A total of fifteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.

The top two teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.

The fifteen AVC member associations will participate in the tournament (included the India, who was suspended by the FIVB and was lifted the suspension in May 2018), Vietnam qualified as host country.

While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament.