:2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

{{Infobox FIVB tournament

| competition = Asian Women's Championship

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| continent = Asia

| gender = women

| year = 2021

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| host = {{PHI}}

| dates = 29 August – 5 September 2021 {{nowrap|(original schedule)}}

| teams = 7

| venues = 3

| cities = 3

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| last = 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

| next = 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

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The 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship would have been the 21st edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, organized by Asia's governing volleyball body, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) hosted in the Philippines.

Originally scheduled for August 29 to September 5, 2021, the tournament was postponed to 2022 due rising COVID-19 cases amidst a pandemic before it was eventually canceled.{{cite news |last1=Agcaoli |first1=Lance |title=AVC Asian Women's Volleyball tilt moved to 2022 amid COVID surge |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/2021-avc-asian-women-s-volleyball-championship-rescheduled-2022-covid-19-a2522-20210824 |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=24 August 2021}}{{cite news |title=เลื่อนไปปีหน้า! ชิงแชมป์เอเชีย โยกแข่ง พ.ค.2022 |url=https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/351009?fbclid=IwAR3PI8CQVAkc9z07tKvhPR_Caxvl2uJOa_fJ7WWF1O96147LmHckgGuLPdU |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=SMMSport |publisher=SMM Plus Co., Ltd. |date=24 August 2021 |lang=th |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204091450/https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/351009?fbclid=IwAR3PI8CQVAkc9z07tKvhPR_Caxvl2uJOa_fJ7WWF1O96147LmHckgGuLPdU |url-status=usurped }}{{Cite web|url=https://partonews.ir/en/long-summer-of-iranian-volleyball-in-the-busy-year-of-1401-mehr-news-agency-iran-and-worlds-news/|title = Long summer of Iranian volleyball in the busy year of 1401 - Mehr News Agency | Iran and world's news | پرتو نیوز|date = November 16, 2021}}{{cite web|title= 第21回アジア女子選手権大会の中止のお知らせ |url=https://www.jva.or.jp/topics/20211203-1 |publisher=JVA |access-date=6 May 2022 |lang=ja}}

Host selection

During the AVC Sports Events Council Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, the Asian Volleyball Confederation announced on February 11, 2020, that only one national federation have applied to organize 2021 Asian Women's Championship:{{cite web|title=AVC Sports Events Council Reviews Tasks Completed and Discusses Future Challenges |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/avc-sports-events-council-reviews-tasks-completed-and-discusses-future-challenges/ |publisher=AVC |accessdate=12 February 2020}}

However, China later withdrew as host.{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Matthew |title=AVC offers to PNVF hosting of Asian Women's Championship |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/avc-offers-to-pnvf-hosting-of-asian-womens-championship/207120 |access-date=1 May 2021 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=1 May 2021}} The Philippines was named as replacement hosts on May 15, 2021.{{cite web |title=AVC Releases Updated 2021 Competition Calendar With Rescheduled Events |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/avc-releases-updated-2021-competition-calendar-with-rescheduled-events/ |publisher=Asian Volleyball Confederation |access-date=15 May 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Matthew |title=AVC approves Clark hosting of Asian Women's Championship |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/avc-approves-clark-hosting-of-asian-womens-championship/208117 |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=15 May 2021}} The main venue will be Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga, while the Subic Gymnasium in Olongapo (Subic) and the AUF Sports and Cultural Center in Angeles City (Clark) will be the secondary venues.{{cite news |title=Asian women's volleyball championships to be played in Pampanga and Subic |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/asian-womens-volleyball-championships-to-be-played-in-pampanga-and-subic/ |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=BusinessWorld |date=19 May 2021}}

{{flag|China}} (Chinese Volleyball Association; withdrew)
{{flag|Philippines}} (Philippine National Volleyball Federation; replacement hosts)

The Philippine government's Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), which deals with the country's response against the COVID-19 pandemic, approved the hosting of the tournament on July 16, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Yumol |first1=David Tristan |title=IATF approves hosting of Asian women's volleyball tilt in August |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2021/7/16/IATF-approves-PH-hosting-Asian-seniors-womens-volleyball.html |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=CNN Philippines |date=16 July 2021 |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716094102/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2021/7/16/IATF-approves-PH-hosting-Asian-seniors-womens-volleyball.html |url-status=dead }}

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by{{cite web |title=21st Asian Sr. Women's volleyball Championship (Qualification Tournament for FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship 2022) |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1REVIS1.pdf |publisher=Asian Volleyball Confederation |access-date=25 August 2021}}

1 team for the host country
10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

=Qualified teams=

The AVC stated that there were originally twelve entrant teams that were due to participate in the tournament.

colspan="4"\|Total \|\|7 \|\|
class="wikitable" !colspan=2\|Event(s) !Dates !Location !Berths !Qualifier(s)
colspan=2\|Host nation	15 May 2021	{{flagicon\|THA}} Bangkok	style="text-align:center"\|1	{{vbw\|PHI}}
colspan=2\|2019 Asian Championship	18 – 25 August 2019	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Seoul	style="text-align:center"\|5	~~{{vbw\|JPN}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|THA}} ~~{{Vbw\|KOR}}~~{{Ref\|NoteC\|C}} ~~{{Vbw\|CHN}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|KAZ}} {{vbw\|TPE}} {{vbw\|IRI}} ~~{{Vbw\|INA}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|AUS}} ~~{{Vbw\|IND}}~~{{Ref\|NoteB\|B}}
Direct zonal wildcards	Central Asia	No later than 2 February 2021	{{flagicon\|THA}} Bangkok	style="text-align:center"\|1	~~{{vbw\|NPL}}~~{{Ref\|NoteB\|B}} {{vbw\|UZB}}

