The 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (VFRK). It was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan from 25 to 31 May 2017. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the world championship.
The matches was played in only one stadium in Ust-Kamenogorsk: Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace. It was the second time that Kazakhstan and the first time that Ust-Kamenogorsk had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Kazakhstan automatically participated for the tournament.
Participated teams Central Asia (CAZA)East Asia (EAZA)Oceania (OZA)Southeast Asia (SEAZA)West Asia (WAZA) Kazakhstan (host) Iran China Chinese Taipei Japan Vietnam Philippines Thailand
Qualification TeamQualified as Altay Hosts Tianjin Bohai Bank2016 Chinese Volleyball League Champions Taiwan Power2016 Enterprise Volleyball League Champions Sarmayeh Bank2016 Iranian Volleyball League Champions Hisamitsu Springs2016 V.Premier League Champions Rebisco-PSL ManilaPhilippine Super Liga Representatives Supreme Chonburi2017 Volleyball Thailand League Champions Vietinbank VC2016 Volleyball Vietnam League Champions
Pools composition The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2016 Asian Women's Club 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 4th) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-).
Pool APool B (Host & 4th) Thailand (3rd) Iran (5th) Japan (1st) China (2nd) Vietnam (6th)
Squads
Venue The tournament was hosted in Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace, located in Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan.
Ust-Kamenogorsk, East KazakhstanBoris Alexandrov Sports PalaceCapacity: 4,400
Pool standing procedure The following procedures shall be followed to determine the ranking of teams in a pool:
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
Preliminary round All times are in Kazakhstan Standard Time (UTC+06:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Fifth-Eighth place play-offs
Semi-finals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Supreme Chonburi Hisamitsu Springs Tianjin Bohai Bank4 Altay5 Taiwan Power6 Sarmayeh Bank7 Vietinbank8 Rebisco-PSL Qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Team roster , , , , , (c), , , , , , , , Head coach Nataphon Srisamutnak
Medalists GoldSilverBronze Supreme Chonburi (c) Hisamitsu Springs (c) Tianjin Bohai Bank (c)
Awards
Most Valuable Player (Supreme Chonburi) Popular Player (Altay) Best Setter (Tianjin Bohai Bank) Best Outside Spikers (Supreme Chonburi) (Altay)
Best Middle Blockers (Supreme Chonburi) (Altay) Best Opposite Spiker (Hisamitsu Springs) Best Libero (Hisamitsu Springs)
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