2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Gender:	women
Year:	2015
Dates:	1 – 9 May 2015
Teams:	12
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	CHN
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Liu Yanhan
Website:	Asian U23 Women’s Volleyball Championship
Last:	first
Next:	2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was held on 1 to 9 May 2015 in Pasig, Philippines. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship held in Ankara, Turkey which the top two ranked teams qualified for the world championship.^[1] China won the tournament and Liu Yanhan was the most valuable player.^[2]

The tournament was organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, in association with Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newly formed national federation for volleyball in the Philippines.^[3]

Venue

All rounds
Pasig, Philippines
PhilSports Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Pools composition

2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship Squads List^[4]

Squads

See main article: 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship squads.

Pool standing procedure

1. Numbers of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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 Philippines Standard Time .

Pool D

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.

Pool F

Classification round

Classification 9th–12th

9th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2015 World Championship

12–woman roster

Zhang Yu, Chen Xintong, Xu Jiujing, Chen Long, Song Meili, Duan Fang, Zheng Yixin, Liu Yanhan, Wang Qi, Huang Liuyan, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Mengjie

Head coach

Xu Jiande

Awards

• Most valuable player

Liu Yanhan

• Best outside spikers

Lee So-young

Liu Yanhan

• Best setter

Chen Xintong

• Best opposite spiker

Pimpichaya Kokram

• Best middle blockers

Hattaya Bamrungsuk

Zheng Yixin

• Best libero

Kim Yeon-gyeon

Broadcast partners

• Sports5 (AksyonTV)

See also

• 2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

Notes and References

1. News: AVC launches 2015 volleyball calendar. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214222904/http://www.asianvolleyball.org/news/detail/id/3048/category/Volleyball+News/navf. dead. 14 December 2014. 20 December 2014. Asian Volleyball Confederation. 9 December 2014.
2. News: China claim gold in inaugural Asian Women's U23 Championship. Asian Volleyball Confederation. 9 May 2015. 30 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171121100617/http://asianvolleyball.net/2015/05/china-claim-gold-in-inaugural-asian-womens-u23-championship/. 21 November 2017. dead.
3. News: Country ready for Asian U23 task from AVC. 23 April 2015. The Daily Tribune. 23 April 2014. 24 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424035408/http://www.tribune.net.ph/sports/country-ready-for-asian-u23-task-from-avc. dead.
4. Web site: Information of 12 U23 Women Volleyball Teams for 1st Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship. Asian Volleyball Confederation. 8 May 2015.