The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the World Championship.

[1][2] Nine clubs from nine AVC member associations participated in the tournament including Kazakhstan, the host country.

Of the nine AVC member associations, seven had clubs which participated in the 2017 edition.

This is the first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format.

Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking.