1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 9th Asian Championship, which took place from September 21 to September 28, 1997, in Manila, Philippines.

1997 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	21–28 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (7th title)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1995 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Philippines (Host)  Japan (3rd)  Chinese Taipei  Australia	China (1st)  South Korea (2nd)  Thailand  Uzbekistan  Hong Kong

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	148	40	3.700
2	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	115	72	1.597
3	Australia	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	61	130	0.469
4	Philippines	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	61	143	0.427

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	14:00	Philippines	1–3	Australia	8–15	10–15	15–8	7–15		40–53
21 Sep	15:30	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	15–6	15–4	13–15	15–0		58–25
23 Sep	13:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–1	15–1	15–2			45–4
23 Sep	14:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Philippines	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10
25 Sep	13:00	Philippines	0–3	Japan	1–15	6–15	4–15			11–45
25 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	1–15	0–15	3–15			4–45

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	8	4	0	12	0	MAX	180	42	4.286
2	South Korea	7	3	1	9	3	3.000	145	78	1.859
3	Thailand	6	2	2	6	6	1.000	131	114	1.149
4	Uzbekistan	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	77	156	0.494
5	Hong Kong	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	37	180	0.206

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	17:00	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	15–2	15–3	15–3			45–8
21 Sep	18:30	China	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–1	15–4			45–10
22 Sep	14:00	Hong Kong	0–3	China	1–15	1–15	2–15			4–45
22 Sep	16:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Thailand	7–15	5–15	4–15			16–45
23 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	15–2	15–1	15–2			45–5
23 Sep	17:30	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	15–0	15–3	15–1			45–4
24 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	South Korea	7–15	3–15	1–15			11–45
24 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	China	4–15	7–15	12–15			23–45
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–4	15–8	15–6			45–18
25 Sep	17:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Uzbekistan	7–15	7–15	7–15			21–45

Final 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 final round.

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	Thailand	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	38	3.553
6	Uzbekistan	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	102	91	1.121
7	Australia	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	77	130	0.592
8	Philippines	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	88	143	0.615

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	Uzbekistan	9–15	6–15	4–15			19–45
27 Sep	14:30	Philippines	0–3	Thailand	7–15	4–15	10–15			21–45
28 Sep	13:00	Philippines	0–3	Uzbekistan	6–15	8–15	13–15			27–45
28 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	Thailand	1–15	4–15	0–15			5–45

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	136	48	2.833
2	South Korea	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	100	82	1.220
3	Japan	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	99	115	0.861
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	59	149	0.396

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	16:00	Japan	0–3	South Korea	4–15	5–15	10–15			19–45
27 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	1–15	1–15	14–16			16–46
28 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	5–15	3–15	10–15			18–45
28 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	China	7–15	9–15	6–15			22–45

Final standing

Rank Team  China  South Korea  Japan 4  Chinese Taipei 5  Thailand 6  Uzbekistan 7  Australia 8  Philippines 9  Hong Kong Qualified for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Asian Women's Champions  China Seventh title

Awards

• Best Scorer: Sun Yue
• Best Spiker: Sun Yue

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-11)