The India women's national volleyball team represents India in international competitions and is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India.
In July 2018, Minimol Abraham was appointed as the captain of the Indian national team for the 2018 Asian Games. The team won the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games as they defeated Nepal in the final.
Tournament record Summer Olympics Similar to their male counterparts, the Indian women's team has never qualified for the summer Olympics.
Summer Olympics recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 1964–1972 Did not qualify– 1976Did not enterDid not enter 1980Did not qualify7th 1984Did not enterDid not enter 1988 1992Did not qualify14th 1996–2020 Did not qualify 2024Did not qualifyDid not qualify 2028To be determinedTBDTotal0/15000
FIVB World Championship India has qualified for the World Championship only once.
FIVB World Championship recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 1952Round robin8th707– 1956–1974 Did not qualify 1978Did not enterDid not enter 1982Did not qualify606 1986–1990 Did not enterDid not enter 1994Did not qualify14th 1998–2010 Did not enterDid not enter 2014Did not qualify633 2018SuspendedSuspended 2022Did not qualifyNo Asian qualification were held 2025Did not qualify514 2027To be determinedTo be determined 2029Totals1/228th70717413
Asian Championship
Asian Volleyball Championship recordYearPosition 19797th 199111th 20058th 200911th 201111th 201311th 201510th 201910th 2023 7th
Asian Nations Cup
Asian Nations Cup recordYearPosition 2022 20234th 20245th 20259th
Asian Games
Asian Games recordYearPosition 19826th 20109th 20148th 201810th 20229th
CAVA Championship
CAVA Championship recordYearPosition 2024 2025DNP 2026
CAVA Challenge Cup
CAVA Challenge Cup recordYearPosition 2023
Lusofonia Games Lusofonia Games record Year Position 2009 2014
South Asian Games
South Asian Games recordYearPosition 1999 2004 2006 2010 2016 2019
Results and schedule
2026
Team Current squad The following list consists of 14 players who were called for 2026 CAVA Women's Volleyball Championship.
NameDate of birthState1SNandana Valappil (c) Kerala2SChandana Soniya Kumar Kerala3AAyushi Bhandari Himachal Pradesh4AShaalini Saravanan Tamil Nadu5APrerona Pal Andaman and Nicobar Islands6AAnusree Kambrath Poyili Kerala7UKavita Suthar Rajasthan8UAnagha Radhakrishnan Kerala9BShilpa Rajendrandnair Sindhu Kerala10BArya Kuriyedath Kerala11BAnna Mathew Kerala12BAnamika Palliyath Kerala13LSathi Das West Bengal14LAnanya Das West Bengal
Former squads 2025 AVC Women's Nations Cup — 9th place Anusree Kambrath Poyili (c), Sivapriya Govind, Abitha Anilkumar, Shaalini Saravanan, Ezhilmathi Dhanam Palanivel, Shilpa Rajendrandnair Sindhu, Anagha Radhakrishnan, Ayushi Bhandari, Kavita Suthar, Anna Mathew, Devika Devarajan, Amitha Keekoth, Ananya Sree Pullari, Ananya Das, head coach: Nilesh Mate
Coaching staff
PositionNameHead coach Jana KulanAssistant coaches Hema Kelkar K. R. Laxmi NarayanaStrength and conditioning coach Sharan Preet KaurPhysio Bhaskar Borah
Notable players Minimol Abraham Priyanka Bora Priyanka Khedkar Aswani Kiran 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
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