2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	September 5–12
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yejju Subba Rao

The 2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 12th Asian Championship, which took place from September 5 to September 12, 2003 in Tianjin, China.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (Host & 4th) Saudi Arabia (8th) Kazakhstan	South Korea (1st) India (7th) Bahrain Thailand	Australia (2nd) Chinese Taipei (6th) United Arab Emirates Pakistan	Japan (3rd) Iran (5th) Qatar New Zealand

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	26–24	25–14	25–20			76–58
06 Sep	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–17	25–15			75–50
07 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–1	Saudi Arabia

Pool B

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Bahrain	1–3	Thailand	28–26	12–25	17–25	21–25		78–101
05 Sep	South Korea	2–3	India	25–23	22–25	25–20	22–25	15–17	109–110
06 Sep	Thailand	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–14	25–16			75–46
06 Sep	India	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–16	25–23	25–16		97–80
07 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	25–12	25–16	25–16			75–44
07 Sep	Thailand	3–0	India	25–12	25–7	25–5			75–24

Pool C

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei
05 Sep	Australia	3–2	Pakistan	17–25	22–25	25–17	25–17	15–12	104–96
06 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Australia	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75
06 Sep	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Pakistan	26–28	25–19	25–16	22–25	12–15	110–103
07 Sep	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	15–25	25–19	19–25	31–29	15–10	105–108
07 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates

Pool D

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56
05 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47
06 Sep	Qatar	3–2	New Zealand	25–20	22–25	25–21	21–25	15–11	108–102
06 Sep	Japan	1–3	Iran	15–25	20–25	25–23	21–25		81–98
07 Sep	New Zealand	1–3	Iran	21–25	25–22	18–25	13–25		77–97
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Qatar	25–22	25–23	25–17			75–62

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarterfinals.

Pool E

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Australia	3–2	Kazakhstan	19–25	25–16	21–25	25–21	15–10	105–97
08 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan	25–16	29–27	25–17			79–60
09 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–23			75–59
09 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–17	25–17			75–57

Pool F

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	India	1–3	Japan	22–25	21–25	25–23	21–25		89–98
08 Sep	Iran	0–3	South Korea	15–25	18–25	35–37			68–87
09 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–23	25–19	33–35	26–24		109–101
09 Sep	Iran	3–2	India	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–23	15–13	107–109

Pool G

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Saudi Arabia	3–1	United Arab Emirates	25–21	25–19	22–25	25–12		97–77
09 Sep	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–22	21–25	14–25		83–97

Pool H

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Thailand	3–0	New Zealand	25–13	25–12	25–16			75–41
08 Sep	Qatar	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–21	25–23	26–24		98–93
09 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	New Zealand	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61
09 Sep	Thailand	3–2	Qatar	17–25	25–15	23–25	25–20	15–10	105–95

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–15th

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	United Arab Emirates	1–3	New Zealand	25–14	18–25	18–25	30–32		91–96
12 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	29–27	25–23			79–68

Classification 9th–12th

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	25–17	25–17	25–20			75–54
11 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Saudi Arabia	25–19	25–18	23–25	25–20		98–82
12 Sep	Qatar	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	28–26	26–24			79–72
12 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–22	25–18	25–17			75–57

Classification 5th–8th

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	India	3–0	Kazakhstan	27–25	25–21	25–17			77–63
11 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	Japan	25–22	14–25	25–19	25–22		89–88
12 Sep	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–22	25–17			75–57
12 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	India	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75

Championship

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Australia	16–25	25–19	25–19	25–22		91–85
11 Sep	China	3–1	Iran	25–18	25–16	19–25	25–16		94–75
12 Sep	Iran	3–2	Australia	25–21	25–18	21–25	21–25	15–12	107–101
12 Sep	South Korea	3–2	China	27–25	22–25	21–25	25–21	15–8	110–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Iran
4	Australia
5	India
6	Japan
7	Pakistan
8	Kazakhstan
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Thailand
11	Qatar
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Bahrain
14	New Zealand
15	United Arab Emirates

	Qualified for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier
	Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Qualifier

2003 Asian Men's Champions
South Korea Fourth title

Awards

• MVP: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Scorer: Daniel Howard
• Best Spiker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Blocker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Server: Zheng Liang
• Best Setter: Wang Hebing
• Best Digger: Yeo Oh-Hyun
• Best Receiver: Suk Jin-Wook

References

• Asian Men's Continental Championship results and standings
• Results