2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 23 to 30 September 2001.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host) Japan (3rd) Chinese Taipei New Zealand Sri Lanka	China (1st) South Korea (2nd) Vietnam Australia ~~Kazakhstan~~ *

* Withdrew

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	329	226	1.456	Semifinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	332	263	1.262	Semifinals
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	300	240	1.250	5th–8th place
4	New Zealand	4	1	3	5	3	10	0.300	198	317	0.625	5th–8th place
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	4	1	12	0.083	207	320	0.647

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Thailand	7–25	9–25	16–25		32–75
23 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	20–25		59–75
24 Sep	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	18–25	15–25	7–25		40–75
24 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	14–25	7–25	12–25		33–75
25 Sep	Sri Lanka	1–3	New Zealand	25–18	20–25	25–27	22–25	92–95
25 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–23	18–25	25–23	25–20	93–91
26 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–10	25–15	25–13		75–38
26 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–13	25–10	25–13		75–36
27 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–13	25–11	25–15		75–39
27 Sep	Japan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	29–31	25–19	25–17	104–89

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	250	154	1.623	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	248	226	1.097	Semifinals
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	218	249	0.876	5th–8th place
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	160	247	0.648	5th–8th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Sep	Vietnam	0–3	South Korea	14–25	15–25	20–25		49–75
24 Sep	Vietnam	0–3	China	9–25	13–25	12–25		34–75
25 Sep	Australia	3–1	Vietnam	25–18	25–18	22–25	25–16	97–77
25 Sep	South Korea	1–3	China	19–25	27–25	9–25	21–25	76–100
26 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–16	25–16	22–25	25–20	97–77
27 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–16	25–11		75–44

5th–8th places		5th place

29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

Chinese Taipei	3
		30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
Vietnam	0
		Chinese Taipei	3
29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
		Australia	0
New Zealand	0

Australia	3
		7th place

		30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

		Vietnam	3

		New Zealand	0

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam
29 Sep	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	15–25	15–25	17–25			47–75

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Vietnam	3–0	New Zealand	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–13	25–21	25–19			75–53

Semifinals		Final

29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

Japan	2
		30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
South Korea	3
		South Korea	0
29 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
		China	3
Thailand	0

China	3
		3rd place

		30 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

		Japan	2

		Thailand	3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Japan	2–3	South Korea	18–25	27–25	25–22	20–25	11–15	101–112
29 Sep	Thailand	0–3	China	10–25	8–25	12–25			30–75

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Japan	2–3	Thailand	20–25	21–25	25–16	25–19	17–19	108–104

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	South Korea	0–3	China	11–25	21–25	19–25			51–75

	Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Asian Women's champions
China 9th title