The tournament was organized by the Philippine Super Liga and the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. The tournament serves as the 2nd Asian tournament which was hosted by the LVPI following the Asian Under-23 Championships hosting in 2015.[5]
Pools composition
The drawing of lots of the teams, which determined the composition of the pools for the Asian Women's Club Championship, was conducted on April 27, 2016 at the Foton Quezon Avenue showroom in Quezon City.[6][7]
The Philippines as host chose their representatives to be grouped in Pool A. They also chose Vietnam to be in this group.[8][9]
The following procedures shall be followed to determine the ranking of teams in a pool:
Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser