2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

2016 AVC Cup for Men

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	22–28 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Alireza Behboudi
Official website
AVC

The 2016 AVC Cup for Men was the 5th edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2015 Asian Championship. It was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 22 to 28 September 2016.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship are shown in brackets except Hosts who ranked 8th.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Hosts)	Japan (1)
China (3)	Iran (2)
Qatar (4)*	Australia (5)
Chinese Taipei (6)	South Korea (7)

* Kazakhstan replaced Qatar, who withdrew from the tournament.

Squads

Main article: 2016 AVC Cup for Men squads

Preliminary round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	16:55	Thailand	2–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–22	25–27	118–122	Report
22 Sep	19:45	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	Report
23 Sep	16:30	Thailand	0–3	China	13–25	18–25	20–25			51–75	Report
23 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	25–16	27–29	27–25	13–15	112–110	Report
24 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	25–21	20–25	25–18		95–86	Report
24 Sep	19:10	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–14	23–25	23–25	25–23	15–13	111–100	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	11:30	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–21	23–25	25–17	25–18		98–81	Report
22 Sep	14:15	Japan	2–3	South Korea	25–19	25–12	22–25	21–25	11–15	104–96	Report
23 Sep	11:40	South Korea	3–0	Australia	26–24	30–28	25–22			81–74	Report
23 Sep	14:10	Japan	0–3	Iran	10–25	18–25	23–25			51–75	Report
24 Sep	11:40	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–17	25–16			75–56	Report
24 Sep	14:10	Australia	0–3	Japan	14–25	19–25	23–25			56–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 September
	Iran	3
					27 September
	Thailand	1
					Iran	3
	26 September
					Japan	2
	Kazakhstan	1
									28 September
	Japan	3
									Iran	3
	26 September
									China	1
	China	3
					27 September
	Australia	0
					China	3
	26 September
					Chinese Taipei	0			3rd place match
	South Korea	0
									28 September
	Chinese Taipei	3
									Japan	3
									Chinese Taipei	1

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	27 September
	Thailand	1
					28 September
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	3
	27 September
					Australia	0
	Australia	3
	South Korea	1
					7th place match
					28 September
					Thailand	3
					South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	11:40	China	3–0	Australia	25–22	32–30	25–23			82–75	Report
26 Sep	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	17–25	26–28			59–78	Report
26 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	25–23	19–25	22–25	25–27		91–100	Report
26 Sep	19:10	Iran	3–1	Thailand	25–22	28–30	25–20	25–16		103–88	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	11:30	Thailand	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–18	17–25	17–25	23–25		82–93	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Australia	3–1	South Korea	25–23	25–18	25–27	25–19		100–87	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:30	Iran	3–2	Japan	25–21	17–25	25–20	23–25	15–11	105–102	Report
27 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	34–32	25–22			84–77	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	11:30	Thailand	3–0	South Korea	28–26	25–17	25–17			78–60

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–21			75–58

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:30	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	17–25	28–26	25–12		95–81

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	19:00	Iran	3–1	China	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–21		98–90

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	China
	Japan
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Kazakhstan
6	Australia
7	Thailand
8	South Korea

2016 AVC Cup for Men Champions
Iran 3rd title

14–man Roster

Esmaeilnejad, Faezi, Fallah, Shafiei, Amiri, Gholami, Mobasheri, Davoudi, Behboudi , Moazzen, Heidari, Ghara, Vadi, Cheperli

Head Coach

Shahnazi

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Alireza Behboudi

• Best Setter

Shohei Yamaguchi

• Best Outside Spikers

Liu Libin

Rahman Davoudi

• Best Middle Blockers

Masoud Gholami

Miao Ruantong

• Best Opposite Spiker

Jiang Chuan

• Best Libero

Tung Li-yi

External links

• Official website
• Team composition