The 2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the fifteenth edition of the

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, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in

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from 5 to 13 September 2009.

Venues

* Quan Ngua Competition Hall (

)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. ''* Withdrew''

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification 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 classification round.''

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Classification 13th–14th

Classification 9th–12th

Semifinals

11th place

9th place

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP:

Onuma Sittirak Onuma Sittirak (, , ; born June 13, 1986, in Khian Sa) is a Thai volleyball player and was a member of Thailand women's national volleyball team. She graduated from Ratna Bundit University. Career Onuma started playing volleyball as a spiker ...

*Best scorer:

Kim Yeon-koung Kim Yeon-koung (, ; born 26 February 1988) is a Korean people, South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korea women's nation ...

*Best spiker: Xue Ming *Best blocker: Xue Ming *Best server:

Saori Kimura is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a captain of the team. She was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summe ...

*Best setter: Nootsara Tomkom *Best libero: Wanna Buakaew

External links

Official Website
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