# 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). It was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 13 to 21 May 2017. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ljubljana and Maribor, Slovenia with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.
The matches was played in only one stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima: The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima. It was the first time that Thailand and Nakhon Ratchasima had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Thailand automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 12 teams (with the withdrawn of South Korea, China, and Philippines).

## Participated teams

| Central Asia (CAZA) | East Asia (EAZA) | Oceania (OZA) | Southeast Asia (SEAZA) | West Asia (WAZA) |
| Iran  Kazakhstan  Sri Lanka  Uzbekistan | China  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Japan  Macau  South Korea | Australia  New Zealand | Malaysia  Philippines  Thailand (host)  Vietnam | |

## Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship. The host country and the top 7 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 7 remaining teams were drawn on 27 February 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 2nd) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-).
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Thailand (Host) | Japan (4) | Chinese Taipei (5) | Philippines (7) |
| Macau (11) | Uzbekistan (10) | Kazakhstan (9) | Iran (8) |
| Hong Kong (–) | Vietnam (–) | Sri Lanka (–) | Malaysia (–) |
| | | Australia (–) | New Zealand (–) |
* China and South Korea withdraw prior to the draw.
* Philippines withdraw after to the draw.

## Venue

The tournament was hosted in MCC HALL The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima, located in Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima.
Nakhon Ratchasima :
* MCC HALL The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima |
* Capacity: 4,000 |

## Squads

Players born after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 12 players.

## 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 Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 67 | 2.239 | Pool E |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 140 | 153 | 0.915 | Pool E |
| 3 | Macau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 106 | 176 | 0.602 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–18 | 25–12 | 25–9 | | | 75–39 | P2 |
| 14 May | 14:00 | Macau | 0–3 | Thailand | 12–25 | 8–25 | 8–25 | | | 28–75 | P2 |
| 15 May | 09:00 | Hong Kong | 3–2 | Macau | 20–25 | 25–3 | 25–16 | 16–25 | 15–9 | 101–78 | P2 |

### 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 | 77 | 1.948 | Pool F |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 123 | 122 | 1.008 | Pool F |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 76 | 150 | 0.507 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 19:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–16 | 75–47 | P2 |
| 14 May | 16:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–12 | 25–15 | 25–21 | 75–48 | P2 |
| 15 May | 16:30 | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | Japan | 6–25 | 11–25 | 12–25 | 29–75 | P2 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 149 | 1.510 | Pool E |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 240 | 198 | 1.212 | Pool E |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 240 | 263 | 0.913 | Pool G |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 151 | 246 | 0.614 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 09:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–15 | 25–14 | 25–10 | | | 75–39 | P2 |
| 13 May | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–2 | Australia | 25–13 | 25–15 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 15–11 | 110–89 | P2 |
| 14 May | 11:30 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 14–25 | 8–25 | 12–25 | | | 34–75 | P2 |
| 14 May | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Australia | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 15 May | 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 25–17 | 25–19 | | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 15 May | 19:00 | Australia | 3–1 | Sri Lanka | 25–16 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 25–14 | | 96–78 | P2 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 153 | 128 | 1.195 | Pool F |
| 2 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 135 | 122 | 1.107 | Pool F |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 115 | 153 | 0.752 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 11:30 | Malaysia | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–23 | 25–12 | 25–12 | 75–47 | P2 |
| 14 May | 09:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–16 | 75–60 | P2 |
| 15 May | 11:30 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Iran | 26–28 | 22–25 | 20–25 | 68–78 | P2 |

## Second round

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

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 277 | 203 | 1.365 | Final round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 247 | 199 | 1.241 | Final round |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 197 | 216 | 0.912 | Final round |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 122 | 225 | 0.542 | Final round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 16 May | 11:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–12 | | 75–41 | P2 |
| 16 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 24–26 | 25–21 | 25–10 | 25–10 | 99–67 | P2 |
| 17 May | 11:30 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 17–25 | 10–25 | 15–25 | | 42–75 | P2 |
| 17 May | 14:00 | Thailand | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 27–25 | 23–25 | 28–26 | 25–21 | 103–97 | P2 |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 121 | 1.860 | Final round |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 200 | 185 | 1.081 | Final round |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 169 | 210 | 0.805 | Final round |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 149 | 227 | 0.656 | Final round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 16 May | 14:00 | Iran | 0–3 | Vietnam | 19–25 | 17–25 | 19–25 | 55–75 | P2 |
| 16 May | 19:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–6 | 75–34 | P2 |
| 17 May | 16:30 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–15 | 27–25 | 25–15 | 77–55 | P2 |
| 17 May | 19:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Iran | 25–13 | 25–14 | 25–12 | 75–39 | P2 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 171 | 128 | 1.336 | Ninth place match |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 178 | 190 | 0.937 | Eleventh place match |
| 3 | Macau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 175 | 0.823 | Thirteenth place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 May | 09:00 | Macau | 1–3 | Sri Lanka | 23–25 | 26–24 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | 94–100 | P2 |
| 18 May | 10:00 | Macau | 0–3 | Australia | 17–25 | 14–25 | 19–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 100 | 77 | 1.299 | Ninth place match |
| 2 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | Eleventh place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 09:00 | Uzbekistan | 3–1 | New Zealand | 25–18 | 25–27 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 100–77 | P2 |

