2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was held on 1 to 9 May 2015 in Pasig, Philippines. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ankara, Turkey which the top two ranked teams qualified for the world championship.[1] China won the tournament and Liu Yanhan was the most valuable player.[2]

2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	1 – 9 May 2015
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Liu Yanhan
Official website
Asian U23 Women’s Volleyball Championship

The tournament was organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, in association with Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newly formed national federation for volleyball in the Philippines.[3]

Venue

All rounds
Pasig, Philippines
PhilSports Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Pools composition

2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship Squads List[4]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Philippines	China	Japan	South Korea
Kazakhstan	India	Chinese Taipei	Thailand
Iran	Macau	Maldives	Uzbekistan

Squads

Main article: 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship squads

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

The Iranian under-23 team.

• All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

	Qualified for pool E
	Qualified for pool F
	Qualified for Classification 9th-12th

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	191	191	1.000
2	Philippines	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	167	150	1.113
3	Kazakhstan	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	158	175	0.903

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	16:15	Philippines	1–3	Iran	22–25	22–25	25–19	20–25		89–94	Result
2 May	14:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Philippines	19–25	11–25	26–28			56–78	Result
3 May	15:00	Iran	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–20	18–25	25–19	14–25	15–13	97–102	Result

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	75	2.000
2	India	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	114	118	0.966
3	Macau	0	0	2	0	6	0.000	118	150	0.787

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	12:00	India	3–0	Macau	25–10	25–14	25–19			75–43	Result
2 May	16:30	China	3–0	India	25–9	25–13	25–17			75–39	Result
3 May	17:00	Macau	0–3	China	12–25	13–25	11–25			36–75	Result

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	175	101	1.733
2	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	158	120	1.317
3	Maldives	0	0	2	0	6	0.000	38	150	0.253

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	19:00	Japan	3–0	Maldives	25–4	25–11	25–3			75–18	Result
2 May	18:30	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	26–24	24–26	23–25	10–25		83–100	Result
3 May	12:00	Maldives	0–3	Chinese Taipei	8–25	8–25	4–25			20–75	Result

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	5	2	0	6	2	3.000	182	133	1.368
2	South Korea	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	171	139	1.230
3	Uzbekistan	0	0	2	0	6	0.000	69	150	0.460

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Thailand	14–25	10–25	13–25			37–75	Result
2 May	12:00	South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–17	25–8	25–7			75–32	Result
3 May	19:00	Thailand	3–2	South Korea	25–18	25–17	22–25	20–25	15–11	107–96	Result

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.

Qualified for Final round

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	250	163	1.534
2	Chinese Taipei	6	2	1	7	4	1.750	254	229	1.109
3	Iran	3	1	2	3	7	0.429	184	239	0.770
4	Philippines	0	0	3	2	9	0.222	208	265	0.785

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	12:00	Iran	0–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	21–25	17–25			55–75	Result
4 May	16:15	Japan	3–0	Philippines	25–12	25–18	25–15			75–45	Result
5 May	14:00	Iran	0–3	Japan	13–25	7–25	15–25			35–75	Result
5 May	19:00	Philippines	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	18–25	12–25	19–25		74–96	Result

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	262	175	1.497
2	Thailand	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	217	233	0.931
3	South Korea	5	1	2	7	6	1.167	272	265	1.026
4	India	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	147	225	0.653

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	14:00	China	3–2	South Korea	24–26	23–25	25–21	25–21	15–8	112–101	Result
4 May	19:00	Thailand	3–0	India	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62	Result
5 May	12:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–13	25–10	25–12			75–35	Result
5 May	16:15	India	0–3	South Korea	18–25	17–25	11–25			46–75	Result

Classification round

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	4 May
	Kazakhstan	3
					8 May
	Maldives	0
					Kazakhstan	3
	5 May
					Uzbekistan	1
	Macau	2
	Uzbekistan	3
					11th place
					7 May
					Maldives	0
					Macau	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	10:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Maldives	25–10	25–4	25–8			75–22	Result
5 May	10:00	Macau	2–3	Uzbekistan	25–19	16–25	23–25	25–23	11–15	100–107	Result

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 May	10:00	Maldives	0–3	Macau	20–25	11–25	19–25			50–75	Result

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	10:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Uzbekistan	25–18	25–27	25–19	25–16		100–80	Result

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	7 May
	Japan	3
					8 May
	India	0
					Japan	2
	7 May
					Thailand	3
	Thailand	3
									9 May
	Iran	1
									Thailand	1
	7 May
									China	3
	China	3
					8 May
	Philippines	1
					China	3
	7 May
					South Korea	0			3rd place
	Chinese Taipei	2
									9 May
	South Korea	3
									Japan	0
									South Korea	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	8 May
	India	3
					9 May
	Iran	2
					India	0
	8 May
					Chinese Taipei	3
	Philippines	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place
					9 May
					Iran	0
					Philippines	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 May	12:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–17	25–17	25–14			75–48	Result
7 May	14:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	South Korea	25–16	17–25	25–23	14–25	10–15	91–104	Result
7 May	16:15	China	3–1	Philippines	23–25	25–14	25–18	25–17		98–74	Result
7 May	19:00	Thailand	3–1	Iran	27–29	25–19	25–8	25–13		102–69	Result

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	12:00	Philippines	0–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	19–25	20–25			66–75	Result
8 May	14:00	India	3–2	Iran	22–25	25–16	19–25	25–20	15–9	106–95	Result

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	16:15	China	3–0	South Korea	25–13	25–21	25–21			75–55	Result
8 May	19:00	Japan	2–3	Thailand	25–21	25–23	21–25	20–25	13–15	104–109	Result

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	10:00	Philippines	3–0	Iran	25–15	25–21	26–24			76–60	Result

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	12:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	India	25–17	25–23	25–9			75–49	Result

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	26–24	25–23	25–15			75–62	Result

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	16:15	China	3–1	Thailand	27–25	21–25	25–21	25–11		102–82	Result

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Thailand  South Korea 4  Japan 5  Chinese Taipei 6  India 7  Philippines 8  Iran 9  Kazakhstan 10  Uzbekistan 11  Macau 12  Maldives Qualified for the 2015 World Championship

2015 Asian U23 Champions  China 1st title 12–woman Roster Zhang Yu, Chen Xintong, Xu Jiujing, Chen Long, Song Meili, Duan Fang, Zheng Yixin, Liu Yanhan, Wang Qi, Huang Liuyan, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Mengjie Head Coach Xu Jiande

Awards

Most Valuable Player Liu Yanhan Best Outside Spikers Lee So-young Liu Yanhan Best Setter Chen Xintong

Best Opposite Spiker Pimpichaya Kokram Best Middle Blockers Hattaya Bamrungsuk Zheng Yixin Best Libero Kim Yeon-gyeon

Broadcast partners

• Sports5 (AksyonTV)

See also

• 2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "AVC launches 2015 volleyball calendar". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "China claim gold in inaugural Asian Women's U23 Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
3. "Country ready for Asian U23 task from AVC". The Daily Tribune. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
4. "Information of 12 U23 Women Volleyball Teams for 1st Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 8 May 2015.