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Saturday 2 May 2015

1st Asian Women's Under-23 Volleyball Championships

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This is the first edition of the Asian Volleyball Championships - Under 23 Women's Division. It is held from 1 to 9 May 2015 at the Philippine Sports Complex (PSC) Arena, also known as Ultra (map). Schedule of play can be seen here. The top 2 teams to finish this tournament will qualify for the FIVB U23 World Championships in Turkey this August.
There are 12 qualifying teams, rounded up in 4 pools. Each team in one pool will play each other, and the top 2 teams per pool will advance to a classification round to determine the opponents for the quarterfinals. Tournament progress is illustrated below. You can also click on the links below for each country's page.


Tournament Results

4 May 2015
  • Kazakhstan def. Maldives in straight sets: 25-10, 25-4, 25-8
    • Top Scorers: KAZ 11-Rostovchshikova with 9 points, MDV 10-Majidha with 6 points (stats)
    • Kazakhstan easily takes a win in this one, overpowering Maldives in all skills. Maldives's point contribution only at 13 points for the whole game, the rest of their points came from Kazakhstan's errors.
  • Chinese Taipei def. Iran in straight sets: 25-17, 25-21, 25-17
    • Top Scorers: TPE 2-Chang with 14 points, IRI 9-Roosta with 11 points (stats)
    • Chinese Taipei's power and speed too much to handle for Iran's defenses, with Iran registering 22 excellent digs vs TPE's 30. Defensive lapse for Iran resulted to predictable sets (15 vs TPE's 21) and therefore fewer spikes (26 vs TPE's 37)
  • China def. Korea in 5 thrilling sets: 24-26, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 15-8
    • Top Scorers: CHN 11-Liu with 37 points, KOR 1-Lee with 26 points (stats)
    • It was surprising to see China down by the first 2 sets in this match, caused by Korea's excellent service game that rattled the China backrow defense. However, China was able to recover in the 3rd and 4th set and decidedly takes the 5th set backed by excellent offense from Liu Yanhan, who's 37 points comprised of 34 attacks (with a 53.1% attack percentage) and 3 blocks. Better service reception for China resulted to setter Chen Xintong to create 47 excellent sets for the match, bringing team offensive efficiency to 66.67%.
  • Japan def. the Philippines in straight sets: 25-12, 25-18, 25-15
    • Top Scorers: JPN 5-Yamauchi with 9 points, PHI 2-Valdez with 15 points (stats)
    • This was a systematic and clean win for Japan, with almost all players scoring (except for Miku Namba and the libero Manami Kojima), and no one scoring in double digits, showing setting prowess for Mika Shibata. The Philippines wasn't able to hold their fort on the excellent service game of Japan (which we detailed in our preview for the match, read it here), which meant predictable plays, but setter Jia Morado still out-setting Mika Shibata 16-13. Errors up from 5 per set last match to 9 per set this match.
  • Thailand def. India in straight sets: 25-20, 25-21, 25-21
    • Top Scorers: THA 18-Ajcharaporn with 15 points, IND 5-Poorinma with 17 points (stats)
    • These two teams are toe-to-toe in the offensive department, however it was the excellent setting of Pornpun Guedpard that separated Thailand, with 30 excellent sets vs Ruksana's 16. India's powerful attacks were handled by Thailand, although a bit shaky, but it was India's errors that took away that offensive advantage, India error weight at 51.1% vs THA's 29.4%.
3 May 2015
  • Chinese Taipei def. Maldives in straight sets: 25-8, 25-8, 25-4
    • Top Scorers: TPE 4-Huang with 14 points, MDV 10-Majidha with 3 points (stats)
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    • Chinese Taipei easily and efficiently defeats Maldives in straight sets fashion. The game lasted just 57 minutes. Maldives only scored 20 points in the game, with 5 of them coming from their point contributions on attacks, and 15 of them from TPE's errors.
  • Iran def. Kazakhstan in 5 sets: 25-20, 18-25, 25-19, 14-25, 15-13
    • Top Scorers: IRI 5-Chamlanian with 18 points, KAZ 17-Maratova with 20 points (stats)
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    • Iran's attack points take a small advantage to Kazakhstan, 63 to 57, but their offensive efficiency is greater at 68.3% vs KAZ's 50.8%, meaning their combinations and plays are tricking the KAZ's defense and gets attack points from in-system plays 68.3% of the time. Despite Iran committing more errors, 34 vs 24, they were the ones who got the crucial points under pressure, which spelled out the difference between the two teams.
  • China def. Macau in straight sets: 25-12, 25-13, 25-11
    • Top Scorers: CHN 10-Xu with 10 points, MAC 6-Law with 5 points (stats)
