Volleyball at Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023: Preview, full schedule, how to watch live action
Find out the full schedule and how to watch games live for the men's and women's volleyball competitions from 19 September to 7 October 2023.
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The Chinese women volleyball’s team hope to have their place in Paris secured by the time the hosts roll into Hangzhou for the 19th Asian Games.
The female spikers from the People’s Republic of China will look to defend their title at the Games before the home crowd from 30 September 2023, off the heels of the 16-24 September Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) being held down the eastern coastline in Ningbo. China can lock up their quota for Paris 2024 if they finish in the top of the OQT.
The defending Asian Games champions, led by Rio 2016 gold medallists Yuan Xinyue and Ding Xia, have been pooled with India and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the first phase of the 13-team Asian Games. Apart from Yang Hanyu and Ni Weiwei, the team for the Games and OQT are the same, making them heavy favourites to repeat.
China’s regional rivals Japan - who are also hosting part of the OCT in Tokyo but fielding separate teams for the two competitions - are in a group including Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Hong Kong China.
Thailand beat China at the recent Asian Championship for their third continental crown. They will face Chinese Taipei and Mongolia in the first round.
Ahead of the women’s tournament, the men will get things going on 19 September with newly crowned Asian champions Japan drawn with Indonesia, Philippines, and Afghanistan for the pool phase.
Iran, who were denied a third consecutive continental championship by Japan, will take on Nepal and Bahrain while hosts China have been grouped with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
The Asian Games in Hangzhou was due to take place in 2022 but postponed to 2023.
Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 in 2023 men's volleyball: Full schedule and match times
All times provided are Chinese Standard Time (UTC +8 hours).
Asian Games 2022 in 2023 women's volleyball: Full schedule and match times
All times provided are Chinese Standard Time (UTC +8 hours).
How to watch the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 in 2023
To watch the Asian Games, viewers can tune into the various TV broadcasts and on-demand live streams provided by regional broadcasters. The list includes:
- CCTV in China
- TBS in Japan
- Sony LIV (Sony Sports Network) in India
- MediaCorp Channel 5 and mewatch.sg in Singapore
- MNCTV, RCTI, iNews TV, and Vision+ in Indonesia
- KBS, MBC, SBS, and TV Chosun in the Republic of Korea
- RTM and Astro in Malaysia