2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
バレーボールアジア選手権; 日本 2021
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
City	Chiba and Funabashi
Dates	12–19 September
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP	Saber Kazemi
Best Setter	Javad Karimi
Best OH	Milad Ebadipour ; Yūki Ishikawa
Best MB	Aliasghar Mojarad ; Li Yongzhen
Best OPP	Kento Miyaura
Best Libero	Mohammad Reza Hazratpour
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Attendance	16,615 (297 per match)
Official website
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The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first edition of the Asian Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Host selection

On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Championship:^[1]

Japan

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be selected by

team for the host country
teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
teams from each zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified teams

Event(s)		Dates	Location	Berths	Qualifier(s)
Host nation		11 February 2020	N/A	1	Japan
2019 Asian Championship		13 – 21 September 2019	Tehran	9^A	Iran Australia ~~Japan~~ South Korea Chinese Taipei China Pakistan India Qatar Kazakhstan
Direct zonal wildcards	East Asia	No later than 2 February 2021	N/A	1	Hong Kong
	Southeast Asia			1^B	Thailand
	West Asia			3^B	Bahrain Saudi Arabia Kuwait
2021 Central Asian Qualifier		14 July 2021	Colombo	1^C	~~Sri Lanka~~ Uzbekistan
Total				16

^A Japan qualified as the hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to zonal entrants.

^B Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam also submitted their entry for their participation in the tournament. However they could not be accommodated due to all 16 teams already confirmed at the time; This include the confirmation of the participation of 3 Western Asian teams and the conclusion of the Central Asia qualifier. Thailand was granted the sole Southeast Asian berth, the top ranked Southeast Asian team in the 2019 edition, which has earlier confirmed their participation. No qualification tournament was held.^[2]

^C Sri Lanka originally qualified but withdrew due to all of its players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Uzbekistan replaced Sri Lanka in August 2021.^[3]

Zonal qualification

Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[4]

Time is Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	14:30	Sri Lanka	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–23	25–13	25–22			75–58	Report

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2019 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 July 2021.^[5] Final standings of the 2019 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 3rd.

Pots

Seeded Teams		Pot 2	Pot 3
Japan (Hosts) Iran (1) Australia (2) South Korea (4)	Chinese Taipei (5) China (6) Pakistan (7) India (8)	Qatar (9) Kazakhstan (10) Thailand (11) Sri Lanka (14)*	Kuwait (15) Hong Kong (16) Bahrain (N/A) Saudi Arabia (N/A)

Sri Lanka withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team, and was replaced by Uzbekistan.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan (Hosts)	Iran (1)	Australia (2)	South Korea (4)
India (8)	Pakistan (7)	China (6)	Chinese Taipei (5)
Qatar	Thailand	~~Sri Lanka~~ Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan
Bahrain	Hong Kong	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia

Classification round

Final eight				9th–16th places
Pool E		Pool F		Pool G		Pool H
1A	Japan (Hosts)	1B	Iran	3A	Bahrain	3B	Thailand
1C	Australia	1D	Chinese Taipei	3C	Kuwait	3D	Saudi Arabia
2A	Qatar	2B	Pakistan	4A	India	4B	Hong Kong
2C	China	2D	South Korea	4C	Uzbekistan	4D	Kazakhstan

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round, Pool E, F, 5th–8th places and Final four	Preliminary round, Pool G, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places
Chiba, Japan	Funabashi, Japan
Chiba Port Arena	Funabashi Arena
Capacity: 7,512	Capacity: 4,368

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

	Qualified for the Final eight (Pools E and F)
	Qualified for the 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)

Pool A

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Sep	09:30	CPA	Bahrain	3–0	India	27–25	25–21	25–21		77–67	P2
12 Sep	18:00	CPA	Japan	3–0	Qatar	25–20	25–23	25–21		75–64	P2
13 Sep	12:00	CPA	India	0–3	Qatar	22–25	14–25	20–25		56–75	P2
13 Sep	18:00	CPA	Bahrain	1–3	Japan	25–23	17–25	23–25	16–25	81–98	P2
14 Sep	12:00	CPA	Qatar	3–0	Bahrain	25–19	25–20	26–24		76–63	P2
14 Sep	18:00	CPA	Japan	3–0	India	25–15	25–15	25–18		75–48	P2

