# 2022 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international women's volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), in 2022 with the Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA), for the under–18 women's national teams of Asia.
The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, from 6 to 13 June 2022. The tournament was supposed to be hosted by Uzbekistan on the same dates, but due to unforeseen reasons Nakhon Pathom replaced Tashkent as the host city for the eight-day Championship. That year, the previously U17 tournament was adjusted to become an U18 championship as approved by the AVC Board of Administration.
Like the previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship as the AVC's representatives.
A total of eleven teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate. It was originally a U-17 competition for players born on or after 2006, but as the change to a U-18 tournament proceeded, the age restriction was changed to 2005.

## Qualified teams

Following AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events were selected according to the following:
* 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 associations

| 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 | 2018 Asian Championship champions | 27 May 2018 | 11 | 1997 | 2018 | Champions (1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018) |
| China | EAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship runners-up | 27 May 2018 | 12 | 1997 | 2018 | Champions (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005) |
| Thailand | SEAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 3rd place and host country | 27 May 2018 | 12 | 1997 | 2018 | Runners-up (2014) |
| South Korea | EAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 4th place | 27 May 2018 | 12 | 1997 | 2018 | Runners-up (1997, 2005, 2007) |
| Chinese Taipei | EAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 5th place | 27 May 2018 | 12 | 1997 | 2018 | 3rd place (1999, 2008, 2010) |
| Kazakhstan | CAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 6th place | 27 May 2018 | 6 | 2003 | 2018 | 6th place (2003, 2010, 2014, 2018) |
| Iran | CAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 7th place | 27 May 2018 | 6 | 2008 | 2018 | 7th place (2018) |
| India | CAZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 8th place | 27 May 2018 | 9 | 2001 | 2018 | 5th place (2003) |
| Australia | OZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 9th place | 27 May 2018 | 11 | 1999 | 2018 | 6th place (1999) |
| New Zealand | OZVA | 2018 Asian Championship 10th place | 27 May 2018 | 4 | 2010 | 2018 | 8th place (2014, 2017) |
| Uzbekistan | CAZVA | Automatically qualified as CAZVA wild card | 15 January 2022 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 | 10th place (2017) |
| Philippines | SEAZVA | Automatically qualified as SEAZVA wild card | 15 January 2022 | 6 | 1997 | 2014 | 7th place (2014) |

## Format and Pools composition

According to the unveiled competition schedule, all participating teams would be split into Pool A and Pool B. Teams would compete in pool round-robin preliminaries, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the cross semifinals. Teams finishing 3rd and 4th in each pool would next compete in the classification round for the 5th–8th places, while those finishing 5th and 6th in each pool will fight for the 9th, 10th and 11th places.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Thailand (Host) | Japan |
| South Korea | China |
| Iran | Chinese Taipei |
| Australia | Kazakhstan |
| Uzbekistan | India |
| — | Philippines |

## Venues

The tournament was hosted at the Nakhon Pathom Sports Center Gymnasium in Mueang Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom.
* All rounds
* Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
* Nakhon Pathom Sports Center Gymnasium
* Capacity: 4,000
* Nakhon Pathom

