2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

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.

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

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

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

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

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

	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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–21	25–19			76–64
26 Sep	20:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–19	25–17			75–53

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	14:00	Philippines	0–3	Kazakhstan	0–25	0–25	0–25			Forfeit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam	25–18	25–19	25–15			75–52

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	18:00	South Korea	3–1	Thailand	23–25	25–12	25–12	25–14		98–63

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	20:00	Japan	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	15–25			59–75

• MVP: Zhao Ruirui
• Best scorer: Choi Kwang-hee
• Best spiker: Miyuki Takahashi
• Best blocker: Zhao Ruirui
• Best server: Yang Hao
• Best setter: Yoshie Takeshita
• Best digger: Fan Hsin-wen
• Best receiver: Zhang Na
• Miss Volleyball: Pham Thi Kim Hue

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