2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 16 to 23 September 2018.[1][2]

2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	16–23 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Champions	China (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Liu Yanhan
Official website

As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.

Qualification

  Qualified

The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host country	1	Thailand
Central Asian teams	2	Iran
		Kazakhstan
East Asian teams	4	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
Oceanian team	1	Australia
Southeast Asian teams	2	Philippines
		Vietnam
Total 10

Pools composition

This is the first Asian Women's Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B. Pool C will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Japan (1)	China (4)	Kazakhstan (7)
Thailand (Host,2)	Vietnam (5)	Philippines (8)
South Korea (3)	Chinese Taipei (6)	Iran (9)
N/A	N/A	Australia (10)

Venue

All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima

Squads

Preliminary round

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	176	147	1.197	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	154	168	0.917
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	186	201	0.925

Source:
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
(H) Host.

16 September 18:30	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–21, 18–25, 27–29, 23–25) P2 Report

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17 September 18:30	Thailand	3–1	Japan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(28–26, 21–25, 27–25, 25–17) P2 Report

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18 September 18:30	South Korea	0–3	Thailand	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(18–25, 19–25, 17–25) P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	94	1.596	Quarterfinals
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	149	191	0.780
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	172	186	0.925

Source:
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

16 September 13:30	China	3–0	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–17, 25–9, 25–12) P2 Report

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17 September 11:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(14–25, 20–25, 22–25) P2 Report

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18 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–2	Chinese Taipei	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 28–26, 30–28, 16–25, 15–12) P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	291	250	1.164	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	273	280	0.975
3	Philippines	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	290	304	0.954	Relegated to Classification Round
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	288	308	0.935

Source:
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

16 September 11:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–23, 17–25, 25–19, 23–25, 6–15) P2 Report

16 September 16:00	Australia	3–2	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(21–25, 21–25, 26–24, 25–16, 15–10) P2 Report

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17 September 13:30	Australia	3–2	Kazakhstan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(21–25, 25–20, 25–23, 20–25, 15–12) P2 Report

17 September 16:00	Philippines	2–3	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(29–27, 16–25, 25–17, 12–25, 13–15) P2 Report

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18 September 11:00	Iran	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–20) P2 Report

18 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 17–25) P2 Report

Rankings

Pool A		Pool B		Pool C
1	Thailand	1	China	1	Iran
2	South Korea	2	Vietnam	2	Australia
3	Japan	3	Chinese Taipei	3	Philippines
-		-		4	Kazakhstan

Classification Round

Section 1

• Winners will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
• Losers will be relegated to the 9th place match.

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Kazakhstan	0
	Vietnam	3

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Philippines	1
	South Korea	3

21 September 9:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(16–25, 14–25, 15–25) P2 Report

21 September 13:30	Philippines	1–3	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(13–25, 26–24, 7–25, 21–25) P2 Report

Section 2

• Both teams will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
• Loser will face the winner of Kazakhstan vs Vietnam.
• Winner will face the winner of Philippines vs South Korea.

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Iran	3
	Australia	1

21 September 11:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 25–23, 25–22, 25–20) P2 Report

9th place

22 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(13–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17, 8–15) P2 Report

5th-8th Classification

	5th–8th place				5th place
	Sep 22
	Vietnam	3
					Sep 23
	Australia	0
					Vietnam	3
	Sep 22
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
	Iran	1
					7th place
					Sep 23
					Australia	3
					Iran	1

5th-8th place

22 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–14, 25–15, 25–21) P2 Report

22 September 18:30	South Korea	3–1	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(12–25, 26–24, 25–16, 25–19) P2 Report

7th place

23 September 11:00	Australia	3–1	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 26–24, 26–24, 25–18) P2 Report

5th place

23 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–0	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–22, 25–10, 25–16) P2 Report

Final round

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Sep 19
	Thailand	3
					Sep 21
	Australia	0
					Thailand	2
	Sep 19
					China	3
	China	3
									Sep 23
	Iran	0
									China	3
	Sep 19
									Japan	0
	South Korea	1
					Sep 21
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
	Sep 19
					Japan	3			Third place
	Japan	3
									Sep 23
	Vietnam	1
									Thailand	3
									Chinese Taipei	0

Quarter-finals

19 September 11:00	Japan	3–1	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(20–25, 25–23, 25–12, 25–23) P2 Report

19 September 13:30	South Korea	1–3	Chinese Taipei	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–18, 20–25, 15–25, 24–26) P2 Report

19 September 16:00	China	3–0	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–11, 25–12, 25–16) P2 Report

19 September 18:30	Thailand	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–13) P2 Report

Semi-finals

21 September 16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(15–25, 20–25, 25–21, 23–25) P2 Report

21 September 18:30	Thailand	2–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(18–25, 21–25, 27–25, 25–22, 10–15) P2 Report

3rd place

23 September 16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(20–25, 19–25, 20–25) P2 Report

Final

23 September 18:30	Japan	0–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(23–25, 20–25, 17–25) P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Japan  Thailand 4  Chinese Taipei 5  Vietnam 6  South Korea 7  Australia 8  Iran 9  Philippines 10  Kazakhstan

2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup Champions  China Fifth title 14–woman Roster Yang Zhou, Che Wenhan, Ren Kaiyi, Gao Yi, Sun Haiping, Chen Xintong, Chen Peiyan, Gong Meizi, Zheng Yixin, Wang Meiyi, Liu Yanhan, Duan Fang, Zhang Yichan (c), Meng Zixuan Head Coach Shi Hairong

Awards

Most Valuable Player Liu Yanhan Best Outside Spikers Miwako Osanai Ajcharaporn Kongyot Best Setter Sun Haiping

Best Opposite Spiker Pimpichaya Kokram Best Middle Blocker Gao Yi Tseng Wan-Ling Best Libero Rena Mizusugi

Source: AVC[4]

See also

• 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
• 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

References

1. "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. "New Competition Format for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
4. "6th AVC Cup for Women - Bulletin no.8 (Individual awards)" (PDF). AVC. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• 2018 Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup match schedule