 0 0 7 2  Vietnam 0 5 0 5 3  Indonesia 0 2 3 5 4  Philippines 0 0 4 4 Totals (4 entries) 7 7 7 21

Combined medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	9	1	1	11
2	Indonesia (INA)	2	4	3	9
3	Vietnam (VIE)	0	6	1	7
4	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	6	6
Totals (4 entries)		11	11	11	33

SEA V.League qualifier

Men's tournament

Year		Relegated Team	Remaining Teams					V.League Challenge Winner
2023		—	Indonesia	Philippines	Thailand	Vietnam		—
2024		Vietnam				Only 3 teams remain		Cambodia

See also

• Southeast Asian Volleyball Association
• SEA V.League Challenge

References

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