2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (VFRK). It was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan from 11 to 18 July 2018. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the World Championship.[1][2]

2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Kazakhstan
CityUst-Kamenogorsk
Dates11–18 July
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Champions Supreme Chonburi (2nd title)
Runners-up NEC Red Rockets
Third place Jiangsu Zenith Steel
Fourth place Altay
Tournament awards
MVP Ajcharaporn Kongyot (Supreme Chonburi)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net

Qualification

Nine clubs from nine AVC member associations participated in the tournament including Kazakhstan, the host country. Of the nine AVC member associations, seven had clubs which participated in the 2017 edition.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Association Team Means of qualification
KazakhstanAltay 2017–18 Kazakhstan National Liga winners
ChinaJiangsu Zenith Steel 2016–17 Chinese Volleyball League winners
Chinese TaipeiCMFC 2017–18 Enterprise Volleyball League winners
IndonesiaGaruda VC 2018 Indonesian Proliga winners
IranPaykan Tehran VC 2017 Iranian Volleyball League Champions
JapanNEC Red Rockets 2016–17 V.Premier League winners
Sri LankaLanka Lions 2017 Sri Lanka Volleyball League Champions
ThailandSupreme Chonburi 2017–18 Volleyball Thailand League winners
VietnamVTV Bình Điền Long An 2017 Volleyball Vietnam League winners

Pools composition

This is the first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking. The three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.[3]

Pool A Pool B Pool C
Thailand (1) Kazakhstan (4) Vietnam (7)
Japan (2) Chinese Taipei (5) Indonesia (–)
China (3) Iran (6) Sri Lanka (–)

Squads
Main article: 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship 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
Match forfeited: 0 match points for each.

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 NEC Red Rockets 2 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 207 199 1.040 Quarter-finals
2 Supreme Chonburi 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 176 159 1.107
3 Jiangsu Zenith Steel 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 151 176 0.858
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AVC
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jul15:00Supreme Chonburi 3–0 Jiangsu Zenith Steel 25–2025–2225–11  75–53Report
12 Jul15:00NEC Red Rockets 3–2 Supreme Chonburi 20–2521–2525–2225–1815–11106–101Report
13 Jul15:00Jiangsu Zenith Steel 1–3 NEC Red Rockets 25–2124–2627–2922–25 98–101Report

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1 Altay 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 171 130 1.315 Quarter-finals
2 CMFC 2 1 1 2 4 5 0.800 184 198 0.929 Play-offs
3 Paykan Tehran VC 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 153 180 0.850 Quarter-finals
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AVC
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jul18:30Paykan Tehran VC 0–3 Altay 18–2516–2517–25  51–75Report
12 Jul18:30CMFC 3–2 Paykan Tehran VC 24–2626–2415–2525–1615–11105–102Report
13 Jul19:00Altay 3–1 CMFC 21–2525–1825–1325–23 96–79Report

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1 Garuda VC 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 165 131 1.260 Quarter-finals
2 VTV Bình Điền Long An 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 159 119 1.336
3 Lanka Lions 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 76 150 0.507 Play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AVC
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jul12:30VTV Bình Điền Long An 3–0 Lanka Lions 25–825–1025–11  75–29Report
12 Jul12:30Lanka Lions 0–3 Garuda VC 20–2516–2511–25  47–75Report
13 Jul12:30Garuda VC 3–1 VTV Bình Điền Long An 15–2525–1825–1825–23 90–84Report

Final Round

Rankings
Pool A Pool B Pool C
1 NEC Red Rockets 1 Altay 1 Garuda VC
2 Supreme Chonburi 2 CMFC 2 VTV Bình Điền Long An
3 Jiangsu Zenith Steel 3 Paykan Tehran VC 3 Lanka Lions

Classification round (R5–9)

Section 1
 
Play-off
 
  
 
16 July
 
 
 VTV Bình Điền Long An3
 
 
 Lanka Lions0
 
Section 1
  • Winners will advance to Fifth to Eighth Classification round.
  • Losers will be ninth place.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul13:30VTV Bình Điền Long An 3–0 Lanka Lions 25–825–1925–18  75–45Report

Section 2
 
Play-off
 
  
 
16 July
 
 
 Paykan Tehran VC1
 
 
 Garuda VC3
 
Section 2
  • Winners will advance to Fifth to Eighth Classification round.
  • Losers will advance to Fifth to Eighth Classification round.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul16:00Paykan Tehran VC 1–3 Garuda VC 25–2320–2522–2518–25 85–98Report

