2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

Nakhon Ratchasima QminC)
Best MB	Pleumjit Thinkaow (Supreme Chonburi) Pouran Zare (Saipa Tehran)
Best OPP	Kristina Belova (Altay)
Best Libero	Madina Beket (Altay)
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The 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the

The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019. The 2020 edition, due to be hosted in Tianjin, China.^[3] The hosting duties was moved to Thailand before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:^[2]

• 1 team for the host country
• 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Due to anticipated difficulty for national federations to field teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AVC allowed two clubs from the same national federation to participate in the case that there are less than 8 federations enter the tournament. In the case of less than 16 entrants, the host is entitled to enter two teams. Only four national federations entered with Iran the only country to have one representative club.^[1]

Qualified associations

Event(s)	Dates	Location	Berths	Qualifier(s)
Host Country	—	—	1	ThailandA
2019 Asian Championship	27 April–5 May 2019	Tianjin	2	ChinaB ThailandA JapanB Kazakhstan North KoreaB Chinese TaipeiB VietnamB Hong KongB Sri LankaB TurkmenistanB
CAZVA representatives	No later than 2 February 2021	Bangkok	1	Iran
SEAZVA representatives			1	Philippines
Extra slotsC			2	Kazakhstan Philippines
Total			7

^A Thailand as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and second placers in the 2019 championships.

^B Under tournament regulations the top ten associations are reserved a berth. Only two from the ten participating associations in the 2019 championship elected to enter a team.

^C National federations other than the host are entitled to send two teams if there are less than 8 entrants. Philippines and Kazakhstan, who also qualified a berth as the fourth-best finishing team in the 2019 edition, elected to send two teams.

Squads

Participating teams

The following teams were entered for the tournament.

Association	Team	Domestic league standing
Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima	2020–21 Women's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up
	Supreme Chonburi	2020–21 Women's Volleyball Thailand League third placers
Kazakhstan	Altay
	Zhetysu
Philippines	RebiscoD	N/A (National team)
	Choco MuchoE	N/A (Developmental national team)
Iran	Saipa Tehran

^D The PNVF fielded the Philippine national team as a club under the Rebisco name.^[5]

2021 Open Conference but all teams declined to enter.^[5][6] The PNVF will field a second team composing of national team players instead.^[7] The second team was named Team Choco Mucho.^[8]

Draw

The draw was held on 3 August 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]^[9]

Venues

Matches will be held at the Terminal Hall – Terminal 21 Korat, an indoor arena within the Terminal 21

All Matches
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Terminal 21 Korat
Capacity: 3,500

Preliminary round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	178	153	1.163	Quarterfinals
2	Zhetysu	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	174	156	1.115
3	Choco Mucho	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	110	151	0.728

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	12:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–11	28–26	25–17			78–54	P2
2 Oct	12:30	Zhetysu	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–22	25–19	25–15			75–56	P2
3 Oct	12:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–2	Zhetysu	25–20	18–25	25–19	17–25	15–10	100–99	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Altay	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	148	1.520	Semifinals
2	Supreme Chonburi	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	221	192	1.151	Quarterfinals
3	Saipa Tehran	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	218	251	0.869
4	Rebisco PH	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	175	248	0.706

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	15:30	Supreme Chonburi	3–1	Saipa Tehran	25–23	22–25	25–13	25–13		97–74	P2
1 Oct	18:30	Altay	3–0	Rebisco PH	25–23	25–13	25–17			75–53	P2
2 Oct	15:30	Supreme Chonburi	3–0	Rebisco PH	25–11	25–16	25–16			75–43	P2
2 Oct	18:30	Saipa Tehran	0–3	Altay	11–25	20–25	15–25			46–75	P2
3 Oct	15:30	Altay	3–0	Supreme Chonburi	25–23	25–12	25–14			75–49	P2
3 Oct	18:30	Saipa Tehran	3–1	Rebisco PH	26–24	22–25	25–13	25–17		98–79	P2

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Final seven

	Rebisco PH		0
	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3
			4 October
		Supreme Chonburi			0
			Choco Mucho	0
					7 October
				Supreme Chonburi			3
					Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	0
				4 October
							Altay		3
				Zhetysu	0
		6 October
				Saipa Tehran	3
		Saipa Tehran	1
				4 October
		Altay	3					3rd place match
				bye
								7 October
				Altay	W
								Supreme Chonburi	3
									Saipa Tehran	0

	Choco Mucho		3
	Choco Mucho	0
			6 October
		Zhetysu			3
			Rebisco PH	W
		bye

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	12:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–0	Rebisco PH	25–11	25–19	25–18			75–48	P2
4 Oct	15:30	Choco Mucho	0–3	Supreme Chonburi	13–25	22–25	21–25			56–75	P2
4 Oct	18:00	Zhetysu	0–3	Saipa Tehran	21–25	21–25	23–25			65–75	P2

5th–7th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	12:30	Rebisco PH	1–3	Choco Mucho	25–22	17–25	19–25	17–25		78–97	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	15:30	Saipa Tehran	1–3	Altay	20–25	25–21	15–25	22–25		82–96	P2
6 Oct	18:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–0	Supreme Chonburi	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Oct	12:30	Zhetysu	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–14	25–11	25–23			75–48	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Oct	15:30	Supreme Chonburi	3–0	Saipa Tehran	25–21	25–18	25–19			75–58	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Oct	18:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	0–3	Altay	22–25	22–25	20–25			64–75	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Altay Nakhon Ratchasima QminC Supreme Chonburi 4 Saipa Tehran 5 Zhetysu 6 Choco Mucho 7 Rebisco PH Qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

2021 Asian Women's Club Champions  Altay 1st title 14-Women roster Sana Anarkulova, Kristina Anikonova, Madina Beket, Kristina Belova, Lyudmila Issayeva, Zinat Kadyrbekova, Irina Kenzhebayeva, Yelizaveta Meister, Zhannel Nogaibayeva, Zarina Sitkazinova, Zhanna Syroyeshkina, Polina Ufimtseva, Danica Radenković, Nadiia Kodola Head coach Marko Grsic

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Sana Anarkulova

• Best setter

  Nootsara Tomkom

• Best outside spikers

  Nadiia Kodola

  Chatchu-on Moksri

• Best middle blocker

  Pleumjit Thinkaow

  Pouran Zare

• Best opposite spiker

  Kristina Belova

• Best libero

  Madina Beket

See also

• 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
• 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Draws Revealed for 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Championships in Thailand". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b} "2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship (Qualification Tournament for Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2021)" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
3. ^ "2020 AVC Volleyball Calendar" (PDF). AVC. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
4. ^ "Cancellation and postponement confirmed for 2020 AVC Championships". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. ^ ^{a b} Suing, Ivan (18 August 2021). "Chery Tiggo marches in full force". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
6. ^ Dannug, Jonash (18 August 2021). "Chery Tiggo, Rebisco invited to join Asian Women's Club Championship". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
7. ^ "Volleyball: 2 national teams to join Asian club tourney". ABS-CBN News. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
8. ^ "Marano, Deguzman captain Rebisco PH as Tolenada skippers Choco Mucho in AVC Club". Tiebreaker Times. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
9. ^ "Iran's Saipa learn rivals at Asian Women's Club Volleyball". Tehran Times. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.