2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

2016 AVC Cup for Men
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	22–28 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Alireza Behboudi
Official website
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The 2016 AVC Cup for Men was the 5th edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2015 Asian Championship. It was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 22 to 28 September 2016.^[1]

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship are shown in brackets except Hosts who ranked 8th.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Hosts)	Japan (1)
China (3)	Iran (2)
Qatar (4)*	Australia (5)
Chinese Taipei (6)	South Korea (7)

* Kazakhstan replaced Qatar, who withdrew from the tournament.

Squads

Venue

Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Pool standing procedure

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

Preliminary round

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	16:55	Thailand	2–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–22	25–27	118–122	Report
22 Sep	19:45	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	Report
23 Sep	16:30	Thailand	0–3	China	13–25	18–25	20–25			51–75	Report
23 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	25–16	27–29	27–25	13–15	112–110	Report
24 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	25–21	20–25	25–18		95–86	Report
24 Sep	19:10	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–14	23–25	23–25	25–23	15–13	111–100	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	11:30	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–21	23–25	25–17	25–18		98–81	Report
22 Sep	14:15	Japan	2–3	South Korea	25–19	25–12	22–25	21–25	11–15	104–96	Report
23 Sep	11:40	South Korea	3–0	Australia	26–24	30–28	25–22			81–74	Report
23 Sep	14:10	Japan	0–3	Iran	10–25	18–25	23–25			51–75	Report
24 Sep	11:40	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–17	25–16			75–56	Report
24 Sep	14:10	Australia	0–3	Japan	14–25	19–25	23–25			56–75	Report

Final round

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

26 September

Iran	3
		27 September
Thailand	1
		Iran	3
26 September
		Japan	2
Kazakhstan	1
				28 September
Japan	3
				Iran	3
26 September
				China	1
China	3
		27 September
Australia	0
		China	3
26 September
		Chinese Taipei	0	3rd place match
South Korea	0
				28 September
Chinese Taipei	3
				Japan	3

				Chinese Taipei	1

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

27 September

Thailand	1
		28 September
Kazakhstan	3
		Kazakhstan	3
27 September
		Australia	0
Australia	3

South Korea	1
		7th place match

		28 September

		Thailand	3

		South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Sep	11:40	China	3–0	Australia	25–22	32–30	25–23		82–75	Report
26 Sep	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	17–25	26–28		59–78	Report
26 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	25–23	19–25	22–25	25–27	91–100	Report
26 Sep	19:10	Iran	3–1	Thailand	25–22	28–30	25–20	25–16	103–88	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	11:30	Thailand	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–18	17–25	17–25	23–25		82–93	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Australia	3–1	South Korea	25–23	25–18	25–27	25–19		100–87	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:30	Iran	3–2	Japan	25–21	17–25	25–20	23–25	15–11	105–102	Report
27 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	34–32	25–22			84–77	Report