Pool B

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	15:00	CPA	Thailand	2–3	Pakistan	25–22	23–25	25–21	23–25	12–15	108–108	P2
12 Sep	15:00	FBA	Iran	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–18	25–19			75–49	P2
13 Sep	09:30	CPA	Hong Kong	1–3	Pakistan	16–25	26–24	11–25	12–25		65–99	P2
13 Sep	15:00	CPA	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–12	25–18			75–47	P2
14 Sep	09:30	CPA	Pakistan	0–3	Iran	20–25	19–25	15–25			54–75	P2
14 Sep	15:00	CPA	Thailand	3–1	Hong Kong	25–22	17–25	29–27	25–18		96–92	P2

Pool C

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:30	FBA	Kuwait	0–3	China	12–25	16–25	18–25			46–75	P2
12 Sep	17:30	FBA	Australia	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–16	25–19	25–19			75–54	P2
13 Sep	12:30	FBA	Uzbekistan	0–3	China	14–25	18–25	16–25			48–75	P2
13 Sep	15:00	FBA	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–21	25–14	25–9			75–44	P2
14 Sep	10:05	FBA	Kuwait	3–1	Uzbekistan	29–27	16–25	25–21	25–21		95–94	P2
14 Sep	17:40	FBA	China	2–3	Australia	27–25	25–20	21–25	26–28	12–15	111–113	P2

Pool D

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Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Sep	10:00	FBA	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–20	25–22	25–19		75–61	P2
12 Sep	12:00	CPA	Saudi Arabia	0–3	South Korea	18–25	17–25	20–25		55–75	P2
13 Sep	10:00	FBA	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	16–25	17–25		48–75	P2
13 Sep	17:30	FBA	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–17	25–16		75–54	P2
14 Sep	12:45	FBA	Kazakhstan	0–3	Saudi Arabia	23–25	21–25	23–25		67–75	P2
14 Sep	15:00	FBA	Chinese Taipei	3–1	South Korea	23–25	25–21	25–20	25–21	98–87	P2

Classification round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
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.

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:20	Qatar	3–0	Australia	25–20	25–20	25–21			75–61	P2
16 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	China	19–25	29–27	21–25	19–25		88–102	P2
17 Sep	12:00	Qatar	2–3	China	26–28	25–21	28–26	19–25	10–15	108–115	P2
17 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–17	25–23			75–63	P2

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
16 Sep	09:30	Pakistan	1–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	25–22	23–25	22–25	90–97	P2
16 Sep	15:00	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–18	25–20		75–57	P2
17 Sep	09:30	Pakistan	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–22	25–14		75–59	P2
17 Sep	15:15	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–10	25–23	25–11		75–44	P2

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:30	India	3–0	Kuwait	25–20	25–20	25–20	75–60	P2
16 Sep	15:00	Bahrain	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–19	27–25	25–19	77–63	P2
17 Sep	10:00	India	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–19	25–13	25–22	75–54	P2
17 Sep	17:30	Bahrain	3–0	Kuwait	25–21	25–19	25–19	75–59	P2

Pool H

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
16 Sep	10:00	Thailand	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–18	23–25	19–25	22–25	89–93	P2
16 Sep	17:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Saudi Arabia	12–25	18–25	19–25		49–75	P2
17 Sep	12:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Kazakhstan	16–25	21–25	16–25		53–75	P2
17 Sep	15:00	Thailand	1–3	Saudi Arabia	20–25	25–20	19–25	22–25	86–95	P2

Final round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

18 September

Kuwait	2
		19 September
Hong Kong	3
		Hong Kong	0
18 September
		Uzbekistan	3
Uzbekistan	3

Thailand	2
		15th place match

		19 September

		Kuwait	1

		Thailand	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	10:00	Uzbekistan	3–2	Thailand	28–26	23–25	25–19	22–25	20–18	118–113	P2
18 Sep	13:00	Kuwait	2–3	Hong Kong	18–25	25–22	21–25	25–20	14–16	103–108	P2

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	12:30	Kuwait	1–3	Thailand	16–25	25–21	23–25	20–25		84–96	P2

