# 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2022 AVC Cup for Women was the seventh edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF). The tournament was held at PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines from 21 to 29 August 2022.
As hosts, Philippines automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Seoul, South Korea.
Japan won their first ever title, winning over China in the final.

## Qualification

The 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup. Philippines qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2019 Asian Championship and wild card entry. But later Indonesia withdrew and Australia took its place, Kazakhstan also withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (1 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams).

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Zone | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Zone | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Japan | EAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship champions | 25 August 2019 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | Runners-up (2018) |
| Thailand | SEAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship runners-up | 25 August 2019 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | Champions (2012) |
| South Korea | EAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 3rd place | 25 August 2019 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | Runners-up (2008, 2014) |
| China | EAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 4th place | 25 August 2019 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | Champions (2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Kazakhstan (withdrew) | CAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 5th place | 25 August 2019 | 5 | 2010 | 2018 | Runners-up (2016) |
| Chinese Taipei | EAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 6th place | 25 August 2019 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | 4th place (2018) |
| Iran | CAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 7th place | 25 August 2019 | 5 | 2010 | 2018 | 6th place (2016) |
| Indonesia (withdrew) | SEAZVA | 2019 Asian Championship 8th place | 25 August 2019 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Philippines | SEAZVA | Host country | 2 December 2021 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 9th place (2018) |
| Vietnam | SEAZVA | Wild card | 2 February 2022 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | 4th place (2012) |
| Australia | OZVA | Reallocation | 2 February 2022 | 2 | 2008 | 2018 | 7th place (2008, 2018) |

## Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 17 March 2022.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Philippines (Hosts) | Japan (1) |
| South Korea (3) | Thailand (2) |
| China (4) | Kazakhstan (5)* |
| Iran (7) | Chinese Taipei (6) |
| Vietnam | Australia (9) |
* Kazakhstan withdrew from the tournament on 16 August 2022

## Venue

The three-color Gerflor floor was installed at the venue for this tournament is provided by FIVB through the Volleyball Empowerment program.
* All matches
* Pasig, Philippines
* PhilSports Arena
* Capacity: 10,000

## Pool standing procedure

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

## Squads

The full list of team squads were announced on the competition daily bulletin.

