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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.

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
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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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
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
5	Hong Kong	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	37	180	0.206

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

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

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

Final standing

Rank Team  China  South Korea  Japan 4  Chinese Taipei 5  Thailand 6  Uzbekistan 7  Australia 8  Philippines 9  Hong Kong Qualified for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Asian Women's champions  China 7th title

Awards

• Best scorer: Sun Yue
• Best spiker: Sun Yue

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-11)

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Tournaments	Melbourne 1975 Hong Kong 1979 Fukuoka 1983 Shanghai 1987 Hong Kong 1989 Bangkok 1991 Shanghai 1993 Chiang Mai 1995 Manila 1997 Hong Kong 1999 Nakhon Ratchasima 2001 Ho Chi Minh City 2003 Taicang 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Hanoi 2009 Taipei 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima 2013 Tianjin 2015 Biñan–Muntinlupa 2017 Seoul 2019 Pampanga–Subic–Clark 2021 Nakhon Ratchasima 2023
Squads	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Central Asia	Dhaka 2019
East Asia	Macau 1998 Ulaanbaatar 2000 Shanghai 2002 Taicang 2004 Pingtung 2006 Ulaanbaatar 2008 Jeju 2010 Beijing 2012 Hong Kong 2014 Zhangjiagang 2016 Zhangjiagang 2018 Zhangjiagang 2020
Oceania	Noumea 2010 Suva 2016 Païta 2018 Hilo 2020
Southeast Asia	Nakhon Ratchasima / Santa Rosa 2019 Nakhon Ratchasima 2022 Vĩnh Phúc / Chiang Mai 2023 Vĩnh Phúc / Nakhon Ratchasima 2024

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