*** Welcome to piglix ***

2017 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship

2017 Asian Girls' U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  China
Dates 5–13 March
Teams 11
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Japan (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Japan Nishikawa Yuki
Official website
Official website

The 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). It was held in Chongqing, China from 5 to 13 March 2017. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship held in Argentina with the top four ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.

The matches was played in only one stadium in Chongqing: Chongqing No.8 Secondary School Gymnasium. It was the second time that China and the first time that Chongqing had hosted the tournament. As hosts, China automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Kazakhstan).

Japan won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over China. Both finalists and the semifinalist, South Korea and Thailand qualified for the World Championship.

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2014 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship. The host country and the top 7 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 7 remaining teams were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand

Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host (who ranked 3rd) and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (-).


...
Wikipedia

...