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2025 Women's AsiaVChamp
Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	1 August – 9 August
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Philippines (17th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament awards
MVP	Alyssa Solomon
Best Setter	Pornpun Guedpard
Best OH	Marisa Rodriguez ; Wu Mengjie
Best MB	Che Wenhan ; Bernadeth Closas
Best OPP	Alyssa Solomon
Best Libero	Saribina Bekisheva
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The 2025 Women's Asian Volleyball Championship will be the 24th edition of the Women's VBIC Asia Championship, organized by Asian's governing volleyball body, the VBIC. For the first time, the Women's AsiaVChamp will be held in Australia. The Semifinalist will be qualified for World Championship next year.

Qualification

This edition changes from pools competition in zonal qualification in top two spot and two play offs by top two teams.

Means of qualification	Qualifier	Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host	Australia	Qualification	EAZVA	North Korea
2023 AsiaVChamp	Philippines		EAZVA	Macau
	Thailand		CAVA	India
	China		CAVA	Uzbekistan
	South Korea		OZVA	New Zealand
	Japan		OZVA	American Samoa
	Chinese Taipei		SEAZVA	Singapore
	Kazakhstan		SEAZVA	Malaysia
	Vietnam		Play-offs Pool A	Myanmar
	Iran		Play-offs Pool A	Northern Mariana Islands
	Indonesia		Play-offs Pool B	French Polynesia
	Hong Kong		Play-offs Pool B	Maldives
Total 24

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:

The host were seeded in Preliminary pools. Australia in Pool A.
The finalists from the previous edition were drawn in different Preliminary pools, meaning that the Philippines, Thailand, China, South Korea, and Japan were placed in Pool B, Pool C, Pool D, Pool E, and Pool F respectively.

Teams were drawn into Groups A to F. For the first time in AVC AsiaVChamp history, the pools added into 6 pools by four teams. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the previous ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same zonal association.

The groups were confirmed following the draw:

Seeded teams	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Australia Philippines Thailand China South Korea Japan	Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan Vietnam Iran Indonesia Hong Kong	India New Zealand Macau Singapore Mongolia Uzbekistan	American Samoa North Korea Myanmar Northern Mariana Islands French Polynesia Maldives

Draw

The drawing of lots was held on 28 November 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Australia	Philippines	Thailand
Kazakhstan	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei
Singapore	India	Uzbekistan
Myanmar	American Samoa	French Polynesia
Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
China	South Korea	Japan
Iran	Vietnam	Indonesia
Mongolia	New Zealand	Macau
Northern Mariana Islands	Maldives	North Korea

Venues

Pool D, Knock-out rounds	Pool E	Pool F
Pool A, Knock-out rounds	Pool B	Pool C	Sydney Launceston Brisbane Adelaide Melbourne Cairns
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sydney SuperDome	Cairns Convention Centre	Nissan Arena
Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 5,300	Capacity: 5,000

Adelaide, Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Adelaide Entertainment Centre	John Cain Arena	Silverdome
Capacity: 11,300	Capacity: 10,175	Capacity: 4,000

Format

Pool Phase

In the first round, the 24 teams will be spread across 6 pools of four teams playing in a round-robin system. The top two teams in each pool and the top eight of the third placed teams qualified for the final round. All results of this round combined in a single ranking table to determine a final round pairing and also 16th to 4th rank in final standing featuring six pools of four teams playing in six cities.

Direct elimination phase

In the direct elimination phase, the 16 teams will be matched-up into knock-out stage: the winners will advance to the next stage, and the losers will be eliminated from the competition.

Final round

The qualified teams from preliminary round competed in the knock-out stage.

In round of sixteen, the qualified teams matched-up according to the Berger table based on their ranking in the combined ranking table. However, VBIC reserved the first, second, third, and fourth position for the host teams if they qualify. The better ranked host team secured the first position, and the worse ranked host team secured the last position. The winners in this round qualified for round of sixteen. The results of this round have combined to preliminary round's combined ranking to determine 9th to 16th rank in final standing. The winners in round of sixteen will be qualified for quaterfinals. This procedure also applied in quarterfinals to determine 5th to 8th rank in final standing. In semifinals, the winners advanced to compete for the World Championship title. The losers faced each other in the third place match.

