2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The twelfth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

Volleyball competition held in Vietnam

2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
City	Ho Chi Minh City
Dates	20–27 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (10th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament awards
MVP	Zhao Ruirui
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The 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the twelfth edition of Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 27 September 2003.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Vietnam (Host) Thailand (3rd) Japan Chinese Taipei New Zealand	China (1st) South Korea (2nd) Philippines Kazakhstan Australia

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	327	235	1.391	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	302	240	1.258
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	8	6	1.333	312	279	1.118
4	Vietnam	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	230	273	0.842
5	New Zealand	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	156	300	0.520

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Sep	17:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–23	25–15		75–56
20 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	3–0	New Zealand	25–19	25–7	25–16		75–42
21 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–8	25–15	25–8		75–31
21 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	0–3	Japan	14–25	12–25	29–31		55–81
22 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	21–25	25–21	21–25	12–25	79–96
22 Sep	18:00	Thailand	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–12	25–14		75–44
23 Sep	14:00	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	11–25	17–25	17–25		45–75
23 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	21–25	25–17	25–21	25–20	96–83
24 Sep	14:00	New Zealand	0–3	Thailand	17–25	14–25	7–25		38–75
24 Sep	16:00	Vietnam	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	13–25	21–25		56–75

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	328	219	1.498	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	330	253	1.304
3	Kazakhstan	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	260	265	0.981
4	Philippines	4	1	3	5	3	11	0.273	222	323	0.687
5	Australia	4	0	4	4	4	12	0.333	284	364	0.780

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Philippines	3–2	Australia	23–25	25–22	25–14	12–25	15–12	100–98
20 Sep	15:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–13	25–14			75–39
21 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–16	20–25	25–13	25–13		95–67
21 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Philippines	25–16	25–7	25–22			75–45
22 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Philippines	25–15	25–12	25–19			75–46
22 Sep	20:00	South Korea	1–3	China	21–25	13–25	30–28	21–25		85–103
23 Sep	18:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	19–25	17–25			50–75
23 Sep	20:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75
24 Sep	18:00	Philippines	0–3	South Korea	14–25	10–25	7–25			31–75
24 Sep	20:00	Australia	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–19	14–25	17–25	13–25		69–94

Classification 9th–10th

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	20:00	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75

Final round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

25 September – Ho Chi Minh City

Japan	3
		26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
Philippines	0
		Japan	3
25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
		South Korea	0
South Korea	3
				27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
Chinese Taipei	0
				Japan	0
25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
				China	3
China	3
		26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam	0
		China	3
25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
		Thailand	0	3rd place
Thailand	3
				27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
Kazakhstan	0
				South Korea	3

				Thailand	1

5th–8th places		5th place

26 September – Ho Chi Minh City

Philippines	0
		27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
Chinese Taipei	3
		Chinese Taipei	3
26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
		Vietnam	0
Vietnam	3

Kazakhstan	2
		7th place

		27 September – Ho Chi Minh City

		Philippines	0

		Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
25 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–0	Philippines	25–16	25–23	25–17	75–56
25 Sep	14:00	Thailand	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–20	25–18	25–19	75–57
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	25–14	75–48
25 Sep	18:00	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–13	25–10	75–41

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	14:00	Philippines	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	16–25	11–25			45–75
26 Sep	16:00	Vietnam	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–16	19–25	16–25	25–18	15–9	100–93