India women's national volleyball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national volleyball team.

The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.

India

Association	Volleyball Federation of India
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Jai Narain
FIVB ranking	57 (as of 10 July 2024)
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)
Honours Asian Challenge Cup 2022 Nakhon Pathom Team CAVA Challenge Cup 2023 Kathmandu Team Lusofonia Games 2014 Goa Team 2009 Lisbon Team South Asian Games 1999 Kathmandu Team 2004 Islamabad Team 2006 Colombo Team 2010 Dhaka Team 2016 Guwahati Team 2019 Kathmandu Team

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
1992	did not qualify						14th
1996–2020							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 Challenge Cup

Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup record
Year	Position
2022
2023	4th
2024	5th

Asian Games

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

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

Main article: 2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

22 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–0 (75–61)	Iran	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–17, 25–23, 25–21)

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23 May 2024 13:00 UTC+08:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3 (48–75)	India	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(19–25, 13–25, 16–25)

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24 May 2024 19:00 UTC+08:00	India	1–3 (81–97)	Philippines	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–22, 21–25, 17–25, 18–25)

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25 May 2024 16:00 UTC+08:00	Australia	3–1 (92–99)	India	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(26–24, 25–16, 19–25, 29–27)

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28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–1 (107–93)	Indonesia	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–16, 30–32, 25–20, 27–25)

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28 May 2024 10:00 UTC+08:00	India	3–0 (75–44)	Iran	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila
	(25–17, 25–16, 25–11)

Current squad

The following list consists of 14 players who are called for 2024 Asian Women's Challenge Cup.^[8]

Head coach: Jai Narain

#	Position	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block	2023–24 Club
1	OH	Pooja N Prasad	(1997-01-29) January 29, 1997 (age 27)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	Karnataka
2	L	Aswathi Raveendran	(1997-06-25) June 25, 1997 (age 27)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	275 cm (9 ft 0 in)	260 cm (8 ft 6 in)	Kerala
4	OH	Shaalini S.	(2000-07-19) July 19, 2000 (age 24)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Tamil Nadu
5	MB	Shilpa R. S.	(2002-02-26) February 26, 2002 (age 22)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	297 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
6	MB	Soorya S.	(1998-12-16) December 16, 1998 (age 25)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	302 cm (9 ft 11 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	Kerala
7	S	Jini K. S. (c)	(1996-09-10) September 10, 1996 (age 28)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	278 cm (9 ft 1 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	Kerala
8	MB	Aswani K.	(1996-06-17) June 17, 1996 (age 28)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	290 cm (9 ft 6 in)	280 cm (9 ft 2 in)	Kerala
9	OP	Roli Pathak	(2002-06-20) June 20, 2002 (age 22)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	293 cm (9 ft 7 in)	283 cm (9 ft 3 in)	Madhya Pradesh
10	OH	Kavita	(2006-01-15) January 15, 2006 (age 18)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	298 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Rajasthan
11	OP	Anagha Radhakrishnan	(2002-07-10) July 10, 2002 (age 22)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	294 cm (9 ft 8 in)	Kerala
13	OH	Anushree K. P.	(1997-10-08) October 8, 1997 (age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	296 cm (9 ft 9 in)	285 cm (9 ft 4 in)	Kerala
14	MB	Purna Shukla	(2002-08-09) August 9, 2002 (age 22)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	299 cm (9 ft 10 in)	290 cm (9 ft 6 in)	Gujarat
17	S	Juhi Shaw	(1995-08-26) August 26, 1995 (age 29)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	278 cm (9 ft 1 in)	267 cm (8 ft 9 in)	West Bengal
18	L	Anannya Das	(2000-10-14) October 14, 2000 (age 24)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	272 cm (8 ft 11 in)	263 cm (8 ft 8 in)	Odisha

Notable players

• Minimol Abraham
• Aswani Kiran
• Priyanka Bora
• Priyanka Khedkar
• Nirmal Saini
• Jagmati Sangwan
• Soorya Thottangal

See also

• India men's national volleyball team
• India women's national under-20 volleyball team
• India women's national under-18 volleyball team

References

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.
8. Daily Bulletin #1 AVC Challenge Cup for Women 2023 (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 18 June 2023.