China defeated South Korea in straight sets to win its third Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship crown at the Universiade Centre Indoor Stadium in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

The host nation did not lose a single set throughout the tournament but had a relatively difficult time against the Koreans in their finals match as they were stretched to close out two sets in extra games 28-26, 26-24, 25-22.

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Xia Ding, best setter of the tournament, distributed the ball perfectly amongst Chinese attackers as Changning Zhang and Yanhan Liu both scored 14 points to top the Chinese nationals, and were hailed Best Outside Hitters.

Ni Yan also contributed 11 points in the game and was named the event's Most Valuable Player and Best Middle Blocker along with Korean Hyo-Jin Yang.

Team captain Yeon-Koung Kim top scored for the South Koreans with 27 points and was named Best Oppossite.

Kazakhstan and Japan battled it out for third place which both teams equally showed their supremacy over the net in a thrilling five setter.

The first set started out tense as both teams would not let up on their serves and went overtime at 25-all but the Japanese women came out on top 28-26.

Kazakhstan turned the tides easily taking the next two sets but Japan sensed lapses in the Kazakhs' play and took advantage to take the fourth set, forcing a fifth and deciding set.

It's a race to 15 points and Kazakhstan overpowered the Japanese nationals with their blocks to emerge victorious 26-28, 25-23, 25-14, 19-25, 15-7.

Tatyana Mudritskaya and Sana Anarkulova both led Kazakhstan with 21 points each while the duo of Mari Horikawa and Saori Takahashi both scored 18 points for the Japanese team.

Next up for both the men's and women's volleyball competition is the 17th Asian Games which will be held in Incheon, South Korea slated to start this coming Saturday.

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