2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
	Tehran 2015 Official Logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	31 July – 8 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (8th title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	China
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament awards
MVP	Kunihiro Shimizu
Official website
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The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the eighteenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from 31 July to 8 August 2015.

Qualification

If there are not more than 16 teams, all teams will compete in the tournament.
If there are more than 16 teams, participating teams are:
– The host nation
– Top 10 ranked teams from the previous edition
– Representatives from each of the five Asian Volleyball Confederation Zonal Associations

There are 17 teams applied for the competition.^[1] But all teams can participate in the tournament.

Central Asia	Eastern Asia	Oceania	Southeastern Asia	Western Asia
Iran India Kazakhstan Pakistan Sri Lanka Turkmenistan	China Chinese Taipei Japan South Korea	Australia	Thailand	Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014.^[2] AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn in Tehran, Iran on 22 April 2015.^[3] But, Saudi Arabia later withdrew and Oman moved from pool A to C to balance the number of teams in each pool. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 10th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Hosts)	Australia (13)	South Korea (16)	China (17)
Kazakhstan (42)	India (39)	Thailand (36)	Japan (21)
Kuwait (56)	Turkmenistan (141)	Pakistan (52)	Sri Lanka (68)
~~Oman (138)~~	Qatar (45)	~~Saudi Arabia (56)~~	Bahrain (42)
Chinese Taipei (45)		Oman (138)

Venues

Preliminary round, Pool E, F and Final eight	Preliminary round, Pool G, H and Final round
Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Points ratio
Sets 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 Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	227	163	1.393	9	0	MAX	Final eight (Pools E and F)
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	228	222	1.027	6	4	1.500	Final eight (Pools E and F)
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	229	231	0.991	4	6	0.667	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	160	228	0.702	0	9	0.000	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AVH	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–22	24–26	25–21	25–21	99–90	Report
31 Jul	19:00	AIS	Kuwait	0–3	Iran	13–25	22–25	13–25		48–75	Report
1 Aug	15:00	AVH	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kuwait	28–26	25–17	25–14		78–57	Report
1 Aug	19:00	AIS	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	23–25	16–25	25–27		64–77	Report
2 Aug	17:00	AVH	Kazakhstan	3–0	Kuwait	25–17	25–20	25–18		75–55	Report
2 Aug	19:00	AIS	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–16	25–19		75–51	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	9	279	228	1.224	9	2	4.500	Final eight (Pools E and F)
2	Australia	3	2	1	6	244	211	1.156	7	3	2.333	Final eight (Pools E and F)
3	India	3	1	2	3	190	217	0.876	3	6	0.500	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	3	0	196	253	0.775	1	9	0.111	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
31 Jul	15:00	AVH	India	3–0	Turkmenistan	27–25	25–21	25–21		77–67	Report
31 Jul	17:00	AVH	Qatar	3–1	Australia	25–22	28–30	25–22	25–20	103–94	Report
1 Aug	13:00	AIS	Turkmenistan	0–3	Australia	11–25	21–25	22–25		54–75	Report
1 Aug	17:00	AVH	India	0–3	Qatar	18–25	19–25	22–25		59–75	Report
2 Aug	13:00	AVH	Turkmenistan	1–3	Qatar	14–25	28–26	13–25	20–25	75–101	Report
2 Aug	15:00	AVH	Australia	3–0	India	25–19	25–19	25–16		75–54	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	8	265	220	1.205	9	2	4.500	Final eight (Pools E and F)
2	Thailand	3	2	1	5	328	308	1.065	8	7	1.143	Final eight (Pools E and F)
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	4	229	246	0.931	5	6	0.833	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4	Oman	3	0	3	1	219	267	0.820	2	9	0.222	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AIS	Oman	0–3	South Korea	19–25	17–25	27–29			63–79	Report
31 Jul	15:00	AIS	Pakistan	2–3	Thailand	25–23	25–20	23–25	18–25	13–15	104–108	Report
1 Aug	13:00	AVH	Oman	0–3	Pakistan	23–25	21–25	19–25			63–75	Report
1 Aug	15:00	AIS	South Korea	3–2	Thailand	26–24	21–25	24–26	25–21	15–11	111–107	Report
2 Aug	13:00	AIS	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	25–21	25–12	25–17			75–50	Report
2 Aug	15:00	AIS	Thailand	3–2	Oman	25–27	25–20	23–25	25–11	15–10	113–93	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	248	199	1.246	9	1	9.000	Final eight (Pools E and F)
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	256	234	1.094	7	4	1.750	Final eight (Pools E and F)
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	3	196	210	0.933	3	6	0.500	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0	189	246	0.768	1	9	0.111	9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
31 Jul	17:00	AIS	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–22	25–20		75–53	Report
31 Jul	19:00	AVH	Japan	3–0	Bahrain	26–24	25–12	25–23		76–59	Report
1 Aug	17:00	AIS	China	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–17	23–25	25–22	98–84	Report
1 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	0–3	Bahrain	21–25	22–25	16–25		59–75	Report
2 Aug	17:00	AIS	Bahrain	0–3	China	18–25	23–25	21–25		62–75	Report
2 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–21	16–25	20–25	77–96	Report

