2018 Asian Women's U17 Volleyball Championship

The 2018 Asian Women's U17 Volleyball Championship, also referred to as the 2018 SMM Est Cola Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth edition of the Asian Youth Women Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA), for the under-17 women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, from 20 to 27 May 2018.[1]

2018 Asian Women's U17 Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationThailand
CityNakhon Pathom
Dates20–27 May
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Champions Japan (8th title)
Runners-up China
Third place Thailand
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament awards
MVPJapan Nishikawa Yoshino
Official website
Nakhon Pathom 2018

A total of thirteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.

Like the previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Qualification

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The thirteen AVC member associations (including the India volleyball team under the Indian Olympic Association, who was suspended by the FIVB, and whose suspenion was lifted in May 2018) participated in the tournament, with Thailand already qualified as host country. Eight of the teams participated in the 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, while three did not participate in that previous edition. The thirteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, namely, Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (2 teams). No West Asian teams participated in this edition.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Births Qualified
Host country 1   Thailand
Central Asian teams 3   India
  Iran
  Kazakhstan
  Uzbekistan
East Asian teams 5   China
  Chinese Taipei
  Hong Kong
  Japan
  South Korea
Oceanian teams 2   New Zealand
  Australia
Southeast Asian team 1   Malaysia
Total 12

Pools composition

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This was the first Asian Women's U17 Volleyball Championship to use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team, as well as the host side, were assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams were drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three contested in Pool B, and the next best three contesting in Pool C. Pool D comprised teams that finished as the next best four teams.[2]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Japan (1)   Thailand (4)   Australia (7)   Uzbekistan (10)
  China (2)   Chinese Taipei (5)   New Zealand (8)   Kazakhstan (–)
  South Korea (3)   Hong Kong (6)   Iran (9)   Malaysia (–)
  India (–)

Venues

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Squads

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Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team were made to register a squad of 12 players from 19 players of their preliminary squad, per Regulations Articles 4.5, 4.6, 5.4 and 5.5.[3]

Preliminary round

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Pool standing procedure

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  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
Match forfeited: 0 match points for each.

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 188 166 1.133 Quarterfinals
2   South Korea 2 1 1 3 4 4 1.000 170 181 0.939
3   China 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 179 190 0.942
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May 19:00 Japan   3–1   South Korea 25–18 19–25 25–14 25–17   94–74 Report
21 May 14:00 China   1–3   Japan 25–17 25–27 21–25 21–25   92–94 Report
22 May 19:00 South Korea   3–1   China 25–17 21–25 25–23 25–22   96–87 Report

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Thailand (H) 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 182 141 1.291 Quarterfinals
2   Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 179 135 1.326 Play-offs
3   Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 65 150 0.433
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May 14:00 Thailand   3–0   Hong Kong 25–12 25–10 25–15     75–37 Report
21 May 11:30 Chinese Taipei   3–0   Hong Kong 25–10 25–14 25–4     75–28 Report
22 May 14:00 Thailand   3–2   Chinese Taipei 19–25 25–19 21–25 25–20 17–15 107–104 Report

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Australia 2 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 202 196 1.031 Play-offs
2   Iran 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 174 156 1.115
3   New Zealand 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 146 170 0.859
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May 16:30 New Zealand   1–3   Australia 23–25 23–25 25–17 26–28   97–95 Report
21 May 16:30 Iran   3–0   New Zealand 25–12 25–20 25–17     75–49 Report
22 May 11:30 Australia   3–2   Iran 22–25 20–25 25–19 25–21 15–9 107–99 Report

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 99 1.515 Play-offs
2   India 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 148 154 0.961
3   Malaysia 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 127 172 0.738
4   Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May 11:30 Malaysia   0–3   Kazakhstan 11–25 23–25 14–25     48–75 Report
21 May 19:00 India   3–1   Malaysia 22–25 25–22 25–19 25–13   97–79 Report
22 May 16:30 Kazakhstan   3–0   India 25–16 25–22 25–13     75–51 Report

Bracket composition

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1   Japan 4   Thailand 7   Australia 10   Kazakhstan
2   South Korea 5   Chinese Taipei 8   Iran 11   India
3   China 6   Hong Kong 9   New Zealand 12   Malaysia

Final round

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Classification round (R9–12)

