2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 11th Asian Championship, which was taking place from September 23 to September 30, 2001 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

2001 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	23–30 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (9th title)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host)  Japan (3rd)  Chinese Taipei  New Zealand  Sri Lanka	China (1st)  South Korea (2nd)  Vietnam  Australia  Kazakhstan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	329	226	1.456
2	Thailand	7	3	1	10	4	2.500	332	263	1.262
3	Chinese Taipei	6	2	2	7	6	1.167	300	240	1.250
4	New Zealand	5	1	3	3	10	0.300	198	317	0.625
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	1	12	0.083	207	320	0.647

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Thailand	7–25	9–25	16–25			32–75
23 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	20–25			59–75
24 Sep	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	18–25	15–25	7–25			40–75
24 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	14–25	7–25	12–25			33–75
25 Sep	Sri Lanka	1–3	New Zealand	25–18	20–25	25–27	22–25		92–95
25 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–23	18–25	25–23	25–20		93–91
26 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–10	25–15	25–13			75–38
26 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–13	25–10	25–13			75–36
27 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–13	25–11	25–15			75–39
27 Sep	Japan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	29–31	25–19	25–17		104–89

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	250	154	1.623
2	South Korea	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	248	226	1.097
3	Australia	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	218	249	0.876
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	160	247	0.648

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	Vietnam	0–3	South Korea	14–25	15–25	20–25			49–75
24 Sep	Vietnam	0–3	China	9–25	13–25	12–25			34–75
25 Sep	Australia	3–1	Vietnam	25–18	25–18	22–25	25–16		97–77
25 Sep	South Korea	1–3	China	19–25	27–25	9–25	21–25		76–100
26 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–16	25–16	22–25	25–20		97–77
27 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–16	25–11			75–44

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Chinese Taipei	3
					30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Vietnam	0
					Chinese Taipei	3
	29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Australia	0
	New Zealand	0
	Australia	3
					7th place
					30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Vietnam	3
					New Zealand	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam
29 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	15–25	15–25	17–25			47–75

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Vietnam	3–0	New Zealand	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–13	25–21	25–19			75–53

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Japan	2
					30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	0
	29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					China	3
	Thailand	0
	China	3
					3rd place
					30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Japan	2
					Thailand	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Japan	2–3	South Korea	18–25	27–25	25–22	20–25	11–15	101–112
29 Sep	Thailand	0–3	China	10–25	8–25	12–25			30–75

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Japan	2–3	Thailand	20–25	21–25	25–16	25–19	17–19	108–104

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	South Korea	0–3	China	11–25	21–25	19–25			51–75

Final standing

Rank Team  China  South Korea  Thailand 4  Japan 5  Chinese Taipei 6  Australia 7  Vietnam 8  New Zealand 9  Sri Lanka Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Asian Women's Champions  China Ninth title

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-14)