2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	1–7 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Wei Qiuyue
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The 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship was the first women's volleyball tournament of its kind, this tournament that qualified for 4 Asian team to the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship from October 1 to October 7, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand.

Pools composition[]

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host & 3rd)  South Korea (4th)  Chinese Taipei  Vietnam	Japan (1st)  China (2nd)  Kazakhstan *  Australia

* Kazakhstan withdrew and replaced by  Malaysia.

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	275	227	1.211	9	3	3.000
2	Thailand	5	2	1	253	203	1.246	8	3	2.667
3	Vietnam	4	1	2	232	273	0.850	4	8	0.500
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	207	264	0.784	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	11:00	Vietnam	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–17	21–25	28–30	25–19	15–13	114–104
01 Oct	16:00	Thailand	2–3	South Korea	25–18	19–25	25–21	25–27	9–15	103–106
02 Oct	11:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75
02 Oct	16:00	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
03 Oct	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Vietnam	19–25	25–15	25–15	25–18		94–73
03 Oct	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–19	25–18			75–52

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	225	103	2.184	9	0	MAX
2	Japan	5	2	1	194	126	1.540	6	3	2.000
3	Australia	4	1	2	143	204	0.701	3	6	0.500
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	96	225	0.427	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Malaysia	25–11	25–7	25–7			75–25
01 Oct	18:00	Australia	0–3	Japan	15–25	7–25	12–25			34–75
02 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–12	25–13	25–9			75–34
02 Oct	18:00	Malaysia	0–3	Japan	3–25	4–25	10–25			17–75
03 Oct	13:00	Japan	0–3	China	9–25	22–25	13–25			44–75
03 Oct	18:00	Australia	3–0	Malaysia	25–11	25–21	25–22			75–54

Final round[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	South Korea	3
					6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Malaysia	0
					South Korea	3
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
									7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Vietnam	0
									South Korea	0
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
									China	3
	China	3
					6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
	5 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Thailand	0			3rd place
	Thailand	3
									7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Australia	0
									Japan	2
									Thailand	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Malaysia	0
					7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Vietnam	3
					Vietnam	3
	6 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Chinese Taipei	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Australia	1
					7th place
					7 October – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Malaysia	0
					Australia	3

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Oct	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Malaysia	25–14	25–12	25–7			75–33
05 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–13	25–15			75–45
05 Oct	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–14	25–17			75–45
05 Oct	18:00	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–11	25–21	25–23			75–55

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Oct	11:00	Malaysia	0–3	Vietnam	13–25	7–25	11–25			31–75
06 Oct	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Australia	25–16	19–25	25–20	25–13		94–74

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Oct	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–13	25–11	26–24			76–48
06 Oct	18:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–23	25–14			75–55

7th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	11:00	Malaysia	0–3	Australia	21–25	15–25	17–25			53–75

5th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	13:00	Vietnam	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48

3rd place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	16:00	Japan	2–3	Thailand	26–28	25–23	25–18	21–25	7–15	104–109

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Oct	18:00	South Korea	0–3	China	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75

Final standing[]

Awards[]

• MVP: Wei Qiuyue
• Best Scorer: Kim Min-ji
• Best Spiker: Wang Yimei
• Best Blocker: Xue Ming
• Best Server: Nanami Inoue
• Best Setter: Lee Sook-ja
• Best Libero: Wanna Buakaew

External links[]

• Official Website of the 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship
• Thailand volleyball federation