2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2015 Asian Championship
Official website
AVC
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	31 July–8 August
Teams	16
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (8th title)
MVP	Kunihiro Shimizu
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The 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 31 July to 8 August 2015.

Qualification

If there are not more than 16 teams, all teams will compete in the tournament.
If there are more than 16 teams, participating teams are:
– The host nation
– Top 10 ranked teams from the previous edition
– Representatives from each of the five Asian Volleyball Confederation Zonal Associations

There are 17 teams applied for the competition.^[1] But all teams can participate in the tournament.

Central Asia	Eastern Asia	Oceania	Southeastern Asia	Western Asia
Iran  India  Kazakhstan  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Turkmenistan	China  Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea	Australia	Thailand	Bahrain  Kuwait  Oman  Qatar  Saudi Arabia

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014.^[2] AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn in Tehran, Iran on 22 April 2015.^[3] Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 10th. Iran Volleyball Federation decided to participate with Iran's 2nd team (B team) in this competition.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Hosts)	Australia (13)	South Korea (16)	China (17)
Kazakhstan (42)	India (39)	Thailand (36)	Japan (21)
Kuwait (56)	Turkmenistan (141)	Pakistan (52)	Sri Lanka (68)
Oman (138) **	Qatar (45)	Saudi Arabia (56) *	Bahrain (42)
Chinese Taipei (45)		Oman (138)

* Withdrew
** Oman moved to Pool C to balance the number of teams in each pool.

Venues

Preliminary round, Pool E, F and Final eight	Preliminary round, Pool G, H and Final round
Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000
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Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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 Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F
	Qualified for the Pool G
	Qualified for the Pool H

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	3	0	9	227	163	1.393	9	0	MAX
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	6	228	222	1.027	6	4	1.500
3	Kazakhstan	1	2	3	229	231	0.991	4	6	0.667
4	Kuwait	0	3	0	160	228	0.702	0	9	0.000

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AVH	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–22	24–26	25–21	25–21		99–90	Report
31 Jul	19:00	AIS	Kuwait	0–3	Iran	13–25	22–25	13–25			48–75	Report
01 Aug	15:00	AVH	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Kuwait	28–26	25–17	25–14			78–57	Report
01 Aug	19:00	AIS	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	23–25	16–25	25–27			64–77	Report
02 Aug	17:00	AVH	Kazakhstan	3–0	Kuwait	25–17	25–20	25–18			75–55	Report
02 Aug	19:00	AIS	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–16	25–19			75–51	Report

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Qatar	3	0	9	279	228	1.224	9	2	4.500
2	Australia	2	1	6	244	211	1.156	7	3	2.333
3	India	1	2	3	190	217	0.876	3	6	0.500
4	Turkmenistan	0	3	0	196	253	0.775	1	9	0.111

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	15:00	AVH	India	3–0	Turkmenistan	27–25	25–21	25–21			77–67	Report
31 Jul	17:00	AVH	Qatar	3–1	Australia	25–22	28–30	25–22	25–20		103–94	Report
01 Aug	13:00	AIS	Turkmenistan	0–3	Australia	11–25	21–25	22–25			54–75	Report
01 Aug	17:00	AVH	India	0–3	Qatar	18–25	19–25	22–25			59–75	Report
02 Aug	13:00	AVH	Turkmenistan	1–3	Qatar	14–25	28–26	13–25	20–25		75–101	Report
02 Aug	15:00	AVH	Australia	3–0	India	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	Report

Pool C

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	3	0	8	265	220	1.205	9	2	4.500
2	Thailand	2	1	5	328	308	1.065	8	7	1.143
3	Pakistan	1	2	4	229	246	0.931	5	6	0.833
4	Oman	0	3	1	219	267	0.820	2	9	0.222

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	13:00	AIS	Oman	0–3	South Korea	19–25	17–25	27–29			63–79	Report
31 Jul	15:00	AIS	Pakistan	2–3	Thailand	25–23	25–20	23–25	18–25	13–15	104–108	Report
01 Aug	13:00	AVH	Oman	0–3	Pakistan	23–25	21–25	19–25			63–75	Report
01 Aug	15:00	AIS	South Korea	3–2	Thailand	26–24	21–25	24–26	25–21	15–11	111–107	Report
02 Aug	13:00	AIS	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	25–21	25–12	25–17			75–50	Report
02 Aug	15:00	AIS	Thailand	3–2	Oman	25–27	25–20	23–25	25–11	15–10	113–93	Report

Pool D

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	3	0	9	248	199	1.246	9	1	9.000
2	Japan	2	1	6	256	234	1.094	7	4	1.750
3	Bahrain	1	2	3	196	210	0.933	3	6	0.500
4	Sri Lanka	0	3	0	189	246	0.768	1	9	0.111