## Preliminary round

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4.000 | 364 | 238 | 1.529 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Vietnam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3.667 | 317 | 264 | 1.201 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Philippines (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 293 | 284 | 1.032 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 265 | 307 | 0.863 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 154 | 300 | 0.513 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 13:00 | China | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–9 | 25–8 | 25–9 | | | 75–26 | Report |
| 21 Aug | 19:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–19 | 25–17 | 31–29 | | | 81–65 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 13:00 | Vietnam | 2–3 | China | 12–25 | 6–25 | 31–29 | 25–21 | 12–15 | 86–115 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 19:00 | Iran | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–10 | 25–15 | 25–13 | | | 75–38 | Report |
| 23 Aug | 16:30 | Iran | 0–3 | Vietnam | 17–25 | 14–25 | 11–25 | | | 42–75 | Report |
| 23 Aug | 19:00 | Philippines | 0–3 | China | 16–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 58–75 | Report |
| 24 Aug | 13:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Vietnam | 13–25 | 13–25 | 16–25 | | | 42–75 | Report |
| 24 Aug | 19:00 | Philippines | 3–1 | Iran | 25–19 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 25–14 | | 95–80 | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:00 | China | 3–1 | Iran | 24–26 | 25–19 | 25–10 | 25–13 | | 99–68 | Report |
| 25 Aug | 19:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Philippines | 18–25 | 13–25 | 17–25 | | | 48–75 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 155 | 1.452 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 211 | 176 | 1.199 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 233 | 251 | 0.928 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 178 | 265 | 0.672 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–59 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 10:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Japan | 22–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 66–75 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 16:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Thailand | 9–25 | 25–27 | 13–25 | | | 47–77 | Report |
| 23 Aug | 13:00 | Australia | 2–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–23 | 22–25 | 27–25 | 21–25 | 6–15 | 101–113 | Report |
| 24 Aug | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| 25 Aug | 13:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | 25–4 | 25–11 | 25–15 | | | 75–30 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 27 August | 27 August | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 28 August | 28 August | | |
| Australia | 0 | 28 August | 28 August | |
| Australia | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 27 August | 27 August | | China | 3 | |
| 27 August | 27 August | Thailand | 2 | |
| Philippines | 1 | Thailand | 2 | |
| Philippines | 1 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | China | 1 |
| 27 August | 27 August | | | | | China | 1 |
| 27 August | 27 August | | | | Japan | 3 |
| Vietnam | 3 | | | | Japan | 3 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 28 August | 28 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 28 August | 28 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | Vietnam | 1 | | | |
| 27 August | 27 August | | Vietnam | 1 | | | |
| 27 August | 27 August | Japan | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Iran | 1 | Japan | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Iran | 1 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Japan | 3 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Japan | 3 | | | | Thailand | 3 |
| | | | | | Vietnam | 0 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 28 August | 28 August |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 29 August | 29 August |
| Iran | 0 | 29 August | 29 August |
| Iran | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 28 August | 28 August | | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 28 August | 28 August | Philippines | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | Philippines | 0 |
| Philippines | 3 | | |
| Philippines | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 29 August | 29 August |
| | | Iran | 3 |
| | | Australia | 0 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | 11:00 | Vietnam | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | 19–25 | 25–17 | 16–25 | 25–18 | 15–10 | 100–95 | Report |
| 27 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–0 | Australia | 25–13 | 25–8 | 25–8 | | | 75–29 | Report |
| 27 Aug | 17:00 | Iran | 1–3 | Japan | 23–25 | 21–25 | 28–26 | 16–25 | | 88–101 | Report |
| 27 Aug | 20:00 | Philippines | 1–3 | Thailand | 18–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 9–25 | | 72–98 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Aug | 10:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Iran | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–17 | | | 75–59 | Report |
| 28 Aug | 13:00 | Australia | 2–3 | Philippines | 25–21 | 19–25 | 25–19 | 18–25 | 12–15 | 99–105 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Aug | 16:00 | China | 3–2 | Thailand | 19–25 | 25–20 | 25–14 | 23–25 | 15–10 | 107–94 | Report |
| 28 Aug | 19:00 | Vietnam | 1–3 | Japan | 17–25 | 22–25 | 36–34 | 10–25 | | 85–109 | Report |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Aug | 10:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Australia | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | | 75–59 | Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Aug | 13:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Philippines | 28–26 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | | 78–68 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Aug | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–19 | 26–24 | 25–18 | | | 76–61 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Aug | 19:00 | China | 1–3 | Japan | 23–25 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 16–25 | | 85–94 | Report |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| | Thailand |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Philippines |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | South Korea |
* 2022 Asian Women's Cup champions
* Japan 1st title
* 14–woman roster
* Mika Shibata (c), Yuka Sato, Mizuki Tanaka, Moeri Hanai, Miwako Osanai, Chihiro Sasaki, Hawi Okumu Oba, Nonoka Yamazaki, Asuka Hamamatsu, Mikoto Shima, Hiroyo Yamanaka, Miyu Nakagawa, Rena Mizusugi, Yuki Nishikawa
* Head coach
* Akira Koshiya

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Mika Shibata (JPN)
* Best setter
    Pornpun Guedpard (THA)
* Best outside spikers
    Wu Mengjie (CHN)
    Chatchu-on Moksri (THA)
* Best middle blockers
    Hiroyo Yamanaka (JPN)
    Hu Mingyuan (CHN)
* Best opposite spiker
    Zhou Yetong (CHN)
* Best libero
    Rena Mizusugi (JPN)

## Statistics leaders

Best Scorers :
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Tran Thi Thanh Thuy | 117 |
| 2 | Wu Mengjie | 109 |
| 3 | Zhuang Yushan | 99 |
| 4 | Zhou Zetong | 95 |
| 5 | Yuki Nishikawa | 92 |
Best Blockers :
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Hu Mingyuan | 0.63 |
| 2 | Nguyen Thi Kieu Trinh | 0.60 |
| 3 | Zhou Yetong | 0.59 |
| 4 | Hiroyo Yamanaka | 0.52 |
| 5 | Nguyen Thi Trinh | 0.48 |
Best Servers :
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Mizuki Tanaka | 0.48 |
| 2 | Hu Mingyuan | 0.41 |
| 3 | Pham Thi Nguyet Anh | 0.36 |
| 4 | Saberi Mahsa | 0.33 |
| 5 | Doan Thi Lam Oanh | 0.32 |