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	10:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Uzbekistan	20–25	23–25	21–25			64–75	P2

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

18 September

Bahrain	3
		19 September
Kazakhstan	1
		Bahrain	2
18 September
		India	3
India	3

Saudi Arabia	0
		11th place match

		19 September

		Kazakhstan	3

		Saudi Arabia	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	15:55	Bahrain	3–1	Kazakhstan	16–25	25–23	28–26	25–22		94–96	P2
18 Sep	18:30	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	P2

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–16	25–20	25–23			75–59	P2

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Bahrain	2–3	India	16–25	23–25	25–20	25–23	14–16	103–109	P2

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

18 September

Qatar	3
		19 September
South Korea	0
		Qatar	3
18 September
		Australia	0
Australia	3

Pakistan	0
		7th place match

		19 September

		South Korea	0

		Pakistan	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	09:30	Qatar	3–0	South Korea	25–16	32–30	25–22			82–68	P2
18 Sep	12:00	Australia	3–0	Pakistan	25–16	26–24	25–23			76–63	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	09:30	South Korea	0–3	Pakistan	23–25	15–25	26–28			64–78	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	12:00	Qatar	3–0	Australia	25–21	25–11	25–23			75–55	P2

Final four

Semifinals		Final

18 September

Japan	3
		19 September
Chinese Taipei	1
		Japan	0
18 September
		Iran	3
China	1

Iran	3
		3rd place match

		19 September

		Chinese Taipei	0

		China	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	15:05	China	1–3	Iran	22–25	25–17	22–25	17–25		86–92	P2
18 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–16	22–25	25–21	25–20		97–82	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	15:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	18:00	Japan	0–3	Iran	25–27	22–25	29–31			76–83	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	Japan
	China
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Qatar
6	Australia
7	Pakistan
8	South Korea
9	India
10	Bahrain
11	Kazakhstan
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Uzbekistan
14	Hong Kong
15	Thailand
16	Kuwait

	Qualified for the 2022 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2022 World Championship via the FIVB World Ranking
	Qualified for the 2022 Asian Cup
	Qualified for the 2022 Asian Cup as hosts

2021 Asian Men's Champions
Iran 4th title

14–man Roster

Mahdi Jelveh, Milad Ebadipour (c), Reza Abedini, Amir Hossein Toukhteh, Aliasghar Mojarad, Esmaeil Mosafer, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Meisam Salehi, Saber Kazemi, Amir Hossein Esfandiar, Ali Ramezani, Javad Karimi, Amin Esmaeilnejad, Abolfazl Gholipour

Head Coach

Behrouz Ataei

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Saber Kazemi (IRI)

Best Setter

Javad Karimi (IRI)

Best Outside Spikers

Milad Ebadipour (IRI)

Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)

Best Middle Blockers

Aliasghar Mojarad (IRI)

Li Yongzhen (CHN)

Best Opposite Spiker

Kento Miyaura (JPN)

Best Libero

Mohammad Reza Hazratpour (IRI)

References

^ "AVC Sports Events Council reviews tasks completed and discusses future challenges". AVC. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "AVC in Denial Over Teams' Entry Submission for 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Uzbekistan gets AVC Nod to Replace COVID-stricken Sri Lanka in 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ Farzan, Zulfick (14 July 2021). "Sri Lanka defeats Uzbekistan 3–0 to enter 21st Senior Asian Volleyball Championship". News 1st. MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Drawing of lots for 21st Asian Senior Men's and Women's Volleyball Championships Unveiled". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

[1] "AVC Sports Events Council reviews tasks completed and discusses future challenges". AVC. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[2] "AVC in Denial Over Teams' Entry Submission for 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[3] "Uzbekistan gets AVC Nod to Replace COVID-stricken Sri Lanka in 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[4] Farzan, Zulfick (14 July 2021). "Sri Lanka defeats Uzbekistan 3–0 to enter 21st Senior Asian Volleyball Championship". News 1st. MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[avcdraw-5] "Drawing of lots for 21st Asian Senior Men's and Women's Volleyball Championships Unveiled". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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Host selection

Qualification

Qualified teams

Zonal qualification

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Classification round

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links