The 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the ninth edition of the

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, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AVC) with

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(PVF). The tournament was held in

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from 21 to 28 September 1997.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the

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Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

* ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.''

Classification 5th–8th

Championship

Final standing

Awards

*Best Scorer: Sun Yue *Best Spiker: Sun Yue

References

Results
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