1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Dates	21–26 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (8th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Thailand

The 1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Association of Hong Kong, China (VBAHK). The tournament was held in Hong Kong, China from 21 to 26 September 1999.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Hong Kong (Host) Japan (3rd) Chinese Taipei Thailand	China (1st) South Korea (2nd) Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Australia

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	247	153	1.614	Semifinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	232	203	1.143
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	194	175	1.109	5th–8th place
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	83	225	0.369

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	13:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Chinese Taipei	6–25	3–25	11–25			20–75
19 Sep	15:30	Japan	3–1	Thailand	22–25	25–18	25–17	25–17		97–77
20 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	24–26	17–25	27–29			68–80
20 Sep	18:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Japan	10–25	9–25	6–25			25–75
22 Sep	13:30	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–13	25–22			75–51
22 Sep	18:00	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–16	25–8	25–14			75–38

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	343	242	1.417	Semifinals
2	South Korea	4	3	1	7	11	3	3.667	347	230	1.509
3	Uzbekistan	4	1	3	5	5	10	0.500	260	335	0.776	5th–8th place
4	Australia	4	1	3	5	5	11	0.455	260	350	0.743
5	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	5	4	11	0.364	283	336	0.842

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	18:00	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–6	25–18	25–13			75–37
19 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–0	Australia	25–8	25–10	25–15			75–33
20 Sep	15:30	Uzbekistan	0–3	South Korea	15–25	12–25	10–25			37–75
20 Sep	20:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	China	12–25	17–25	13–25			42–75
21 Sep	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–10	25–16	25–16			75–42
21 Sep	20:00	Australia	3–2	Uzbekistan	12–25	20–25	25–10	25–18	15–11	97–89
22 Sep	15:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Australia	25–16	25–13	23–25	23–25	15–10	111–89
22 Sep	20:00	China	3–2	South Korea	31–29	19–25	21–25	25–23	22–20	118–122
23 Sep	18:00	Australia	0–3	China	11–25	15–25	15–25			41–75
23 Sep	20:00	Uzbekistan	3–1	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–23	25–20	25–20		97–88

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	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	113	1.991
6	Australia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	224	208	1.077
7	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	205	204	1.005
8	Hong Kong	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	96	225	0.427

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–17	25–18			75–52
25 Sep	15:30	Uzbekistan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–13	25–12	25–7			75–32
26 Sep	13:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Australia	14–25	17–25	13–25			44–75
26 Sep	15:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–13	25–13			75–41

Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	307	284	1.081
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	272	212	1.283
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	234	247	0.947
4	Thailand	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	196	266	0.737

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	0–3	South Korea	16–25	13–25	22–25			51–75
25 Sep	20:00	China	3–1	Thailand	19–25	25–20	25–19	25–12		94–76
26 Sep	18:00	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	9–25	19–25	15–25			43–75
26 Sep	20:00	Japan	1–3	China	19–25	25–20	23–25	19–25		86–95

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	South Korea
	Japan
4	Thailand
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Australia
7	Uzbekistan
8	Hong Kong
9	Kazakhstan

Qualified for the 1999 World Cup and 2000 Olympic Qualifier

1999 Asian Women's champions
China 8th title

References

• JVA
• Results