2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

2009 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Dates	17–24 June
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Paykan Tehran (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Hicham Guemmadi

The 2009 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 10th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
United Arab Emirates (Host) Kuwait (6th) Afghanistan *	Iran (1st) Bahrain (7th) Lebanon	Kazakhstan (2nd) Uzbekistan Qatar Thailand	Japan (3rd) Saudi Arabia Indonesia Maldives

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	17:00	Al-Nasr	3–1	Al-Qadsia	25–21	25–21	22–25	25–20		97–87	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	19:30	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Dar Kulaib	25–22	25–21	25–15			75–58	Report
18 Jun	12:00	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	0–3	Paykan Tehran	14–25	13–25	14–25			41–75	Report
19 Jun	19:00	Dar Kulaib	3–0	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	25–16	25–12	34–32			84–60	Report

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	12:00	Royal Thai	3–1	Almaty	25–21	25–20	16–25	25–22		91–88
17 Jun	21:30	AGMK	0–3	Al-Arabi	16–25	15–25	23–25			54–75	Report
18 Jun	17:00	Royal Thai	3–0	AGMK	25–12	25–14	25–12			75–38	Report
18 Jun	19:00	Almaty	0–3	Al-Arabi	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report
19 Jun	09:30	AGMK	0–3	Almaty	16–25	12–25	18–25			46–75	Report
19 Jun	21:00	Al-Arabi	3–0	Royal Thai	25–21	25–17	25–22			75–60	Report

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	10:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	Dhivehi Sifainge	25–8	25–18	25–10			75–36
17 Jun	15:00	Al-Hilal	3–0	Surabaya Samator	25–19	25–22	25–13			75–54	Report
18 Jun	15:00	Dhivehi Sifainge	0–3	Surabaya Samator	13–25	18–25	14–25			45–75	Report
18 Jun	21:00	Suntory Sunbirds	1–3	Al-Hilal	25–22	16–25	21–25	20–25		82–97	Report
19 Jun	15:00	Surabaya Samator	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–19	17–25	19–25	20–25		81–94	Report
19 Jun	17:00	Al-Hilal	3–0	Dhivehi Sifainge	25–5	25–11	25–15			75–31	Report

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	Report
20 Jun	15:00	Al-Nasr	3–2	Royal Thai	23–25	25–20	23–25	27–25	20–18	118–113	Report
20 Jun	17:00	Al-Arabi	3–0	Al-Qadsia	25–18	25–11	25–23			75–52	Report
21 Jun	15:00	Al-Qadsia	1–3	Royal Thai	16–25	21–25	25–20	21–25		83–95	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Al-Nasr	3–2	Al-Arabi	17–25	25–22	29–27	21–25	15–11	107–110	Report

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	19:00	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	26–24	25–19	25–13			76–56	Report
20 Jun	21:00	Al-Hilal	3–1	Dar Kulaib	25–19	25–27	25–23	25–13		100–82	Report
21 Jun	19:00	Dar Kulaib	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–19	20–25	12–25	22–25		79–94	Report
21 Jun	21:00	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al-Hilal	25–18	25–17	25–16			75–51	Report

Pool G

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Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	12:00	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	3–1	Dhivehi Sifainge	25–22	25–19	22–25	25–23		97–89	Report
21 Jun	12:00	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	0–3	Surabaya Samator	14–25	16–25	18–25			48–75	Report

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	23 June – Dubai
	Almaty	3
					24 June – Dubai
	Bauchrieh	1
					Almaty	3
	23 June – Dubai
					Samator	0
	Samator	3
	AGMK	0
					11th place
					24 June – Dubai
					Bauchrieh	1
					AGMK	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	10:00	Almaty	3–1	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	25–16	25–23	26–28	25–17		101–84	Report
23 Jun	12:00	Surabaya Samator	3–0	AGMK	25–15	25–19	25–18			75–52	Report

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	09:30	Jeunesse Bauchrieh	1–3	AGMK	21–25	23–25	25–23	7–25		76–98

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	11:30	Almaty	3–0	Surabaya Samator	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	Report

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	23 June – Dubai
	Royal Thai	3
					24 June – Dubai
	Dar Kulaib	2
					Royal Thai	0
	23 June – Dubai
					Suntory	3
	Suntory	3
	Al-Qadsia	0
					7th place
					24 June – Dubai
					Dar Kulaib	0
					Al-Qadsia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	15:00	Royal Thai	3–2	Dar Kulaib	21–25	20–25	25–23	25–21	15–12	106–106	Report
23 Jun	17:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	Al-Qadsia	25–17	25–23	25–22			75–62	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	13:30	Dar Kulaib	0–3	Al-Qadsia	27–29	18–25	30–32			75–86	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	15:30	Royal Thai	0–3	Suntory Sunbirds	18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	23 June – Dubai
	Al-Nasr	2
					24 June – Dubai
	Al-Hilal	3
					Al-Hilal	0
	23 June – Dubai
					Paykan	3
	Paykan	3
	Al-Arabi	0
					3rd place
					24 June – Dubai
					Al-Nasr	0
					Al-Arabi	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	19:00	Al-Nasr	2–3	Al-Hilal	15–25	25–18	25–19	23–25	18–20	106–107	Report
23 Jun	21:00	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al-Arabi	25–23	25–15	25–21			75–59	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	17:30	Al-Nasr	0–3	Al-Arabi	19–25	19–25	15–25			53–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	19:30	Al-Hilal	0–3	Paykan Tehran	20–25	22–25	19–25			61–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Paykan Tehran
	Al-Hilal
	Al-Arabi
4	Al-Nasr
5	Suntory Sunbirds
6	Royal Thai
7	Al-Qadsia
8	Dar Kulaib
9	Almaty
10	Surabaya Samator
11	AGMK
12	Jeunesse Bauchrieh
13	Dhivehi Sifainge

Qualified for the 2009 Club World Championship

Awards

• MVP: Hicham Guemmadi (Al-Nasr)
• Best Scorer: Farhad Nazari Afshar (Paykan)
• Best Server: Igor Omrčen (Al-Arabi)
• Best Spiker: Ahmed Al-Bakhit (Al-Hilal)
• Best Blocker: Ibrahim Mohammed (Al-Arabi)
• Best Setter: Khaled Al-Hosni (Al-Nasr)
• Best Libero: Farhad Zarif (Paykan)

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation