2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships

2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships

Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
City	Astana
Dates	3–8 July
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
Astana 2023
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The 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships was the 5th edition (7th including unofficial championships) of the championship and decided who took the Asia spot in the Sitting Volleyball tournament at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The tournament was held in the Kazakh capital of Astana. The winners of the men's tournament was Iran's men, while China won the women's event. ^[1]

Teams

The countries were drawn on 22 June 2023. ^[2]

Men's event

•   China
•   India ^[a]
•   Iran
•   Iraq
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan
•   South Korea
•   Thailand (withdrew)

1. India replaced Thailand, who withdrew prior to the event. ^[3]

Women's event

•   China
•   India
•   Iran
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan
•   South Korea
•   Mongolia
•   Thailand

Venue

The venue was the Jekpe-Jek Sports Centre in Astana.

Astana		Astana
		Jekpe-Jek Sports Centre
		Capacity: unknown

Broadcasting rights

The games were live streamed on the ParaVolley Asia Oceania Youtube channel while some games were broadcast on Kazakh TV channel, Qazsport. ^[4]

Men's event

2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's event

Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
City	Astana
Dates	3–8 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (th title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Official website
Astana 2023
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The seven teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan (H)	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	75	2.000	Semifinals
2	Iraq	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	132	163	0.810
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	122	168	0.726

Source: ^[5]
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 July	10:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Japan	25–5	25–16	25–15			75–36	[5]
4 July	10:00	Japan	1–3	Iraq	18–25	25–18	20–25	23–25		86–93	[5]
5 July	10:00	Iraq	0–3	Kazakhstan	15–25	10–25	14–25			39–75	[5]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	119	1.891	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	194	160	1.213
3	South Korea	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	168	196	0.857
4	India	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	113	225	0.502

Source: ^[5]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 July	15:30	Iran	3–0	India	25–5	25–15	25–11			75–31	[5]
3 July	17:00	China	3–0	South Korea	25–8	25–20	25–21			75–49	[5]
4 July	11:30	India	0–3	South Korea	12–25	20–25	14–25			46–75	[5]
4 July	15:30	Iran	3–0	China	25–19	25–8	25–17			75–44	[5]
5 July	11:30	China	3–0	India	25–10	25–8	25–18			75–36	[5]
5 July	15:30	South Korea	0–3	Iran	11–25	21–25	12–25			44–75	[5]

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	6 July
	Kazakhstan	3
					8 July
	China	2
					Kazakhstan	0
	6 July
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
	Iraq	0
					Third place
					8 July
					China	3
					Iraq	1

Semi finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 July	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	China	21–25	25–21	19–25	25–21	15–12	105–104	[5]
6 July	17:30	Iran	3–0	Iraq	25–10	25–7	25–15			75–32	[5]

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	11:30	China	3–1	Iraq	16–25	25–15	25–22	25–13		91–75	[5]

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	16:30	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	21–25	14–25	17–25			52–75	[5]

Classification rounds

	5–7th place semifinal				5th place
					7 July
					South Korea	3
	6 July
					Japan	2
	Japan	3
	India	0

5–7th place semifinal

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 July	10:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–12	25–15	25–9			75–36	[5]

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	10:00	Japan	2–3	South Korea	23–25	21–25	25–20	25–19	10–15	104–104	[5]

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	Iran [a]
	Kazakhstan
	China
4	Iraq
5	South Korea
6	Japan
7	India

Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

1. Iran already made the Paralympics because they won the 2022 World Championships. Therefore the Asia spot was given to the runners up, Kazakhstan.

Women's event

2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's event

Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
City	Astana
Dates	3–8 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (th title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Official website
Astana 2023
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The eight teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	58	3.879	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	201	197	1.020
3	Kazakhstan (H)	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	185	218	0.849
4	India	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	87	225	0.387

Source: ^[5]
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 July	12:15	Kazakhstan	3–0	India	25–17	25–11	25–9			75–37	[5]
3 July	15:00	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–11	25–3	25–6			75–20	[5]
4 July	09:30	India	0–3	South Korea	8–25	18–25	8–25			34–75	[5]
4 July	16:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	8–25	7–25	7–25			22–75	[5]
5 July	11:00	Iran	3–0	India	25–2	25–10	25–4			75–16	[5]
5 July	15:00	South Korea	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–13	21–25	20–25	25–14	15–11	106–88	[5]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	56	4.018	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	191	182	1.049
3	Thailand	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	174	218	0.798
4	Mongolia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	144	247	0.583

Source: ^[5]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 July	16:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–3	25–8	25–1			75–12	[5]
3 July	18:00	Japan	3–0	Mongolia	25–15	25–14	25–13			75–42	[5]
4 July	11:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–6	25–8	25–6			75–20	[5]
4 July	15:00	Thailand	3–1	Mongolia	25–15	21–25	26–24	25–14		97–78	[5]
5 July	09:30	Japan	3–1	Thailand	25–16	25–10	21–25	25–14		96–65	[5]
5 July	16:30	Mongolia	0–3	China	7–25	12–25	5–25			24–75	[5]

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	6 July
	Iran	3
					8 July
	Japan	0
					Iran	0
	6 July
					China	3
	China	3
	South Korea	0
					Third place
					8 July
					Japan	3
					South Korea	0

Semi finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 July	14:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–7	25–12			75–35	[5]
6 July	17:00	China	3–0	South Korea	25–1	25–3	25–2			75–6	[5]

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	09:30	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–7	25–5	25–9			75–21	[5]

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	14:30	Iran	0–3	China	12–25	15–25	11–25			38–75	[5]

Knockout stage

	5–8 Semifinals				5th place match
	6 July
	Kazakhstan	0
					8 July
	Mongolia	3
					Mongolia	0
	6 July
					Thailand	3
	Thailand	3
	India	0
					7th place match
					8 July
					Kazakhstan	3
					India	0

5–8 Semi finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 July	09:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Mongolia	10–25	12–21	14–25			36–71	[5]
6 July	11:00	Thailand	3–0	India	25–23	25–8	25–5			75–36	[5]

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	09:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	India	25–16	25–3	25–8			75–27	[5]

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 July	11:30	Mongolia	0–3	Thailand	24–26	26–28	21–25			71–79	[5]

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	China
	Iran
	Japan
4	South Korea
5	Thailand
6	Mongolia
7	Kazakhstan
8	India

Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

See also

• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
• 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event
• 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event
• 2023 Pan American Sitting Volleyball Championships
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Men's tournament
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Women's tournament
• 2024 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6
• Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official page of the tournament
• ParaVolley Asia Oceania Youtube channel

References

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   • "2023 PVAO Zonal Championships Archives > World ParaVolley".
2. "Iran learn fate at 2023 Sitting Volleyball Asia Zone Championships". Tehran Times. June 22, 2023.
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