2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
Dates	20–27 September
Teams	10
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (10th title)
MVP	Zhao Ruirui
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The 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 12th Asian Championship, which took place from September 20 to September 27, 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	327	235	1.391
2	Thailand	7	3	1	9	4	2.250	302	240	1.258
3	Chinese Taipei	6	2	2	8	6	1.333	312	279	1.118
4	Vietnam	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	230	273	0.842
5	New Zealand	4	0	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

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	328	219	1.498
2	South Korea	7	3	1	10	4	2.500	330	253	1.304
3	Kazakhstan	6	2	2	6	7	0.857	260	265	0.981
4	Philippines	5	1	3	3	11	0.273	222	323	0.687
5	Australia	4	0	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

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			3rd place
	25 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					Thailand	0
	Thailand	3							South Korea	3
	Kazakhstan	0							Thailand	1
									27 September – Ho Chi Minh City

	5th–8th places				5th place
	26 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Philippines	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
					27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
					Chinese Taipei	3
					Vietnam	0
					7th place
	26 September – Ho Chi Minh City			27 September – Ho Chi Minh City
	Vietnam	3		Philippines	0
	Kazakhstan	2			Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

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

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

Semifinals

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

7th place

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

5th place

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

3rd place

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

Final

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

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Japan  South Korea 4  Thailand 5  Chinese Taipei 6  Vietnam 7  Kazakhstan 8  Philippines 9  Australia 10  New Zealand Qualified for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Qualifier

2003 Asian Women's Champions  China Tenth title

Awards

• 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 Kim Hue

References

• Results
• www.jva.or.jp