2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2001 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
Dates	9–16 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Shin Jin-sik

The 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 11th Asian Championship, which took place from September 9 to September 16, 2001 in Changwon, South Korea.

Venues

• Changwon Indoor Gymnasium (Changwon)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
South Korea (Host & 3rd) Kazakhstan (11th) Saudi Arabia	China (1st) India (9th) Qatar	Australia (2nd) Chinese Taipei (7th) United Arab Emirates	Japan (4th) Iran (5th) Hong Kong Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	14:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	15–25	11–25	24–26			50–76
10 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–19	23–25	19–25	16–14	108–104
11 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–17	25–14	25–12			75–43

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	11:30	China	3–2	India	22–25	25–19	25–20	21–25	15–12	108–101
10 Sep	11:30	Qatar	0–3	China	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
11 Sep	11:30	India	3–1	Qatar	25–20	25–15	23–25	25–21		98–81

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	16:30	Australia	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56
10 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	18–25	22–25	22–25			62–75
11 Sep	15:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	22–25	17–25			57–75

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	18:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Iran	14–25	10–25	13–25			37–75
10 Sep	17:30	Japan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–15	25–6	25–15			75–36
11 Sep	17:30	Iran	2–3	Japan	25–23	27–25	20–25	20–25	12–15	104–113

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
12 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57
12 Sep	15:30	Australia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52
13 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–1	Australia	23–25	25–23	25–18	25–19		98–85
13 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	22–25	19–25	26–28		92–99

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	17:30	China	3–0	Iran	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61
12 Sep	19:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–22	25–18	26–24			76–64
13 Sep	17:30	China	0–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75
13 Sep	19:30	India	2–3	Iran	18–25	13–25	25–23	25–21	13–15	94–109

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	11:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	25–22	28–26			78–66

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	11:30	Qatar	3–0	Hong Kong	25–17	25–20	25–15			75–52

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	14 September – Changwon
	Kazakhstan	3
					15 September – Changwon
	Hong Kong	0
					Kazakhstan	3
	14 September – Changwon
					United Arab Emirates	0
	Qatar	2
	United Arab Emirates	3
					11th place
					15 September – Changwon
					Hong Kong	0
					Qatar	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–11	25–14			75–37
14 Sep	16:00	Qatar	2–3	United Arab Emirates	27–29	25–22	25–20	21–25	12–15	110–111

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	10:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Qatar	13–25	11–25	19–25			43–75

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–19	25–22	25–13			75–54

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	15 September – Changwon
	Chinese Taipei	3
					16 September – Changwon
	India	0
					Chinese Taipei	1
	15 September – Changwon
					Iran	3
	Saudi Arabia	1
	Iran	3
					7th place
					16 September – Changwon
					India	3
					Saudi Arabia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	India	25–20	26–24	25–20			76–64
15 Sep	20:00	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iran	27–25	25–27	11–25	16–25		79–102

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	14:00	India	3–2	Saudi Arabia	30–32	25–22	25–16	22–25	16–14	118–109

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Iran	14–25	20–25	28–26	23–25		85–101

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	15 September – Changwon
	South Korea	3
					16 September – Changwon
	China	0
					South Korea	3
	15 September – Changwon
					Australia	1
	Australia	3
	Japan	0
					3rd place
					16 September – Changwon
					China	1
					Japan	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60
15 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–20	25–17			75–60

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	18:00	China	1–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	25–23	19–25		83–98

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–18	25–23	21–25	25–17		96–83

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Australia
	Japan
4	China
5	Iran
6	Chinese Taipei
7	India
8	Saudi Arabia
9	Kazakhstan
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Qatar
12	Hong Kong

Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Asian Men's Champions
South Korea Third title

Awards

• MVP: Shin Jin-sik
• Best Scorer: Benjamin Hardy
• Best Spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
• Best Blocker: Dan Howard
• Best Server: Shin Jin-sik
• Best Setter: Choi Tae-woong
• Best Digger: Kenji Yamamoto
• Best Receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun

References

• Results