The 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI). The tournament was held in both Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines from 9 to 17 August 2017.
Qualification The fourteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations: Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), and Southeast Asia (3 teams). West Asian teams did not submit any of their women's national teams.
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. Maldives qualified for their first tournament. New Zealand made a return having last qualified at the 2007 edition. Means of qualificationBirthsQualifiedRankedHost country 1 H Central Asian teams 4 8 7 — 11 East Asian teams 5 1 4 10 6 2 Oceanian teams 2 9 — Southeast Asian teams 2 3 5Total 14
Notes The bold team will be the top positions in each pool.
Format
The tournament is played in three stages. In the first stage, the fourteen participants are divided in four groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below).
The two best teams of each group (total of 8 teams) progress to the second stage, the eight finalist are divided in two groups of four each. The pool standing will use 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.
The third stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.
Pool standing procedure Number 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
Pools composition
Preliminary round The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2015 Asian Women's 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.
Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 12th) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).
Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) (1) (2) (3) (7) (6) (5) (4) (13) (9) (14) (8) (–) (–)
Classification round Final Eight9th–14th placesPool EPool FPool GPool Hwidth=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% width=3% (Hosts)width=3%
Squads
Preliminary round All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Classification round All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). 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.
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
13th place match
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
Final eight
Quarterfinals
5th–7th place semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Qualified to 2018 AVC Cup for Women Qualified to 2018 AVC Cup for Women as host country
Awards
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best liberos
See also 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
References
External links
2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship squads - ABS-CBN