:{{Note|NoteA|A}} China, Indonesia, and Japan originally qualified as one of the top ten finishing teams in the 2019 edition, but these teams withdrew. These spots were reallocated to zonal entrants.{{cite news |title=Drawing of lots for 21st Asian Senior Men's and Women's Volleyball Championships Unveiled |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/drawing-of-lots-for-21st-asian-senior-mens-and-womens-volleyball-championships-unveiled/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |publisher=Asian Volleyball Confederation |date=16 July 2021}}

:{{Note|NoteB|B}} India and Nepal were barred by the AVC from participating due to the surge of a new COVID-19 variant in the region.{{cite news |title=Nepal, India barred from Asian C'ship |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/nepal-india-barred-from-asian-cship |access-date=18 July 2021 |work=The Himalayan |agency=Himalayan News Service |date=17 July 2021}}

:{{Note|NoteC|C}} The Korea Volleyball Association decided to withdraw the South Korea women's national volleyball team in the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. They said it would be difficult for the team to convene, train, and dispatch due to COVID-19.{{cite news |title=[오피셜] 여자배구대표팀, 아시아선수권 불참… 남자는 상무 단일팀 참가 |url=https://n.news.naver.com/sports/tokyo2020/article/139/0002154434 |access-date=August 3, 2021 |work=Naver News |agency=Naver |date=3 August 2021}}

Venue

Three venues spanning three cities in the Clark and Subic areas in the Philippines will be used for the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

San Fernando, Pampanga	Olongapo	Angeles City
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Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center	Subic Gymnasium	AUF Sports and Cultural Center
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 2,000
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Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their previous edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the previous ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same zonal association. The draw was held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 16, 2021.{{cite news |title=Philippines drawn in 'favorable' Asian Women's group |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/philippines-drawn-in-favorable-asian-womens-group/213411 |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=16 July 2021}}

Ranking from the 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).

;Pots

class="wikitable" width=600
width=33.33%\|Seeded Teams !width=33.33%\|Pot 1 !width=33.33%\|Pot 2
{{vbw\|PHI}} (Host) {{vbw\|THA}} (2) {{vbw\|KAZ}} (5) \| {{vbw\|TPE}} (6) {{vbw\|IRN}} (7) \| {{vbw\|AUS}} (9) {{vbw\|UZB}} (–)

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width=33.33%|Seeded Teams

!width=33.33%|Pot 1

!width=33.33%|Pot 2

{{vbw|PHI}} (Host)

{{vbw|THA}} (2)

{{vbw|KAZ}} (5)

{{vbw|TPE}} (6)

{{vbw|IRN}} (7)

{{vbw|AUS}} (9)

{{vbw|UZB}} (–)

;After the draw

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width=50%\|Pool A !width=50%\|Pool B
{{vbw\|PHI}} \|{{vbw\|THA}}
{{vbw\|KAZ}} \|{{vbw\|IRI}}
{{vbw\|TPE}} \|{{vbw\|AUS}}
{{vbw\|UZB}}

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width=50%|Pool A

!width=50%|Pool B

|{{vbw|THA}}

|{{vbw|IRI}}

|{{vbw|AUS}}

Notes

:{{Note|NoteHosts|note}} Pampanga, Subic, Clark all of which are not cities are officially listed as hosts. Venues used for the tournament are in:

::* San Fernando in Pampanga province

::* Olongapo in the Subic Freeport Zone

::* Angeles City which is in Metro Clark

References

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Category:Volleyball events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Asian Women's Championship

2021 Asian Women's Championship

Category:2021 in Chinese sport

Category:2021 in Asian sport

colspan="4"\|Total \|\|7 \|\|
class="wikitable" !colspan=2\|Event(s) !Dates !Location !Berths !Qualifier(s)
colspan=2\|Host nation	15 May 2021	{{flagicon\|THA}} Bangkok	style="text-align:center"\|1	{{vbw\|PHI}}
colspan=2\|2019 Asian Championship	18 – 25 August 2019	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Seoul	style="text-align:center"\|5	~~{{vbw\|JPN}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|THA}} ~~{{Vbw\|KOR}}~~{{Ref\|NoteC\|C}} ~~{{Vbw\|CHN}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|KAZ}} {{vbw\|TPE}} {{vbw\|IRI}} ~~{{Vbw\|INA}}~~{{Ref\|NoteA\|A}} {{vbw\|AUS}} ~~{{Vbw\|IND}}~~{{Ref\|NoteB\|B}}
Direct zonal wildcards	Central Asia	No later than 2 February 2021	{{flagicon\|THA}} Bangkok	style="text-align:center"\|1	~~{{vbw\|NPL}}~~{{Ref\|NoteB\|B}} {{vbw\|UZB}}