Classification round

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
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 classification round.

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	8	281	253	1.111	9	3	3.000	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	6	244	197	1.239	7	3	2.333
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	178	214	0.832	3	6	0.500
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	222	261	0.851	2	9	0.222

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Aug	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–20	25–17		75–52	Report
3 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–11	25–20		75–51	Report
4 Aug	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–20	25–22		75–64	Report
4 Aug	19:00	Iran	1–3	South Korea	25–17	26–28	20–25	23–25	94–95	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	8	273	247	1.105	9	3	3.000	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	3	2	1	6	299	300	0.997	8	6	1.333
3	Australia	3	1	2	3	260	269	0.967	4	7	0.571
4	Japan	3	0	3	1	281	297	0.946	4	9	0.444

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	15:00	Qatar	3–2	Japan	25–19	25–23	15–25	19–25	17–15	101–107	Report
3 Aug	17:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–21	26–24			76–68	Report
4 Aug	15:00	Australia	3–1	Japan	23–25	25–21	25–23	25–21		98–90	Report
4 Aug	17:00	Qatar	2–3	China	25–17	16–25	25–17	19–25	10–15	95–99	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	8	274	241	1.137	9	3	3.000	9th–12th semifinals
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	6	281	269	1.045	8	5	1.600	9th–12th semifinals
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	4	255	273	0.934	5	7	0.714	13th–16th semifinals
4	Oman	3	0	3	0	241	268	0.899	2	9	0.222	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–23	20–25	25–17		95–87	Report
3 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	3–2	Kuwait	25–19	25–23	21–25	21–25	15–10	107–102	Report
4 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Oman	25–22	23–25	25–21	25–23		98–91	Report
4 Aug	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Pakistan	21–25	25–20	18–25	25–17	15–12	104–99	Report

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	8	249	227	1.097	9	2	4.500	9th–12th semifinals
2	India	3	2	1	7	254	221	1.149	8	3	2.667	9th–12th semifinals
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	3	217	236	0.919	3	7	0.429	13th–16th semifinals
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	3	0	219	255	0.859	1	9	0.111	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	17:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
3 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	3–0	Turkmenistan	29–27	25–17	25–22			79–66	Report
4 Aug	17:00	Turkmenistan	1–3	Sri Lanka	19–25	18–25	26–24	23–25		86–99	Report
4 Aug	19:00	India	2–3	Bahrain	16–25	25–15	25–14	22–25	14–16	102–95	Report

