2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

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.

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

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