AUS Women set for 16th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championships

 

 

Taipei, September 6, 2011 -- The 16th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship is to be held from September 15 to 23 in Taipei with 14 teams in total vying for the top honor of Asian Volleyball. This is the first time for Chinese Taipei to host the Asian Women's Championship.

The 14 teams are divided into four pools for the preliminary round from 15 to 17. The host Chinese Taipei, Iran and Indonesia are in Group A, while Group B consists of top seed and defending champion Thailand, Vietnam and Australia. Group C comprises second seed China, fifth seed Kazakhstan, People's Republic of Korea and India, with third seed Japan, fourth seed Korea, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan in Group D.

The top two from each pool will play the classification round from 1st to 8th places in Pool E and Pool F from September 18 to 19 to decide the ranking in the pools for the quarterfinals to be held on September 21.

Defending Champion Thailand, China, 14th edition Champion Japan and Korea are considered the top favourites for the Asian title. As expected, eleven times winner China will meet strong challenges from their arch rivals: Japan, Korea and Thailand.

Australian Team

• Lauren Bertolacci (VIC)
• Louise Bates (VIC)
• Heike Jensen (SA)
• Rhiannon Watt (VIC)
• Tarsha Praski (VIC)
• Anna Maycock (SA)
• Rachel Rourke (QLD)
• Olivia Orchard (SA)
• Natalie Frostick (NSW)
• Jenny Day (WA)
• Erin Ross(VIC)
• Sarah Choat (SA)

 
Head Coach - Pauline Manser
Asst Coach - Nam Pham
Asst Coach - Chau Le
Manager - Sue Waterfall
Medical - Chris Wallman

 

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