2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

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 AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria: • 1 team for the host country. • 1 team for the defending champion from the previous edition. (If the defending champion is also the host nation, the runners-up take the place) • 5 teams based on the FIVB World Rankings that have not yet qualified. • 5 remaining teams from the zonal competitions that haven't already qualified for neither the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League nor the Nations Cup. , , and which are competing at the 2026 Nations League, are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament. == Pools composition ==

The draw of lots took place on 17 April 2026 at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, Philippines led by AVC President Ramon Suzara, with Thea Gagate, and Leila Cruz, who are national team players. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.{{Cite press release |title=AVC Women's Cup 2026: Drawing of Lots Sets the Stage in Manila |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/drawing-of-lots-sets-stage-for-avc-womens-cup-2026-in-candon/ Seeding Draw results ==Venue==

• Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) • In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser • If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question. ==Preliminary round==

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool A Pool B ==Final round==

11th place match 9th place match 7th place match 5th place match Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final ==Final standing==

• Most valuable player • Best setter • Best outside spikers • Best middle blockers • Best opposite spiker • Best libero ==Broadcasting rights==