# 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth 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 Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 16 to 23 September 2018.
As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.

## Qualification

The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country | 1 | Thailand |
| Central Asian teams | 2 | Iran |
| Central Asian teams | 2 | Kazakhstan |
| East Asian teams | 4 | China |
| East Asian teams | 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| East Asian teams | 4 | Japan |
| East Asian teams | 4 | South Korea |
| Oceanian team | 1 | Australia |
| Southeast Asian teams | 2 | Philippines |
| Southeast Asian teams | 2 | Vietnam |
| Total 10 |||

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| Thailand (Host) | China (4) | Kazakhstan (7) |
| Japan (1) | Vietnam (5) | Philippines (8) |
| South Korea (3) | Chinese Taipei (6) | Iran (9) |
| | | Australia (10) |

## Venue

All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima.

## Preliminary round
### Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
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

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 176 | 147 | 1.197 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 154 | 168 | 0.917 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 186 | 201 | 0.925 | Quarterfinals |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 94 | 1.596 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 149 | 191 | 0.780 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 172 | 186 | 0.925 | Quarterfinals |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 291 | 250 | 1.164 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 273 | 280 | 0.975 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Philippines | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 290 | 304 | 0.954 | Relegated to Classification Round |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 288 | 308 | 0.935 | Relegated to Classification Round |

### Rankings

| Pool A | Pool A | Pool B | Pool B | Pool C | Pool C |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 | China | 1 | Iran |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | Vietnam | 2 | Australia |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | Philippines |
| - | | - | | 4 | Kazakhstan |

## Classification round
### Classification round (R5-R10)
#### Section 1

* Winners will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
* Losers will be relegated to the 9th-place match.
| Play-off | Play-off |
| Sep 21 | Sep 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 |
| Vietnam | 3 |
| Play-off | Play-off |
| Sep 21 | Sep 21 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 |

##### Section 2

* Both teams will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
* Loser will face the winner of Kazakhstan vs Vietnam.
* Winner will face the winner of Philippines vs South Korea.
| Play-off | Play-off |
| Sep 21 | Sep 21 |
| Iran | 3 |
| Australia | 1 |

### 9th place
## 5th-8th Classification

| 5th–8th place | 5th–8th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| Sep 22 | Sep 22 |
| Vietnam | 3 |
| Vietnam | 3 | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Australia | 0 | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Australia | 0 | Vietnam | 3 |
| Sep 22 | Sep 22 | | Vietnam | 3 |
| Sep 22 | Sep 22 | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | | |
| Iran | 1 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| | | Australia | 3 |
| | | Iran | 1 |

### 5th place
## Final round
### Play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | | | |
| Thailand | 3 | | | |
| Thailand | 3 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | | |
| Australia | 0 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | |
| Australia | 0 | Thailand | 2 | |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | | Thailand | 2 | |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | China | 3 | |
| China | 3 | China | 3 | |
| China | 3 | | | | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Iran | 0 | | | | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Iran | 0 | | | | China | 3 |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | | | | | China | 3 |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | | | | Japan | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | | | | Japan | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Sep 21 | Sep 21 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | |
| Sep 19 | Sep 19 | Japan | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan | 3 | | | | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Vietnam | 1 | | | | Sep 23 | Sep 23 |
| Vietnam | 1 | | | | Thailand | 3 |
| | | | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |

#### Final
## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Japan |
| | Thailand |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Vietnam |
| 6 | South Korea |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | Iran |
| 9 | Philippines |
| 10 | Kazakhstan |
* 2018 Asian Women's Cup champions
* China 5th title
* 14–woman roster
* Yang Zhou, Che Wenhan, Ren Kaiyi, Gao Yi, Sun Haiping, Chen Xintong, Chen Peiyan, Gong Meizi, Zheng Yixin, Wang Meiyi, Liu Yanhan, Duan Fang, Zhang Yichan (c), Meng Zixuan
* Head coach
* Shi Hairong

## Awards

Source: AVC