Fifth to Eighth Classification Round
 
5th–8th places5th place
 
      
 
17 July
 
 
 CMFC1
 
18 July
 
 Paykan Tehran VC3
 
 Paykan Tehran VC0
 
17 July
 
 Garuda VC3
 
 Garuda VC3
 
 
 VTV Bình Điền Long An1
 
7th place
 
 
18 July
 
 
 CMFC0
 
 
 VTV Bình Điền Long An3
Fifth to Eighth places
  • Winners will advance to Fifth place play-off.
  • Losers will be given a chance to Seventh place play-off.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul10:00Garuda VC 3–1 VTV Bình Điền Long An 25–1925–2315–2525–20 90–87Report
17 Jul12:30CMFC 1–3 Paykan Tehran VC 24–2620–2525–2213–25 82–98Report
Seventh place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jul10:00CMFC 0–3 VTV Bình Điền Long An 19–2522–2516–25  57–75Report
Fifth place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jul12:30Paykan Tehran VC 0–3 Garuda VC 25–2718–2519–25  62–77Report

Championship round (R1–9)
 
Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Supreme Chonburi3
 
 
 Paykan Tehran VC0
 
 
17 July
 
 
 Supreme Chonburi3
 
 
 Jiangsu Zenith Steel0
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Jiangsu Zenith Steel3
 
 
 Garuda VC0
 
 
18 July
 
 
 Supreme Chonburi3
 
14 July
 
 NEC Red Rockets2
 
 CMFC3
 
16 July
 
 Lanka Lions0
 
 NEC Red Rockets3
 
 
 CMFC1
 
 
17 July
 
 
 NEC Red Rockets3
 
 
 Altay0 Third place
 
 
14 July18 July
 
 
 Altay3 Jiangsu Zenith Steel3
 
 
 VTV Bình Điền Long An0 Altay2
 
 
 
 

Play-offs
  • Winners will advance to Quarter-finals.
  • Losers will transfer to Classification round (R5–9).
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jul17:30CMFC 3–0 Lanka Lions 25–1225–1225–11  75–35Report

Quarter-finals
  • Winners will advance to Semi-finals.
  • Losers will transfer to Classification round (R5–9).
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jul12:30Jiangsu Zenith Steel 3–0 Garuda VC 25–2125–2225–20  75–63Report
14 Jul15:00Supreme Chonburi 3–0 Paykan Tehran VC 25–1425–1225–16  75–42Report
14 Jul20:00Altay 3–0 VTV Bình Điền Long An 25–1725–2125–15  75–53Report
16 Jul19:00NEC Red Rockets 3–1 CMFC 25–1525–1819–2525–15 94–73Report

Semi-finals
  • Winners will advance to Finals.
  • Losers will be given a chance to Third place play-off .
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul15:00Supreme Chonburi 3–0 Jiangsu Zenith Steel 25–1925–1925–15  75–53Report
17 Jul18:00NEC Red Rockets 3–0 Altay 25–2025–1728–26  78–63Report

Third place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jul15:00Jiangsu Zenith Steel 3–2 Altay 25–2025–2321–2517–2515–12103–105Report

Final
  • Winners will advance to World Championship.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jul18:00Supreme Chonburi 3–2 NEC Red Rockets 13–2525–2125–1820–2516–1499–103Report

Final standing

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Supreme Chonburi
Supattra Pairoj
Piyanut Pannoy
Wipawee Srithong
Pleumjit Thinkaow
Patcharaporn Sittisad
Chatchu-on Moksri
Wilavan Apinyapong (c)
Nampueng Khamart
Nootsara Tomkom
Taylor Sandbothe
Kullapa Piampongsann
Watchareeya Nuanjam
Ajcharaporn Kongyot
Fatou Diouck		 NEC Red Rockets
Kana Ōno
Kaori Ueno
Kaname Yamaguchi
Mizuki Yanakita (c)
Yuna Okuyama
Sayaka Iwasaki
Sayaka Shinohara
Nanami Hirose
Misaki Yamauchi
Shiori Tsukada
Manami Kojima
Shiori Aratani
Nichika Yamada		 Jiangsu Zenith Steel
Wu Han
Rong Wanqianbai
Wang Yuqi
Yang Wenjin
Zhou Xinyi
Zang Qianqian
Xu Ruoya (c)
Wang Chenyue
Bai Jie
Chen Yixuan
Wei Yuxin

Awards

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. "NEW COMPETITION FORMAT SET FOR 2018 AVC CHAMPIONSHIPS". AVC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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