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

All times are local.
The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	177	1.379	Final round
2	Australia (H)	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	239	189	1.265	Final round
3	Singapore	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	209	251	0.833
4	Myanmar	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	186	271	0.686

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: Sydney SuperDome

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 1	10:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Singapore	25–17	25–14	25–12			75–43
Aug 1	19:00	Australia	3–0	Myanmar	25–15	25–10	25–15			75–40
Aug 2	09:00	Myanmar	0–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	12–25	15–25			45–75
Aug 2	19:00	Australia	3–0	Singapore	25–21	25–17	25–17			75–55
Aug 3	17:00	Myanmar	2–3	Singapore	24–26	25–22	17–25	25–23	10–15	101–111
Aug 3	19:00	Australia	1–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	25–19	23–25	23–25		89–94

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philippines	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	110	2.045	Final round
2	India	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	216	214	1.009
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	196	232	0.845
4	American Samoa	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	188	246	0.764

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: Cairns Convention Centre

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Aug 1	12:00	Philippines	3–0	American Samoa	25–4	25–10	25–6		75–20
Aug 1	18:00	Hong Kong	0–3	India	21–25	13–25	19–25		53–75
Aug 2	14:00	India	0–3	Philippines	16–25	16–25	13–25		45–75
Aug 2	20:00	American Samoa	1–3	Hong Kong	25–23	19–25	19–25	19–25	82–98
Aug 3	14:00	American Samoa	1–3	India	22–25	20–25	25–21	19–25	86–96
Aug 3	19:00	Philippines	3–0	Hong Kong	25–16	25–19	25–10		75–45

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	262	182	1.440	Final round
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	283	258	1.097
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	239	263	0.909
4	French Polynesia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	169	250	0.676

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: Nissan Arena

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 1	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Uzbekistan	25–12	22–25	22–25	25–20	15–9	109–91
Aug 1	17:00	Thailand	3–0	French Polynesia	25–9	25–17	25–9			75–35
Aug 2	16:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Thailand	18–25	13–25	18–25			49–75
Aug 2	19:00	French Polynesia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	11–25	24–26	20–25			55–76
Aug 3	09:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	21–25	16–25	25–21	28–26	8–15	98–112
Aug 3	12:00	French Polynesia	1–3	Uzbekistan	23–25	21–25	26–24	9–25		79–99

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	117	1.923	Final round
2	Iran	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	203	203	1.000	Final round
3	Northern Mariana Islands	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	177	220	0.805
4	Mongolia	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	196	261	0.751

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Aug 1	16:00	Iran	3–1	Mongolia	25–14	25–22	16–25	25–18	91–79
Aug 1	21:00	China	3–0	Northern Mariana Islands	25–15	25–13	25–5		75–33
Aug 2	19:00	Mongolia	0–3	China	23–25	14–25	10–25		47–75
Aug 2	22:00	Iran	3–0	Northern Mariana Islands	25–12	25–17	25–20		75–49
Aug 3	13:00	Mongolia	1–3	Northern Mariana Islands	25–15	14–25	14–25	17–25	70–90
Aug 3	18:00	China	3–0	Iran	25–12	25–12	25–13		75–37

Pool E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	120	1.875	Final round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	212	159	1.333
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	174	194	0.897
4	Maldives	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	87	225	0.387

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: John Cain Arena

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
Aug 1	15:00	New Zealand	0–3	Vietnam	19–25	14–25	10–25	43–75
Aug 1	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Maldives	25–7	25–12	25–9	75–28
Aug 2	18:00	New Zealand	0–3	South Korea	20–25	20–25	16–25	56–75
Aug 2	21:00	Maldives	0–3	Vietnam	3–25	9–25	3–25	15–75
Aug 3	15:00	New Zealand	3–0	Maldives	25–11	25–11	25–22	75–44
Aug 3	19:00	South Korea	0–3	Vietnam	23–25	16–25	23–25	62–75

Pool F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	166	1.512	Final round
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	250	238	1.050
3	North Korea	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	208	225	0.924
4	Macau	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	145	225	0.644

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00)
Venue: Silverdome

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Aug 1	17:00	North Korea	1–3	Indonesia	19–25	15–25	25–23	20–25	79–98
Aug 1	21:00	Japan	3–0	Macau	25–10	25–13	25–12		75–35
Aug 2	12:00	North Korea	3–0	Macau	25–15	25–20	25–17		75–52
Aug 2	16:00	Indonesia	1–3	Japan	28–26	13–25	15–25	21–25	77–101
Aug 3	16:00	Indonesia	3–0	Macau	25–16	25–23	25–19		75–58
Aug 3	19:00	Japan	3–0	North Korea	25–20	25–22	25–12		75–54

Combined ranking

Pos	Pool	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	B1	Philippines	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	110	2.045	First in each of the pools
2	D1	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	117	1.923
3	E2	Vietnam	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	120	1.875
4	F1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	166	1.512
5	A2	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	177	1.379
6	C1	Thailand	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	262	182	1.440

