2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the fifteenth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5 to 13 September 2009.

2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
City	Hanoi
Dates	5–13 September
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Onuma Sittirak

Venues

• Quan Ngua Competition Hall (Hanoi)

Pools composition

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

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Vietnam (Host & 7th) Australia (8th) Iran Sri Lanka	Japan (1st) Chinese Taipei (6th) Uzbekistan Maldives *	China (2nd) Kazakhstan (5th) Hong Kong Afghanistan *	Thailand (3rd) South Korea (4th) India Indonesia

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Vietnam	6	3	0	225	138	1.630	9	0	MAX
2	Iran	5	2	1	215	213	1.009	6	4	1.500
3	Australia	4	1	2	199	206	0.966	4	6	0.667
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	145	227	0.639	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–18	25–15	27–25			77–58	Report
05 Sep	19:00	Vietnam	3–0	Australia	25–11	25–14	25–19			75–44	Report
06 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–10	25–10			75–36	Report
06 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	3–0	Iran	25–11	25–18	25–14			75–43	Report
07 Sep	12:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–21	25–18	20–25	25–16		95–80	Report
07 Sep	18:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Vietnam	13–25	17–25	21–25			51–75	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	150	63	2.381	6	0	MAX
2	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	107	122	0.877	3	3	1.000
3	Uzbekistan	2	0	2	78	150	0.520	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Sep	21:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–13	25–10	25–9			75–32	Report
06 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Japan	7–25	18–25	6–25			31–75	Report
07 Sep	10:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–19	25–7	25–21			75–47	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	150	74	2.027	6	0	MAX
2	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	125	115	1.087	3	3	1.000
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	64	150	0.427	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–14	25–17	25–19			75–50	Report
06 Sep	16:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Kazakhstan	9–25	15–25	16–25			40–75	Report
07 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Hong Kong	25–7	25–8	25–9			75–24	Report

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	258	206	1.252	9	2	4.500
2	Thailand	5	2	1	256	183	1.399	8	3	2.667
3	India	4	1	2	197	249	0.791	3	8	0.375
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	183	256	0.715	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Sep	10:00	Indonesia	0–3	South Korea	14–25	15–25	18–25			47–75	Report
05 Sep	12:00	India	0–3	Thailand	10–25	15–25	13–25			38–75	Report
06 Sep	12:00	India	3–2	Indonesia	17–25	24–26	25–22	25–17	15–8	106–98	Report
06 Sep	18:00	Thailand	2–3	South Korea	23–25	21–25	25–19	25–23	12–15	106–107	Report
07 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	8–25	11–25	19–25			38–75	Report
07 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–0	India	25–9	26–24	25–20			76–53	Report

Classification round

• 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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	225	127	1.772	9	0	MAX
2	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	225	195	1.154	6	4	1.500
3	Vietnam	4	1	2	192	218	0.881	4	6	0.667
4	Iran	3	0	3	123	225	0.547	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Iran	25–11	25–18	25–11			75–40	Report
09 Sep	18:00	Vietnam	1–3	Kazakhstan	13–25	25–27	25–23	17–25		80–100	Report
10 Sep	18:00	Iran	0–3	Kazakhstan	16–25	9–25	15–25			40–75	Report
10 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	0–3	China	15–25	10–25	12–25			37–75	Report

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	248	162	1.531	9	1	9.000
2	South Korea	5	2	1	261	255	1.024	7	5	1.400
3	Thailand	4	1	2	232	220	1.055	5	6	0.833
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	121	225	0.538	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–15	25–20			75–51	Report
09 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–14	25–16	25–21			75–51	Report
10 Sep	14:00	Japan	3–1	South Korea	25–13	23–25	25–20	25–21		98–79	Report
10 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	16–25	9–25	13–25			38–75	Report

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	4	2	0	179	135	1.326	6	2	3.000
2	Hong Kong	3	1	1	178	177	1.006	5	3	1.667
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	109	154	0.708	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Sep	10:00	Hong Kong	3–0	Sri Lanka	26–24	25–23	28–26			79–73	Report
10 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–2	Hong Kong	25–23	25–14	18–25	21–25	15–12	104–99	Report

