2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	27 April–5 May
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Tianjin Bohaibank (5th title)
Runners-up	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech
Third place	Hisamitsu Springs
Fourth place	Altay VC
Tournament awards
MVP	Li Yingying (Tianjin Bohaibank)
Official website
2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Tianjin, China, from 27 April to 5 May 2019.[1] The winner of this tournament qualified to 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events were selected by [2]

• 1 team for the organizer
• 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified associations

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	China
2018 Asian Championship	11–18 July 2018	Ust-Kamenogorsk	7	Thailand Japan Kazakhstan Iran Vietnam Chinese Taipei Sri Lanka
EAZVA representatives	2 February 2019	Bangkok	2	Hong Kong^A North Korea^A
CAZVA representatives			1	Turkmenistan
Total			11

^A EAZVA is originally allocated with 1 team, but Indonesia, OZVA, WAZVA and SEAZVA declined to enter. The spot was reallocated to Hong Kong and North Korea.

Participating teams

The following teams were entered for the tournament.

Association	Team	Domestic league standing
China	Tianjin Bohaibank
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong	Hong Kong,China
Japan	Hisamitsu Springs	2017–18 V.Premier League winners
Kazakhstan	Altay VC	2018–19 Kazakhstan National Ligue winners
North Korea	April 25 Sports Club
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Air Force	2018 Munchee National Volleyball Championship
Thailand	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	2018–19 Women's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up^B
Turkmenistan	Binagar
Vietnam	VTV Bình Điền Long An	2018 Volleyball Vietnam League winners

^B Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech qualified as 2018 winners due to compensation after 2019 FIVB World Championship ineligible rather than Nakhon Ratchasima as 2018–19 Volleyball Thailand League winners.

Squads

Main article: 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Tianjin, China
Wuqing Sport Center Gymnasium[2]
Capacity:
Tianjin

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tianjin Bohaibank (H)	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	142	1.585	Quarter-finals
2	Altay VC	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	212	170	1.247
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	198	0.924
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	115	225	0.511

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2019. Source: AVC
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	14:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Altay VC	24–26	18–25	20–25			62–76	P2
27 Apr	19:00	Tianjin Bohaibank	3–0	Hong Kong	25–10	25–12	25–13			75–35	P2
28 Apr	14:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Altay VC	6–25	12–25	15–25			33–75	P2
29 Apr	19:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Tianjin Bohaibank	14–25	14–25	18–25			46–75	P2
30 Apr	19:00	Altay VC	0–3	Tianjin Bohaibank	21–25	18–25	22–25			61–75	P2
1 May	11:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hong Kong	25–10	25–15	25–22			75–47	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	428	310	1.381	Quarter-finals
2	Hisamitsu Springs	5	4	1	12	13	3	4.333	385	246	1.565
3	April 25 Sports Club	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	415	333	1.246
4	VTV Bình Điền Long An	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	314	320	0.981
5	Sri Lanka Air Force	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	230	350	0.657	9th place
6	Binagar	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	162	375	0.432

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2019. Source: AVC

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	9:00	Sri Lanka Air Force	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	10–25	7–25	7–25			24–75	P2
27 Apr	11:30	VTV Bình Điền Long An	3–0	Binagar	25–10	25–11	25–14			75–35	P2
27 Apr	16:30	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	2–3	April 25 Sports Club	26–24	25–18	22–25	21–25	12–15	106–107	P2
28 Apr	11:30	Sri Lanka Air Force	3–0	Binagar	25–13	25–22	25–15			75–50	P2
28 Apr	16:30	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	3–0	VTV Bình Điền Long An	25–10	25–11	25–19			75–40	P2
28 Apr	19:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	April 25 Sports Club	25–10	25–23	29–27			79–60	P2
29 Apr	11:30	April 25 Sports Club	3–1	VTV Bình Điền Long An	25–23	23–25	25–18	25–16		98–82	P2
29 Apr	14:00	Binagar	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	7–25	12–25	4–25			23–75	P2
29 Apr	16:30	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	3–0	Sri Lanka Air Force	25–20	25–15	25–17			75–52	P2
30 Apr	11:30	April 25 Sports Club	3–0	Sri Lanka Air Force	25–8	25–16	25–18			75–42	P2
30 Apr	14:00	VTV Bình Điền Long An	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	14–25	12–25	16–25			42–75	P2
30 Apr	16:30	Binagar	0–3	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	13–25	14–25	3–25			30–75	P2
1 May	14:00	April 25 Sports Club	3–0	Binagar	25–8	25–8	25–8			75–24	P2
1 May	16:30	Hisamitsu Springs	1–3	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	16–25	25–22	22–25	18–25		81–97	P2
1 May	19:00	Sri Lanka Air Force	0–3	VTV Bình Điền Long An	14–25	9–25	14–25			37–75	P2

