1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1997 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Qatar
Dates	3–11 September
Teams	17
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (2nd title)

The 1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 9th Asian Championship, which took place from September 3 to September 11, 1997 in Doha, Qatar.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan (1st)	China (2nd)	Iran (4th)	South Korea (3rd)
Qatar (Host) Saudi Arabia ?	Australia (5th) Uzbekistan Philippines	Chinese Taipei (6th) Bahrain ?	Thailand (7th) Pakistan India United Arab Emirates

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Australia	3–0	Uzbekistan	15–7	15–3	15–8			45–18
04 Sep	Philippines	0–3	Australia	12–15	5–15	8–15			25–45
05 Sep	Uzbekistan	?–3	Philippines

Pool C

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Pool D

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	16–14	15–12	15–8			46–34
03 Sep	India	2–3	Thailand	7–15	15–2	15–1	10–15	12–15	59–48
04 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	11–15	9–15	8–15			28–45
04 Sep	United Arab Emirates	?–3	India
05 Sep	Thailand	3–?	United Arab Emirates
05 Sep	India	3–?	Pakistan

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		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei
06 Sep	Iran	3–1	Qatar	?–15	15–11	15–13	15–?
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Iran	15–5	15–5	15–10			45–20
07 Sep	Qatar	?–3	Chinese Taipei
08 Sep	Iran	2–3	Chinese Taipei	15–11	10–15	15–9	9–15	9–15	58–65
08 Sep	Japan	3–0	Qatar

Pool F

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan
06 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Australia	14–16	13–15	6–15			33–46
07 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	Australia	7–15	1–15	12–15			20–45
07 Sep	China	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–6	15–5			45–15
08 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	15–9	15–4	15–9			45–22
08 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	15–9	15–7	16–14			46–30

Pool G

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Pool H

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Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 9th–12th

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Thailand
	Bahrain	?–3	India
	Saudi Arabia	?–3	India
	Bahrain	3–1	Thailand

Classification 5th–8th

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Iran	3–1	Pakistan	15–13	16–17	15–2	15–7		61–39
10 Sep	Qatar	1–3	South Korea	5–15	16–14	6–15	13–15		40–59
11 Sep	Iran	0–3	South Korea	7–15	1–15	5–15			13–45
11 Sep	Qatar	?–3	Pakistan

Championship

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–8	15–8			45–19
10 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China
11 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	9–15	7–15	14–16			30–46
11 Sep	Japan	1–3	China	12–15	15–8	7–15	10–15		44–53

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Japan
	Australia
4	Chinese Taipei
5	South Korea
6	Iran
7	Pakistan
8	Qatar
9	India
10	Bahrain
11	Thailand
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Macau
14	Philippines
15	Sri Lanka
16	Uzbekistan
17	United Arab Emirates

Qualified for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Asian Men's Champions
China Second title

References

• Results