# 2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Women was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA).The tournament was held in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand from 1 to 7 October.
The top 2 teams qualified for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.

## Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Thailand (Host & 3rd)  South Korea (4th)  Chinese Taipei  Vietnam | Japan (1st)  China (2nd)  Kazakhstan *  Australia |
* Kazakhstan withdrew and replaced by Malaysia.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 275 | 227 | 1.211 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 253 | 203 | 1.246 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 232 | 273 | 0.850 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 207 | 264 | 0.784 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 01 Oct | 11:00 | Vietnam | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | 25–17 | 21–25 | 28–30 | 25–19 | 15–13 | 114–104 |
| 01 Oct | 16:00 | Thailand | 2–3 | South Korea | 25–18 | 19–25 | 25–21 | 25–27 | 9–15 | 103–106 |
| 02 Oct | 11:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | South Korea | 15–25 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | | 51–75 |
| 02 Oct | 16:00 | Vietnam | 0–3 | Thailand | 17–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | | | 45–75 |
| 03 Oct | 11:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | Vietnam | 19–25 | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | 94–73 |
| 03 Oct | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 103 | 2.184 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 194 | 126 | 1.540 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 143 | 204 | 0.701 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 96 | 225 | 0.427 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 01 Oct | 13:00 | China | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–11 | 25–7 | 25–7 | 75–25 |
| 01 Oct | 18:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Japan | 15–25 | 7–25 | 12–25 | 34–75 |
| 02 Oct | 13:00 | China | 3–0 | Australia | 25–12 | 25–13 | 25–9 | 75–34 |
| 02 Oct | 18:00 | Malaysia | 0–3 | Japan | 3–25 | 4–25 | 10–25 | 17–75 |
| 03 Oct | 13:00 | Japan | 0–3 | China | 9–25 | 22–25 | 13–25 | 44–75 |
| 03 Oct | 18:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–11 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 75–54 |

## Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | |
| Malaysia | 0 | South Korea | 3 | |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | South Korea | 3 | |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | | | | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | | | China | 3 |
| China | 3 | | | | China | 3 |
| China | 3 | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | China | 3 | | | |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | China | 3 | | | |
| 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | 0 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 0 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Australia | 0 | | | | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Australia | 0 | | | | Japan | 2 |
| | | | | | Thailand | 3 |
| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Malaysia | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Vietnam | 3 | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Vietnam | 3 | Vietnam | 3 |
| 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | | Vietnam | 3 |
| 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | | |
| Australia | 1 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima |
| | | Malaysia | 0 |
| | | Australia | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 05 Oct | 11:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–14 | 25–12 | 25–7 | 75–33 |
| 05 Oct | 13:00 | China | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–15 | 75–45 |
| 05 Oct | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Australia | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–17 | 75–45 |
| 05 Oct | 18:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–11 | 25–21 | 25–23 | 75–55 |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 06 Oct | 11:00 | Malaysia | 0–3 | Vietnam | 13–25 | 7–25 | 11–25 | | | 31–75 |
| 06 Oct | 13:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Australia | 25–16 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 25–13 | | 94–74 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 06 Oct | 16:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Japan | 25–13 | 25–11 | 26–24 | | | 76–48 |
| 06 Oct | 18:00 | China | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–14 | | | 75–55 |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 07 Oct | 11:00 | Malaysia | 0–3 | Australia | 21–25 | 15–25 | 17–25 | | | 53–75 |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 07 Oct | 13:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | | 75–48 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 07 Oct | 16:00 | Japan | 2–3 | Thailand | 26–28 | 25–23 | 25–18 | 21–25 | 7–15 | 104–109 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 07 Oct | 18:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | China | 17–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 54–75 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | South Korea |
| | Thailand |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Vietnam |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | Malaysia |
* Qualified for the 2009 World Grand Prix
* 2008 Asian Women's Cup champions
* China 1st title

## Awards

* MVP: Wei Qiuyue
* Best scorer: Kim Min-ji
* Best spiker: Wang Yimei
* Best blocker: Xue Ming
* Best server: Nanami Inoue
* Best setter: Lee Sook-ja
* Best libero: Wanna Buakaew