2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

2017 Asian Women's U23 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	13 – 21 May 2017
Teams	13
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
	Official website

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.

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 As hosts, Thailand automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 12 teams (with the withdrawn of South Korea, China, and Philippines).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)
Iran Kazakhstan Sri Lanka Uzbekistan	~~China~~ Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau ~~South Korea~~	Australia New Zealand	Malaysia ~~Philippines~~ Thailand (host) Vietnam

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

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

Numbers of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	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
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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 May	16:30	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–18	25–12	25–9			75–39	P2
14 May	14:00	Macau	0–3	Thailand	12–25	8–25	8–25			28–75	P2
15 May	09:00	Hong Kong	3–2	Macau	20–25	25–3	25–16	16–25	15–9	101–78	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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	Total	Report
13 May	19:00	Vietnam	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–14	25–17	25–16	75–47	P2
14 May	16:30	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–12	25–15	25–21	75–48	P2
15 May	16:30	Uzbekistan	0–3	Japan	6–25	11–25	12–25	29–75	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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 May	09:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–15	25–14	25–10			75–39	P2
13 May	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Australia	25–13	25–15	23–25	22–25	15–11	110–89	P2
14 May	11:30	Sri Lanka	0–3	Kazakhstan	14–25	8–25	12–25			34–75	P2
14 May	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–21	25–14	25–20			75–55	P2
15 May	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–17	25–19			75–55	P2
15 May	19:00	Australia	3–1	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–23	21–25	25–14		96–78	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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	Total	Report
13 May	11:30	Malaysia	3–0	New Zealand	25–23	25–12	25–12	75–47	P2
14 May	09:00	Iran	3–0	Malaysia	25–21	25–23	25–16	75–60	P2
15 May	11:30	New Zealand	0–3	Iran	26–28	22–25	20–25	68–78	P2

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
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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	Total	Report
16 May	11:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hong Kong	25–16	25–13	25–12		75–41	P2
16 May	16:30	Thailand	3–1	Kazakhstan	24–26	25–21	25–10	25–10	99–67	P2
17 May	11:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	10–25	15–25		42–75	P2
17 May	14:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	27–25	23–25	28–26	25–21	103–97	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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	Total	Report
16 May	14:00	Iran	0–3	Vietnam	19–25	17–25	19–25	55–75	P2
16 May	19:00	Japan	3–0	Malaysia	25–14	25–14	25–6	75–34	P2
17 May	16:30	Vietnam	3–0	Malaysia	25–15	27–25	25–15	77–55	P2
17 May	19:00	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–13	25–14	25–12	75–39	P2

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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 May	09:00	Macau	1–3	Sri Lanka	23–25	26–24	21–25	24–26		94–100	P2
18 May	10:00	Macau	0–3	Australia	17–25	14–25	19–25			50–75	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	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 May	09:00	Uzbekistan	3–1	New Zealand	25–18	25–27	25–15	25–17		100–77	P2

Classification round

All Times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Eleventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	09:00	Sri Lanka	1–3	New Zealand	25–16	23–25	20–25	16–25		84–91	P2

Ninth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	09:00	Australia	1–3	Uzbekistan	23–25	21–25	25–23	24–26		93–99	P2

Final round

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

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	Total	Report
19 May	11:30	Japan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–14	25–14	25–11	75–39	P2
19 May	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Malaysia	25–16	25–14	25–16	75–46	P2
19 May	16:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iran	25–14	25–14	25–18	75–46	P2
19 May	19:00	Vietnam	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–20	25–14	75–53	P2

Fifth place play-offs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	11:30	Hong Kong	3–0	Iran	25–14	25–22	25–18			75–54	P2
20 May	14:00	Malaysia	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	15–25	22–25			60–75	P2

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	16:30	Thailand	3–0	Vietnam	25–21	25–15	25–20			75–56	P2
20 May	19:00	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	27–29	25–22	25–10		102–79	P2

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	09:00	Iran	2–3	Malaysia	23–25	25–22	23–25	25–22	13–15	109–109	P2

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	11:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	13–25	15–25			45–75	P2

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	14:00	Vietnam	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	16:30	Thailand	2–3	Japan	25–20	25–16	19–25	25–27	12–15	106–103	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Thailand
	Vietnam
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Kazakhstan
6	Hong Kong
7	Malaysia
8	Iran
9	Uzbekistan
10	Australia
11	New Zealand
12	Sri Lanka
13	Macau

	Qualified for the 2017 U23 World Championship

2017 Asian U23 Champions
Japan 1st title

12–woman Roster

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

Head Coach

Kiyoshi Abo

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

Most Valuable Player

Misaki Yamauchi

Best Outside Spikers

Chatchu-on Moksri

Trần Thị Thanh Thuý

Best Setter

Miki Sukurai

Best Opposite Spiker

Pimpichaya Kokram

Best Middle Blocker

Ayaka Sugi

Hathairat Jarat

Best Libero

Li Xiang-chen

Broadcasting rights

Territory	Channel
AVC partner	SMMTV
Thailand	SMMTV
Thailand	Thairath TV

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References

"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.
"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.

External links

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[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.