2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The twentieth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
아시아 여자 배구 선수권 대회 대한민국 2019
Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
Dates	18–25 August
Teams	13
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Mayu Ishikawa
Official website
avc-web.dataproject.com
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The 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the twentieth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 18 to 25 August 2019.^[1] South Korea played host to this event for the first time. The top eight teams of this tournament qualified for the 2020 AVC Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events were selected by:^[2]

1 team for the organizer
10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship
5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified teams

Means of qualification	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	South Korea^A
2017 Asian Championship	9–17 August 2017	Biñan–Muntinlupa	10 7	Japan Thailand China Vietnam Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan Iran Australia Philippines
SEAZVA representatives	—	—	1+1	Indonesia^C Singapore^C
CAZVA representatives	—	—	1+1	India^D Sri Lanka^D
EAZVA representatives	—	—	1	Hong Kong
OZVA representatives	—	—	1	New Zealand
WAZVA representatives	—	—	1 0	—
Total			13

^A South Korea qualified as the hosts and was originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to the 11th-ranked team, Hong Kong.

^B Philippines originally qualified, but declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, New Zealand.

^C SEAZVA was originally allocated one team, but WAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to Indonesia and Singapore.

^D CEAZVA was originally allocated one team, but WAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to India and Sri Lanka.

Venues

Second and final rounds	South Korea	Preliminary round
Jamsil Arena^[2]		Jamsil Students' Gymnasium^[2]
Capacity: 11,069		Capacity: 7,500
	Seoul Seoul (South Korea)

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their previous edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the previous ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same zonal association. The draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 February 2019.

Ranking from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked third) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).

Seeded Teams

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

South Korea (Hosts) (3)
Iran (9)

Japan (1)
Kazakhstan (7)

Thailand (2)
Chinese Taipei (6)

China (4)
Vietnam (5)

Unseeded Teams

Australia (10)
Hong Kong (11)

New Zealand (12)
Sri Lanka (13)

India (–)
Indonesia (–)

Singapore (–)

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
South Korea	Japan	Thailand	China
Iran	Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei	Vietnam
Singapore	Australia	New Zealand	Indonesia
Hong Kong	India		Sri Lanka

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Preliminary round

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	86	1.744	Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT
2	Iran	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	115	125	0.920	Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	96	150	0.640	Advance to Pool G and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2019. Source: AVC
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
18 Aug	14:00	Iran	0–3	South Korea	17–25	9–25	14–25	40–75	P2
19 Aug	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	25–10	25–14	25–22	75–46	P2
20 Aug	14:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Iran	20–25	15–25	15–25	50–75	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	134	1.679	Advance to Pool F
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	231	213	1.085	Advance to Pool F and 2020 AVC OQT
3	Australia	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	193	230	0.839	Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs
4	India	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	192	264	0.727	Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Aug	11:30	Australia	0–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	20–25	21–25		60–75	P2
18 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–12	25–14	25–8		75–34	P2
19 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–23	25–18		75–60	P2
19 Aug	14:00	India	1–3	Australia	25–18	17–25	16–25	22–25	80–93	P2
20 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–11	25–21	25–8		75–40	P2
20 Aug	16:30	Kazakhstan	3–1	India	21–25	25–16	25–19	25–18	96–78	P2

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	117	1.453	Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	155	142	1.092	Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	84	150	0.560	Advance to Pool G and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Aug	16:30	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	20–25	25–13	25–22	25–20	95–80	P2
19 Aug	16:30	New Zealand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	12–25	22–25	13–25		47–75	P2
20 Aug	19:00	New Zealand	0–3	Thailand	9–25	13–25	15–25		37–75	P2

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	78	1.923	Advance to Pool F
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	121	119	1.017	Advance to Pool F and 2020 AVC OQT
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	76	150	0.507	Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
18 Aug	16:30	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–9	25–12	75–32	P2
19 Aug	16:30	China	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	25–19	25–12	75–46	P2
20 Aug	16:30	Indonesia	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–13	25–15	25–16	75–44	P2

Second round

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	177	1.401	Semifinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	253	228	1.110	Semifinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	231	249	0.928	5th–8th semifinals
4	Iran	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	169	247	0.684	5th–8th semifinals

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2019. Source: AVC
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
22 Aug	16:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–22	25–13	25–19		75–54	P2
22 Aug	19:00	Thailand	3–0	Iran	25–16	25–21	25–13		75–50	P2
23 Aug	11:30	Iran	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–22	23–25	19–25	12–25	79–97	P2
23 Aug	16:30	South Korea	3–1	Thailand	25–20	23–25	25–17	25–21	98–83	P2

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	247	190	1.300	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	244	210	1.162	Semifinals
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	185	202	0.916	5th–8th semifinals
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	151	225	0.671	5th–8th semifinals

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	11:30	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–12	25–15			75–50	P2
22 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	25–19	25–21	25–13			75–53	P2
23 Aug	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Indonesia	25–19	25–15	25–18			75–52	P2
23 Aug	19:00	Japan	2–3	China	25–14	11–25	21–25	25–18	12–15	94–97	P2

