2000 AVC Cup men's club tournament

2000 Asian Club Tournament

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	22–26 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Samsung Fire (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Kim Se-jin

The 2000 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 2nd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Suphanburi, Thailand. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of Korea won the tournament after beating Paykan of Tehran, Iran.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Paykan Tehran	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	PTT	3	2	1	5	6	7	0.857	0	0	—
3	Suntory Sunbirds	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	0	0	—
4	CSKA	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 May	Suntory Sunbirds	0–3	Paykan Tehran	23–25	17–25	25–27			65–77
22 May	CSKA	3–0	PTT
23 May	PTT	3–2	Suntory Sunbirds
23 May	Paykan Tehran	3–1	CSKA	23–25	25–20	25–21	25–20		98–86
24 May	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	CSKA
24 May	PTT	3–2	Paykan Tehran

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Jin Han Wang	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	0	0	—
3	DPPK Jakarta	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	0	0	—
4	Ghazir	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 May	Ghazir	0–3	Jin Han Wang
22 May	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	3–0	DPPK Jakarta
23 May	Jin Han Wang	3–2	DPPK Jakarta
23 May	Ghazir	0–3	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
24 May	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	3–0	Jin Han Wang
24 May	DPPK Jakarta	3–0	Ghazir

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	25 May – Suphanburi
	Suntory	3
					26 May – Suphanburi
	Ghazir	0
					Suntory	0
	25 May – Suphanburi
					CSKA	3
	DPPK	0
	CSKA	3
					7th place
					26 May – Suphanburi
					Ghazir	3
					DPPK	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 May	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	Ghazir
25 May	DPPK Jakarta	0–3	CSKA

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Suntory Sunbirds	0–3	CSKA

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Suntory Sunbirds	0–3	CSKA

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	25 May – Suphanburi
	Paykan	3
					26 May – Suphanburi
	Jin Han Wang	1
					Paykan	1
	25 May – Suphanburi
					Samsung	3
	Samsung	3
	PTT	0
					3rd place
					26 May – Suphanburi
					Jin Han Wang	3
					PTT	1

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 May	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Jin Han Wang
25 May	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	3–0	PTT

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Jin Han Wang	3–1	PTT

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Paykan Tehran	1–3	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	22–25	19–25	25–18	18–25		84–93

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
	Paykan Tehran
	Jin Han Wang
4	PTT
5	CSKA
6	Suntory Sunbirds
7	Ghazir
8	DPPK Jakarta

Awards

• MVP: Kim Se-jin (Samsung)
• Best scorer: Behnam Mahmoudi (Paykan)
• Best spiker: Kim Se-jin (Samsung)
• Best blocker: Keivan Mojarradi (Paykan)
• Best receiver: Wan Hong (Jin Han Wang)
• Best setter: Bang Ji-sub (Samsung)

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• (in Persian) Results