2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship

2008 Asian Junior Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	23–31 August
Teams	13
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mojtaba Ghiasi

The 2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship was held in Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran from 23 August to 31 August 2008.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 1st) Qatar (8th) Maldives	Japan (2nd) Australia (7th) Kazakhstan United Arab Emirates *	India (3rd) South Korea (6th) Sri Lanka Indonesia	Chinese Taipei (4th) China (5th) Pakistan Kuwait *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Aug	17:30	Iran	3–0	Maldives	25–10	25–6	25–9			75–25
24 Aug	17:00	Qatar	3–0	Maldives	25–14	25–13	25–15			75–42
25 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–13	25–13	25–15			75–41

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Aug	17:30	Australia	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–20		98–83
24 Aug	17:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–23	25–22			75–62
25 Aug	15:00	Japan	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–13		96–75

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Aug	14:00	Indonesia	3–2	Sri Lanka	25–16	31–33	23–25	25–23	15–12	119–109
23 Aug	19:30	South Korea	1–3	India	20–25	25–23	22–25	21–25		88–98
24 Aug	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–19	25–20	25–14			75–53
24 Aug	15:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–15	25–17	25–12			75–44
25 Aug	11:00	Indonesia	0–3	India	21–25	18–25	25–27			64–77
25 Aug	17:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	South Korea	13–25	14–25	20–25			47–75

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Aug	11:00	Pakistan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–22	25–16	23–25	25–18		98–81
24 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	0–3	China	22–25	18–25	18–25			58–75
25 Aug	15:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–14	25–21	25–19			75–54

Classification round

• 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

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Aug	15:00	India	3–0	Qatar	25–14	25–14	25–13			75–41
26 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–1	South Korea	23–25	25–22	25–22	25–23		98–92
27 Aug	15:00	Qatar	0–3	South Korea	16–25	17–25	22–25			55–75
27 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–1	India	26–24	23–25	25–12	25–18		99–79

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Aug	13:00	Australia	1–3	Pakistan	25–20	15–25	34–36	16–25		90–106
26 Aug	19:00	China	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–22		98–88
27 Aug	13:00	Japan	0–3	Pakistan	15–25	22–25	15–25			52–75
27 Aug	19:00	Australia	1–3	China	25–23	14–25	18–25	23–25		80–98

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Aug	09:00	Maldives	0–3	Sri Lanka	18–25	14–25	9–25			41–75
27 Aug	11:00	Maldives	0–3	Indonesia	13–25	10–25	5–25			28–75

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Aug	11:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	16–25	26–24	16–25		78–99

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	29 August – Tehran
	Indonesia	3
					30 August – Tehran
	Kazakhstan	0
					Indonesia	1
	29 August – Tehran
					Chinese Taipei	3
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Sri Lanka	0
					11th place
					30 August – Tehran
					Kazakhstan	1
					Sri Lanka	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	09:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–12	28–26			78–55
29 Aug	11:00	Indonesia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–14	25–19			75–54

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	09:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Sri Lanka	25–20	17–25	19–25	24–26		85–96

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–23	18–25	17–25	22–25		82–98

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	29 August – Tehran
	Iran	3
					30 August – Tehran
	Japan	0
					Iran	3
	29 August – Tehran
					Pakistan	0
	Pakistan	3
									31 August – Tehran
	South Korea	0
									Iran	3
	29 August – Tehran
									China	1
	China	3
					30 August – Tehran
	Qatar	0
					China	3
	29 August – Tehran
					India	1			3rd place
	India	3
									31 August – Tehran
	Australia	0
									Pakistan	3
									India	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	30 August – Tehran
	Japan	2
					31 August – Tehran
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	0
	30 August – Tehran
					Australia	3
	Qatar	0
	Australia	3
					7th place
					31 August – Tehran
					Japan	3
					Qatar	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	13:00	India	3–0	Australia	25–16	25–17	31–29			81–62
29 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	27–25			77–64
29 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57
29 Aug	19:00	China	3–0	Qatar	25–14	25–17	25–21			75–52

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	13:00	Japan	2–3	South Korea	25–21	22–25	27–25	22–25	11–15	107–111
30 Aug	15:00	Qatar	0–3	Australia	17–25	19–25	13–25			49–75

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Pakistan	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63
30 Aug	19:00	China	3–1	India	21–25	25–18	25–19	25–23		96–85

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	10:00	Japan	3–0	Qatar	25–14	27–25	25–20			77–59

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	12:00	South Korea	0–3	Australia	25–27	26–28	21–25			72–80

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	3–0	India	25–12	25–11	25–20			75–43

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–1	China	25–15	25–18	23–25	25–22		98–80

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	China
	Pakistan
4	India
5	Australia
6	South Korea
7	Japan
8	Qatar
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Indonesia
11	Sri Lanka
12	Kazakhstan
13	Maldives

Qualified for the 2009 World Junior Championship

2008 Asian Junior Men's Champions
Iran Fourth title

Team Roster Mojtaba Shaban, Alireza Jadidi, Hamed Bagherpour, Golmohammad Sakhavi, Farhad Salafzoun, Edris Daneshfar, Farhad Ghaemi, Ebrahim Chabokian, Arash Kamalvand, Mohammad Taher Vadi, Mojtaba Ghiasi Head Coach: Mostafa Karkhaneh

Awards

• MVP: Mojtaba Ghiasi
• Best Scorer: Dai Qingyao
• Best Spiker: Dai Qingyao
• Best Blocker: Alireza Jadidi
• Best Server: Mojtaba Ghiasi
• Best Setter: Farhad Salafzoun
• Best Digger: Golmohammad Sakhavi
• Best Receiver: Shahrukh Khan

External links

• www.asianvolleyball.org
• www.volleyball.ir