2017 Asian Girls' U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation China
Dates5–13 March
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Japan (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVPJapan Yuki Nishikawa
Official website
Official website

The 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with 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 ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]

The matches was played in only one stadium in Chongqing: Chongqing No.8 Secondary School Gymnasium. It was the second time that China and the first time that Chongqing had hosted the tournament. As hosts, China automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Kazakhstan).

Japan won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over China. Both finalists and the semifinalist, South Korea and Thailand qualified for the World Championship.

Participated teams

Central Asia (CAZA) East Asia (EAZA) Oceania (OZA) Southeast Asia (SEAZA) West Asia (WAZA)

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 seed in 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 A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 China (host)  Japan (1)  Thailand (2)  South Korea (4)
 Hong Kong (8)  New Zealand (7)  Kazakhstan (6)  Chinese Taipei (5)
 Iran (9)  Samoa (-)  Australia (13)  Uzbekistan (-)
  • Kazakhstan withdraw after the draw.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 64 2.344 Pool E
2  Hong Kong 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 130 162 0.802
3  Iran 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 119 173 0.688 9th-11th place
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Mar 16:30 Iran  0–3  China 14–25 6–25 12–25     32–75 Report
6 Mar 19:00 Hong Kong  3–1  Iran 23–25 25–23 25–18 25–21   98–87 Report
7 Mar 16:30 China  3–0  Hong Kong 25–14 25–7 25–11     75–32 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 42 3.571 Pool F
2  New Zealand 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 96 130 0.738
3  Samoa 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 76 150 0.507 9th-11th place
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Mar 14:00 Japan  3–0  New Zealand 25–7 25–5 25–9     75–21 Report
6 Mar 14:00 Samoa  0–3  Japan 3–25 15–25 3–25     21–75 Report
7 Mar 11:30 New Zealand  3–0  Samoa 25–20 25–18 25–17     75–55 Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Thailand 1 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 45 1.667 Pool E
2  Australia 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 45 75 0.600
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Mar 14:00 Thailand  3–0  Australia 25–14 25–20 25–11     75–45 Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  South Korea 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 154 93 1.656 Pool F
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 138 125 1.104
3  Uzbekistan 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 76 150 0.507 9th-11th place
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Mar 19:00 South Korea  3–0  Uzbekistan 25–15 25–8 25–7     75–30 Report
6 Mar 16:30 Chinese Taipei  0–3  South Korea 19–25 17–25 27–29     63–79 Report
7 Mar 19:00 Uzbekistan  0–3  Chinese Taipei 18–25 10–25 18–25     46–75 Report

Second round

  • 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.
  • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 255 163 1.564 Quarterfinals
2  Thailand 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 241 202 1.193
3  Hong Kong 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 174 238 0.731
4  Australia 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 173 240 0.721
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Mar 14:00 Thailand  3–0  Hong Kong 25–12 25–21 25–19     75–52 Report
8 Mar 16:30 China  3–0  Australia 25–10 25–11 25–19     75–40 Report
9 Mar 14:00 China  3–2  Thailand 25–14 22–25 18–25 25–14 15–13 105–91 Report
9 Mar 19:00 Hong Kong  3–1  Australia 14–25 25–21 25–18 26–24   90–88 Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 107 2.103 Quarterfinals
2  South Korea 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 195 176 1.108
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 183 192 0.953
4  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 97 225 0.431
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Mar 11:30 Japan  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–14 25–14 25–17     75–45 Report
8 Mar 19:00 South Korea  3–0  New Zealand 25–9 25–17 25–12     75–38 Report
9 Mar 11:30 New Zealand  0–3  Chinese Taipei 16–25 12–25 10–25     38–75 Report
9 Mar 16:30 Japan  3–0  South Korea 25–6 25–14 25–21     75–41 Report

9-11th place

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Iran 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 178 153 1.163
2  Uzbekistan 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 179 149 1.201
3  Samoa 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 95 150 0.633
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Mar 09:00 Iran  3–2  Uzbekistan 17–25 25–21 21–25 25–22 15–11 103–104 Report
10 Mar 10:00 Iran  3–0  Samoa 25–17 25–17 25–15     75–49 Report
11 Mar 09:00 Samoa  0–3  Uzbekistan 14–25 11–25 21–25     46–75 Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 March - Chongqing
 
 
 China3
 
12 March - Chongqing
 
 New Zealand0
 
 China3
 
11 March - Chongqing
 
 South Korea2
 
 South Korea3
 
13 March - Chongqing
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 China0
 
11 March - Chongqing
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan3
 
12 March - Chongqing
 
 Australia0
 
 Japan3
 
11 March - Chongqing
 
 Thailand0 3rd place
 
 Thailand3
 
13 March - Chongqing
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 South Korea3
 
 
 Thailand0
 
 
5th–8th places5th place
 
      
 
12 March - Chongqing
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
13 March - Chongqing
 
 Hong Kong3
 
 Hong Kong1
 
12 March - Chongqing
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 Australia0
 
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
7th place
 
 
13 March - Chongqing
 
 
 New Zealand0
 
 
 Australia3

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Mar 11:30 Japan  3–0  Australia 25–15 25–11 25–13     75–39 Report
11 Mar 14:00 Thailand  3–0  Chinese Taipei 26–24 25–21 25–23     76–68 Report
11 Mar 16:30 China  3–0  New Zealand 25–13 25–7 25–6     75–26 Report
11 Mar 19:00 South Korea  3–0  Hong Kong 25–18 25–7 25–13     75–38 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Mar 11:30 Australia  0–3  Chinese Taipei 14–25 15–25 17–25     46–75 Report
12 Mar 14:00 New Zealand  1–3  Hong Kong 25–23 22–25 18–25 14–25   79–98 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Mar 16:30 China  3–2  South Korea 19–25 14–25 25–23 25–19 15–13 98–105 Report
12 Mar 19:00 Japan  3–0  Thailand 25–8 25–12 25–19     75–39 Report

7th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Mar 11:30 New Zealand  0–3  Australia 20–25 19–25 18–25     57–75 Report

5th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Mar 14:00 Hong Kong  1–3  Chinese Taipei 15–25 25–16 22–25 23–25   85–91 Report

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Mar 16:30 South Korea  3–0  Thailand 25–17 25–17 28–26     78–60 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Mar 19:00 China  0–3  Japan 16–25 9–25 30–32     55–82 Report

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Japan Yuki Nishikawa
  • Best Outside Hitters
    South Korea Park Hye-min
    Japan Yuki Nishikawa
  • Best setter
    China Zhang Zihan
  • Best Middle Blockers
    China Mao Junyi
    South Korea Lee Ju-ah
  • Best libero
    Japan Mizusugi Rena
  • Best Opposite
    China Sun Xiaoxuan

References

  1. "chongqing-to-host-11th-asian-girls-u18-championship-in-march". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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