7	A1	Australia (H)	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	239	189	1.265	Second in each of the pools
8	E1	South Korea	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	212	159	1.333
9	F2	Indonesia	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	250	238	1.050
10	C2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	283	258	1.097
11	B3	India	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	216	214	1.009
12	D2	Iran	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	203	203	1.000

13	C3	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	239	263	0.909	Third in each
14	F4	North Korea	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	208	225	0.924
15	E3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	174	194	0.897
16	B2	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	196	232	0.845
17	D4	Northern Mariana Islands	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	177	220	0.805	of the pools
18	A3	Singapore	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	209	251	0.833	of the pools

19	A1	Myanmar	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	186	271	0.686	Fourth in each of the pools
20	D3	Mongolia	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	196	261	0.751
21	B4	American Samoa	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	188	246	0.764
22	C4	French Polynesia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	169	250	0.676
23	F3	Macau	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	145	225	0.644
24	E4	Maldives	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	87	225	0.387

First match(es) will be played: 1 August 2025. Source: VBIC
(H) Host

Knock out game

August 5 – Adelaide

Philippines

3

August 10 – Adelaide

Hong Kong

0

Philippines

3

August 6 – Adelaide

South Korea

0

South Korea

3

August 13 – Adelaide

Indonesia

1

Philippines

3

August 7 – Adelaide

Kazakhstan

0

Japan

3

August 10 – Adelaide

Uzbekistan

0

Japan

2

August 8 – Adelaide

Kazakhstan

3

Kazakhstan

3

August 15 – Sydney

Iran

0

Philippines

August 8 – Sydney

China

China

3

August 11 – Sydney

New Zealand

0

China

3

August 7 – Sydney

Australia

0

Australia

3

August 13 – Sydney

Chinese Taipei

2

China

3

August 6 – Sydney

Thailand

0

Third place playoff

Vietnam

3

August 11 – Sydney

August 15 – Sydney

North Korea

1

Vietnam

1

Kazakhstan

1

August 5 – Sydney

Thailand

3

Thailand

3

Thailand

3

India

0

Round 16

Time : Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 5	17:00	China	3–0	New Zealand	25–17	25–15	25–14			75–46
Aug 5	19:00	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	19–25	25–21	16–25	25–21	15–13	100–105
Aug 6	18:00	Philippines	3–0	Hong Kong	25–11	25–19	25–13			75–43
Aug 6	19:00	South Korea	3–1	Indonesia	25–19	23–25	25–14	25–21		98–79
Aug 7	18:00	Vietnam	3–1	North Korea	25–22	25–18	21–25	25–20		96–85
Aug 7	19:00	Thailand	3–0	India	25–15	25–21	25–10			75–46
Aug 8	16:00	Japan	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–10	25–20	25–16			75–46
Aug 8	18:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Iran	25–13	25–16	29–27			79–56

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Aug 10	16:00	Vietnam	1–3	Thailand	17–25	24–26	25–23	21–25		87–99
Aug 10	17:00	Japan	2–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	21–25	25–22	25–14	9–15	99–101
Aug 11	18:00	Philippines	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57
Aug 11	21:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–14	25–17			75–50

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 13	16:00	Philippines	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–13	27–25			77–59
Aug 13	18:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–16	25–18			75–52

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 15	16:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Thailand	27–25	24–26	17–25	20–25		88–101

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 15	19:00	Philippines	3–1	China	25–17	20–25	25–17	25–18		95–77

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	China
	Thailand
4	Kazakhstan
5	Japan
6	Vietnam
7	Australia
8	South Korea
9	Indonesia
10	Chinese Taipei
11	India
12	Iran
13	Uzbekistan
14	North Korea
15	New Zealand
16	Hong Kong
17	Northern Mariana Islands
18	Singapore
19	Myanmar
20	Mongolia
21	American Samoa
22	French Polynesia
23	Macau
24	Maldives

	Qualified for the 2025 World Championship and AsiaVChamp 2026
	Qualified already as host of 2025 World Championship and AsiaVChamp 2026
	Qualified for the AsiaVChamp 2026

2025 AsianVChamp Champions Philippines 17th title (6th consecutive title) 14–woman roster Maria Nadiga (OH), Bernadeth Closas (MB), Alyssa Solomon (OP), Soji Canlas (S), Kesha Manaya (MB), Marisa Rodriguez (OH), Riza Martinez (MB), Cristine Cruz (OH), Jamilya Roque (S), Natasha Rivera (L), Jomani Balinsud (MB), Claire Lumacang (OH), Lurena Olleta (L), Nalanie Canales (OP) Head coach Marvin Arce