2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2022 SMM Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth edition of the Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kazakhstan Volleyball Federation (KVF) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from 4 to 11 July 2022.

2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
Dates	4–11 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (7th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Anna Uemura
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Attendance	6,080 (253 per match)
Official website
AVC Official Website

A total of nine teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship. The top two teams qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.

Qualification

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Births	Qualified
Host country	1	Kazakhstan
Central Asian teams	3	India
		Iran
		Uzbekistan
East Asian teams	4	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
Oceanian teams	0	—
Southeast Asian team	1	Thailand
Total 9

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Kazakhstan (Hosts)	Japan (1)
Thailand (3)	China (2)
South Korea (5)	Chinese Taipei (4)
Iran (8)	India (11)
—	Uzbekistan (–)

Preliminary round

Pool A

• All times are Kazakhstan Standard Time (UTC+06:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	263	207	1.271	1st–4th place
2	Thailand	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	248	219	1.132
3	Iran	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	210	0.871	5th–8th place
4	Kazakhstan (H)	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	166	225	0.738

Source:
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	18:00	Iran	0–3	Thailand	23–25	15–25	15–25			53–75	P2
5 Jul	15:00	South Korea	3–2	Thailand	25–19	25–15	24–26	24–26	15–12	113–98	P2
5 Jul	17:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75	P2
6 Jul	17:30	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–14	25–20	25–20			75–54	P2
7 Jul	17:30	Thailand	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–13	25–22	25–18			75–53	P2
9 Jul	12:30	Iran	0–3	South Korea	20–25	14–25	21–25			55–75	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	322	187	1.722	1st–4th place
2	Japan	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	282	213	1.324
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	277	239	1.159	5th–8th place
4	India	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	196	271	0.723
5	Uzbekistan	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	133	300	0.443	9th place

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	12:30	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–6	25–9	25–4			75–19	P2
4 Jul	15:00	India	0–3	Chinese Taipei	11–25	12–25	15–25			38–75	P2
5 Jul	10:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–22	25–15			75–56	P2
5 Jul	12:30	China	3–0	India	25–10	25–15	25–15			75–40	P2
6 Jul	12:30	Uzbekistan	0–3	India	21–25	11–25	14–25			46–75	P2
6 Jul	15:00	Japan	0–3	China	18–25	20–25	19–25			57–75	P2
7 Jul	12:30	Uzbekistan	0–3	Japan	9–25	11–25	19–25			39–75	P2
7 Jul	15:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	China	14–25	25–22	12–25	20–25		71–97	P2
9 Jul	15:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–8	25–7	25–14			75–29	P2
9 Jul	17:30	India	0–3	Japan	11–25	18–25	14–25			43–75	P2

Final round

5th–8th classification round

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	10 July – Nur-Sultan
	Kazakhstan	0
					11 July – Nur-Sultan
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	3
	10 July – Nur-Sultan
					Iran	1
	India	1
	Iran	3
					7th place match
					11 July – Nur-Sultan
					Kazakhstan	2
					India	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	10:00	India	1–3	Iran	20–25	25–21	15–25	25–27		85–98	P2
10 Jul	12:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–13	25–22			75–52	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jul	10:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	India	25–16	11–25	27–29	25–16	14–16	102–102	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jul	12:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Iran	25–21	25–18	22–25	25–11		97–75	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	10 July – Nur-Sultan
	Japan	3
					11 July – Nur-Sultan
	South Korea	0
					Japan	3
	10 July – Nur-Sultan
					China	0
	Thailand	0
	China	3
					3rd place match
					11 July – Nur-Sultan
					South Korea	2
					Thailand	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	15:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–19	25–11			75–48	P2
10 Jul	17:30	Thailand	0–3	China	23–25	17–25	15–25			55–75	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jul	15:00	South Korea	2–3	Thailand	23–25	25–12	24–26	25–20	14–16	111–99	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jul	17:30	Japan	3–0	China	25–16	25–21	25–22			75–59	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	China
	Thailand
4	South Korea
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Iran
7	India
8	Kazakhstan
9	Uzbekistan

Qualified for the 2023 Women's U21 World Championship

2022 Asian Women's U20 champions
Japan 7th title

12–woman roster

Fukazawa Megumi, Fukazawa Tsugumi, Kaji Haruka, Saiki Amika, Yoshitake Mika, Tsutsumi Arina, Honda Rin, Kumgai Niina, Furukawa Airi, Tokumoto Amika, Uemura Anna, Kitamado Ayane

Head Coach: Akinori Yamada

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Anna Uemura

• Best setter

  Kaji Haruka

• Best outside spikers

  Anna Uemura

  Wang Yifan

• Best middle blockers

  Zhang Hongziyan

  Tunyapoo Nantikan

• Best opposite spiker

  Yang Youkyung

• Best libero

  Amika Tokumoto

See also

• 2022 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship