2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
CompetitionAsian Women's Volleyball Cup
ContinentAsia
Genderwomen
Year2018
Size280px
CityNakhon Ratchasima
Dates16–23 September
Teams10
Confederations1
Venues1
Cities1
ChampionsCHN
Title number5
SecondJPN
ThirdTHA
FourthTPE
MvpLiu Yanhan
Last2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
Next2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 16 to 23 September 2018.[1][2]

As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.

Qualification

Main article: 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

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Host country1
Central Asian teams2
East Asian teams4
Oceanian team1
Southeast Asian teams2
Total 10

Pools composition

Pool APool BPool C
(Host)(4)(7)
(1)(5)(8)
(3)(6)(9)
(10)

Venue

All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Squads

Main article: 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup squads

Preliminary round

Pool standing procedure

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

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Rankings

Pool APool BPool C
111
222
333
--4

Classification round

Classification round (R5-R10)

Section 1

  • Winners will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
  • Losers will be relegated to the 9th-place match.
Section 2
  • Both teams will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
  • Loser will face the winner of Kazakhstan vs Vietnam.
  • Winner will face the winner of Philippines vs South Korea.

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14–woman roster
Yang Zhou, Che Wenhan, Ren Kaiyi, Gao Yi, Sun Haiping, Chen Xintong, Chen Peiyan, Gong Meizi, Zheng Yixin, Wang Meiyi, Liu Yanhan, Duan Fang, Zhang Yichan (c), Meng Zixuan
Head coach
Shi Hairong

Awards

  • Most valuable player
Liu Yanhan
  • Best outside spikers
Miwako Osanai
Ajcharaporn Kongyot
  • Best setter
Sun Haiping
  • Best opposite spiker
Pimpichaya Kokram
  • Best middle blocker
Gao Yi
Tseng Wan-Ling
  • Best libero
Rena Mizusugi

Source: AVC[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "6th AVC Cup for Women - Bulletin no.8 (Individual awards)". AVC. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.