2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	16–23 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (5th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP	Liu Yanhan
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The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 16 to 23 September 2018.^[1][2]

As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.

The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host country	1	Thailand
Central Asian teams	2	Iran
		Kazakhstan
East Asian teams	4	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
Oceanian team	1	Australia
Southeast Asian teams	2	Philippines
		Vietnam
Total 10

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Thailand (Host)	China (4)	Kazakhstan (7)
Japan (1)	Vietnam (5)	Philippines (8)
South Korea (3)	Chinese Taipei (6)	Iran (9)
		Australia (10)

All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima.

1. Number 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	176	147	1.197	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	154	168	0.917
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	186	201	0.925

16 September 18:30	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–21, 18–25, 27–29, 23–25) P2 Report

17 September 18:30	Thailand	3–1	Japan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(28–26, 21–25, 27–25, 25–17) P2 Report

18 September 18:30	South Korea	0–3	Thailand	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(18–25, 19–25, 17–25) P2 Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	94	1.596	Quarterfinals
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	149	191	0.780
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	172	186	0.925

16 September 13:30	China	3–0	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–17, 25–9, 25–12) P2 Report

17 September 11:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(14–25, 20–25, 22–25) P2 Report

18 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–2	Chinese Taipei	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 28–26, 30–28, 16–25, 15–12) P2 Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	291	250	1.164	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	273	280	0.975
3	Philippines	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	290	304	0.954	Relegated to Classification Round
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	288	308	0.935

16 September 11:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–23, 17–25, 25–19, 23–25, 6–15) P2 Report

16 September 16:00	Australia	3–2	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(21–25, 21–25, 26–24, 25–16, 15–10) P2 Report

17 September 13:30	Australia	3–2	Kazakhstan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(21–25, 25–20, 25–23, 20–25, 15–12) P2 Report

17 September 16:00	Philippines	2–3	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(29–27, 16–25, 25–17, 12–25, 13–15) P2 Report

18 September 11:00	Iran	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–20) P2 Report

18 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 17–25) P2 Report

Pool A		Pool B		Pool C
1	Thailand	1	China	1	Iran
2	South Korea	2	Vietnam	2	Australia
3	Japan	3	Chinese Taipei	3	Philippines
-		-		4	Kazakhstan

• Winners will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
• Losers will be relegated to the 9th-place match.

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Kazakhstan	0
	Vietnam	3

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Philippines	1
	South Korea	3

21 September 9:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(16–25, 14–25, 15–25) P2 Report

21 September 13:30	Philippines	1–3	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(13–25, 26–24, 7–25, 21–25) P2 Report

• Both teams will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
• Loser will face the winner of Kazakhstan vs Vietnam.
• Winner will face the winner of Philippines vs South Korea.

	Play-off
	Sep 21
	Iran	3
	Australia	1

21 September 11:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 25–23, 25–22, 25–20) P2 Report

22 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Philippines	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(13–25, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17, 8–15) P2 Report

	5th–8th place				5th place
	Sep 22
	Vietnam	3
					Sep 23
	Australia	0
					Vietnam	3
	Sep 22
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
	Iran	1
					7th place
					Sep 23
					Australia	3
					Iran	1

22 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–14, 25–15, 25–21) P2 Report

22 September 18:30	South Korea	3–1	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(12–25, 26–24, 25–16, 25–19) P2 Report

23 September 11:00	Australia	3–1	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(22–25, 26–24, 26–24, 25–18) P2 Report

23 September 13:30	Vietnam	3–0	South Korea	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–22, 25–10, 25–16) P2 Report

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Sep 19
	Thailand	3
					Sep 21
	Australia	0
					Thailand	2
	Sep 19
					China	3
	China	3
									Sep 23
	Iran	0
									China	3
	Sep 19
									Japan	0
	South Korea	1
					Sep 21
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
	Sep 19
					Japan	3			Third place
	Japan	3
									Sep 23
	Vietnam	1
									Thailand	3
									Chinese Taipei	0

19 September 11:00	Japan	3–1	Vietnam	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(20–25, 25–23, 25–12, 25–23) P2 Report

19 September 13:30	South Korea	1–3	Chinese Taipei	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–18, 20–25, 15–25, 24–26) P2 Report

19 September 16:00	China	3–0	Iran	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–11, 25–12, 25–16) P2 Report

19 September 18:30	Thailand	3–0	Australia	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–13) P2 Report

21 September 16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(15–25, 20–25, 25–21, 23–25) P2 Report

21 September 18:30	Thailand	2–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(18–25, 21–25, 27–25, 25–22, 10–15) P2 Report

23 September 16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(20–25, 19–25, 20–25) P2 Report

23 September 18:30	Japan	0–3	China	Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima
	(23–25, 20–25, 17–25) P2 Report

Rank Team  China  Japan  Thailand 4  Chinese Taipei 5  Vietnam 6  South Korea 7  Australia 8  Iran 9  Philippines 10  Kazakhstan

2018 Asian Women's Cup champions  China 5th title 14–woman roster Yang Zhou, Che Wenhan, Ren Kaiyi, Gao Yi, Sun Haiping, Chen Xintong, Chen Peiyan, Gong Meizi, Zheng Yixin, Wang Meiyi, Liu Yanhan, Duan Fang, Zhang Yichan (c), Meng Zixuan Head coach Shi Hairong

Source: AVC^[3]

• 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
• 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• 2018 Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup match schedule