## Classification round

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

### Eleventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 May | 09:00 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | New Zealand | 25–16 | 23–25 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | 84–91 | P2 |

### Ninth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 09:00 | Australia | 1–3 | Uzbekistan | 23–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 24–26 | | 93–99 | P2 |

## Final round

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

### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth Place Play-Offs | Fifth Place Play-Offs | Fifth Place Play-Offs | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Malaysia | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | |
| | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | | Vietnam | Vietnam | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Vietnam | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | | | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | | | | 2 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | | | | | Thailand | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 3 | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | 3 | | | | Vietnam | Vietnam | 3 |
| Iran | Iran | 2 | | | | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 19 May | 11:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–11 | 75–39 | P2 |
| 19 May | 14:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–16 | 25–14 | 25–16 | 75–46 | P2 |
| 19 May | 16:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Iran | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–18 | 75–46 | P2 |
| 19 May | 19:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–14 | 75–53 | P2 |

### Fifth place play-offs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 11:30 | Hong Kong | 3–0 | Iran | 25–14 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 20 May | 14:00 | Malaysia | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 23–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–21 | 25–15 | 25–20 | | | 75–56 | P2 |
| 20 May | 19:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 25–18 | 27–29 | 25–22 | 25–10 | | 102–79 | P2 |

### Seventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 May | 09:00 | Iran | 2–3 | Malaysia | 23–25 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 13–15 | 109–109 | P2 |

### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 May | 11:30 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 17–25 | 13–25 | 15–25 | | | 45–75 | P2 |

### Third place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 May | 14:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 2–3 | Japan | 25–20 | 25–16 | 19–25 | 25–27 | 12–15 | 106–103 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Thailand |
| | Vietnam |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Hong Kong |
| 7 | Malaysia |
| 8 | Iran |
| 9 | Uzbekistan |
| 10 | Australia |
| 11 | New Zealand |
| 12 | Sri Lanka |
| 13 | Macau |
* Qualified for the 2017 U23 World Championship
* 2017 Asian U23 champions
* Japan 1st title
* 12–woman roster
* Misaki Yamaushi (c), Nozomi Itoh, Ayaka Sugi, Haruka Kanamori, Misaki Shirai, Nanaka Sakamoto, Miki Sakurai, Kaori Mabashi, Moeri Hanai, Miwako Osanai, Rei Kudo, Hikari Kato
* Head coach
* Kiyoshi Abo

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JapanMisaki Yamaushi (c) Nozomi Itoh Ayaka Sugi Haruka Kanamori Misaki Shirai Nanaka Sakamoto Miki Sakurai Kaori Mabashi Moeri Hanai Miwako Osanai Rei Kudo Hikari Kato | ThailandAnisa Yotpinit Chutimon Sagorn Hathairat Jarat Patcharaporn Sittisad Thanacha Sooksod Watchareeya Nuanjam Pimpichaya Kokram Natthanicha Jaisaen Chitaporn Kamlangmak Tichaya Boonlert Ajcharaporn Kongyot (c) Chatchu-on Moksri | VietnamDuong Thi Hen Dang Thi Kim Thanh Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (c) Pham Thi Nguyet Anh Tran Viet Huong Bui Thi Nga Luu Thi Ly Ly Trinh Thi Huyen Le Thi Hong Nguyen Thi Trinh Doan Thi Lam Oanh Nguyen Thu Hoai |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Misaki Yamauchi
* Best outside spikers
    Chatchu-on Moksri
    Trần Thị Thanh Thuý
* Best setter
    Miki Sukurai
* Best opposite spiker
    Pimpichaya Kokram
* Best middle blocker
    Ayaka Sugi
    Hathairat Jarat
* Best libero
    Lai Xiang-chen

## Broadcasting rights

| Territory | Channel |
| AVC partner | SMMTV |
| Thailand | SMMTV |
| Thailand | Thairath TV |