# 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the eighteenth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Tianjin, China from 20 to 28 May 2015.

## Qualification

If there were fewer than 16 teams applied for participation, all teams compete in the tournament. If there were more than 16 teams applied for participation, participated teams would be determined by: – The host nation – Top 10 ranked teams from the previous edition – Representatives from each of the five Asian Volleyball Confederation Zonal Associations

### Qualified teams

| Central Asia | Eastern Asia | Oceania | Southeastern Asia | Western Asia |
| India  Iran  Kazakhstan  Sri Lanka  Turkmenistan | China  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Japan  Mongolia  South Korea | Australia  Fiji | Vietnam  Philippines  Thailand | |

## Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2013 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The host country and the top 7 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 8 remaining teams were drawn on 11 February 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 4th) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-). Japan played in the Asian Championship with their U-23 national team.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| China (Host) | Thailand (1) | Japan (2) | South Korea (3) |
| Iran (8) | Chinese Taipei (7) | Vietnam (6) | Kazakhstan (5) |
| Fiji (–) * | Hong Kong (13) | Mongolia (14) | Australia (9) |
| India (11) | Sri Lanka (15) | Turkmenistan (–) * | Philippines (12) |
* Withdrew

## Venues

Tianjin, China :
| Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium | Tianjin Polytechnic University Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: "N/A" |
| | N/A |

## Pool standing procedure

* Numbers 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 §

## Preliminary round

* All times are China standard time (UTC+08:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 68 | 2.206 | Pool E |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 131 | 158 | 0.829 | Pool E |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 115 | 170 | 0.676 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 19:30 | India | 1–3 | Iran | 25–20 | 17–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | 83–95 | Report |
| 21 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | India | 25–8 | 25–12 | 25–12 | | 75–32 | Report |
| 22 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Iran | 25–15 | 25–9 | 25–12 | | 75–36 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 108 | 2.083 | Pool F |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 205 | 147 | 1.395 | Pool F |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 127 | 216 | 0.588 | Pool H |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 139 | 225 | 0.618 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 12:00 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 | Hong Kong | 21–25 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 66–75 | Report |
| 20 May | 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Thailand | 18–25 | 18–25 | 19–25 | 55–75 | Report |
| 21 May | 12:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–7 | 25–6 | 25–10 | 75–23 | Report |
| 21 May | 12:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–10 | 25–23 | 25–10 | 75–43 | Report |
| 22 May | 12:00 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 8–25 | 16–25 | 5–25 | 29–75 | Report |
| 22 May | 16:00 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 | Thailand | 17–25 | 9–25 | 4–25 | 30–75 | Report |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 181 | 155 | 1.168 | Pool E |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 185 | 152 | 1.217 | Pool E |
| 3 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 91 | 150 | 0.607 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 12:00 | Vietnam | 3–2 | Japan | 16–25 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 18–16 | 106–110 | Report |
| 21 May | 14:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Mongolia | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–13 | | | 75–45 | Report |
| 22 May | 12:00 | Mongolia | 0–3 | Japan | 20–25 | 15–25 | 11–25 | | | 46–75 | Report |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 145 | 1.717 | Pool F |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 210 | 157 | 1.338 | Pool F |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 209 | 251 | 0.833 | Pool H |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 134 | 249 | 0.538 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 16:00 | Philippines | 1–3 | Australia | 18–25 | 18–25 | 26–24 | 15–25 | 77–99 | Report |
| 20 May | 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | South Korea | 22–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | | 60–75 | Report |
| 21 May | 16:00 | Australia | 1–3 | South Korea | 11–25 | 26–24 | 11–25 | 14–25 | 62–99 | Report |
| 21 May | 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–11 | 25–10 | 25–13 | | 75–34 | Report |
| 22 May | 16:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Philippines | 25–8 | 25–7 | 25–8 | | 75–23 | Report |
| 22 May | 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Australia | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–17 | | 75–48 | Report |

