The 2016 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2016 AVC Cup for Women was the fifth edition of the

Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the contin ...

, a biennial international

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

tournament organised by the

Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russi ...

(AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in the Vinh Yen Gymnasium in the

Vĩnh Phúc Province Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Administrative divisions Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions: * 7 districts: ** Sông Lô ** Bình Xuyên ** Lập Thạch ** Tam Đả ...

, Vietnam from 14 to 20 September 2016.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship by

serpentine system The serpentine system, also known as snake seeding, is a method of organization used in competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them into pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m'' ...

. The hosts which ranked fifth has the right to seed in top position of pool A. The number in brackets show the ranking of 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Squads

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+07:00).

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP: *: Li Jing *Best Setter: *: Irina Lukomskaya *Best Outside Spikers: *: Li Jing *:

Ajcharaporn Kongyot Ajcharaporn Kongyot (; ; born June 18, 1995) is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team. Career She is on the list 2019 Korea-Thailand all star super match competition. Clubs * ...

*Best Middle Blockers: *: Kristina Anikonova *: Yang Zhou *Best Opposite Spiker: *: Yekaterina Zhdanova *Best Libero: *: Piyanut Pannoy

References

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation
{{Asian Women's Volleyball Cup winners Asian Women's Volleyball Cup 2016 in women's volleyball International volleyball competitions hosted by Vietnam Vol September 2016 sports events in Asia