2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2007 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Indonesia
Dates	31 August – 9 September
Teams	17
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Dan Howard

The 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 14th Asian Championship, which took place from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Venues

Jakarta, Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
Istora Senayan	Tennis Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity:
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Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Indonesia (Host)	Japan (1st)	China (2nd)	South Korea (3rd)
Qatar (7th) Maldives Chinese Taipei	Iran (6th) Pakistan Vietnam	Thailand (5th) Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia	India (4th) Kazakhstan Kuwait Australia

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	17:00	Qatar	1–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	30–28	24–26	21–25		94–104
01 Sep	13:45	Maldives	0–3	Qatar	15–25	15–25	14–25			44–75
02 Sep	18:15	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Maldives	25–13	25–15	25–10			75–38

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	14:45	Iran	3–1	Vietnam	25–17	25–16	23–25	25–14		98–72
01 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	1–3	Iran	18–25	25–20	22–25	21–25		86–95
02 Sep	13:45	Vietnam	2–3	Pakistan	20–25	25–21	28–26	21–25	8–15	102–112

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	20:00	Thailand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55
01 Sep	18:15	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Thailand	25–22	21–25	16–25	16–25		78–97
02 Sep	16:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Saudi Arabia	14–25	11–25	23–25			48–75

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	14:45	Australia	3–1	India	22–25	25–19	25–18	25–23		97–85
31 Aug	17:00	Kuwait	0–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	16–25	25–27			60–77
01 Sep	16:00	India	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–20	24–26	25–20	25–27	18–16	117–109
01 Sep	18:15	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–11	25–15	25–11			75–37
02 Sep	16:00	Kuwait	0–3	India	19–25	22–25	17–25			58–75
02 Sep	18:15	Kazakhstan	0–3	Australia	14–25	20–25	14–25			48–75

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
03 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–2	Thailand	25–23	22–25	25–18	22–25	15–12	109–103
03 Sep	20:30	China	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–15	20–25	25–18	25–21		95–79
04 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	2–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	25–17	31–33	25–21	16–18	114–114
04 Sep	18:15	China	3–2	Thailand	25–18	18–25	25–23	19–25	19–17	106–108
05 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	2–3	China	16–25	15–25	25–21	25–23	10–15	91–109
05 Sep	18:15	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	18–25	25–23	25–23	22–25	11–15	101–111

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	13:45	Japan	2–3	Australia	21–25	25–19	25–20	20–25	9–15	100–104
03 Sep	18:15	South Korea	3–0	Iran	27–25	28–26	25–21			80–72
04 Sep	13:45	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–22	28–26	25–15			78–63
04 Sep	20:30	South Korea	2–3	Australia	25–20	22–25	25–20	21–25	18–20	111–110
05 Sep	13:45	Japan	3–1	South Korea	25–16	26–24	21–25	25–19		97–84
05 Sep	20:30	Iran	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–17	16–25	25–22	13–15	102–104

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Sep	13:45	Qatar	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–18	25–9	29–27			79–54
04 Sep	16:00	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Maldives	25–13	25–11	25–21			75–45
05 Sep	13:45	Maldives	1–3	Sri Lanka	20–25	12–25	26–24	17–25		75–99
05 Sep	16:00	Qatar	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–23	25–17	25–23			75–63

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	18:15	India	3–0	Vietnam	25–16	25–16	25–15			75–47
03 Sep	20:30	Pakistan	3–0	Kuwait	25–18	25–13	31–29			81–60
04 Sep	18:15	Pakistan	0–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	23–25	15–25			57–75
04 Sep	20:30	Vietnam	3–0	Kuwait	25–20	25–15	25–21			75–56
05 Sep	18:15	Vietnam	1–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	17–25	25–23	18–25		78–98
05 Sep	20:30	Pakistan	0–3	India	20–25	27–29	20–25			67–79

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 13th–16th

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	13:45	Sri Lanka	3–2	Vietnam	11–25	13–25	25–21	26–24	15–13	90–108
06 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	3–0	Maldives	25–11	25–13	25–16			75–40
07 Sep	13:45	Maldives	0–3	Vietnam	18–25	23–25	18–25			59–75
07 Sep	16:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Pakistan	24–26	18–25	18–25			60–76

Classification 9th–12th

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	18:15	Qatar	1–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	25–18	16–25	20–25		82–93
06 Sep	20:30	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63
07 Sep	18:15	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	19–25	22–25			64–75
07 Sep	20:30	Qatar	2–3	India	25–22	25–21	21–25	18–25	10–15	99–108

Championship

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	13:45	China	3–0	Iran	36–34	25–22	25–20			86–76
06 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56
06 Sep	18:15	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	21–25	20–25	21–25			62–75
06 Sep	20:30	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	25–18	25–21	25–15			75–54
07 Sep	13:45	Thailand	2–3	Iran	20–25	25–22	16–25	25–22	11–15	97–109
07 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–13	25–14	25–12			75–39
07 Sep	18:15	Australia	3–0	Indonesia	25–20	36–34	27–25			88–79
07 Sep	20:30	China	0–3	South Korea	20–25	17–25	21–25			58–75
08 Sep	13:45	Australia	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60
08 Sep	16:00	China	0–3	Japan	20–25	22–25	21–25			63–75
08 Sep	18:15	Indonesia	0–3	Iran	22–25	24–26	16–25			62–76
08 Sep	20:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–22	25–21	25–17			75–60
09 Sep	11:30	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Iran	20–25	32–30	26–24	19–25	8–15	105–119
09 Sep	14:00	Indonesia	0–3	South Korea	17–25	17–25	21–25			55–75
09 Sep	16:10	China	3–2	Australia	21–25	26–24	21–25	25–23	15–12	108–109
09 Sep	18:15	Thailand	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Australia
	Japan
	South Korea
4	China
5	Iran
6	Thailand
7	Indonesia
8	Chinese Taipei
9	India
10	Kazakhstan
11	Qatar
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Pakistan
14	Sri Lanka
15	Vietnam
16	Maldives
17	Kuwait

	Qualified for the 2007 World Cup and 2008 World Olympic Qualifier 3
	Qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualifier 3
	Qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualifier 1 or 2
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2007 World Cup and 2008 World Olympic Qualifier 3
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2007 Asian Men's Champions
Australia First title

Team Roster Benjamin Hardy, Dan Howard, Luke Campbell, David Ferguson, Andrew Grant, Andrew Earl, Igor Yudin, Nathan Roberts, Paul Carroll, Phillip De Salvo, Matthew Young, Brett Alderman Head Coach: Russell Borgeuad

Awards

• MVP: Dan Howard
• Best Scorer: Mohammad Mohammadkazem
• Best Spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
• Best Blocker: Lee Sun-kyu
• Best Server: Yu Koshikawa
• Best Setter: Kosuke Tomonaga
• Best Libero: Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best Receiver: Siriphum Supachai

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• Results
• Official Report