2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Women was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA).The tournament was held in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand from 1 to 7 October.

2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	1–7 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Wei Qiuyue

The top 2 teams qualified for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

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

* Kazakhstan withdrew and replaced by Malaysia.

Squads

Main article: 2008 Asian Cup Volleyball Championship – Women's squads

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	275	227	1.211	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	253	203	1.246
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	232	273	0.850
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	207	264	0.784

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	11:00	Vietnam	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–17	21–25	28–30	25–19	15–13	114–104
01 Oct	16:00	Thailand	2–3	South Korea	25–18	19–25	25–21	25–27	9–15	103–106
02 Oct	11:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75
02 Oct	16:00	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
03 Oct	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Vietnam	19–25	25–15	25–15	25–18		94–73
03 Oct	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–19	25–18			75–52

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	103	2.184	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	194	126	1.540
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	143	204	0.701
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	96	225	0.427

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Malaysia	25–11	25–7	25–7			75–25
01 Oct	18:00	Australia	0–3	Japan	15–25	7–25	12–25			34–75
02 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–12	25–13	25–9			75–34
02 Oct	18:00	Malaysia	0–3	Japan	3–25	4–25	10–25			17–75
03 Oct	13:00	Japan	0–3	China	9–25	22–25	13–25			44–75
03 Oct	18:00	Australia	3–0	Malaysia	25–11	25–21	25–22			75–54

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	South Korea	3
					6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Malaysia	0
					South Korea	3
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
									7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Vietnam	0
									South Korea	0
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
									China	3
	China	3
					6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Thailand	0			3rd place
	Thailand	3
									7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Australia	0
									Japan	2
									Thailand	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Malaysia	0
					7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Vietnam	3
					Vietnam	3
	6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Chinese Taipei	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Australia	1
					7th place
					7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Malaysia	0
					Australia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Oct	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Malaysia	25–14	25–12	25–7			75–33
05 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–13	25–15			75–45
05 Oct	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–14	25–17			75–45
05 Oct	18:00	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–11	25–21	25–23			75–55

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Oct	11:00	Malaysia	0–3	Vietnam	13–25	7–25	11–25			31–75
06 Oct	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Australia	25–16	19–25	25–20	25–13		94–74

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Oct	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–13	25–11	26–24			76–48
06 Oct	18:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–23	25–14			75–55

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	11:00	Malaysia	0–3	Australia	21–25	15–25	17–25			53–75

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	13:00	Vietnam	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	16:00	Japan	2–3	Thailand	26–28	25–23	25–18	21–25	7–15	104–109

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	18:00	South Korea	0–3	China	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	South Korea
	Thailand
4	Japan
5	Vietnam
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Australia
8	Malaysia

Qualified for the 2009 World Grand Prix

2008 Asian Women's Cup champions
China 1st title

Awards

• MVP: Wei Qiuyue
• Best scorer: Kim Min-ji
• Best spiker: Wang Yimei
• Best blocker: Xue Ming
• Best server: Nanami Inoue
• Best setter: Lee Sook-ja
• Best libero: Wanna Buakaew

See also

• 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

External links

• Official Website of the 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship
• Thailand volleyball federation