2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). It was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 13 to 21 May 2017. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ljubljana and Maribor, Slovenia with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.

2017 Asian Women's U23 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Thailand
Dates13 – 21 May 2017
Teams13
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP Misaki Yamauchi
Official website

The matches was played in only one stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima: The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima. It was the first time that Thailand and Nakhon Ratchasima had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Thailand automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 12 teams (with the withdrawn of South Korea, China, and Philippines).

Participated teams
Central Asia (CAZA) East Asia (EAZA) Oceania (OZA) Southeast Asia (SEAZA) West Asia (WAZA)

Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship. The host country and the top 7 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 7 remaining teams were drawn on 27 February 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 2nd) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-).

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Thailand (Host)  Japan (4)  Chinese Taipei (5)  Philippines (7)
 Macau (11)  Uzbekistan (10)  Kazakhstan (9)  Iran (8)
 Hong Kong (–)  Vietnam (–)  Sri Lanka (–)  Malaysia (–)
 Australia (–)  New Zealand (–)
  • China and South Korea withdraw prior to the draw.
  • Philippines withdraw after to the draw.

Venue

The tournament was hosted in MCC HALL The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima, located in Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Nakhon Ratchasima
MCC HALL The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima
Capacity: 4,000

Squads
Main article: 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship squads

Players born after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 12 players.[2]

Pool standing procedure
  1. Numbers 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

Preliminary round
Qualified for Second round – Pool E
Qualified for Second round – Pool F
Qualified for Second round – Pool G
Qualified for Second round – Pool H

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Thailand 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 67 2.239
2  Hong Kong 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 140 153 0.915
3  Macau 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 106 176 0.602
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 May16:30Thailand  3–0  Hong Kong 25–1825–1225–9  75–39P2
14 May14:00Macau  0–3  Thailand 12–258–258–25  28–75P2
15 May09:00Hong Kong  3–2  Macau 20–2525–325–1616–2515–9101–78P2

Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 77 1.948
2  Vietnam 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 123 122 1.008
3  Uzbekistan 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 76 150 0.507
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 May19:00Vietnam  3–0  Uzbekistan 25–1425–1725–16  75–47P2
14 May16:30Japan  3–0  Vietnam 25–1225–1525–21  75–48P2
15 May16:30Uzbekistan  0–3  Japan 6–2511–2512–25  29–75P2

Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Chinese Taipei 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 149 1.510
2  Kazakhstan 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 240 198 1.212
3  Australia 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 240 263 0.913
4  Sri Lanka 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 151 246 0.614
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 May09:00Chinese Taipei  3–0  Sri Lanka 25–1525–1425–10  75–39P2
13 May14:00Kazakhstan  3–2  Australia 25–1325–1523–2522–2515–11110–89P2
14 May11:30Sri Lanka  0–3  Kazakhstan 14–258–2512–25  34–75P2
14 May19:00Chinese Taipei  3–0  Australia 25–2125–1425–20  75–55P2
15 May14:00Chinese Taipei  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1925–1725–19  75–55P2
15 May19:00Australia  3–1  Sri Lanka 25–1625–2321–2525–14 96–78P2

Pool D
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 153 128 1.195
2  Malaysia 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 135 122 1.107
3  New Zealand 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 115 153 0.752
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 May11:30Malaysia  3–0  New Zealand 25–2325–1225–12  75–47P2
14 May09:00Iran  3–0  Malaysia 25–2125–2325–16  75–60P2
15 May11:30New Zealand  0–3  Iran 26–2822–2520–25  68–78P2

Second round
  • The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round
  • All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
Qualified for Final round
Qualified for Classification round – Ninth place match
Qualified for Classification round – Eleventh place match
Thirteenth place

Pool E
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Thailand 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 277 203 1.365
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 247 199 1.241
3  Kazakhstan 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 197 216 0.912
4  Hong Kong 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 122 225 0.542
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 May11:30Chinese Taipei  3–0  Hong Kong 25–1625–1325–12  75–41P2
16 May16:30Thailand  3–1  Kazakhstan 24–2625–2125–1025–10 99–67P2
17 May11:30Hong Kong  0–3  Kazakhstan 17–2510–2515–25  42–75P2
17 May14:00Thailand  3–1  Chinese Taipei 27–2523–2528–2625–21 103–97P2

Pool F
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 121 1.860
2  Vietnam 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 200 185 1.081
3  Iran 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 169 210 0.805
4  Malaysia 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 149 227 0.656
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 May14:00Iran  0–3  Vietnam 19–2517–2519–25  55–75P2
16 May19:00Japan  3–0  Malaysia 25–1425–1425–6  75–34P2
17 May16:30Vietnam  3–0  Malaysia 25–1527–2525–15  77–55P2
17 May19:00Japan  3–0  Iran 25–1325–1425–12  75–39P2

