Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:; 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1975
No. of teams	16 (Finals)
Continent	Asia (AVC)
Most recent; champion(s)	Japan (8th title)
Most titles	Japan (8 titles)

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Asia and Oceania, organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Japan, which won its eighth title at the 2015 tournament in Iran.

History

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
1975 Details	Melbourne	Japan	Round-robin	South Korea	China	Round-robin	Australia	7
1979 Details	Manama	China	Round-robin	South Korea	Japan	Round-robin	Australia	15
1983 Details	Tokyo	Japan	Round-robin	China	South Korea	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei	11
1987 Details	Kuwait City	Japan	3–0	China	South Korea	3–0	Kuwait	17
1989 Details	Seoul	South Korea	3–0	Japan	China	3–2	Pakistan	19
1991 Details	Perth	Japan	Round-robin	South Korea	China	Round-robin	Australia	15
1993 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	Japan	3–2	China	16
1995 Details	Seoul	Japan	Round-robin	China	South Korea	Round-robin	Iran	14
1997 Details	Doha	China	Round-robin	Japan	Australia	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei	17
1999 Details	Tehran	China	Round-robin	Australia	South Korea	Round-robin	Japan	14
2001 Details	Changwon	South Korea	3–1	Australia	Japan	3–1	China	12
2003 Details	Tianjin	South Korea	Round-robin	China	Iran	Round-robin	Australia	15
2005 Details	Suphan Buri	Japan	3–0	China	South Korea	3–1	India	18
2007 Details	Jakarta	Australia	Round-robin	Japan	South Korea	Round-robin	China	17
2009 Details	Manila	Japan	3–1	Iran	South Korea	3–1	China	18
2011 Details	Tehran	Iran	3–1	China	South Korea	3–1	Australia	16
2013 Details	Dubai	Iran	3–0	South Korea	China	3–1	Japan	21
2015 Details	Tehran	Japan	3–1	Iran	China	3–2	Qatar	16
2017 Details	TBA
2019 Details	TBA

Medals Summary

Total		18	18	18	54
1	Japan	8	3	3	14
2	South Korea	4	4	8	16
3	China	3	6	5	14
4	Iran	2	2	1	5
5	Australia	1	2	1	4
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1

Participating nations

Nation	1975	1979	1983	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Afghanistan																15th	20th			2
Australia	4th	4th	6th	11th	10th	4th	6th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	1st	7th	4th	5th	5th		18
Bahrain		14th		8th	16th				10th	10th		13th	10th				12th	12th		9
Bangladesh					17th		16th													2
China	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd		18
Chinese Taipei			4th	6th	9th	5th	10th	6th	4th	7th	6th	9th	13th	8th	8th	13th	9th	6th		16
Hong Kong			10th		14th						12th		18th		17th					5
India		5th	5th	5th	6th	10th	9th		9th	9th	7th	5th	4th	9th	9th	6th	7th	11th		16
Indonesia	6th		9th			6th				6th			11th	7th	6th	11th			Q	8
Iran		6th		10th	8th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	5th	3rd	6th	5th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		16
Iraq		8th		9th	7th												13th			4
Japan	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	1st	2nd	1st	5th	4th	1st		18
Jordan				17th																1
Kazakhstan							2nd	14th		11th	9th	8th		10th	5th	9th	10th	9th		10
Kuwait		7th	7th	4th	5th		14th	13th		14th				17th			17th	14th		10
Lebanon		13th													11th		8th			3
Macau									13th											1
Maldives														16th	18th					2
Myanmar															10th		18th			2
Nepal			11th		18th															2
New Zealand	7th	11th	8th	12th	12th	12th	11th	12th				14th	15th							10
North Korea						11th														1
Oman																	19th	15th		2
Pakistan				7th	4th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th		7th	9th	13th		7th		10th		12
Philippines	5th						15th	11th	14th				14th		15th					6
Qatar					19th		12th	10th	8th	13th	11th	11th	7th	11th	14th	12th	11th	4th		13
Samoa						15th														1
Saudi Arabia		9th		13th		13th			12th		8th	12th		12th			21st			8
Singapore		12th																		1
South Korea	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th		18
Sri Lanka					13th		13th	9th	15th	12th				14th	16th	8th	15th	13th		10
Syria		10th																		1
Thailand				14th	15th	9th	7th	7th	11th			10th	5th	6th	13th	10th	6th	8th		13
Turkmenistan																14th		16th		2
United Arab Emirates				15th	11th	14th			17th		10th	15th	17th				14th			8
Uzbekistan									16th				16th			16th	16th			4
Vietnam													12th	15th	12th					3
Yemen		15th		16th																2
Total	7	15	11	17	19	15	16	14	17	14	12	15	18	17	18	16	21	16

MVP by edition

1975–1997 – Not awarded
1999 – Behnam Mahmoudi (IRI)
2001 – Shin Jin-sik (KOR)
2003 – Yejju Subba Rao (IND)
2005 – Marcos Sugiyama (JPN)
2007 – Dan Howard (AUS)
2009 – Tatsuya Fukuzawa (JPN)
2011 – Arash Kamalvand (IRI)
2013 – Saeid Marouf (IRI)
2015 – Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN)

References

Sports123.com

External links

Official AVC website

v t e AVC Asian Men's Championship
Tournaments	Melbourne 1975 Manama 1979 Tokyo 1983 Kuwait City 1987 Seoul 1989 Perth 1991 Nakhon Ratchasima 1993 Seoul 1995 Doha 1997 Tehran 1999 Changwon 2001 Tianjin 2003 Suphan Buri 2005 Jakarta 2007 Manila 2009 Tehran 2011 Dubai 2013 Tehran 2015 Gresik 2017 Tehran 2019 Chiba / Funabashi 2021 Urmia 2023
Squads	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Awards	Awards Most Valuable Player