The 1979 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Association of Hong Kong (VBAHK). The tournament was held in British Hong Kong from 7 to 14 August 1979.
Results
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 18.000 | 285 | 91 | 3.132 |
| 2 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4.000 | 286 | 114 | 2.509 |
| 3 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2.167 | 243 | 117 | 2.077 |
| 4 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 149 | 181 | 0.823 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 0.462 | 123 | 240 | 0.513 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 116 | 259 | 0.448 |
| 7 | India | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0.000 | 71 | 271 | 0.262 |
Source:
Final standing
| | | 1979 Asian Women's champions |  China 1st title | |
References
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| Squads | - 1975
- 1979
- 1983
- 1987
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| Central Asia | |
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| East Asia | - Macau 1998
- Ulaanbaatar 2000
- Shanghai 2002
- Taicang 2004
- Pingtung 2006
- Ulaanbaatar 2008
- Jeju 2010
- Beijing 2012
- Hong Kong 2014
- Zhangjiagang 2016
- Zhangjiagang 2018
- Zhangjiagang 2020
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| Oceania | - Noumea 2010
- Suva 2016
- Païta 2018
- Hilo 2020
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| Southeast Asia | |
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