2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Taicang
Dates	1–8 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (11th title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Chu Jinling

The 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Taicang, China from 1 to 8 September 2005.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
China (Host & 1st) Thailand (4th) Hong Kong North Korea Philippines Kazakhstan	Japan (2nd) South Korea (3rd) Chinese Taipei Vietnam India Australia

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	377	216	1.745	Quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	408	339	1.204
3	Thailand	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	358	316	1.133
4	North Korea	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	395	360	1.097
5	Philippines	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	262	378	0.693
6	Hong Kong	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	184	375	0.491

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Sep	10:00	Thailand	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	16–25	27–29			60–79
01 Sep	11:30	China	3–0	North Korea	27–25	25–16	25–14			77–55
01 Sep	16:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Philippines	21–25	13–25	22–25			56–75
02 Sep	09:00	North Korea	3–0	Philippines	25–17	25–12	25–13			75–42
02 Sep	19:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–10	25–17			75–43
02 Sep	21:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–11	25–12	25–17			75–40
03 Sep	14:30	Thailand	3–1	North Korea	25–15	25–15	23–25	32–30		105–85
03 Sep	16:00	Philippines	1–3	Kazakhstan	11–25	11–25	25–22	12–25		59–97
03 Sep	19:00	Hong Kong	0–3	China	12–25	9–25	8–25			29–75
04 Sep	09:00	North Korea	2–3	Kazakhstan	22–25	20–25	25–20	25–22	13–15	105–107
04 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Philippines	25–10	25–16	25–13			75–39
04 Sep	20:30	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–6	25–9	25–15			75–30
05 Sep	10:30	Philippines	0–3	Thailand	14–25	16–25	17–25			47–75
05 Sep	14:30	Hong Kong	0–3	North Korea	5–25	10–25	14–25			29–75
05 Sep	19:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	China	20–25	12–25	18–25			50–75

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	392	280	1.400	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	383	328	1.168
3	Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	378	312	1.212
4	Vietnam	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	348	359	0.969
5	Australia	5	1	4	6	3	13	0.231	294	393	0.748
6	India	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	278	401	0.693

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Sep	14:30	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55
01 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–9	25–9	25–20			75–38
01 Sep	20:30	India	0–3	South Korea	16–25	21–25	16–25			53–75
02 Sep	10:30	Vietnam	3–0	India	25–20	25–21	25–16			75–57
02 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	South Korea	21–25	18–25	18–25			57–75
02 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	22–25	23–25	17–25			62–75
03 Sep	09:00	India	0–3	Chinese Taipei	12–25	13–25	14–25			39–75
03 Sep	10:30	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–13	25–16	25–15			75–44
03 Sep	20:30	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam	25–21	25–19	25–18			75–58
04 Sep	10:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	22–25	23–25	23–25			68–75
04 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	Vietnam	22–25	15–25	17–25			54–75
04 Sep	19:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–5	25–19	25–12			75–36
05 Sep	09:00	Vietnam	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	25–22	15–25	24–26		85–98
05 Sep	16:00	India	1–3	Australia	19–25	25–23	25–27	24–26		93–101
05 Sep	21:00	South Korea	1–3	Japan	25–17	17–25	19–25	22–25		83–92

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	6 September – Taicang
	Philippines	3
					7 September – Taicang
	India	1
					Philippines	3
	6 September – Taicang
					Australia	0
	Australia	3
	Hong Kong	1
					11th place
					7 September – Taicang
					India	3
					Hong Kong	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	09:00	Philippines	3–1	India	25–21	18–25	25–17	25–18		93–81
06 Sep	10:30	Australia	3–1	Hong Kong	25–17	24–26	25–17	25–15		99–75

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	09:00	India	3–1	Hong Kong	23–25	25–16	25–23	25–10		98–74

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	10:30	Philippines	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–18	25–18			75–59

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 September – Taicang
	China	3
					7 September – Taicang
	Vietnam	0
					China	3
	6 September – Taicang
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
									8 September – Taicang
	Thailand	2
									China	3
	6 September – Taicang
									Kazakhstan	0
	Japan	3
					7 September – Taicang
	North Korea	0
					Japan	2
	6 September – Taicang
					Kazakhstan	3			3rd place
	Kazakhstan	3
									8 September – Taicang
	Chinese Taipei	1
									South Korea	0
									Japan	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	7 September – Taicang
	Vietnam	0
					8 September – Taicang
	Thailand	3
					Thailand	0
	7 September – Taicang
					Chinese Taipei	3
	North Korea	1
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place
					8 September – Taicang
					Vietnam	0
					North Korea	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	14:30	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–20	25–11	25–18			75–49
06 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	North Korea	25–20	25–13	25–14			75–47
06 Sep	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	26–24	25–23	23–25	26–24		100–96
06 Sep	20:30	South Korea	3–2	Thailand	22–25	24–26	25–22	25–22	16–14	112–109

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	14:30	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	16–25	19–25	18–25			53–75
07 Sep	16:00	North Korea	1–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	15–25	25–22	15–25		70–97

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Sep	19:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–19	25–13			75–50
07 Sep	21:00	Japan	2–3	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–27	25–22	23–25	12–15	110–110

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	13:00	Vietnam	0–3	North Korea	17–25	20–25	16–25			53–75

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	14:30	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	23–25	12–25			57–75

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	17:00	South Korea	0–3	Japan	16–25	19–25	18–25			53–75

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	19:30	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–16	25–17			75–51

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Kazakhstan
	Japan
4	South Korea
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Thailand
7	North Korea
8	Vietnam
9	Philippines
10	Australia
11	India
12	Hong Kong

Qualified for the 2005 World Grand Champions Cup

2005 Asian Women's champions
China 11th title

Awards

• MVP: Chu Jinling
• Best scorer: Yelena Pavlova
• Best spiker: Chu Jinling
• Best blocker: Lin Chun-yi
• Best server: Amporn Hyapha
• Best setter: Feng Kun
• Best digger: Chen Chia-chi
• Best receiver: Zhou Suhong

References

• AVC
• Results
• FIVB