2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Taipei, Republic of China from 20 September to 28 September 2008.

2008 Asian Junior Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Taiwan
Dates	20–28 September
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yuki Kawai

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Chinese Taipei (Host & 3rd) Thailand (4th) Kazakhstan Australia Indonesia	China (1st) Japan (2nd) Sri Lanka India New Zealand South Korea

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	300	181	1.657	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	7	9	3	3.000	284	209	1.359
3	Indonesia	4	2	2	6	6	10	0.600	317	350	0.906
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	5	5	10	0.500	277	342	0.810
5	Australia	4	0	4	4	3	12	0.250	263	359	0.733

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–2	Australia	25–15	26–28	25–22	22–25	16–14	114–104
20 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–10	25–15	25–12			75–37
21 Sep	17:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–10	25–12	25–15			75–37
21 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	25–21	25–13	25–13			75–47
22 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Indonesia	25–21	19–25	17–25	25–22	10–15	96–108
22 Sep	19:00	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	16–25	21–25			59–75
23 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Thailand	10–25	20–25	19–25			49–75
23 Sep	19:00	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	11–25	13–25	14–25			38–75
24 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	17–25	16–25	15–25			48–75
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	1–3	Kazakhstan	15–25	25–20	21–25	23–25		84–95

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	440	258	1.705	Quarterfinals
2	China	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	421	275	1.531
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	12	7	1.714	420	352	1.193
4	New Zealand	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	296	400	0.740
5	India	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	305	425	0.718
6	Sri Lanka	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	229	401	0.571

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	10:00	India	3–2	New Zealand	25–21	19–25	25–23	18–25	15–8	102–102
20 Sep	12:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	South Korea	8–25	13–25	12–25			33–75
20 Sep	14:00	China	2–3	Japan	19–25	25–22	25–16	21–25	7–15	97–103
21 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	22–25	25–27	25–19	25–18	15–10	112–99
21 Sep	13:00	China	3–0	New Zealand	25–9	25–11	25–12			75–32
21 Sep	15:00	Sri Lanka	3–2	India	13–25	25–22	20–25	25–18	15–11	98–101
22 Sep	11:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–11	25–9			75–31
22 Sep	13:00	South Korea	3–0	India	25–12	25–15	25–14			75–41
22 Sep	15:00	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	9–25	4–25	7–25			20–75
23 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–8	25–12	25–5			75–25
23 Sep	13:00	New Zealand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–20	25–17	25–13			75–50
23 Sep	15:00	South Korea	1–3	China	15–25	16–25	26–24	16–25		73–99
24 Sep	15:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	3–25	4–25	10–25			17–75
24 Sep	17:00	India	0–3	China	15–25	11–25	10–25			36–75
24 Sep	19:00	New Zealand	1–3	South Korea	15–25	25–23	14–25	13–25		67–98

Classification 9th–11th

	9th–11th places				9th place
	26 September – Taipei
	Australia	3
					27 September – Taipei
	Sri Lanka	1
					Australia	3
	26 September – Taipei
					India	1
	India
	Bye

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Australia	3–1	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–20	19–25	25–19		94–81

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	11:00	Australia	3–1	India	25–21	25–19	24–26	25–19		99–85

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 September – Taipei
	Chinese Taipei	3
					27 September – Taipei
	New Zealand	0
					Chinese Taipei	3
	26 September – Taipei
					China	2
	China	3
									28 September – Taipei
	Indonesia	0
									Chinese Taipei	0
	26 September – Taipei
									Japan	3
	Japan	3
					27 September – Taipei
	Kazakhstan	0
					Japan	3
	26 September – Taipei
					South Korea	0			3rd place
	Thailand	0
									28 September – Taipei
	South Korea	3
									South Korea	0
									China	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	27 September – Taipei
	New Zealand	0
					28 September – Taipei
	Indonesia	3
					Indonesia	0
	27 September – Taipei
					Thailand	3
	Kazakhstan	1
	Thailand	3
					7th place
					28 September – Taipei
					New Zealand	0
					Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–11	25–19	25–20			75–50
26 Sep	15:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–8	25–10	25–18			75–36
26 Sep	17:00	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	21–25	11–25	15–25			47–75
26 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Indonesia	25–11	25–10	25–18			75–39

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	13:00	New Zealand	0–3	Indonesia	20–25	16–25	25–27			61–77
27 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Thailand	15–25	25–19	11–25	22–25		73–94

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53
27 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	China	25–23	23–25	18–25	25–17	15–11	106–101

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	11:00	New Zealand	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–27	17–25			65–77

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	15:00	South Korea	0–3	China	23–25	22–25	13–25			58–75

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	18–25	17–25	23–25			58–75

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Chinese Taipei
	China
4	South Korea
5	Thailand
6	Indonesia
7	Kazakhstan
8	New Zealand
9	Australia
10	India
11	Sri Lanka

Qualified for the 2009 World Junior Championship

2008 Asian Junior Women's champions
Japan Fifth title

Team Roster
Yuki Kawai, Kotoe Inoue, Kaori Kodaira, Saki Minemura, Nana Iwasaka, Hiroko Matsuura, Airi Kawahara, Rina Urabe, Aika Akutagawa, Erika Sakae, Miyu Nagaoka, Sayuri Tamura

Head Coach: Aihara Noboru

Awards

• MVP: Yuki Kawai
• Best scorer: Chen Wan-ting
• Best spiker: Chen Shih-ting
• Best blocker: Yang Junjing
• Best server: Joo Yea-na
• Best setter: Yuki Kawai
• Best libero: Kotoe Inoue

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links

• www.asianvolleyball.org