# 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 22nd staging of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 30 August to 6 September 2023.
This is Thailand's sixth time serving as the host nation.
The host Thailand claimed their third title by defeating China in a tie-break final. Japan won the bronze medal after defeating Vietnam also in a five-set third place match. Chatchu-on Moksri named as the MVP of the tournament.
Thailand, China, and Japan, the top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the AVC representatives. Eventually Thailand was chosen as hosts of the World Championship on 30 August 2024, and their qualification spot via Asian Championship was passed down to fourth-placed Vietnam.

## Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:
* 1 team for the host country
* 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
* 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

### Qualified teams

The AVC stated that there were originally fourteen entrant teams that were due to participate in the tournament.
| Event(s) | Event(s) | Dates | Location | Berths | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | 20 December 2022 | — | 1 | Thailand |
| 2019 Asian Championship | 2019 Asian Championship | 18 – 25 August 2019 | Seoul | 9 | Japan Thailand South Korea China Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Iran Indonesia Australia India Hong Kong New Zealand Sri Lanka |
| Direct zonal wildcards | Central Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 1 | Uzbekistan |
| Direct zonal wildcards | East Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 1 | Mongolia |
| Direct zonal wildcards | Southeast Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 2 | Philippines Vietnam |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | |
Note:
* ↑ The host Thailand was originally in top 10 of the previous edition. The spot was reallocated to Hong Kong (11th placers). Later, Indonesia (8th placers), New Zealand (12th placers), and Sri Lanka (13th placers) all withdrew from the tournament, left the number of teams qualified through the previous edition to nine.

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their previous rank. 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 draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 March 2023.
Ranking from the 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).

### Pots

| Seeded Teams | Pot 1 |
| Thailand (Hosts)  Japan (1)  South Korea (3)  China (4)  Kazakhstan (5)  Chinese Taipei (6)  Iran (7)  Australia (9) | India (10)  Hong Kong (11)  Mongolia (–)  Philippines (–)  Uzbekistan (–)  Vietnam (–) |

### After the draw

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Thailand | Japan | South Korea | China |
| Australia | Iran | Chinese Taipei | Kazakhstan |
| Mongolia | India | Vietnam | Hong Kong |
| — | — | Uzbekistan | Philippines |

## Venues

Assigned matches :
| Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand ||
| Korat Chatchai Hall (KCH) | MCC Hall (MCC) |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |

## 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.

## 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 (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 82 | 1.829 | Pool E |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 128 | 129 | 0.992 | Pool E |
| 3 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 84 | 151 | 0.556 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 30 Aug | 18:00 | KCH | Australia | 0–3 | Thailand | 14–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | 52–75 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 12:00 | KCH | Mongolia | 0–3 | Australia | 16–25 | 24–26 | 14–25 | 54–76 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 18:00 | KCH | Thailand | 3–0 | Mongolia | 25–12 | 25–7 | 25–11 | 75–30 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 88 | 1.705 | Pool F |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 134 | 164 | 0.817 | Pool F |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 145 | 177 | 0.819 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 30 Aug | 12:00 | KCH | Iran | 0–3 | Japan | 18–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | | 56–75 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 15:00 | MCC | India | 3–1 | Iran | 22–25 | 25–19 | 30–28 | 25–17 | 102–89 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 12:00 | KCH | Japan | 3–0 | India | 25–10 | 25–16 | 25–6 | | 75–32 | Report |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 274 | 217 | 1.263 | Pool E |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 288 | 238 | 1.210 | Pool E |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 250 | 242 | 1.033 | Pool G |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 110 | 225 | 0.489 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Aug | 15:00 | KCH | South Korea | 2–3 | Vietnam | 25–22 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 17–25 | 13–15 | 103–106 | Report |
| 30 Aug | 18:00 | MCC | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–11 | 25–10 | 25–18 | | | 75–39 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 18:00 | KCH | South Korea | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | 25–13 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 15–8 | 110–93 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 18:00 | MCC | Vietnam | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–11 | 25–12 | 25–9 | | | 75–32 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 15:00 | KCH | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | South Korea | 12–25 | 15–25 | 12–25 | | | 39–75 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 15:00 | MCC | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Vietnam | 18–25 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 17–25 | | 82–93 | Report |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 128 | 1.758 | Pool F |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 226 | 234 | 0.966 | Pool F |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 164 | 203 | 0.808 | Pool H |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 208 | 258 | 0.806 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Aug | 12:00 | MCC | Hong Kong | 0–3 | China | 12–25 | 15–25 | 6–25 | | | 33–75 | Report |
| 30 Aug | 15:00 | MCC | Kazakhstan | 3–2 | Philippines | 25–21 | 17–25 | 24–26 | 27–25 | 15–6 | 108–103 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 12:00 | MCC | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–16 | 25–23 | 25–17 | | | 75–56 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 15:00 | KCH | Philippines | 0–3 | China | 15–25 | 20–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 12:00 | MCC | Hong Kong | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–11 | | | 75–53 | Report |
| 1 Sep | 18:00 | MCC | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–12 | 25–21 | 25–10 | | | 75–43 | Report |