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	52	1.442	9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs
2	New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	52	75	0.693	9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:00	Hong Kong	3–0	New Zealand	25–18	25–15	25–19			75–52	P2

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	168	129	1.302	9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs
2	India	2	1	1	2	4	5	0.800	198	178	1.112	9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	134	193	0.694	13rd place

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	16:30	Sri Lanka	2–3	India	27–25	13–25	30–28	10–25	5–15	85–118	P2
23 Aug	14:00	Australia	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–17	25–15			75–49	P2

Final round

9th–12th Classification round

Ninth place playoffs		Ninth place

24 August

Hong Kong	0
		25 August
India	3
		India	2
24 August
		Australia	3
Australia	3

New Zealand	2
		Eleventh place

		25 August

		Hong Kong	3

		New Zealand	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Hong Kong	0–3	India	19–25	14–25	22–25			55–75	P2
24 Aug	13:30	Australia	3–2	New Zealand	25–13	25–20	24–26	26–28	15–9	115–96	P2

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	11:00	Hong Kong	3–1	New Zealand	16–25	25–13	25–15	25–17		91–70	P2

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	13:30	India	2–3	Australia	25–22	25–22	22–25	21–25	12–15	105–109	P2

5th–8th Classification round

Fifth place playoffs		Fifth place

24 August

Chinese Taipei	3
		25 August
Indonesia	1
		Chinese Taipei	1
24 August
		Kazakhstan	3
Kazakhstan	3

Iran	0
		Seventh place

		25 August

		Indonesia	2

		Iran	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Indonesia	25–20	25–18	23–25	28–26		101–89	P2
24 Aug	16:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Iran	25–17	25–21	26–24			76–62	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	16:00	Indonesia	2–3	Iran	27–25	25–18	20–25	13–25	13–15	98–108	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	11:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–22	19–25	22–25	21–25		87–97	P2

Final four

Semifinals		Final

24 August

South Korea	1
		25 August
Japan	3
		Japan	3
24 August
		Thailand	1
China	1

Thailand	3
		3rd place match

		25 August

		South Korea	3

		China	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	13:30	South Korea	1–3	Japan	25–22	23–25	24–26	26–28		98–101	P2
24 Aug	16:00	China	1–3	Thailand	25–23	22–25	32–34	23–25		102–107	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	13:30	South Korea	3–0	China	25–21	25–20	25–22			75–63	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	16:00	Japan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	18–25	25–18	25–23		93–88	P2

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Thailand
	South Korea
4	China
5	Kazakhstan
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Iran
8	Indonesia
9	Australia
10	India
11	Hong Kong
12	New Zealand
13	Sri Lanka

	Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2022 Asian Cup [except India; later Indonesia (Australia replace them) and Kazakhstan withdrew]
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2022 Asian Cup

2019 Asian Women's champions
Japan 5th title

Team roster

Setter: Nanami Seki, Tamaki Matsui
Middle blocker: Mai Irisawa, Nichika Yamada, Shion Hirayama, Kotomi Osaka
Outside hitters: Miwako Osanai, Yuri Yoshino, Mayu Ishikawa, Yuki Nishikawa
Opposite: Miyu Nakagawa, Haruna Soga
Libero: Rena Mizusugi, Minami Nishimura

Head Coach: Noboru Aihara

Awards

Most valuable player

Mayu Ishikawa

Best setter

Nootsara Tomkom

Best outside spikers

Mayu Ishikawa

Kim Yeon-koung

Best middle blockers

Nichika Yamada

Yang Hanyu

Best opposite spiker

Haruna Soga

Best libero

Piyanut Pannoy

Qualifying teams for 2020 Asian Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in AVC OQT
South Korea	18 August 2019	7 (1972, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Thailand	18 August 2019	4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Chinese Taipei	19 August 2019	3 (1996, 2004, 2012)
Kazakhstan	20 August 2019	2 (2008, 2016)
Iran	20 August 2019	0 (debut)
Indonesia	20 August 2019	0 (debut)
India	24 August 2019	0 (debut)
Australia	24 August 2019	0 (debut)

References

^ "AVC PRESIDENT CONVEYS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR WISHES TO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN". AVC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "REGULATIONS–20th Asian Sr. Women's Volleyball Championship" (PDF). AVC.

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website

AVC Asian Women's Championship

Tournaments

Squads

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2015
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Central Asia

Dhaka 2019

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

Oceania

Noumea 2010
Suva 2016
Païta 2018
Hilo 2020

Southeast Asia

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's qualification
FIVB	FIVB Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments
AVC	Asian Championship AVC Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CAVB	CAVB Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CEV	CEV Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CSV	South American Championship CSV Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
NORCECA	NORCECA Champions Cup NORCECA Championship NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament

Women's qualification
FIVB	FIVB Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments
AVC	Asian Championship AVC Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CAVB	CAVB Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CEV	CEV Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
CSV	CSV Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
NORCECA	NORCECA Championship NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament