1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The ninth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

Volleyball competition held in Philippines

1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
City	Manila
Dates	21–28 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (7th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
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The 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the ninth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF). The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines from 21 to 28 September 1997.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1995 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Philippines (Host) Japan (3rd) Chinese Taipei Australia	China (1st) South Korea (2nd) Thailand Uzbekistan Hong Kong

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	40	3.700	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	115	72	1.597	Semifinals
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	61	130	0.469	5th–8th place
4	Philippines	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	61	143	0.427	5th–8th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Sep	14:00	Philippines	1–3	Australia	8–15	10–15	15–8	7–15	40–53
21 Sep	15:30	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	15–6	15–4	13–15	15–0	58–25
23 Sep	13:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–1	15–1	15–2		45–4
23 Sep	14:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Philippines	15–4	15–4	15–2		45–10
25 Sep	13:00	Philippines	0–3	Japan	1–15	6–15	4–15		11–45
25 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	1–15	0–15	3–15		4–45

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	180	42	4.286	Semifinals
2	South Korea	4	3	1	7	9	3	3.000	145	78	1.859	Semifinals
3	Thailand	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	131	114	1.149	5th–8th place
4	Uzbekistan	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	77	156	0.494	5th–8th place
5	Hong Kong	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	37	180	0.206

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
21 Sep	17:00	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	15–2	15–3	15–3	45–8
21 Sep	18:30	China	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–1	15–4	45–10
22 Sep	14:00	Hong Kong	0–3	China	1–15	1–15	2–15	4–45
22 Sep	16:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Thailand	7–15	5–15	4–15	16–45
23 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	15–2	15–1	15–2	45–5
23 Sep	17:30	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	15–0	15–3	15–1	45–4
24 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	South Korea	7–15	3–15	1–15	11–45
24 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	China	4–15	7–15	12–15	23–45
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–4	15–8	15–6	45–18
25 Sep	17:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Uzbekistan	7–15	7–15	7–15	21–45

Final round

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 final round.

Classification 5th–8th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
5	Thailand	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	38	3.553
6	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	102	91	1.121
7	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	77	130	0.592
8	Philippines	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	88	143	0.615

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
27 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	Uzbekistan	9–15	6–15	4–15	19–45
27 Sep	14:30	Philippines	0–3	Thailand	7–15	4–15	10–15	21–45
28 Sep	13:00	Philippines	0–3	Uzbekistan	6–15	8–15	13–15	27–45
28 Sep	14:30	Australia	0–3	Thailand	1–15	4–15	0–15	5–45

Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	48	2.833
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	100	82	1.220
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	99	115	0.861
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	59	149	0.396

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
27 Sep	16:00	Japan	0–3	South Korea	4–15	5–15	10–15	19–45
27 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	1–15	1–15	14–16	16–46
28 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	5–15	3–15	10–15	18–45
28 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	China	7–15	9–15	6–15	22–45