Final Round

• All times are China National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

9th-10th places

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	9:00	Sri Lanka Air Force	3–0	Binagar	25–13	25–22	26–24			76–59	P2

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	3 May
	Tianjin Bohaibank	3
					4 May
	VTV Bình Điền Long An	0
					Tianjin Bohaibank	3
	3 May
					Hisamitsu Springs	0
	Hisamitsu Springs	3
									5 May
	Chinese Taipei	0
									Tianjin Bohaibank	3
	3 May
									Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	1
	Altay VC	3
					4 May
	April 25 Sports Club	2
					Altay VC	0
	3 May
					Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	3			3rd place match
	Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	3
									5 May
	Hong Kong	0
									Hisamitsu Springs	3
									Altay VC	1

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	4 May
	VTV Bình Điền Long An	0
					5 May
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
	4 May
					April 25 Sports Club	3
	April 25 Sports Club	3
	Hong Kong	0
					7th place match
					5 May
					VTV Bình Điền Long An	3
					Hong Kong	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 May	11:30	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–14	25–13	25–23			75–50	P2
3 May	14:00	Altay VC	3–2	April 25 Sports Club	25–22	15–25	19–25	27–25	15–12	101–109	P2
3 May	16:30	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–12	25–10			75–34	P2
3 May	19:00	Tianjin Bohaibank	3–0	VTV Bình Điền Long An	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53	P2

5th-8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	11:30	April 25 Sports Club	3–0	Hong Kong	25–17	25–12	25–12			75–41	P2
4 May	14:00	VTV Bình Điền Long An	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	16:30	Altay VC	0–3	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	23–25	18–25	15–25			56–75	P2
4 May	19:00	Tianjin Bohaibank	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	25–19	25–22	25–16			75–57	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 May	11:30	VTV Bình Điền Long An	3–0	Hong Kong	25–8	25–20	25–21			75–49	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 May	14:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	April 25 Sports Club	25–27	23–25	25–20	22–25		95–97	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 May	16:30	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Altay VC	28–30	25–21	25–19	25–13		103–83	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 May	19:00	Tianjin Bohaibank	3–1	Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech	25–18	35–33	16–25	25–19		101–95	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Tianjin Bohaibank Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech Hisamitsu Springs 4 Altay VC 5 April 25 Sports Club 6 Chinese Taipei 7 VTV Bình Điền Long An 8 Hong Kong 9 Sri Lanka Air Force 10 Binagar Qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

2019 Asian Women's Club Champions Tianjin Bohaibank 5th title Team roster Li Yingying, Liu Xiaotong, Yuan Yumo, Wang Ning, Yang Yi, Aleksandra Crncevic, Liu Liwen, Gong Xiangyu, Meng Zixuan, Wang Yuanyuan, Yao Di (c), Li Yanan, Wang Yizhu Head coach Chen Youquan

Awards

Most Valuable Player Li Yingying (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Setter Yao Di (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Outside Spikers Li Yingying (Tianjin Bohaibank) Hikari Kato (Hisamitsu Springs)

Best Middle Blockers Li Yanan (Tianjin Bohaibank) Wang Yuanyuan (Tianjin Bohaibank) Best Opposite Spiker Ajcharaporn Kongyot (Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech) Best Libero Sayaka Tsutsui (Hisamitsu Springs)

References

1. "AVC PRESIDENT CONVEYS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR WISHES TO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN". AVC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
2. "REGULATIONS–2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship" (PDF). AVC.