The 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Tianjin, China, from 27 April to 5 May 2019. The winner of this tournament qualified to 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
Qualification Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events were selected by 1 team for the organizer 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Qualified associations Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifiedHost country1 China2018 Asian Championship11–18 July 2018 Ust-Kamenogorsk7 Thailand Japan Kazakhstan Iran Vietnam Chinese Taipei Sri LankaEAZVA representatives 2 February 2019 Bangkok2 Hong Kong North KoreaCAZVA representatives 1 TurkmenistanTotal11 EAZVA is originally allocated with 1 team, but Indonesia, OZVA, WAZVA and SEAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to Hong Kong and North Korea.
Participating teams The following teams were entered for the tournament.
AssociationTeamDomestic league standing China Tianjin Bohaibank Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Japan Hisamitsu Springs 2017–18 V.Premier League winners Kazakhstan Altay VC 2018–19 Kazakhstan National Ligue winners North Korea April 25 Sports Club Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 2018 Munchee National Volleyball Championship Thailand Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech 2018–19 Women's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up Turkmenistan Binagar Vietnam VTV Bình Điền Long An 2018 Volleyball Vietnam League winners
Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech qualified as 2018 winners due to compensation after 2019 FIVB World Championship ineligible rather than Nakhon Ratchasima as 2018–19 Volleyball Thailand League winners.
Squads
Venues Tianjin, China Wuqing Sport Center Gymnasium Capacity:
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Final Round All times are China National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
9th-10th places
9th place match
Final eight
Quarterfinals
5th-8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Tianjin Bohaibank Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech Hisamitsu Springs4 Altay VC5 April 25 Sports Club6 Chinese Taipei7 VTV Bình Điền Long An8 Hong Kong9 Sri Lanka Air Force10 Binagar Qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
2019 Asian Women's Club ChampionsTianjin Bohaibank 5th title Team roster Li Yingying, , , Wang Ning, Yang Yi, , , , , , Yao Di (c), Li Yanan, Head coach Chen Youquan
Awards
Most Valuable Player Li Yingying (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Setter Yao Di (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Outside Spikers Li Yingying (Tianjin Bohaibank) Hikari Kato (Hisamitsu Springs)
Best Middle Blockers Li Yanan (Tianjin Bohaibank) Wang Yuanyuan (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Opposite Spiker Ajcharaporn Kongyot (Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech) Best Libero Sayaka Tsutsui (Hisamitsu Springs)
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