Final round

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

6 August

Kuwait	3
		7 August
Turkmenistan	1
		Kuwait	0
6 August
		Sri Lanka	3
Sri Lanka	3

Oman	1
		15th place match

		7 August

		Turkmenistan	2

		Oman	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Turkmenistan	23–25	25–20	25–19	27–25		100–89	Report
6 Aug	15:00	Sri Lanka	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–14		96–80	Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	13:00	Turkmenistan	2–3	Oman	25–22	26–24	19–25	28–30	10–15	108–116	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	15:00	Kuwait	0–3	Sri Lanka	26–28	17–25	14–25			57–78	Report

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

6 August

Kazakhstan	3
		7 August
India	1
		Kazakhstan	3
6 August
		Pakistan	0
Bahrain	2

Pakistan	3
		11th place match

		7 August

		India	3

		Bahrain	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	17:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	India	25–15	26–24	30–32	25–21		106–92	Report
6 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	2–3	Pakistan	25–21	20–25	25–27	25–15	9–15	104–103	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	17:00	India	3–2	Bahrain	18–25	25–23	25–13	18–25	15–13	101–99	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Pakistan	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report

Final eight

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

6 August

China	3
		7 August
Thailand	0
		China	2
6 August
		Iran	3
Iran	3
				8 August
Australia	1
				Iran	1
6 August
				Japan	3
South Korea	2
		7 August
Japan	3
		Japan	3
6 August
		Qatar	1	3rd place match
Qatar	3
				8 August
Chinese Taipei	1
				China	3

				Qatar	2

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

7 August

Thailand	0
		8 August
Australia	3
		Australia	3
7 August
		Chinese Taipei	1
South Korea	1

Chinese Taipei	3
		7th place match

		8 August

		Thailand	0

		South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	13:00	AIS	South Korea	2–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	25–20	25–15	13–15	102–100	Report
6 Aug	15:00	AIS	China	3–0	Thailand	25–20	27–25	30–28			82–73	Report
6 Aug	17:00	AIS	Qatar	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	17–25	25–22		92–86	Report
6 Aug	19:00	AIS	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–20	14–25	25–18	25–20		89–83	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	13:00	AIS	Thailand	0–3	Australia	14–25	22–25	16–25			52–75	Report
7 Aug	15:00	AIS	South Korea	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	15–25	19–25	16–25		75–96	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	17:00	AIS	Japan	3–1	Qatar	22–25	25–23	25–17	25–23		97–88	Report
7 Aug	19:00	AIS	China	2–3	Iran	25–21	25–20	9–25	19–25	14–16	92–107	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	13:00	AVH	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	22–25	18–25	22–25			62–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	15:00	AVH	Australia	3–1	Chinese Taipei	32–30	25–15	21–25	25–22		103–92	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	15:00	AIS	China	3–2	Qatar	25–23	25–19	21–25	24–26	15–9	110–102	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	17:30	AIS	Iran	1–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	25–18	22–25		86–93	Report

Final standing

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

2015 Asian Men's champions
Japan 8th title

12–man roster

Kunihiro Shimizu (c), Daisuke Sakai, Yuta Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Akihiro Fukatsu, Masashi Kuriyama, Akihiro Yamauchi, Hideomi Fukatsu, Masahiro Yanagida, Takashi Dekita, Yuta Yoneyama, Hiroaki Asano

Head coach

Masashi Nambu

Awards

Most valuable player
Kunihiro Shimizu
Best setter
Hideomi Fukatsu
Best outside spikers
Purya Fayazi

Hamzeh Zarini
Best middle blockers
Zhang Zhejia

Mostafa Sharifat
Best opposite spiker
Farhad Piroutpour
Best libero
Daisuke Sakai

References

^ "The number of teams which participate in the tournament". AVC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 September 2014)". FIVB. 22 September 2014.
^ "Drawing of lot". Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

[1] "The number of teams which participate in the tournament". AVC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

[2] "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 September 2014)". FIVB. 22 September 2014.

[3] "Drawing of lot". Retrieved 29 April 2015.

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Qualification

Pools composition

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links