## Second round

* All times are China standard time (UTC+08:00).
* 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 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 112 | 2.009 | Final round |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 251 | 289 | 0.869 | Final round |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 228 | 235 | 0.970 | Final round |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 194 | 262 | 0.740 | Final round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 May | 12:00 | Iran | 2–3 | Vietnam | 25–21 | 17–25 | 28–26 | 22–25 | 12–15 | 104–112 | Report |
| 23 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Japan | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–10 | | | 75–43 | Report |
| 24 May | 16:00 | Iran | 0–3 | Japan | 19–25 | 19–25 | 16–25 | | | 54–75 | Report |
| 24 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–11 | 25–11 | 25–11 | | | 75–33 | Report |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 254 | 208 | 1.221 | Final round |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 247 | 191 | 1.293 | Final round |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 201 | 246 | 0.817 | Final round |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 188 | 196 | 0.959 | Final round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 May | 14:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–11 | 25–9 | 25–12 | | | 75–32 | Report |
| 23 May | 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | South Korea | 12–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | | 51–75 | Report |
| 24 May | 12:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 | Kazakhstan | 25–10 | 25–22 | 15–25 | 23–25 | 16–14 | 104–96 | Report |
| 24 May | 14:00 | Thailand | 2–3 | South Korea | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–18 | 19–25 | 11–15 | 97–104 | Report |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 49 | 1.531 | Classification 9th–12th |
| 2 | Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 49 | 75 | 0.653 | Classification 9th–12th |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 May | 12:00 | India | 3–0 | Mongolia | 25–18 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | | 75–49 | Report |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 298 | 272 | 1.096 | Classification 9th–12th |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 275 | 270 | 1.019 | Classification 9th–12th |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 256 | 262 | 0.977 | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 251 | 276 | 0.909 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 May | 14:00 | Hong Kong | 2–3 | Philippines | 25–21 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 16–25 | 11–15 | 97–104 | Report |
| 23 May | 16:00 | Sri Lanka | 2–3 | Australia | 22–25 | 19–25 | 25–19 | 25–16 | 20–22 | 111–107 | Report |
| 24 May | 14:00 | Hong Kong | 1–3 | Australia | 17–25 | 25–27 | 25–15 | 17–25 | | 84–92 | Report |
| 24 May | 16:00 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | Philippines | 14–25 | 25–19 | 18–25 | 17–25 | | 74–94 | Report |

## Classification round

* All times are China standard time (UTC+08:00).

### Classification 9th–12th

| 9th–12th places | 9th–12th places | 9th place | 9th place |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin |
| India | 3 |
| India | 3 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin |
| Philippines | 0 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin |
| Philippines | 0 | India | 2 |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | India | 2 |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 3 |
| Mongolia | 1 | | |
| Mongolia | 1 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin |
| | | Philippines | 1 |
| | | Mongolia | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 May | 12:00 | India | 3–0 | Philippines | 27–25 | 25–13 | 25–20 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 26 May | 14:00 | Australia | 3–1 | Mongolia | 25–20 | 24–26 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | 99–80 | Report |

#### 11th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 May | 12:00 | Philippines | 1–3 | Mongolia | 18–25 | 13–25 | 30–28 | 22–25 | | 83–103 | Report |

#### 9th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 May | 14:00 | India | 2–3 | Australia | 18–25 | 25–16 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 13–15 | 98–103 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are China standard time (UTC+08:00).

### Final eight

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | China | 3 | |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | Thailand | 1 | |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 1 | |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Japan | 0 | | | | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Japan | 0 | | | | China | 3 |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | | | | China | 3 |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | | | |
| Iran | 1 | 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | | | |
| Iran | 1 | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 26 May - Tianjin | 26 May - Tianjin | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Vietnam | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | Thailand | 3 |
| | | | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin |
| Kazakhstan | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Japan | 3 | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 1 |
| 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | | Japan | 1 |
| 27 May - Tianjin | 27 May - Tianjin | Vietnam | 3 |
| Iran | 1 | Vietnam | 3 |
| Vietnam | 3 | | |
| Vietnam | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 28 May - Tianjin | 28 May - Tianjin |
| | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| | | Iran | 0 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 26 May | 12:00 | Vietnam | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 18–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | 57–75 | Report |
| 26 May | 14:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Japan | 25–16 | 25–15 | 25–14 | | 75–45 | Report |
| 26 May | 16:00 | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–13 | 25–11 | 25–11 | | 75–35 | Report |
| 26 May | 19:30 | South Korea | 3–1 | Iran | 25–17 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–14 | 97–73 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 May | 12:00 | Iran | 1–3 | Vietnam | 25–18 | 18–25 | 22–25 | 18–25 | | 83–93 | Report |
| 27 May | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Japan | 20–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | | | 54–75 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 May | 16:00 | China | 3–1 | Thailand | 22–25 | 25–22 | 25–10 | 25–23 | | 97–80 | Report |
| 27 May | 19:30 | South Korea | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 25–16 | 25–13 | 23–25 | 25–15 | | 98–69 | Report |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 May | 12:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Iran | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | Report |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 May | 14:00 | Japan | 1–3 | Vietnam | 23–25 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 19–25 | | 84–98 | Report |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 May | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–10 | | | 75–38 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | | 75–63 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | South Korea |
| | Thailand |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Vietnam |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Kazakhstan |
| 8 | Iran |
| 9 | Australia |
| 10 | India |
| 11 | Mongolia |
| 12 | Philippines |
| 13 | Hong Kong |
| 14 | Sri Lanka |
* 2015 Asian Women's champions
* China 13th title

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Zhu Ting
* Best setter
    Shen Jingsi
* Best outside spikers
    Zhu Ting
    Kim Yeon-koung
* Best middle blocker
    Pleumjit Thinkaow
* Best opposite spiker
    Zeng Chunlei
* Best libero
    Nam Jie-youn