Pool G
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Australia 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 171 128 1.336
2  Sri Lanka 1 1 3 4 4 1.000 178 190 0.937
3  Macau 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 144 175 0.823
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 May09:00Macau  1–3  Sri Lanka 23–2526–2421–2524–26 94–100P2
18 May10:00Macau  0–3  Australia 17–2514–2519–25  50–75P2

Pool H
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Uzbekistan 1 0 3 3 1 3.000 100 77 1.299
2  New Zealand 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 77 100 0.770
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 May09:00Uzbekistan  3–1  New Zealand 25–1825–2725–1525–17 100–77P2

Classification round

Eleventh place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 May09:00Sri Lanka  1–3  New Zealand 25–1623–2520–2516–25 84–91P2

Ninth place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May09:00Australia  1–3  Uzbekistan 23–2521–2525–2324–26 93–99P2

Final round

Bracket
  5th place match (21 May – Nakhon Ratchasima) Fifth Place Play-Offs (20 May – Nakhon Ratchasima) Quarterfinals (19 May – Nakhon Ratchasima) Semifinals (20 May – Nakhon Ratchasima) Final (21 May – Nakhon Ratchasima)
                                               
        Thailand  3  
        Malaysia  0  
      Malaysia  0           Thailand  3  
      Kazakhstan  3           Vietnam  0  
      Vietnam  3
        Kazakhstan  0  
      Kazakhstan  3           Thailand  2
      Hong Kong  0           Japan  3
        Japan  3  
          Hong Kong  0  
    Hong Kong  3           Japan  3
  7th place match (21 May – Nakhon Ratchasima)         Iran  0           Chinese Taipei  1     3rd place match (21 May – Nakhon Ratchasima)
      Malaysia  3       Chinese Taipei  3       Vietnam  3
      Iran  2         Iran  0         Chinese Taipei  0

Quarter-finals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 May11:30Japan  3–0  Hong Kong 25–1425–1425–11  75–39P2
19 May14:00Thailand  3–0  Malaysia 25–1625–1425–16  75–46P2
19 May16:30Chinese Taipei  3–0  Iran 25–1425–1425–18  75–46P2
19 May19:00Vietnam  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1925–2025–14  75–53P2

Fifth place play-offs
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May11:30Hong Kong  3–0  Iran 25–1425–2225–18  75–54P2
20 May14:00Malaysia  0–3  Kazakhstan 23–2515–2522–25  60–75P2

Semi-finals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May16:30Thailand  3–0  Vietnam 25–2125–1525–20  75–56P2
20 May19:00Japan  3–1  Chinese Taipei 25–1827–2925–2225–10 102–79P2

Seventh place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May09:00Iran  2–3  Malaysia 23–2525–2223–2525–2213–15109–109P2

Fifth place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May11:30Hong Kong  0–3  Kazakhstan 17–2513–2515–25  45–75P2

Third place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May14:00Vietnam  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–2025–1925–19  75–58P2

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May16:30Thailand  2–3  Japan 25–2025–1619–2525–2712–15106–103P2

Final standing

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Misaki Yamaushi (c)
Nozomi Itoh
Ayaka Sugi
Haruka Kanamori
Misaki Shirai
Nanaka Sakamoto
Miki Sakurai
Kaori Mabashi
Moeri Hanai
Miwako Osanai
Rei Kudo
Hikari Kato		  Thailand
Anisa Yotpinit
Chutimon Sagorn
Hathairat Jarat
Patcharaporn Sittisad
Thanacha Sooksod
Watchareeya Nuanjam
Pimpichaya Kokram
Natthanicha Jaisaen
Chitaporn Kamlangmak
Tichaya Boonlert
Ajcharaporn Kongyot (c)
Chatchu-on Moksri		  Vietnam
Duong Thi Hen
Dang Thi Kim Thanh
Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (c)
Pham Thi Nguyet Anh
Tran Viet Huong
Bui Thi Nga
Luu Thi Ly Ly
Trinh Thi Huyen
Le Thi Hong
Nguyen Thi Trinh
Doan Thi Lam Oanh
Nguyen Thu Hoai

Awards

Broadcasting rights
Territory Channel
AVC partner SMMTV
 Thailand SMMTV
Thairath TV

See also

References
  1. "Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand". Bangkok, Thailand: AVC. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. "The 2nd Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship Regulations" (PDF). Bangkok, Thailand: AVC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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