2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 16 to 23 September 2018.

As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.

Qualification


The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.

Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Venue
All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) 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

Section 1

 * Winners will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
 * Losers will be relegated to the 9th-place match.

Section 2

 * Both teams will advance to the 5th-8th Classification.
 * Loser will face the winner of Kazakhstan vs Vietnam.
 * Winner will face the winner of Philippines vs South Korea.

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Yanhan


 * Best outside spikers
 * 🇯🇵 Miwako Osanai
 * 🇹🇭 Ajcharaporn Kongyot


 * Best setter
 * 🇨🇳 Sun Haiping


 * Best opposite spiker
 * 🇹🇭 Pimpichaya Kokram


 * Best middle blocker
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Yi
 * Tseng Wan-Ling


 * Best libero
 * 🇯🇵 Rena Mizusugi

Source: AVC