The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Philippines already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (2 teams). Indonesia and Kazakhstan withdrew from the tournament.
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser