# 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the twentieth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 18 to 25 August 2019. South Korea played host to this event for the first time. The top eight teams of this tournament qualified for the 2020 AVC Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament.

## Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events were selected by:
* 1 team for the organizer
* 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship
* 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

### Qualified teams

| Means of qualification | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | South Korea |
| 2017 Asian Championship | 9–17 August 2017 | Biñan–Muntinlupa | 10 7 | Japan Thailand China Vietnam Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan Iran Australia Philippines |
| SEAZVA representatives | — | — | 1+1 | Indonesia Singapore |
| CAZVA representatives | — | — | 1+1 | India Sri Lanka |
| EAZVA representatives | — | — | 1 | Hong Kong |
| OZVA representatives | — | — | 1 | New Zealand |
| WAZVA representatives | — | — | 1 0 | — |
| Total | Total | Total | 13 | |
    ^A South Korea qualified as the hosts and was originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to the 11th-ranked team, Hong Kong.
    ^B Philippines originally qualified, but declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, New Zealand.
    ^C SEAZVA was originally allocated one team, but WAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to Indonesia and Singapore.
    ^D CEAZVA was originally allocated one team, but WAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to India and Sri Lanka.

## Venues

| Second and final rounds | South Korea | Preliminary round |
| Jamsil Arena | South Korea | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 11,069 | South Korea | Capacity: 7,500 |
| | SeoulSeoul (South Korea) | |

## Pools composition
### Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their previous edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads 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 19 February 2019.
Ranking from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked third) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).
Seeded Teams :
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| South Korea (Hosts) (3) Iran (9) | Japan (1)  Kazakhstan (7) | Thailand (2)  Chinese Taipei (6) | China (4)  Vietnam (5) |
| Unseeded Teams ||||
| Australia (10)  Hong Kong (11)  New Zealand (12)  Sri Lanka (13)  India (–)  Indonesia (–)  Singapore (–) ||||

#### Draw

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| South Korea | Japan | Thailand | China |
| Iran | Kazakhstan | Chinese Taipei | Vietnam |
| Singapore | Australia | New Zealand | Indonesia |
| Hong Kong | India | | Sri Lanka |

## 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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 86 | 1.744 | Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 115 | 125 | 0.920 | Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 96 | 150 | 0.640 | Advance to Pool G and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 14:00 | Iran | 0–3 | South Korea | 17–25 | 9–25 | 14–25 | 40–75 | P2 |
| 19 Aug | 19:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–10 | 25–14 | 25–22 | 75–46 | P2 |
| 20 Aug | 14:00 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Iran | 20–25 | 15–25 | 15–25 | 50–75 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 134 | 1.679 | Advance to Pool F |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 231 | 213 | 1.085 | Advance to Pool F and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 193 | 230 | 0.839 | Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 192 | 264 | 0.727 | Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 11:30 | Australia | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 19–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | 60–75 | P2 |
| 18 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | India | 25–12 | 25–14 | 25–8 | | 75–34 | P2 |
| 19 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | 75–60 | P2 |
| 19 Aug | 14:00 | India | 1–3 | Australia | 25–18 | 17–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | 80–93 | P2 |
| 20 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | 25–11 | 25–21 | 25–8 | | 75–40 | P2 |
| 20 Aug | 16:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–1 | India | 21–25 | 25–16 | 25–19 | 25–18 | 96–78 | P2 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 170 | 117 | 1.453 | Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 155 | 142 | 1.092 | Advance to Pool E and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 84 | 150 | 0.560 | Advance to Pool G and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 16:30 | Thailand | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 20–25 | 25–13 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 95–80 | P2 |
| 19 Aug | 16:30 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 12–25 | 22–25 | 13–25 | | 47–75 | P2 |
| 20 Aug | 19:00 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Thailand | 9–25 | 13–25 | 15–25 | | 37–75 | P2 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 78 | 1.923 | Advance to Pool F |
| 2 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 121 | 119 | 1.017 | Advance to Pool F and 2020 AVC OQT |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 76 | 150 | 0.507 | Advance to Pool H and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 16:30 | China | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–11 | 25–9 | 25–12 | 75–32 | P2 |
| 19 Aug | 16:30 | China | 3–0 | Indonesia | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–12 | 75–46 | P2 |
| 20 Aug | 16:30 | Indonesia | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–13 | 25–15 | 25–16 | 75–44 | P2 |

## Second round
### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 177 | 1.401 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 253 | 228 | 1.110 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 231 | 249 | 0.928 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 169 | 247 | 0.684 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 16:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–22 | 25–13 | 25–19 | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 22 Aug | 19:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Iran | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–13 | | 75–50 | P2 |
| 23 Aug | 11:30 | Iran | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–22 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 12–25 | 79–97 | P2 |
| 23 Aug | 16:30 | South Korea | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 25–21 | 98–83 | P2 |

### 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 | 247 | 190 | 1.300 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 244 | 210 | 1.162 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 185 | 202 | 0.916 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 151 | 225 | 0.671 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 11:30 | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–23 | 25–12 | 25–15 | | | 75–50 | P2 |
| 22 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Indonesia | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–13 | | | 75–53 | P2 |
| 23 Aug | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Indonesia | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | P2 |
| 23 Aug | 19:00 | Japan | 2–3 | China | 25–14 | 11–25 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 12–15 | 94–97 | P2 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 52 | 1.442 | 9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| 2 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 52 | 75 | 0.693 | 9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 14:00 | Hong Kong | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–18 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | | 75–52 | P2 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 168 | 129 | 1.302 | 9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 198 | 178 | 1.112 | 9th–12th semifinals and 2020 AVC OQT playoffs |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 134 | 193 | 0.694 | 13rd place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 16:30 | Sri Lanka | 2–3 | India | 27–25 | 13–25 | 30–28 | 10–25 | 5–15 | 85–118 | P2 |
| 23 Aug | 14:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–17 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | | 75–49 | P2 |

## Final round
### 9th–12th Classification round

| Ninth place playoffs | Ninth place playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 24 August | 24 August |
| Hong Kong | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 25 August | 25 August |
| India | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| India | 3 | India | 2 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | India | 2 |
| 24 August | 24 August | Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 3 |
| New Zealand | 2 | | |
| New Zealand | 2 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | Hong Kong | 3 |
| | | New Zealand | 1 |

#### 9th–12th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 11:00 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | India | 19–25 | 14–25 | 22–25 | | | 55–75 | P2 |
| 24 Aug | 13:30 | Australia | 3–2 | New Zealand | 25–13 | 25–20 | 24–26 | 26–28 | 15–9 | 115–96 | P2 |

#### 11th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 11:00 | Hong Kong | 3–1 | New Zealand | 16–25 | 25–13 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 91–70 | P2 |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 13:30 | India | 2–3 | Australia | 25–22 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 105–109 | P2 |

### 5th–8th Classification round

| Fifth place playoffs | Fifth place playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 24 August | 24 August |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Indonesia | 1 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Indonesia | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 24 August | 24 August | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Iran | 0 | | |
| Iran | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | Indonesia | 2 |
| | | Iran | 3 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 11:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Indonesia | 25–20 | 25–18 | 23–25 | 28–26 | | 101–89 | P2 |
| 24 Aug | 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Iran | 25–17 | 25–21 | 26–24 | | | 76–62 | P2 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:00 | Indonesia | 2–3 | Iran | 27–25 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 13–25 | 13–15 | 98–108 | P2 |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 11:00 | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 25–22 | 19–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 87–97 | P2 |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 24 August | 24 August |
| South Korea | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Japan | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 3 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Japan | 3 |
| 24 August | 24 August | Thailand | 1 |
| China | 1 | Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 3 | | |
| Thailand | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | South Korea | 3 |
| | | China | 0 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 13:30 | South Korea | 1–3 | Japan | 25–22 | 23–25 | 24–26 | 26–28 | | 98–101 | P2 |
| 24 Aug | 16:00 | China | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–23 | 22–25 | 32–34 | 23–25 | | 102–107 | P2 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 13:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | China | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | | 75–63 | P2 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–22 | 18–25 | 25–18 | 25–23 | | 93–88 | P2 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Thailand |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | Indonesia |
| 9 | Australia |
| 10 | India |
| 11 | Hong Kong |
| 12 | New Zealand |
| 13 | Sri Lanka |
* Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2022 Asian Cup [except India; later Indonesia (Australia replace them) and Kazakhstan withdrew]
* Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 2022 Asian Cup
* 2019 Asian Women's champions
* Japan 5th title

## Qualifying teams for 2020 Asian Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AVC OQT |
| South Korea | 18 August 2019 | 7 (1972, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Thailand | 18 August 2019 | 4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Chinese Taipei | 19 August 2019 | 3 (1996, 2004, 2012) |
| Kazakhstan | 20 August 2019 | 2 (2008, 2016) |
| Iran | 20 August 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| Indonesia | 20 August 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| India | 24 August 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| Australia | 24 August 2019 | 0 (debut) |