The 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international women's volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV).
The tournament was held in Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam, from 25 April to 2 May 2023. The winner of the tournament qualified to 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
Sport Center 1 won the tournament for the first time by beating Diamond Food–Fine Chef in a tie-break final. Trần Thị Thanh Thúy named as the MVP of the tournament. Liaoning Donghua secured the bronze against KingWhale Taipei in a hard-fought four sets.
Qualification Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by: 1 team for the host country 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Qualified associations Event(s)DatesLocationBerthsQualifier(s)Host country1 Vietnam2022 Asian Championship24–30 April 2022 Semey3 Kazakhstan Thailand Iran Uzbekistan KyrgyzstanDirect zonal wildcardsEast Asia15 January 2023 Bangkok5 China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan MongoliaTotal9 Notes:
South Korea also planned to send a team but did not do so due to league scheduling conflict.
Squads
Participating teams The following teams were entered for the tournament.
AssociationTeamDomestic league standing VietnamSport Center 1N/A (National team) KazakhstanAltay2022–23 Kazakhstan Women's National League champions ThailandDiamond Food–Fine Chef2021–22 Women's Volleyball Thailand League runners-up IranPaykan Tehran2022–23 Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League champions ChinaLiaoning Donghua2021–22 Chinese Volleyball Super League 4th place Chinese TaipeiKingWhale Taipei2022–23 Enterprise Volleyball League champions Hong KongHip Hing2022 VBAHK Cup champions JapanHisamitsu Springs2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women champions MongoliaKhuvsgul Erchim2022–23 Mongolian Premier League champions
Venues The tournament was hosted in Vĩnh Phúc Gymnasium, located in Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam.
Vĩnh Yên, VietnamVĩnh Phúc GymnasiumCapacity: 3,000
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00). 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.
5th–9th places
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Sport Center 1 Diamond Food–Fine Chef Liaoning Donghua4 KingWhale Taipei5 Hisamitsu Springs6 Altay7 Paykan Tehran8 Khuvsgul Erchim9 Hip Hing Qualified for the 2023 Club World Championship
14–women rosterLê Thị Thanh Liên, Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (c), Phạm Thị Nguyệt Anh, Trần Thị Bích Thủy, Hoàng Thị Kiều Trinh, Nguyễn Khánh Đang, Võ Thị Kim Thoa, Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh, Nguyễn Thị Trinh, Vi Thị Như Quỳnh, Đinh Thị Trà Giang, Trần Tú Linh, Đoàn Thị Xuân, Lý Thị LuyếnHead coach Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt
Awards
Most Valuable Player (Sport Center 1) Best Setter (Diamond Food–Fine Chef) Best Outside Spikers (Diamond Food–Fine Chef) (Sport Center 1)
Best Middle Blockers (Diamond Food–Fine Chef) (Liaoning Donghua) Best Opposite Spiker (KingWhale Taipei) Best Libero (Sport Center 1)
See also 2023 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
References
External links Asian Volleyball Confederation