2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2016 AVC Cup for Women was the fifth edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in the Vinh Yen Gymnasium in the Vĩnh Phúc Province, Vietnam from 14 to 20 September 2016.

2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
City	Vĩnh Phúc
Dates	14–20 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (4th title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Li Jing

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship by serpentine system. The hosts which ranked fifth has the right to seed in top position of pool A. The number in brackets show the ranking of 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Vietnam (Hosts)	China (1)
Thailand (3)	South Korea (2)
Chinese Taipei (4)	Japan (6)
Iran (8)	Kazakhstan (7)

Squads

Main article: 2016 Asian Cup Volleyball Championship – Women's squads

Preliminary round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	265	211	1.256	Final Round
2	Vietnam	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	280	281	0.996
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	271	270	1.004
4	Iran	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	206	260	0.792

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	14:30	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	22–25	25–23	25–22	13–25	15–17	100–112	Report
14 Sep	20:30	Iran	2–3	Vietnam	25–27	25–22	25–21	20–25	12–15	107–110	Report
15 Sep	14:30	Iran	0–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	12–25	19–25			54–75	Report
15 Sep	20:30	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	26–28	18–25	22–25			66–78	Report
16 Sep	14:30	Thailand	3–0	Iran	25–12	25–12	25–21			75–45	Report
16 Sep	20:30	Vietnam	3–2	Chinese Taipei	16–25	23–25	25–17	25–17	15–12	104–96	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	258	228	1.132	Final Round
2	China	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	282	237	1.190
3	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	263	235	1.119
4	South Korea	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	122	225	0.542

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	20–25	21–25	25–17	23–25		89–92	Report
14 Sep	17:00	South Korea	0–3	China	17–25	14–25	16–25			47–75	Report
15 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	South Korea	25–9	25–13	25–14			75–36	Report
15 Sep	18:00	Japan	2–3	China	15–25	25–15	19–25	25–20	7–15	91–100	Report
16 Sep	12:00	South Korea	0–3	Japan	13–25	18–25	8–25			39–75	Report
16 Sep	18:00	China	2–3	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–23	25–11	23–25	12–15	107–99	Report

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	18 September
	Japan	3
					19 September
	Iran	1
					Japan	1
	18 September
					Kazakhstan	3
	Vietnam	0
									20 September
	Kazakhstan	3
									Kazakhstan	0
	18 September
									China	3
	Thailand	3
					19 September
	South Korea	0
					Thailand	2
	18 September
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									20 September
	Chinese Taipei	0
									Japan	0
									Thailand	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	19 September
	Iran	3
					20 September
	Vietnam	1
					Iran	1
	19 September
					Chinese Taipei	3
	South Korea	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place
					20 September
					Vietnam	3
					South Korea	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–1	Iran	25–21	20–25	25–21	25–21		95–88	Report
18 Sep	14:30	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	25–12			75–46	Report
18 Sep	18:00	Thailand	3–0	South Korea	25–6	25–12	25–20			75–38	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Vietnam	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	23–25	23–25			69–75	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	12:00	South Korea	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	17–25	18–25			55–75	Report
19 Sep	14:30	Iran	3–1	Vietnam	19–25	25–14	32–30	25–23		101–92	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	18:00	Thailand	2–3	China	21–25	25–23	25–18	21–25	13–15	105–106	Report
19 Sep	20:30	Japan	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–19	11–25	21–25	16–25		73–94	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	14:30	Vietnam	3–2	South Korea	25–17	25–27	23–25	25–18	15–8	113–95	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	12:00	Iran	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	21–25	25–23	22–25		89–98	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	0–3	Thailand	22–25	16–25	17–25			55–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	20:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	China	19–25	19–25	13–25			51–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Kazakhstan
	Thailand
4	Japan
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Iran
7	Vietnam
8	South Korea

2016 Asian Women's Cup champions
China 4th title

Team Roster

Chen Liyi, Li Jing, Yang Zhou, Zheng Yixin, Wang Na, Zhang Changning, Yao Di, Xu Jiujing, Song Meili, Zhang Xiaoya, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Yuanyuan, Shan Danna, Wang Mengjie

Head Coach: Chen Youquan

Awards

• MVP:

  Li Jing

• Best Setter:

  Irina Lukomskaya

• Best Outside Spikers:

  Li Jing

  Ajcharaporn Kongyot

• Best Middle Blockers:

  Kristina Anikonova

  Yang Zhou

• Best Opposite Spiker:

  Yekaterina Zhdanova

• Best Libero:

  Piyanut Pannoy

See also

• 2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation