2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship

2008 Asian Junior Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Taiwan
Dates	20–28 September
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yuki Kawai

The 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Taipei, Republic of China from 20 September to 28 September 2008.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	8	4	0	300	181	1.657	12	0	MAX
2	Thailand	7	3	1	284	209	1.359	9	3	3.000
3	Indonesia	6	2	2	317	350	0.906	6	10	0.600
4	Kazakhstan	5	1	3	277	342	0.810	5	10	0.500
5	Australia	4	0	4	263	359	0.733	3	12	0.250

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–2	Australia	25–15	26–28	25–22	22–25	16–14	114–104
20 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–10	25–15	25–12			75–37
21 Sep	17:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–10	25–12	25–15			75–37
21 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	25–21	25–13	25–13			75–47
22 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Indonesia	25–21	19–25	17–25	25–22	10–15	96–108
22 Sep	19:00	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	16–25	21–25			59–75
23 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Thailand	10–25	20–25	19–25			49–75
23 Sep	19:00	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	11–25	13–25	14–25			38–75
24 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	17–25	16–25	15–25			48–75
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	1–3	Kazakhstan	15–25	25–20	21–25	23–25		84–95

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	10	5	0	440	258	1.705	15	4	3.750
2	China	9	4	1	421	275	1.531	14	4	3.500
3	South Korea	8	3	2	420	352	1.193	12	7	1.714
4	New Zealand	6	1	4	296	400	0.740	6	12	0.500
5	India	6	1	4	305	425	0.718	5	14	0.357
6	Sri Lanka	6	1	4	229	401	0.571	3	14	0.214

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	10:00	India	3–2	New Zealand	25–21	19–25	25–23	18–25	15–8	102–102
20 Sep	12:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	South Korea	8–25	13–25	12–25			33–75
20 Sep	14:00	China	2–3	Japan	19–25	25–22	25–16	21–25	7–15	97–103
21 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	22–25	25–27	25–19	25–18	15–10	112–99
21 Sep	13:00	China	3–0	New Zealand	25–9	25–11	25–12			75–32
21 Sep	15:00	Sri Lanka	3–2	India	13–25	25–22	20–25	25–18	15–11	98–101
22 Sep	11:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–11	25–9			75–31
22 Sep	13:00	South Korea	3–0	India	25–12	25–15	25–14			75–41
22 Sep	15:00	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	9–25	4–25	7–25			20–75
23 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–8	25–12	25–5			75–25
23 Sep	13:00	New Zealand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–20	25–17	25–13			75–50
23 Sep	15:00	South Korea	1–3	China	15–25	16–25	26–24	16–25		73–99
24 Sep	15:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	3–25	4–25	10–25			17–75
24 Sep	17:00	India	0–3	China	15–25	11–25	10–25			36–75
24 Sep	19:00	New Zealand	1–3	South Korea	15–25	25–23	14–25	13–25		67–98

Classification 9th–11th

	9th–11th places				9th place
	26 September – Taipei
	Australia	3
	Sri Lanka	1
					27 September – Taipei
					Australia	3
					India	1
	26 September – Taipei
	India
	Bye

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Australia	3–1	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–20	19–25	25–19		94–81

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	11:00	Australia	3–1	India	25–21	25–19	24–26	25–19		99–85

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 September – Taipei
	Chinese Taipei	3
					27 September – Taipei
	New Zealand	0
					Chinese Taipei	3
	26 September – Taipei
					China	2
	China	3
									28 September – Taipei
	Indonesia	0
									Chinese Taipei	0
	26 September – Taipei
									Japan	3
	Japan	3
					27 September – Taipei
	Kazakhstan	0
					Japan	3			3rd place
	26 September – Taipei
					South Korea	0
	Thailand	0							South Korea	0
	South Korea	3							China	3
									28 September – Taipei

	5th–8th places				5th place
	27 September – Taipei
	New Zealand	0
	Indonesia	3
					28 September – Taipei
					Indonesia	0
					Thailand	3
					7th place
	27 September – Taipei			28 September – Taipei
	Kazakhstan	1		New Zealand	0
	Thailand	3			Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–11	25–19	25–20			75–50
26 Sep	15:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–8	25–10	25–18			75–36
26 Sep	17:00	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	21–25	11–25	15–25			47–75
26 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Indonesia	25–11	25–10	25–18			75–39

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	13:00	New Zealand	0–3	Indonesia	20–25	16–25	25–27			61–77
27 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Thailand	15–25	25–19	11–25	22–25		73–94

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53
27 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	China	25–23	23–25	18–25	25–17	15–11	106–101

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	11:00	New Zealand	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–27	17–25			65–77

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	15:00	South Korea	0–3	China	23–25	22–25	13–25			58–75

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	18–25	17–25	23–25			58–75

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Japan 02 !  Chinese Taipei 03 !  China 4  South Korea 5  Thailand 6  Indonesia 7  Kazakhstan 8  New Zealand 9  Australia 10  India 11  Sri Lanka Qualified for the 2009 World Junior Championship

2008 Asian Junior Women's Champions  Japan Fifth title Team Roster Yuki Kawai, Kotoe Inoue, Kaori Kodaira, Saki Minemura, Nana Iwasaka, Hiroko Matsuura, Airi Kawahara, Rina Urabe, Aika Akutagawa, Erika Sakae, Miyu Nagaoka, Sayuri Tamura Head Coach: Aihara Noboru

Awards

• MVP: Yuki Kawai
• Best Scorer: Chen Wan-ting
• Best Spiker: Chen Shih-ting
• Best Blocker: Yang Junjing
• Best Server: Joo Yea-na
• Best Setter: Yuki Kawai
• Best Libero: Kotoe Inoue

External links

• www.asianvolleyball.org