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2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

The 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup will be the first of the newly rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup, and seventh overall edition of the formerly known AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF). It will be held from 6 to 14 June 2026 in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. This will be the Philippines' second time hosting the tournament after Manila hosted the 2024 edition.

Host selection

The hosting rights for the 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup was awarded on 6 September 2025, during the AVC Board of Administration meeting held in AVC House in Bangkok, Thailand. The hosting bid of the Philippines was unanimously voted and approved by the confederation. Candon was named as the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the newly refurbished Candon City Arena.

Qualification

Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the next AVC Cup were selected through the following criteria:

  • 1 team for the host country
  • 6 other top-ranked teams from the previous edition (2025)
  • 5 remaining teams from the zonal competitions (maximum top 2 from each zone) that haven't already qualified for neither the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League nor the Nations Cup.

, , and which are part of the 2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.

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