## 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 FIVB 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 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 300 | 167 | 1.796 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 301 | 244 | 1.234 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 265 | 257 | 1.031 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 212 | 302 | 0.702 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 210 | 318 | 0.660 | 9th–11th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 6 Jun | 09:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Iran | 19–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | | 53–75 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 16:30 | Thailand | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 75–47 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 09:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–9 | 25–15 | 25–12 | | 75–36 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 16:30 | Australia | 0–3 | Thailand | 18–25 | 16–25 | 9–25 | | 43–75 | P2 |
| 8 Jun | 11:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Australia | 25–11 | 25–15 | 25–11 | | 75–37 | P2 |
| 8 Jun | 16:30 | Iran | 1–3 | Thailand | 17–25 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 17–25 | 79–93 | P2 |
| 9 Jun | 09:00 | Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Australia | 25–13 | 25–15 | 17–25 | 26–24 | 93–77 | P2 |
| 9 Jun | 19:00 | Iran | 0–3 | South Korea | 8–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | | 36–75 | P2 |
| 11 Jun | 11:30 | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | Iran | 9–25 | 15–25 | 12–25 | | 36–75 | P2 |
| 11 Jun | 16:30 | Thailand | 0–3 | South Korea | 20–25 | 19–25 | 19–25 | | 58–75 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | MAX | 377 | 248 | 1.520 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4.000 | 367 | 219 | 1.676 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1.286 | 341 | 326 | 1.046 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 339 | 374 | 0.906 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 279 | 408 | 0.684 | 9th place match |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 262 | 390 | 0.672 | 9th–11th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 6 Jun | 11:30 | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–21 | 21–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | 83–96 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 14:00 | Philippines | 1–3 | India | 25–14 | 21–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 88–89 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 19:00 | China | 0–3 | Japan | 20–25 | 25–27 | 22–25 | | 67–77 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 11:30 | Philippines | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 24–26 | 19–25 | 15–25 | | 58–76 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | India | 25–11 | 25–10 | 25–18 | | 75–39 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 19:00 | China | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–16 | 25–20 | 25–9 | | 75–45 | P2 |
| 8 Jun | 09:00 | India | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 25–20 | 20–25 | 11–25 | 14–25 | 70–95 | P2 |
| 8 Jun | 14:00 | China | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–7 | 25–7 | 25–13 | | 75–27 | P2 |
| 8 Jun | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Japan | 22–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | | 50–75 | P2 |
| 9 Jun | 11:30 | China | 3–0 | India | 25–9 | 25–12 | 25–12 | | 75–33 | P2 |
| 9 Jun | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–9 | 25–17 | 25–22 | | 75–48 | P2 |
| 9 Jun | 16:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–8 | | 75–45 | P2 |
| 11 Jun | 09:00 | Philippines | 0–3 | Japan | 11–25 | 18–25 | 15–25 | | 44–75 | P2 |
| 11 Jun | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | China | 12–25 | 10–25 | 15–25 | | 37–75 | P2 |
| 11 Jun | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | India | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–11 | | 75–48 | P2 |

## Final round

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

### 9th–11th Classification round

| 9th–11th semifinals | 9th–11th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Australia | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Philippines | 3 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Philippines | 3 | Philippines | 3 |
| | | India | 0 |
| India | 3 | India | 0 |
| bye | W | | |
| bye | W | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | Australia | 3 |
| | | bye | W |

#### 9th–11th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 09:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Philippines | 20–25 | 19–25 | 29–31 | | | 68–81 | P2 |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 09:00 | Philippines | 3–0 | India | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–12 | | | 75–52 | P2 |

### 5th–8th Classification round

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Iran | 0 |
| Iran | 0 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | Kazakhstan | 0 |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | | Kazakhstan | 0 |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| | | Iran | 3 |
| | | Uzbekistan | 1 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 11:30 | Iran | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 23–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Uzbekistan | 25–19 | 25–23 | 18–25 | 25–15 | | 93–82 | P2 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 11:30 | Iran | 3–1 | Uzbekistan | 24–26 | 25–22 | 25–15 | 25–8 | | 99–71 | P2 |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 19–25 | 13–25 | 17–25 | | | 49–75 | P2 |

### Final Four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| China | 3 | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| China | 3 | China | 2 |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | | China | 2 |
| 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | 12 June – Nakhon Pathom | Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 3 |
| Thailand | 0 | | |
| Thailand | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom | 13 June – Nakhon Pathom |
| | | South Korea | 3 |
| | | Thailand | 2 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 16:30 | South Korea | 1–3 | China | 27–25 | 16–25 | 10–25 | 23–25 | | 76–100 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 19:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–11 | 25–19 | 26–24 | | | 76–54 | P2 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 16:30 | South Korea | 3–2 | Thailand | 17–25 | 25–14 | 23–25 | 25–11 | 15–9 | 105–84 | P2 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Jun | 19:00 | China | 2–3 | Japan | 25–19 | 28–26 | 21–25 | 17–25 | 13–15 | 104–110 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | Thailand |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | Uzbekistan |
| 9 | Philippines |
| 10 | India |
| 11 | Australia |
* Qualified for the 2023 Girls' U19 World Championship
* 2022 Women's Asian U18 champions
* Japan 9th title
* 12–woman roster
* Kokomi Kawamata, Miuka Watanabe, Ciara Mie Athina Hirano, Riri Kasai (c), Sae Omori, Cindy Chisom Ndigwe, Miku Akimoto, Yuzuki Baba, Mio Kitagawa, Kokoro Hidaka, Sanae Yoshida, Rin Nishikawa
* Head coach
* Daichi Saegusa

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Omori Sae
* Best setter
    Yoshida Sanae
* Best outside spikers
    Omori Sae
    Chen Xinyue
* Best middle blockers
    Shan Linqian
    Kim Sebeen
* Best opposite spiker
    Wang Yindi
* Best libero
    Nishikawa Rin