2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2015 Asian Men's Championship

Tehran 2015 Official Logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	31 July – 8 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Kunihiro Shimizu
Official website
AVC

The 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 31 July to 8 August 2015.

Qualification

If there are not more than 16 teams, all teams will compete in the tournament.
If there are more than 16 teams, participating teams are:
– The host nation
– Top 10 ranked teams from the previous edition
– Representatives from each of the five Asian Volleyball Confederation Zonal Associations

There are 17 teams applied for the competition. But all teams can participate in the tournament.

Central Asia	Eastern Asia	Oceania	Southeastern Asia	Western Asia
Iran India Kazakhstan Pakistan Sri Lanka Turkmenistan	China Chinese Taipei Japan South Korea	Australia	Thailand	Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn in Tehran, Iran on 22 April 2015. But, Saudi Arabia later withdrew and Oman moved from pool A to C to balance the number of teams in each pool. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 10th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Hosts)	Australia (13)	South Korea (16)	China (17)
Kazakhstan (42)	India (39)	Thailand (36)	Japan (21)
Kuwait (56)	Turkmenistan (141)	Pakistan (52)	Sri Lanka (68)
Oman (138)	Qatar (45)	Saudi Arabia (56)	Bahrain (42)
Chinese Taipei (45)		Oman (138)

Venues

Preliminary round, Pool E, F and Final eight	Preliminary round, Pool G, H and Final round
Tehran, Iran	Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000
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Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. 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

Preliminary round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F
	Qualified for the Pool G
	Qualified for the Pool H

Pool A

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AVH	'Chinese Taipei'	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–22	24–26	25–21	25–21		99–90	99–90
31 Jul	19:00	AIS	Kuwait	0–3	'Iran'	13–25	22–25	13–25			48–75	48–75
01 Aug	15:00	AVH	'Chinese Taipei'	3–0	Kuwait	28–26	25–17	25–14			78–57	78–57
01 Aug	19:00	AIS	Kazakhstan	0–3	'Iran'	23–25	16–25	25–27			64–77	64–77
02 Aug	17:00	AVH	'Kazakhstan'	3–0	Kuwait	25–17	25–20	25–18			75–55	75–55
02 Aug	19:00	AIS	'Iran'	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–16	25–19			75–51	75–51

Pool B

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	15:00	AVH	'India'	3–0	Turkmenistan	27–25	25–21	25–21			77–67	77–67
31 Jul	17:00	AVH	'Qatar'	3–1	Australia	25–22	28–30	25–22	25–20		103–94	103–94
01 Aug	13:00	AIS	Turkmenistan	0–3	'Australia'	11–25	21–25	22–25			54–75	54–75
01 Aug	17:00	AVH	India	0–3	'Qatar'	18–25	19–25	22–25			59–75	59–75
02 Aug	13:00	AVH	Turkmenistan	1–3	'Qatar'	14–25	28–26	13–25	20–25		75–101	75–101
02 Aug	15:00	AVH	'Australia'	3–0	India	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	75–54

Pool C

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AIS	Oman	0–3	'South Korea'	19–25	17–25	27–29			63–79	63–79
31 Jul	15:00	AIS	Pakistan	2–3	'Thailand'	25–23	25–20	23–25	18–25	13–15	104–108	104–108
01 Aug	13:00	AVH	Oman	0–3	'Pakistan'	23–25	21–25	19–25			63–75	63–75
01 Aug	15:00	AIS	'South Korea'	3–2	Thailand	26–24	21–25	24–26	25–21	15–11	111–107	111–107
02 Aug	13:00	AIS	'South Korea'	3–0	Pakistan	25–21	25–12	25–17			75–50	75–50
02 Aug	15:00	AIS	'Thailand'	3–2	Oman	25–27	25–20	23–25	25–11	15–10	113–93	113–93

Pool D

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	17:00	AIS	'China'	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–22	25–20			75–53	75–53
31 Jul	19:00	AVH	'Japan'	3–0	Bahrain	26–24	25–12	25–23			76–59	76–59
01 Aug	17:00	AIS	'China'	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–84	98–84
01 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	0–3	'Bahrain'	21–25	22–25	16–25			59–75	59–75
02 Aug	17:00	AIS	Bahrain	0–3	'China'	18–25	23–25	21–25			62–75	62–75
02 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	1–3	'Japan'	16–25	25–21	16–25	20–25		77–96	77–96

Classification round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–20	25–17			75–52	Report
03 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–11	25–20			75–51	Report
04 Aug	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	Report
04 Aug	19:00	Iran	1–3	South Korea	25–17	26–28	20–25	23–25		94–95	Report

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	15:00	Qatar	3–2	Japan	25–19	25–23	15–25	19–25	17–15	101–107	Report
03 Aug	17:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–21	26–24			76–68	Report
04 Aug	15:00	Australia	3–1	Japan	23–25	25–21	25–23	25–21		98–90	Report
04 Aug	17:00	Qatar	2–3	China	25–17	16–25	25–17	19–25	10–15	95–99	Report

