2023 Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship

2023 Asian Women's U16 Championship

2023年全國青少年U16女子排球錦標賽
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Hangzhou
Dates	1–8 July
Teams	11
Venue(s)	4  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Attendance	34,010 (1,173 per match)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net/1st-asian-womens-u16-volleyball-championship/
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The 2023 Asian Girls' U16 Volleyball Championship was the inaugural edition of the Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Hangzhou, China from 1 to 8 July 2023. ^[1]

This tournament served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship as the AVC representatives. ^[1]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2008. ^[2]

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 16 March 2023. ^[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (Host)	Japan	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei
Mongolia	Australia	Thailand	Macau
Uzbekistan	Iran	Kazakhstan	India *

* India withdrew from the tournament.

Venue

All matches
Hangzhou, China
Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium (Court 1)	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center (Court 2)	Deqing Sports Centre Gymnasium (Court 3)	Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Gymnasium (Court 4)
Capacity: 4,300	Capacity: unknown	Capacity: unknown	Capacity: 8,033

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of Victories
2. Match points
3. Set quotient
4. Points quotient
5. If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient 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

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

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	61	2.459	Pool E
2	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	100	126	0.794
3	Mongolia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	87	150	0.580	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	19:30	Court 1	China	3–0	Mongolia	25–11	25–9	25–16			75–36	Report
2 Jul	15:00	Court 1	Uzbekistan	0–3	China	7–25	10–25	8–25			25–75	Report
3 Jul	10:30	Court 2	Mongolia	0–3	Uzbekistan	11–25	18–25	22–25			51–75	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	91	1.648	Pool F
2	Iran	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	130	126	1.032
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	87	150	0.580	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	10:30	Court 1	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–6	25–12	25–18			75–36	Report
2 Jul	10:30	Court 1	Iran	0–3	Japan	16–25	19–25	20–25			55–75	Report
3 Jul	15:30	Court 2	Australia	0–3	Iran	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	186	129	1.442	Pool E
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	202	207	0.976
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	142	194	0.732	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	10:30	Court 2	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–14	25–16	25–16			75–46	Report
2 Jul	10:30	Court 2	Kazakhstan	2–3	Thailand	25–23	11–25	14–25	25–23	8–15	83–111	Report
3 Jul	10:30	Court 1	Hong Kong	2–3	Kazakhstan	31–29	25–23	11–25	14–25	15–17	96–119	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	20	3.750	Pool F
2	Macau	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	20	75	0.267

Source: Daily Bulletin 4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	10:30	Court 1	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Macau	25–9	25–7	25–4			75–20	Report

Classification round

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

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	95	2.368	Semifinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	223	176	1.267
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	191	239	0.799	5th–8th semifinals
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	96	225	0.427

Source: Daily Bulletin 6
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	15:00	Court 1	Thailand	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–4	25–7	25–7			75–18	Report
4 Jul	19:00	Court 1	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–13	25–14	25–6			75–33	Report
6 Jul	15:00	Court 4	Uzbekistan	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	22–25	14–25			53–75	Report
6 Jul	19:00	Court 4	China	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–12	25–10			75–37	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	260	282	0.922	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	252	170	1.482
3	Iran	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	170	174	0.977	5th–8th semifinals
4	Macau	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	69	225	0.307

Source: Daily Bulletin 6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	15:00	Court 2	Japan	3–0	Macau	25–9	25–7	25–4			75–20	Report
4 Jul	19:00	Court 2	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iran	25–15	25–10	25–15			75–40	Report
6 Jul	15:00	Court 3	Iran	3–0	Macau	25–5	25–9	25–10			75–24	Report
6 Jul	19:00	Court 3	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–22	21–25	24–26	25–19	15–10	110–102	Report

Final round

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

9th–11th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	Hong Kong	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	167	126	1.325
10	Mongolia	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	180	174	1.034
11	Australia	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	126	173	0.728

Source: Daily Bulletin 7

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	Court 1	10:30	Mongolia	1–3	Hong Kong	21–25	20–25	25–17	15–25		81–92	Report
6 Jul	Court 4	10:30	Mongolia	3–1	Australia	25–14	25–22	24–26	25–19		99–81	Report
7 Jul	Court 4	10:30	Australia	0–3	Hong Kong	12–25	13–25	20–25			45–75	Report

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	7 July
	Kazakhstan	3
					8 July
	Macau	0
					Kazakhstan	3
	7 July
					Iran	1
	Uzbekistan	0
	Iran	3
					7th place match
					8 July
					Macau	0
					Uzbekistan	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	15:00	Court 3	Kazakhstan	3–0	Macau	25–4	25–9	25–12			75–25	Report
7 Jul	19:00	Court 3	Uzbekistan	0–3	Iran	9–25	19–25	20–25			48–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	15:00	Court 3	Macau	0–3	Uzbekistan	22–25	14–25	7–25			43–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	19:00	Court 3	Kazakhstan	3–1	Iran	18–25	25–21	25–19	25–18		93–83	Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	7 July
	Thailand	0
					8 July
	Japan	3
					Japan	3
	7 July
					China	1
	China	3
	Chinese Taipei	0
					3rd place match
					8 July
					Thailand	0
					Chinese Taipei	3

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	15:00	Court 4	Thailand	0–3	Japan	22–25	13–25	18–25			53–75	Report
7 Jul	19:00	Court 4	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–17	21–18			71–53	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	15:00	Court 4	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	19–25	9–25			46–75	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	19:00	Court 4	Japan	3–1	China	25–19	25–22	17–25	25–19		92–85	Report

Final standing

Rank Team   Japan   China   Chinese Taipei 4   Thailand 5   Kazakhstan 6   Iran 7   Uzbekistan 8   Macau 9   Hong Kong 10   Mongolia 11   Australia Qualified for the 2024 Girls' U17 World Championship Qualified for the 2024 Girls' U17 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking

2023 Asian Women's U16 champions  Japan First title 12–woman roster Kaho Kono, Yuzuki Baba, Rion Chuganji, Hikari Kudo, Aileen Kotone McAllister, Yuna Matsuo, Aina Mizokami, Aoi Honda, Miki Yoshii, Hagumi Yoshimura, Kokoro Semba, Mahiro Sato Head coach Daichi Saegusa

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Yuzuki Baba  (JPN)

• Best setter

    Hagumi Yoshimura  (JPN)

• Best outside hitters

    Li Mingjing  (CHN)

    Yuzuki Baba  (JPN)

• Best middle blockers

    Chen Xiaohui  (CHN)

    Kaho Kono  (JPN)

• Best opposite spiker

    Yang Shuming  (CHN)

• Best libero

    Chen Pin-Yu  (TPE)

See also

• 2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship
• 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

References

1. Preechachan (2023-06-29). "FIRST ASIAN WOMEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDERWAY IN HANGZHOU". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
2. "REGULATIONS – 1st Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
3. Preechachan (16 March 2023). "Results of Remaining Six 2023 AVC Championships Drawing of Lots Revealed". AVC . Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Team Roster