Men's Asian U23 Volleyball Championship

Men's Asian U23 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2015
First season	2015
No. of teams	11 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Iran (2nd title)
Most titles	Iran (2 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2015. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship.

The current champion is Iran, which won its second title at the 2017 tournament in home soil. Both tournaments have been won by Iran.

The 2017 Asian Championship took place in Ardabil, Iran.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
2015 Details	Naypyidaw		Iran	3–0	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	3–1	China		16
2017 Details	Ardabil		Iran	3–0	Japan		Chinese Taipei	3–1	Thailand		11

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Iran	2 (2015, 2017)
South Korea		1 (2015)
Japan		1 (2017)
Chinese Taipei			2 (2015, 2017)
China				1 (2015)
Thailand				1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
CAZVA (Central Asia)	Iran (2)	2 titles

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
1	Myanmar	2015
	Iran	2017

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
4	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Nation	2015	2017	Years
Australia	10th	11th	2
China	4th	5th	2
Chinese Taipei	3rd	3rd	2
India	8th		1
Indonesia	9th		1
Iran	1st	1st	2
Japan	6th	2nd	2
Kazakhstan	13th	7th	2
Malaysia		8th	1
Maldives	16th		1
Myanmar	5th		1
Pakistan		6th	1
Philippines	14th		1
Qatar	11th		1
Saudi Arabia	12th		1
South Korea	2nd		1
Sri Lanka		10th	1
Thailand	7th	4th	2
Uzbekistan		9th	1
Vietnam	15th		1
Total	16	11

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2015	Australia	16
	China
	Chinese Taipei
	India
	Indonesia
	Iran
	Japan
	Kazakhstan
	Maldives
	Myanmar
	Philippines
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
	South Korea
	Thailand
	Vietnam
2017	Malaysia	4
	Pakistan
	Sri Lanka
	Uzbekistan

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Tournament	Most Valuable Player
2015 Naypyidaw	Pouria Fayazi
2017 Ardabil	Rahman Taghizadeh

Best Opposite Spiker

Tournament	Best Opposite Spiker
2015 Naypyidaw	Jung Ji-seok
2017 Ardabil	Amin Esmaeilnejad

Best Outside Spikers

Tournament	Best Outside Spikers
2015 Naypyidaw	Pouria Fayazi
	Liu Hung-Min
2017 Ardabil	Masato Katsuoka
	Esmaeil Mosafer

Best Middle Blockers

Tournament	Best Middle Blockers
2015 Naypyidaw	Kim In-hyeok
	Javad Hosseinabadi
2017 Ardabil	Lee Hsing-kuo
	Sahand Allahverdian

Best Setter

Tournament	Best Setter
2015 Naypyidaw	Mostafa Bagheri
2017 Ardabil	Masaki Oya

Best Libero

Tournament	Best Libero
2015 Naypyidaw	Lee Ji-hun
2017 Ardabil	Su Hou-chen

See also

• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship

External links

• Official AVC website