2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). It was held in Chongqing, China from 5 to 13 March 2017. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship held in Argentina with the top four ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]

2017 Asian Girls' U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	5–13 March
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Nishikawa Yuki
Official website

The matches was played in only one stadium in Chongqing: Chongqing No.8 Secondary School Gymnasium. It was the second time that China and the first time that Chongqing had hosted the tournament. As hosts, China automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Kazakhstan).

Japan won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over China. Both finalists and the semifinalist, South Korea and Thailand qualified for the World Championship.

Participated teams

Central Asia (CAZA)	East Asia (EAZA)	Oceania (OZA)	Southeast Asia (SEAZA)	West Asia (WAZA)
Iran  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan	China (host)  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea	Australia  New Zealand  Samoa	Thailand

Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2014 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship. The host country and the top 7 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 7 remaining teams were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 3rd) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-).

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (host)	Japan (1)	Thailand (2)	South Korea (4)
Hong Kong (8)	New Zealand (7)	Kazakhstan (6)	Chinese Taipei (5)
Iran (9)	Samoa (-)	Australia (13)	Uzbekistan (-)

• Kazakhstan withdraw after the draw.

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

	Qualified for pool E
	Qualified for pool F
	Qualified for 9th-11th place

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	64	2.344
2	Hong Kong	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	130	162	0.802
3	Iran	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	119	173	0.688

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Mar	16:30	Iran	0–3	China	14–25	6–25	12–25			32–75	Report
6 Mar	19:00	Hong Kong	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–23	25–18	25–21		98–87	Report
7 Mar	16:30	China	3–0	Hong Kong	25–14	25–7	25–11			75–32	Report

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	42	3.571
2	New Zealand	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	96	130	0.738
3	Samoa	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	76	150	0.507

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Mar	14:00	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–7	25–5	25–9			75–21	Report
6 Mar	14:00	Samoa	0–3	Japan	3–25	15–25	3–25			21–75	Report
7 Mar	11:30	New Zealand	3–0	Samoa	25–20	25–18	25–17			75–55	Report

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	45	1.667
2	Australia	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	45	75	0.600

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Mar	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–20	25–11			75–45	Report

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	154	93	1.656
2	Chinese Taipei	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	138	125	1.104
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
5 Mar	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–8	25–7			75–30	Report
6 Mar	16:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	19–25	17–25	27–29			63–79	Report
7 Mar	19:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	10–25	18–25			46–75	Report

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 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	163	1.564
2	Thailand	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	241	202	1.193
3	Hong Kong	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	174	238	0.731
4	Australia	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	173	240	0.721

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Mar	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–21	25–19			75–52	Report
8 Mar	16:30	China	3–0	Australia	25–10	25–11	25–19			75–40	Report
9 Mar	14:00	China	3–2	Thailand	25–14	22–25	18–25	25–14	15–13	105–91	Report
9 Mar	19:00	Hong Kong	3–1	Australia	14–25	25–21	25–18	26–24		90–88	Report

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	107	2.103
2	South Korea	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	195	176	1.108
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	192	0.953
4	New Zealand	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	97	225	0.431

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Mar	11:30	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–14	25–14	25–17			75–45	Report
8 Mar	19:00	South Korea	3–0	New Zealand	25–9	25–17	25–12			75–38	Report
9 Mar	11:30	New Zealand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	12–25	10–25			38–75	Report
9 Mar	16:30	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–6	25–14	25–21			75–41	Report

9-11th place

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	178	153	1.163
2	Uzbekistan	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	179	149	1.201
3	Samoa	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	95	150	0.633

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Mar	09:00	Iran	3–2	Uzbekistan	17–25	25–21	21–25	25–22	15–11	103–104	Report
10 Mar	10:00	Iran	3–0	Samoa	25–17	25–17	25–15			75–49	Report
11 Mar	09:00	Samoa	0–3	Uzbekistan	14–25	11–25	21–25			46–75	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	11 March - Chongqing
	China	3
					12 March - Chongqing
	New Zealand	0
					China	3
	11 March - Chongqing
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	3
									13 March - Chongqing
	Hong Kong	0
									China	0
	11 March - Chongqing
									Japan	3
	Japan	3
					12 March - Chongqing
	Australia	0
					Japan	3
	11 March - Chongqing
					Thailand	0			3rd place
	Thailand	3
									13 March - Chongqing
	Chinese Taipei	0
									South Korea	3
									Thailand	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	12 March - Chongqing
	New Zealand	1
					13 March - Chongqing
	Hong Kong	3
					Hong Kong	1
	12 March - Chongqing
					Chinese Taipei	3
	Australia	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place
					13 March - Chongqing
					New Zealand	0
					Australia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Mar	11:30	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–15	25–11	25–13			75–39	Report
11 Mar	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	26–24	25–21	25–23			76–68	Report
11 Mar	16:30	China	3–0	New Zealand	25–13	25–7	25–6			75–26	Report
11 Mar	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	25–18	25–7	25–13			75–38	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	11:30	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	14–25	15–25	17–25			46–75	Report
12 Mar	14:00	New Zealand	1–3	Hong Kong	25–23	22–25	18–25	14–25		79–98	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	16:30	China	3–2	South Korea	19–25	14–25	25–23	25–19	15–13	98–105	Report
12 Mar	19:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–8	25–12	25–19			75–39	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	11:30	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	14:00	Hong Kong	1–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	25–16	22–25	23–25		85–91	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	16:30	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–17	28–26			78–60	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	19:00	China	0–3	Japan	16–25	9–25	30–32			55–82	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Japan  China  South Korea 4  Thailand 5  Chinese Taipei 6  Hong Kong 7  Australia 8  New Zealand 9  Iran 10  Uzbekistan 11  Samoa Qualified for the 2017 World Youth Championship

2017 Asian Youth Girls Champions  Japan Seventh title Team Roster Nakagawa Tsukasa, Kurata Shuri, Mizusugi Rena, Ishikawa Mayu, Soga Haruna, Yamada Nichika, Osaki Kotomi, Nishikawa Yuki, Takawanagi Yuri, Araki Ayaka, Nonaka Rui, Miyabe Ameze Head Coach: Saegusa Daichi

Awards

Most Valuable Player Nishikawa Yuki Best Outside Hitters Park Hye-min Nishikawa Yuki Best Setter Zhang Zihan

Best Middle Blockers Mao Junyi Lee Ju-ah Best Libero Mizusugi Rena Best Opposite Sun Xiaoxuan

References

1. "chongqing-to-host-11th-asian-girls-u18-championship-in-march". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

External links