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–23	20–25	25–17		95–87	Report
03 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	3–2	Kuwait	25–19	25–23	21–25	21–25	15–10	107–102	Report
04 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Oman	25–22	23–25	25–21	25–23		98–91	Report
04 Aug	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Pakistan	21–25	25–20	18–25	25–17	15–12	104–99	Report

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	17:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
03 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	3–0	Turkmenistan	29–27	25–17	25–22			79–66	Report
04 Aug	17:00	Turkmenistan	1–3	Sri Lanka	19–25	18–25	26–24	23–25		86–99	Report
04 Aug	19:00	India	2–3	Bahrain	16–25	25–15	25–14	22–25	14–16	102–95	Report

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	6 August
	Kuwait	3
					7 August
	Turkmenistan	1
					Kuwait	0
	6 August
					Sri Lanka	3
	Sri Lanka	3
	Oman	1
					15th place match
					7 August
					Turkmenistan	2
					Oman	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Turkmenistan	23–25	25–20	25–19	27–25		100–89	Report
06 Aug	15:00	Sri Lanka	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–14		96–80	Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:00	Turkmenistan	2–3	Oman	25–22	26–24	19–25	28–30	10–15	108–116	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	15:00	Kuwait	0–3	Sri Lanka	26–28	17–25	14–25			57–78	Report

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	6 August
	Kazakhstan	3
					7 August
	India	1
					Kazakhstan	3
	6 August
					Pakistan	0
	Bahrain	2
	Pakistan	3
					11th place match
					7 August
					India	3
					Bahrain	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	17:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	India	25–15	26–24	30–32	25–21		106–92	Report
06 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	2–3	Pakistan	25–21	20–25	25–27	25–15	9–15	104–103	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	17:00	India	3–2	Bahrain	18–25	25–23	25–13	18–25	15–13	101–99	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Pakistan	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 August
	China	3
					7 August
	Thailand	0
					China	2
	6 August
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
									8 August
	Australia	1
									Iran	1
	6 August
									Japan	3
	South Korea	2
					7 August
	Japan	3
					Japan	3
	6 August
					Qatar	1			3rd place match
	Qatar	3
									8 August
	Chinese Taipei	1
									China	3
									Qatar	2

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	7 August
	Thailand	0
					8 August
	Australia	3
					Australia	3
	7 August
					Chinese Taipei	1
	South Korea	1
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place match
					8 August
					Thailand	0
					South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	13:00	AIS	South Korea	2–3	'Japan'	23–25	16–25	25–20	25–15	13–15	102–100	102–100
06 Aug	15:00	AIS	'China'	3–0	Thailand	25–20	27–25	30–28			82–73	82–73
06 Aug	17:00	AIS	'Qatar'	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	17–25	25–22		92–86	92–86
06 Aug	19:00	AIS	'Iran'	3–1	Australia	25–20	14–25	25–18	25–20		89–83	89–83

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:00	AIS	Thailand	0–3	'Australia'	14–25	22–25	16–25			52–75	52–75
07 Aug	15:00	AIS	South Korea	1–3	'Chinese Taipei'	25–21	15–25	19–25	16–25		75–96	75–96

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	17:00	AIS	'Japan'	3–1	Qatar	22–25	25–23	25–17	25–23		97–88	97–88
07 Aug	19:00	AIS	China	2–3	'Iran'	25–21	25–20	9–25	19–25	14–16	92–107	92–107

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	13:00	AVH	Thailand	0–3	'South Korea'	22–25	18–25	22–25			62–75	62–75

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	15:00	AVH	'Australia'	3–1	Chinese Taipei	32–30	25–15	21–25	25–22		103–92	103–92

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	15:00	AIS	'China'	3–2	Qatar	25–23	25–19	21–25	24–26	15–9	110–102	110–102

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	17:30	AIS	Iran	1–3	'Japan'	17–25	22–25	25–18	22–25		86–93	86–93

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Iran
	China
4	Qatar
5	Australia
6	Chinese Taipei
7	South Korea
8	Thailand
9	Kazakhstan
10	Pakistan
11	India
12	Bahrain
13	Sri Lanka
14	Kuwait
15	Oman
16	Turkmenistan

2015 Asian Men's Champions
Japan 8th title

12–man Roster

Kunihiro Shimizu , Daisuke Sakai, Yuta Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Akihiro Fukatsu, Masashi Kuriyama, Akihiro Yamauchi, Hideomi Fukatsu, Masahiro Yanagida, Takashi Dekita, Yuta Yoneyama, Hiroaki Asano

Head Coach

Masashi Nambu

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Kunihiro Shimizu

• Best Setter

Hideomi Fukatsu

• Best Outside Spikers

Pouria Fayazi

Hamzeh Zarini

• Best Middle Blockers

Zhang Zhejia

Mostafa Sharifat

• Best Opposite Spiker

Farhad Piroutpour

• Best Libero

Daisuke Sakai

See also

• 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

External links

• Official website
• Organizer's website
• Regulations
• Teams composition