1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

1997 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	21–28 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (7th title)

The 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 9th Asian Championship, which took place from September 21 to September 28, 1997, in Manila, Philippines.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Seventh title

Awards

• Best Scorer: Sun Yue
• Best Spiker: Sun Yue

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-11)