The 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Women's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). It was held in Chongqing, China from 5 to 13 March 2017. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship held in Argentina, with the top four teams qualifying.
The matches were played in only one stadium in Chongqing, the Chongqing No. 8 Secondary School Gymnasium. It was the second time that China and the first time that Chongqing hosted the tournament. As hosts, China automatically participated in the tournament, along with the remaining 10 teams (after Kazakhstan withdrew)..
Japan won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over China. Both finalists and the semifinalists, South Korea and Thailand, qualified for the World Championship.
Participating teams Central Asia (CAZA)East Asia (EAZA)Oceania (OZA)Southeast Asia (SEAZA)West Asia (WAZA) (host)
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 seeded through 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 APool BPool CPool D (host) (1) (2) (4) (8) (7) (6) (5) (9) (-) (13) (-)
Kazakhstan withdrew after the draw.
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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)
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round were taken into account for the classification round. All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Pool E
Pool F
9-11th place
Final round
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
3rd place
Final
Final standing
RankTeam4567891011 Qualified for the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship
Awards
Most valuable player Yuki Nishikawa Best Outside Hitters Park Hye-min Yuki Nishikawa Best setter Zhang Zihan Best Middle Blockers Mao Junyi Lee Ju-ah Best libero Mizusugi Rena Best Opposite Sun Xiaoxuan
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