2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
Dates	20–27 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (10th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Zhao Ruirui
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The 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 12th Asian Championship, which took place from September 20 to September 27, 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Pools composition[]

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Vietnam (Host)  Thailand (3rd)  Japan  Chinese Taipei  New Zealand	China (1st)  South Korea (2nd)  Philippines  Kazakhstan  Australia

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	327	235	1.391
2	Thailand	7	3	1	9	4	2.250	302	240	1.258
3	Chinese Taipei	6	2	2	8	6	1.333	312	279	1.118
4	Vietnam	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	230	273	0.842
5	New Zealand	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	156	300	0.520

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–23	25–15			75–56
20 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	3–0	New Zealand	25–19	25–7	25–16			75–42
21 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–8	25–15	25–8			75–31
21 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	0–3	Japan	14–25	12–25	29–31			55–81
22 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	21–25	25–21	21–25	12–25		79–96
22 Sep	18:00	Thailand	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–12	25–14			75–44
23 Sep	14:00	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	11–25	17–25	17–25			45–75
23 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	21–25	25–17	25–21	25–20		96–83
24 Sep	14:00	New Zealand	0–3	Thailand	17–25	14–25	7–25			38–75
24 Sep	16:00	Vietnam	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	13–25	21–25			56–75

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	328	219	1.498
2	South Korea	7	3	1	10	4	2.500	330	253	1.304
3	Kazakhstan	6	2	2	6	7	0.857	260	265	0.981
4	Philippines	5	1	3	3	11	0.273	222	323	0.687
5	Australia	4	0	4	4	12	0.333	284	364	0.780

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Philippines	3–2	Australia	23–25	25–22	25–14	12–25	15–12	100–98
20 Sep	15:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–13	25–14			75–39
21 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–16	20–25	25–13	25–13		95–67
21 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Philippines	25–16	25–7	25–22			75–45
22 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Philippines	25–15	25–12	25–19			75–46
22 Sep	20:00	South Korea	1–3	China	21–25	13–25	30–28	21–25		85–103
23 Sep	18:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	19–25	17–25			50–75
23 Sep	20:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75
24 Sep	18:00	Philippines	0–3	South Korea	14–25	10–25	7–25			31–75
24 Sep	20:00	Australia	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–19	14–25	17–25	13–25		69–94

Classification 9th–10th[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	20:00	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75

Final round[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Japan	3
					26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Philippines	0
					Japan	3
	25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
									27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Chinese Taipei	0
									Japan	0
	25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
									China	3
	China	3
					26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Vietnam	0
					China	3
	25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					Thailand	0			3rd place
	Thailand	3
									27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Kazakhstan	0
									South Korea	3
									Thailand	1

	5th–8th places				5th place
	26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Philippines	0
					27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	3
	26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					Vietnam	0
	Vietnam	3
	Kazakhstan	2
					7th place
					27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					Philippines	0
					Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–0	Philippines	25–16	25–23	25–17			75–56
25 Sep	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	25–14			75–48
25 Sep	18:00	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–13	25–10			75–41

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	14:00	Philippines	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	16–25	11–25			45–75
26 Sep	16:00	Vietnam	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–16	19–25	16–25	25–18	15–9	100–93

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–21	25–19			76–64
26 Sep	20:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–19	25–17			75–53

7th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	14:00	Philippines	0–3	Kazakhstan	0–25	0–25	0–25			Forfeit

5th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–19	25–15			75–52

3rd place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	18:00	South Korea	3–1	Thailand	23–25	25–12	25–12	25–14		98–63

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	20:00	Japan	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	15–25			59–75

Final standing[]

Awards[]

• MVP: Zhao Ruirui
• Best Scorer: Choi Kwang-hee
• Best Spiker: Miyuki Takahashi
• Best Blocker: Zhao Ruirui
• Best Server: Yang Hao
• Best Setter: Yoshie Takeshita
• Best Digger:
• Best Receiver: Zhang Na
• Miss Volleyball: Pham Thi Kim Hue

References[]

• Results
• www.jva.or.jp