The 2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2022 SMM Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth edition of the Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kazakhstan Volleyball Federation (KVF) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from 4 to 11 July 2022.
A total of nine teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship. The top two teams qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.
Qualification The following teams qualified for the tournament. Means of qualificationBirthsQualifiedHost country 1 Central Asian teams 3 East Asian teams 4Oceanian teams 0 Southeast Asian team 1Total 9
Pools composition Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (5) (4) (8) (11) (–)
Preliminary round
Pool A All times are Kazakhstan Standard Time (UTC+06:00).
Pool B
Final round
5th–8th classification round
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam456789 Qualified for the 2023 Women's U21 World Championship
12–woman rosterFukazawa Megumi, Fukazawa Tsugumi, Kaji Haruka, Saiki Amika, Yoshitake Mika, Tsutsumi Arina, Honda Rin, Kumgai Niina, Furukawa Airi, Tokumoto Amika, Uemura Anna, Kitamado AyaneHead Coach: Akinori Yamada
Awards
Most valuable player Anna Uemura Best setter Kaji Haruka Best outside spikers Anna Uemura Wang Yifan Best middle blockers Zhang Hongziyan Tunyapoo Nantikan Best opposite spiker Yang Youkyung Best libero Amika Tokumoto
See also 2022 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship
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