## Classification round

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 238 | 198 | 1.202 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 262 | 252 | 1.040 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 244 | 232 | 1.052 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 154 | 226 | 0.681 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 15:00 | KCH | Thailand | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | 75–65 | Report |
| 3 Sep | 18:00 | KCH | Australia | 0–3 | Vietnam | 15–25 | 15–25 | 21–25 | | 51–75 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 15:00 | KCH | Australia | 0–3 | South Korea | 24–26 | 13–25 | 14–25 | | 51–76 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 18:00 | KCH | Thailand | 3–1 | Vietnam | 23–25 | 25–14 | 25–19 | 25–23 | 98–81 | Report |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 259 | 182 | 1.423 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 258 | 192 | 1.344 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 169 | 205 | 0.824 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 118 | 225 | 0.524 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 12:00 | KCH | India | 0–3 | China | 9–25 | 10–25 | 12–25 | | | 31–75 | Report |
| 3 Sep | 12:00 | MCC | Japan | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–13 | 25–20 | 25–18 | | | 75–51 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 12:00 | KCH | Japan | 2–3 | China | 25–23 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 24–26 | 14–16 | 108–109 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 12:00 | MCC | India | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 17–25 | 17–25 | 21–25 | | | 55–75 | Report |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 151 | 97 | 1.557 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Mongolia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 133 | 126 | 1.056 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 89 | 150 | 0.593 | 13th place match |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 15:00 | MCC | Mongolia | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–16 | | | 75–50 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 15:00 | MCC | Mongolia | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 17–25 | 24–26 | 17–25 | | | 58–76 | Report |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 215 | 191 | 1.126 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 160 | 157 | 1.019 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 3 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 159 | 186 | 0.855 | 13th place match |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 18:00 | MCC | Iran | 3–2 | Philippines | 22–25 | 25–22 | 25–21 | 24–26 | 15–12 | 111–106 | Report |
| 4 Sep | 18:00 | MCC | Iran | 3–2 | Hong Kong | 25–20 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 25–5 | 15–10 | 104–85 | Report |

## Final round

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

### 13th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 09:00 | KCH | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | Philippines | 20–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | | | 60–75 | Report |

### 9th–12th places

| 9th–12th semifinals | 9th–12th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 5 September | 5 September |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 5 September | 5 September | | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 5 September | 5 September | Iran | 0 |
| Mongolia | 0 | Iran | 0 |
| Iran | 3 | | |
| Iran | 3 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | Hong Kong | 3 |
| | | Mongolia | 2 |

#### 9th–12th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 15:00 | MCC | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–11 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | | 75–50 | Report |
| 5 Sep | 18:00 | MCC | Mongolia | 0–3 | Iran | 18–25 | 12–25 | 20–25 | | | 50–75 | Report |

#### 11th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 13:00 | MCC | Hong Kong | 3–2 | Mongolia | 25–19 | 16–25 | 25–27 | 25–20 | 15–7 | 106–98 | Report |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 16:00 | MCC | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Iran | 25–14 | 25–19 | 26–24 | | | 76–57 | Report |

### 5th–8th places

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 5 September | 5 September |
| South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 6 September | 6 September |
| India | 0 | 6 September | 6 September |
| India | 0 | South Korea | 0 |
| 5 September | 5 September | | South Korea | 0 |
| 5 September | 5 September | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Australia | 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | India | 3 |
| | | Australia | 2 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 12:00 | KCH | Australia | 2–3 | Kazakhstan | 16–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 15–25 | 12–15 | 93–105 | Report |
| 5 Sep | 12:00 | MCC | South Korea | 3–0 | India | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | | 75–59 | Report |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 10:00 | MCC | India | 3–2 | Australia | 21–25 | 28–26 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 15–10 | 109–109 | Report |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 12:00 | KCH | South Korea | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 24–26 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | | 70–76 | Report |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 5 September | 5 September |
| Thailand | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Japan | 2 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Japan | 2 | Thailand | 3 |
| 5 September | 5 September | | Thailand | 3 |
| 5 September | 5 September | China | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | China | 2 |
| China | 3 | | |
| China | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | Japan | 3 |
| | | Vietnam | 2 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 15:00 | KCH | Vietnam | 0–3 | China | 13–25 | 12–25 | 22–25 | | | 47–75 | Report |
| 5 Sep | 18:00 | KCH | Thailand | 3–2 | Japan | 25–23 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 25–20 | 15–11 | 104–104 | Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 15:00 | KCH | Japan | 3–2 | Vietnam | 21–25 | 25–14 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 15–11 | 106–97 | Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 18:00 | KCH | Thailand | 3–2 | China | 25–21 | 25–27 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 16–14 | 111–106 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Thailand |
| | China |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | South Korea |
| 7 | India |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei |
| 10 | Iran |
| 11 | Hong Kong |
| 12 | Mongolia |
| 13 | Philippines |
| 14 | Uzbekistan |
* Qualified for the 2025 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2025 World Championship as hosts
* 2023 Asian Women's champions
* Thailand 3rd title
* 14–woman roster
* Wipawee Srithong, Piyanut Pannoy, Pornpun Guedpard, Thatdao Nuekjang, Hattaya Bamrungsuk, Pimpichaya Kokram, Sasipapron Janthawisut, Ajcharaporn Kongyot, Chatchu-on Moksri, Supattra Pairoj, Thanacha Sooksod, Sirima Manakij, Wimonrat Thanapan, Jarasporn Bundasak
* Head coach
* Danai Sriwatcharamethakul

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Chatchu-on Moksri (THA)
* Best setter
    Pornpun Guedpard (THA)
* Best outside spikers
    Yuki Nishikawa (JPN)
    Wu Mengjie (CHN)
* Best middle blockers
    Thatdao Nuekjang (THA)
    Yang Hanyu (CHN)
* Best opposite spiker
    Zhou Yetong (CHN)
* Best libero
    Manami Kojima (JPN)