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	4	2	0	216	198	1.091	6	4	1.500
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	216	217	0.995	5	5	1.000
3	Indonesia	2	0	2	205	222	0.923	4	6	0.667

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Sep	12:00	Uzbekistan	3–2	Indonesia	33–35	25–21	18–25	25–13	15–13	116–107	Report
10 Sep	12:00	Uzbekistan	2–3	India	25–19	17–25	25–22	16–25	17–19	100–110	Report

Classification 13th–14th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	10:00	Sri Lanka	1–3	Indonesia	17–25	25–22	17–25	18–25		77–97	Report

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	11 September – Hanoi
	Australia	3
					12 September – Hanoi
	Uzbekistan	0
					Australia	3
	11 September – Hanoi
					Hong Kong	0
	India	2
	Hong Kong	3
					11th place
					12 September – Hanoi
					Uzbekistan	0
					India	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–18	25–19	25–14			75–51	Report
11 Sep	12:00	India	2–3	Hong Kong	22–25	17–25	25–21	25–15	12–15	101–101	Report

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	India	21–25	16–25	15–25			52–75	Report

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:00	Australia	3–0	Hong Kong	25–23	25–18	25–11			75–52	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	11 September – Hanoi
	China	3
					12 September – Hanoi
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
	11 September – Hanoi
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
									13 September – Hanoi
	Vietnam	0
									China	1
	11 September – Hanoi
									Thailand	3
	Japan	3
					12 September – Hanoi
	Iran	0
					Japan	1
	11 September – Hanoi
					Thailand	3			3rd place
	Kazakhstan	1
									13 September – Hanoi
	Thailand	3
									South Korea	0
									Japan	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	12 September – Hanoi
	Chinese Taipei	3
					13 September – Hanoi
	Vietnam	1
					Chinese Taipei	0
	12 September – Hanoi
					Kazakhstan	3
	Iran	0
	Kazakhstan	3
					7th place
					13 September – Hanoi
					Vietnam	3
					Iran	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–9	25–14			75–39	Report
11 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–11	25–6	25–7			75–24	Report
11 Sep	18:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Thailand	25–27	21–25	26–24	22–25		94–101	Report
11 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam	25–20	25–21	25–18			75–59	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	14:00	Iran	0–3	Kazakhstan	11–25	20–25	14–25			45–75	Report
12 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Vietnam	23–25	25–20	25–21	25–22		98–88	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	16:00	Japan	1–3	Thailand	25–20	13–25	23–25	21–25		82–95	Report
12 Sep	20:00	China	3–1	South Korea	25–18	25–19	21–25	25–14		96–76	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	15:00	Vietnam	3–0	Iran	25–16	25–16	25–22			75–54	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	12:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	21–25	15–25			59–75	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	17:30	South Korea	0–3	Japan	16–25	15–25	18–25			49–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	20:00	China	1–3	Thailand	25–20	19–25	19–25	23–25		86–95	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Thailand
	China
	Japan
4	South Korea
5	Kazakhstan
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Vietnam
8	Iran
9	Australia
10	Hong Kong
11	India
12	Uzbekistan
13	Indonesia
14	Sri Lanka

	Qualified for the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup and 2010 World Grand Prix
	Qualified for the 2010 World Grand Prix

2009 Asian Women's champions
Thailand 1st title

Team Roster

Wanna Buakaew, Pleumjit Thinkaow, Onuma Sittirak, Utaiwan Kaensing, Wilavan Apinyapong, Amporn Hyapha, Kamonporn Sukmak, Nootsara Tomkom, Malika Kanthong, Wanitchaya Luangtonglang, Em-orn Phanusit, Tapaphaipun Chaisri

Head Coach: Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai

Awards

• MVP: Onuma Sittirak
• Best Scorer: Kim Yeon-koung
• Best Spiker: Xue Ming
• Best Blocker: Xue Ming
• Best Server: Saori Kimura
• Best Setter: Nootsara Tomkom
• Best Libero: Wanna Buakaew

External links

• Official Website