1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1999 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	2–9 September
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Behnam Mahmoudi

The 1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 10th Asian Championship, which took place from September 2 to September 9, 1999 in Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran.

Venues

• Azadi Volleyball Hall (Tehran)
• Azadi Indoor Stadium (Tehran)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 6th) Qatar (8th) Indonesia	China (1st) Pakistan (7th) Kazakhstan	Japan (2nd) South Korea (5th) India Bahrain	Australia (3rd) Chinese Taipei (4th) Kuwait Sri Lanka

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	18:00	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–20	25–13	25–17			75–50
03 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	1–3	Iran	19–25	25–22	22–25	19–25		85–97
04 Sep	15:00	Qatar	0–3	Indonesia	23–25	23–25	20–25			66–75

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–20	25–19	25–22			75–61
03 Sep	19:00	Pakistan	0–3	China	16–25	23–25	20–25			59–75
04 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Pakistan	20–25	15–25	17–25			52–75

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	18:00	Bahrain	1–3	India	21–25	25–23	24–26	19–25		89–99
02 Sep	20:00	South Korea	2–3	Japan	18–25	24–26	25–20	25–23	12–15	104–109
03 Sep	15:00	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59
03 Sep	15:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–18	25–21	25–19			75–58
04 Sep	17:30	India	0–3	South Korea	19–25	16–25	17–25			52–75
04 Sep	19:30	Bahrain	0–3	Japan	18–25	14–25	23–25			55–75

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	14:00	Kuwait	1–3	Sri Lanka	25–23	22–25	22–25	28–30		97–103
02 Sep	20:00	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–12	25–16			75–49
03 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Sri Lanka	23–25	25–18	25–18	25–20		98–81
03 Sep	19:30	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–12	25–15	25–18			75–45
04 Sep	15:30	Sri Lanka	1–3	Australia	15–25	19–25	28–26	23–25		85–101
04 Sep	19:00	Kuwait	0–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	21–25	21–25			66–76

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarterfinals.

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	17:00	Iran	0–3	South Korea	22–25	23–25	11–25			56–75
05 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	0–3	Japan	20–25	15–25	17–25			52–75
06 Sep	19:00	Iran	1–3	Japan	21–25	22–25	25–22	20–25		88–97
06 Sep	19:00	Indonesia	0–3	South Korea	25–27	16–25	16–25			57–77

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–21	25–18			75–56
05 Sep	19:00	Pakistan	1–3	Australia	25–23	17–25	16–25	18–25		76–98
06 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–20	27–25	25–21			77–66
06 Sep	17:00	Pakistan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	15:00	Qatar	1–3	Bahrain	23–25	19–25	25–18	20–25		87–93
06 Sep	15:00	Qatar	1–3	India	19–25	25–22	16–25	23–25		83–97

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Kuwait	25–19	23–25	25–22	25–20		98–86
06 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Sri Lanka	25–19	24–26	25–22	25–22		99–89

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 13th–14th

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	11:00	Qatar	3–0	Kuwait	26–24	25–18	25–20			76–62

Classification 9th–12th

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	15:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–14	25–21	25–14			75–49
08 Sep	15:00	Bahrain	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–23	25–22			75–66
09 Sep	11:00	Bahrain	3–1	Sri Lanka	19–25	25–21	25–17	25–18		94–81
09 Sep	11:00	India	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–23	25–14			75–56

Classification 5th–8th

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	17:00	Iran	3–1	Pakistan	20–25	25–18	25–18	28–26		98–87
08 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–16	24–26	23–25	25–18	15–10	112–95
09 Sep	14:30	Indonesia	3–2	Pakistan	25–22	22–25	25–19	21–25	15–12	108–103
09 Sep	16:30	Iran	3–2	Chinese Taipei	20–25	25–17	22–25	25–18	18–16	110–101

Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	19:00	Japan	1–3	Australia	31–29	23–25	19–25	24–26		97–105
08 Sep	19:00	South Korea	3–1	China	20–25	25–17	25–19	25–21		95–82
09 Sep	15:30	South Korea	0–3	Australia	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75
09 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	China	22–25	23–25	22–25			67–75

Final standing

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

Qualified for the 1999 World Cup

1999 Asian Men's Champions
China Third title

Awards

• MVP: Behnam Mahmoudi
• Best Scorer: Benjamin Hardy
• Best Spiker: Benjamin Hardy
• Best Blocker: Kim Se-jin
• Best Server: Zhu Gang
• Best Setter: Zhou Jianan
• Best Digger: Koichi Nishimura
• Best Receiver: Li Tieming

References

• JVA (Archived 2009-05-13)
• Results