Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian qualification

2020 Women's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	7–12 January
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (6th title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Official website
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Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2020 Women's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is a volleyball tournament for women's national teams organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), to be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams will play in the tournament, where the winners will qualify to the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament.

Qualification

Main article: 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The maximum of 8 teams in AVC IOQT events will be selected by:

• 8 teams based on the rankings of the 2019 Asian championship.
  • Winners and runners-up of each pool in the preliminary round will qualify.
  • The unused quotas will be reallocated by next ranked teams.

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Zone	Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Seed
				Total	First	Last
Central Asia	Kazakhstan	Preliminary Round Pool B runners-up	20 August 2019	2	2008	2016	3
	Iran	Preliminary Round Pool A runners-up	20 August 2019	0	–	–	5
East Asia	South Korea	Preliminary Round Pool A winners	18 August 2019	7	1972	2016	2
	Chinese Taipei	Preliminary Round Pool C runners-up	19 August 2019	3	1996	2012	4
Oceania	Australia	Reallocation of unused quotas	24 August 2019	0	–	–	7
Southeast Asia	Thailand	Preliminary Round Pool C winners	18 August 2019	4	2004	2016	1
	Indonesia	Preliminary Round Pool D runners-up	20 August 2019	0	–	–	6

Unused quotas

Qualified teams
Zone	Team	Qualified as (eligible)	Reason of unuse	Reallocation
				Team	Qualified as
East Asia	Japan	Preliminary Round Pool B winners	Qualified to the Olympics as the host nation	Australia	9th–12th Classification Round winners
	China	Preliminary Round Pool D winners	Qualified to the Olympics as the IOQT Pool B winners	India	9th–12th Classification Round runners-up

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

• Pot 1: The two highest-ranked teams
• Pot 2: The next two highest-ranked teams

The remaining two positions of each pool will be randomly drawn. The draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 October 2019.

• Pot 3: The two qualified teams
• Pot 4: The team that host chose in its pool (pool A).

This meant the 7 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Thailand (hosts) South Korea	Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei	Iran Indonesia	Australia

Draw

Venue

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Korat Chatchai Hall

Capacity: 5,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	93	1.613	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	128	127	1.008
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	92	150	0.613

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	18:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	16–25	21–25	16–25			53–75	Report
8 Jan	18:00	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	18–25	14–25			52–75	Report
9 Jan	18:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–12	25–15	25–13			75–40	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	137	1.642	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	207	182	1.137
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	210	249	0.843
4	Iran	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	186	260	0.715

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	13:00	Iran	0–3	Kazakhstan	14–25	16–25	14–25			44–75	Report
7 Jan	15:30	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–18	25–10	25–9			75–37	Report
8 Jan	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Kazakhstan	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75	Report
8 Jan	15:30	South Korea	3–0	Iran	25–15	25–9	25–19			75–43	Report
9 Jan	13:00	Iran	2–3	Indonesia	21–25	15–25	25–21	26–24	12–15	99–110	Report
9 Jan	15:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	20–25	16–25	21–25			57–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 January
	South Korea	3
					12 January
	Chinese Taipei	1
					South Korea	3
	11 January
					Thailand	0
	Thailand	3
	Kazakhstan	1
					Third place
					12 January
					Chinese Taipei	1
					Kazakhstan	3

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jan	15:30	South Korea	3–1	Chinese Taipei	18–25	25–9	25–15	25–14		93–63	Report
11 Jan	18:00	Thailand	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–20	24–26	25–21		99–88	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	15:30	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	25–22	21–25	25–27		92–99	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	South Korea
2	Thailand
3	Kazakhstan
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Indonesia
6	Iran
7	Australia

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

as of January 9, 2020

Best Scorers
	Player	Attacks	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi	44	1	0	45
2	Arsela Nuari Purnama	32	3	5	40
3	Lee Jaeyeong	38	0	2	40
4	Sana Anarkulova	34	2	3	39
5	Mona Ashofteh	26	2	2	30

Best Attackers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total	%
1	Lee Jaeyeong	38	6	15	59	64.41
2	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi	44	19	19	82	53.66
3	Sana Anarkulova	34	11	19	64	53.13
4	Onuma Sittirak	15	3	11	29	51.72
5	Arsela Nuari Purnama	32	13	17	62	51.61

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total	Avg
1	Alessya Safronova	9	13	2	24	1.00
2	Haniyeh Mohtasham Pour M.	8	18	4	30	0.73
3	Monique Stojanovic	4	15	2	21	0.67
4	Kristina Anikonova	6	12	1	19	0.67
5	Kim Su-ji	6	7	1	14	0.67

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total	Avg
1	Kang Sohwi	11	4	15	30	1.22
2	Lee Da-yeong	8	2	33	43	0.89
3	Yang Hyo-jin	5	2	30	37	0.56
4	Negin Shirtari	6	7	26	39	0.55
5	Onuma Sittirak	3	3	10	16	0.50

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total	Avg
1	Nootsara Tomkom	33	1	94	128	5.50
2	Yi-Chen Hsieh	25	0	154	179	4.17
3	Lee Da-yeong	29	0	142	171	3.22
4	Tri Retno Mutiara Lutfi	35	4	140	179	3.18
5	Negin Shirtari	28	1	146	175	2.55

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total	Avg
1	Yupa Sanitklang	16	2	1	19	2.67
2	Dita Aziizah	22	13	0	35	2.00
3	Xiang-Chen Lai	11	13	0	14	1.83
4	Li-Wen Chang	11	4	0	15	1.83
5	Yi-Chen Hsieh	10	5	1	16	1.67

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total	%
1	Tzu Ya Chen	19	1	6	26	69.23
2	Lee Jaeyeong	25	3	4	32	68.75
3	Li Yun Chang	19	2	5	26	65.38
4	Kang Sohwi	15	2	12	29	44.83
5	Mona Ashofteh	34	3	36	73	42.47

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website