Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian qualification
# Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian qualification

The 2020 Women's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is a volleyball tournament for women's national teams organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), to be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams will play in the tournament, where the winners will qualify to the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament.

## Qualification

The maximum of 8 teams in AVC IOQT events will be selected by:

* 8 teams based on the rankings of the 2019 Asian championship.
   * Winners and runners-up of each pool in the preliminary round will qualify.
   * The unused quotas will be reallocated by next ranked teams.

### Qualified teams

Qualified teams :

| Zone | Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zone | Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Seed |
| Central Asia | Kazakhstan | Preliminary Round Pool B runners-up | 20 August 2019 | 2 | 2008 | 2016 | 3 |
| Central Asia | Iran | Preliminary Round Pool A runners-up | 20 August 2019 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| East Asia | South Korea | Preliminary Round Pool A winners | 18 August 2019 | 7 | 1972 | 2016 | 2 |
| East Asia | Chinese Taipei | Preliminary Round Pool C runners-up | 19 August 2019 | 3 | 1996 | 2012 | 4 |
| Oceania | Australia | Reallocation of unused quotas | 24 August 2019 | 0 | – | – | 7 |
| Southeast Asia | Thailand | Preliminary Round Pool C winners | 18 August 2019 | 4 | 2004 | 2016 | 1 |
| Southeast Asia | Indonesia | Preliminary Round Pool D runners-up | 20 August 2019 | 0 | – | – | 6 |

### Unused quotas

Qualified teams :

| Zone | Team | Qualified as (eligible) | Reason of unuse | Reallocation | Reallocation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zone | Team | Qualified as (eligible) | Reason of unuse | Team | Qualified as |
| East Asia | Japan | Preliminary Round Pool B winners | Qualified to the Olympics as the host nation | Australia | 9th–12th Classification Round winners |
| East Asia | China | Preliminary Round Pool D winners | Qualified to the Olympics as the IOQT Pool B winners | India | 9th–12th Classification Round runners-up |

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

* Pot 1: The two highest-ranked teams
* Pot 2: The next two highest-ranked teams

The remaining two positions of each pool will be randomly drawn. The draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 October 2019.

* Pot 3: The two qualified teams
* Pot 4: The team that host chose in its pool (pool A).

This meant the 7 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus:

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thailand (hosts) South Korea | Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei | Iran Indonesia | Australia |

## Venue

* Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
* Korat Chatchai Hall
* Capacity: 5,000

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

## 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 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 93 | 1.613 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 128 | 127 | 1.008 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 92 | 150 | 0.613 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Thailand | 16–25 | 21–25 | 16–25 | 53–75 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 18:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 20–25 | 18–25 | 14–25 | 52–75 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 18:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Australia | 25–12 | 25–15 | 25–13 | 75–40 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 137 | 1.642 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 207 | 182 | 1.137 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 210 | 249 | 0.843 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 186 | 260 | 0.715 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 13:00 | Iran | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 14–25 | 16–25 | 14–25 | | | 44–75 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 15:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Indonesia | 25–18 | 25–10 | 25–9 | | | 75–37 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 13:00 | Indonesia | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 22–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | | 63–75 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 15:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Iran | 25–15 | 25–9 | 25–19 | | | 75–43 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 13:00 | Iran | 2–3 | Indonesia | 21–25 | 15–25 | 25–21 | 26–24 | 12–15 | 99–110 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 15:30 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | South Korea | 20–25 | 16–25 | 21–25 | | | 57–75 | Report |

## Final round

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 January | 11 January |
| South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 12 January | 12 January |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 12 January | 12 January |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | South Korea | 3 |
| 11 January | 11 January | | South Korea | 3 |
| 11 January | 11 January | Thailand | 0 |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 January | 12 January |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 3 |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 Jan | 15:30 | South Korea | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 18–25 | 25–9 | 25–15 | 25–14 | | 93–63 | Report |
| 11 Jan | 18:00 | Thailand | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–20 | 24–26 | 25–21 | | 99–88 | Report |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 Jan | 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 21–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–27 | | 92–99 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 Jan | 18:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–20 | | | 75–62 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | South Korea |
| 2 | Thailand |
| 3 | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Indonesia |
| 6 | Iran |
| 7 | Australia |

* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

## Statistics leaders

### Preliminary round

as of January 9, 2020

Best Scorers :

| | Player | Attacks | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi | 44 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| 2 | Arsela Nuari Purnama | 32 | 3 | 5 | 40 |
| 3 | Lee Jaeyeong | 38 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 4 | Sana Anarkulova | 34 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Mona Ashofteh | 26 | 2 | 2 | 30 |

Best Attackers :

| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lee Jaeyeong | 38 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 64.41 |
| 2 | Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi | 44 | 19 | 19 | 82 | 53.66 |
| 3 | Sana Anarkulova | 34 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 53.13 |
| 4 | Onuma Sittirak | 15 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 51.72 |
| 5 | Arsela Nuari Purnama | 32 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 51.61 |

Best Blockers :

| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alessya Safronova | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 2 | Haniyeh Mohtasham Pour M. | 8 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 0.73 |
| 3 | Monique Stojanovic | 4 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 0.67 |
| 4 | Kristina Anikonova | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0.67 |
| 5 | Kim Su-ji | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.67 |

Best Servers :

| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kang Sohwi | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 1.22 |
| 2 | Lee Da-yeong | 8 | 2 | 33 | 43 | 0.89 |
| 3 | Yang Hyo-jin | 5 | 2 | 30 | 37 | 0.56 |
| 4 | Negin Shirtari | 6 | 7 | 26 | 39 | 0.55 |
| 5 | Onuma Sittirak | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0.50 |

Best Setters :

| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nootsara Tomkom | 33 | 1 | 94 | 128 | 5.50 |
| 2 | Yi-Chen Hsieh | 25 | 0 | 154 | 179 | 4.17 |
| 3 | Lee Da-yeong | 29 | 0 | 142 | 171 | 3.22 |
| 4 | Tri Retno Mutiara Lutfi | 35 | 4 | 140 | 179 | 3.18 |
| 5 | Negin Shirtari | 28 | 1 | 146 | 175 | 2.55 |

Best Diggers :

| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yupa Sanitklang | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2.67 |
| 2 | Dita Aziizah | 22 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Xiang-Chen Lai | 11 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1.83 |
| 4 | Li-Wen Chang | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1.83 |
| 5 | Yi-Chen Hsieh | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1.67 |

Best Receivers :

| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tzu Ya Chen | 19 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 69.23 |
| 2 | Lee Jaeyeong | 25 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 68.75 |
| 3 | Li Yun Chang | 19 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 65.38 |
| 4 | Kang Sohwi | 15 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 44.83 |
| 5 | Mona Ashofteh | 34 | 3 | 36 | 73 | 42.47 |