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9th–12th places9th place
 
      
 
25 May
 
 
  New Zealand3
 
27 May
 
  Malaysia2
 
  New Zealand2
 
25 May
 
  Australia3
 
  Hong Kong1
 
 
  Australia3
 
11th place
 
 
26 May
 
 
  Hong Kong2
 
 
  Malaysia3

Ninth to Twelfth places

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 May 14:30 New Zealand   3–2   Malaysia 17–25 23–25 25–21 27–25 15–10 107–106 Report
25 May 17:00 Hong Kong   1–3   Australia 23–25 25–18 23–25 21–25   92–93 Report

Eleventh place

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 May 9:00 Hong Kong   2–3   Malaysia 25–16 21–25 18–25 25–17 13–15 102–98 Report

Ninth place

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 9:00 New Zealand   2–3   Australia 25–11 13–25 25–23 13–25 12–15 88–99 Report

Classification round (R5–8)

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5th–8th places5th place
 
      
 
26 May
 
 
  Iran0
 
27 May
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
26 May
 
  Kazakhstan0
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
 
  India2
 
7th place
 
 
27 May
 
 
  Iran3
 
 
  India1

Fifth to Eighth places

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 May 11:30 Iran   0–3   Chinese Taipei 13–25 13–25 15–25     41–75 Report
26 May 14:00 Kazakhstan   3–2   India 25–19 23–25 25–23 19–25 15–12 107–104 Report

Seventh place

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 11:30 Iran   3–1   India 25–23 20–25 25–16 25–15   95–79 Report

Fifth place

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 14:00 Kazakhstan   0–3   Chinese Taipei 6–25 12–25 8–25     26–75 Report

Championship round (R1–12)

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Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
24 May
 
 
  Japan3
 
23 May
 
  Iran0
 
  Iran3
 
26 May
 
  Malaysia1
 
  Japan3
 
 
  Thailand2
 
 
24 May
 
 
  Thailand3
 
23 May
 
  Chinese Taipei2
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
27 May
 
  New Zealand0
 
  Japan3
 
 
  China1
 
 
24 May
 
 
  China3
 
23 May
 
  Kazakhstan0
 
  Hong Kong0
 
26 May
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
  China3
 
 
  South Korea2 Third place
 
 
24 May27 May
 
 
  South Korea3  Thailand3
 
23 May
 
  India0   South Korea1
 
  Australia0
 
 
  India3
 

Play-offs

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  • Winners advanced to the Quarter-finals.
  • Losers transferred to the Classification round (R9–12).
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 May 11:30 Chinese Taipei   3–0   New Zealand 25–9 25–8 25–13     75–30 Report
23 May 14:00 Hong Kong   0–3   Kazakhstan 21–25 22–25 12–25     55–75 Report
23 May 16:30 Australia   0–3   India 23–25 18–25 21–25     62–75 Report
23 May 19:00 Iran   3–1   Malaysia 25–27 25–20 25–22 25–21   100–90 Report

Quarter-finals

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  • Winners advanced to the Semi-finals and World Championship.
  • Losers transferred to the Classification round (R5–8).
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 May 11:30 Japan   3–0   Iran 25–12 25–17 25–16     75–45 Report
24 May 14:00 Thailand   3–2   Chinese Taipei 15–25 25–23 20–25 25–23 15–10 100–106 Report
24 May 16:30 China   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–20 25–10 25–2     75–32 Report
24 May 19:00 South Korea   3–0   India 25–15 25–18 25–14     75–47 Report

Semi-finals

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  • Winners advanced to the Finals.
  • Losers contested the tournament's Third Place.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 May 16:30 Japan   3–2   Thailand 22–25 25–15 23–25 25–16 15–2 110–83 Report
26 May 19:00 China   3–2   South Korea 19–25 25–21 25–27 25–16 15–10 109–99 Report

Third place

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 16:30 Thailand   3–1   South Korea 25–19 25–17 8–25 25–16   83–77 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 May 19:00 Japan   3–1   China 25–17 18–25 25–17 25–19   93–78 Report

Final standing

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ "NEW COMPETITION FORMAT SET FOR 2018 AVC CHAMPIONSHIPS". AVC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Regulations 2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship" (PDF). AVC.
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