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    • China quickly takes care of Macau and ends the match in just an hour. Macau's paltry defense can't keep up with the firepower of China's offense, registering only single digits in the non-scoring skills (digs, sets, service reception). China has a 56.0% attack percentage for this match, compared to Macau's 23.7%. All fielded in players of China scored.
  • Thailand def. Korea in 5 sets: 25-18, 25-17, 22-25, 20-25, 15-11
    • Top Scorers: THA 19-Ajcharaporn with 19 points, KOR 1-Lee with 21 points (stats)
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    • Despite being down 57-66 in attacks, Thailand was able to pull through with a 5-set win over Korea on 2 things: blocks and forcing opponent errors. The huge disparity in the blocking department has won it for Thailand; even the block attempts (102 vs 69) are almost double that of the opponent. Blocking is an essential point in the defense pattern of the team - placing of the defense in the back court is crucial for keeping the ball in play. This lapse in defense for Korea can be thought to be a reason why their errors piled up, 31 errors vs Thailand's 17.
2 May 2015
  • Korea def. Uzbekistan in straight sets: 25-17, 25-8, 25-7
    • Top Scorers: KOR 1-Lee with 18 points, UZB 8-Allamova with 6 points (stats)
    • Uzbekistan's lack of defensive specialist in their lineup now hurting their cause, with a very weak 3 excellent digs for the whole game, compared to Korea's 27. Because of their lapse in defense, their offense suffered greatly, churning only 14 attack points compared to Korea's 44.
  • The Philippines def. Kazakhstan in straight sets: 25-19, 25-11, 28-26
    • Top Scorers: PHI 2-Valdez with 19 points, KAZ 13-Yagodina with 18 points (stats)
    • The Philippines has greatly minimized their errors, from 10 errors/set in the previous game down to just 5 errors/set this game, bring their error weight to just 25.9%. Reception still a bit shaky but they were able to pull through with better transition defense from Tin Agno and Gretchel Soltones. Kazakhstan's offense is centered on Yana Yagodina, with a 47.0% attack percentage (compared to Valdez's 34.0% this game), but the other players were not able to contribute significantly, which greatly affected the game of the team.
  • China def. India in straight sets: 25-9, 25-13, 25-17
    • Top Scorers: CHN 10-Zheng with 13 points, IND 10-Nirmala with 10 points (stats)
    • China clearly overpowering India with its trio of height, pace, and power. Excellent defense on China's side translated to offensive efficiency of 83.3% (% of attacks coming from in-system plays). China was also able to minimize their errors to just 6 compared to India's 18. India was very slow to move and lacked conviction in the game, causing them to fall behind China in all skills.
  • Japan def. Chinese Taipei in four sets: 24-26, 26-24, 25-23, 25-10
    • Top Scorers: JPN 1-Muranaga with 18 points, TPE 16-Chen with 11 points (stats)
    • Both teams playing very fast and very close, however offensively Japan came out on top, with 53 attack points vs TPE's 41, backed by captain Nao Muranaga's 16 points. Japan has also made it difficult for TPE's attackers to put away the ball, with Japan making 44 excellent digs compared to TPE's 29.
1 May 2015
  • India def. Macau in straight sets: 25-10, 25-14, 25-19
    • Top scorers: IND 10-Nirmala with 17 points, MAC 6-Law with 6 points (stats)
    • India leading in all skills, except excellent receptions, which Macau leads 16-8. India's attack percentage only at 37.4%, but still enough to overpower Macau's 17.4%.
  • Thailand def. Uzbekistan in straight sets: 25-14, 25-10, 25-13
    • Top scorers: THA 18-Ajcharaporn with 18 points, UZB 8-Allamova with 8 points (stats)
    • Thailand's steady pace in play gave way to a 48.9% offensive efficiency (meaning 48.9% of their attacks come from excellent/in-system plays), compared to Uzbekistan's 27.3%. No libero is lined-up for Uzbekistan, resulting to a very weak floor defense.
  • Iran def. the Philippines in four sets: 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 25-20
    • Top scorers: IRI 8-Saberi with 16 points, PHI 2-Valdez with 31 points (stats)
    • Floor defense has been very shaky all throughout the game for the Philippines, but they were able to stave off nerves and made 50 attacks vs Iran's 41. However, errors were what lead to the game's result, 40 big ones vs Iran's 27. Errors are usually forgivable as long as the team can make up for it in own-effort offense, but the Philippines' error weight (error to point contribution ratio) is very high at 64.5% vs Iran's 50%.
  • Japan def. Maldives in straight sets: 25-4, 25-11, 25-3
    • Top scorers: JPN 11-Namba with 13 points, MDV 10-Majidha with 3 points (stats)
    • Most lopsided game of the day, with Japan able to mount a 21-0 score in the 3rd set. Japan has made 17 aces in 3 sets only, while Nanaka Sakamoto got a 100% attack percentage (8 out of 8). Maldives' point contribution is only at 7 pts, while the rest of the 18 points that they scored came from Japan's 11 errors.

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