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	17:00	AIS	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–22	25–20			75–53	Report
31 Jul	19:00	AVH	Japan	3–0	Bahrain	26–24	25–12	25–23			76–59	Report
01 Aug	17:00	AIS	China	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–84	Report
01 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	0–3	Bahrain	21–25	22–25	16–25			59–75	Report
02 Aug	17:00	AIS	Bahrain	0–3	China	18–25	23–25	21–25			62–75	Report
02 Aug	19:00	AVH	Sri Lanka	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–21	16–25	20–25		77–96	Report

Classification round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
• 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 Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	3	0	8	281	253	1.111	9	3	3.000
2	Iran	2	1	6	244	197	1.239	7	3	2.333
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	3	178	214	0.832	3	6	0.500
4	Thailand	0	3	1	222	261	0.851	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–20	25–17			75–52	Report
03 Aug	19:00	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–11	25–20			75–51	Report
04 Aug	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	Report
04 Aug	19:00	Iran	1–3	South Korea	25–17	26–28	20–25	23–25		94–95	Report

Pool F

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	3	0	8	273	247	1.105	9	3	3.000
2	Qatar	2	1	6	299	300	0.997	8	6	1.333
3	Australia	1	2	3	260	269	0.967	4	7	0.571
4	Japan	0	3	1	281	297	0.946	4	9	0.444

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	15:00	Qatar	3–2	Japan	25–19	25–23	15–25	19–25	17–15	101–107	Report
03 Aug	17:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–21	26–24			76–68	Report
04 Aug	15:00	Australia	3–1	Japan	23–25	25–21	25–23	25–21		98–90	Report
04 Aug	17:00	Qatar	2–3	China	25–17	16–25	25–17	19–25	10–15	95–99	Report

Pool G

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	3	0	8	274	241	1.137	9	3	3.000
2	Pakistan	2	1	6	281	269	1.045	8	5	1.600
3	Kuwait	1	2	4	255	273	0.934	5	7	0.714
4	Oman	0	3	0	241	268	0.899	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–23	20–25	25–17		95–87	Report
03 Aug	15:00	Pakistan	3–2	Kuwait	25–19	25–23	21–25	21–25	15–10	107–102	Report
04 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Oman	25–22	23–25	25–21	25–23		98–91	Report
04 Aug	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Pakistan	21–25	25–20	18–25	25–17	15–12	104–99	Report

Pool H

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bahrain	3	0	8	249	227	1.097	9	2	4.500
2	India	2	1	7	254	221	1.149	8	3	2.667
3	Sri Lanka	1	2	3	217	236	0.919	3	7	0.429
4	Turkmenistan	0	3	0	219	255	0.859	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Aug	17:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
03 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	3–0	Turkmenistan	29–27	25–17	25–22			79–66	Report
04 Aug	17:00	Turkmenistan	1–3	Sri Lanka	19–25	18–25	26–24	23–25		86–99	Report
04 Aug	19:00	India	2–3	Bahrain	16–25	25–15	25–14	22–25	14–16	102–95	Report

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	6 August
	Kuwait	3
	Turkmenistan	1
					7 August
					Kuwait	0
					Sri Lanka	3
					15th place match
	6 August			7 August
	Sri Lanka	3		Turkmenistan	2
	Oman	1			Oman	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	13:00	Kuwait	3–1	Turkmenistan	23–25	25–20	25–19	27–25		100–89	Report
06 Aug	15:00	Sri Lanka	3–1	Oman	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–14		96–80	Report

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:00	Turkmenistan	2–3	Oman	25–22	26–24	19–25	28–30	10–15	108–116	Report

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	15:00	Kuwait	0–3	Sri Lanka	26–28	17–25	14–25			57–78	Report

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	6 August
	Kazakhstan	3
	India	1
					7 August
					Kazakhstan	3
					Pakistan	0
					11th place match
	6 August			7 August
	Bahrain	2		India	3
	Pakistan	3			Bahrain	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	17:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	India	25–15	26–24	30–32	25–21		106–92	Report
06 Aug	19:00	Bahrain	2–3	Pakistan	25–21	20–25	25–27	25–15	9–15	104–103	Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	17:00	India	3–2	Bahrain	18–25	25–23	25–13	18–25	15–13	101–99	Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Pakistan	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 August
	China	3
					7 August
	Thailand	0
					China	2
	6 August
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
									8 August
	Australia	1
									Iran	1
	6 August
									Japan	3
	South Korea	2
					7 August
	Japan	3
					Japan	3			3rd place match
	6 August
					Qatar	1
	Qatar	3							China	3
	Chinese Taipei	1							Qatar	2
									8 August

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	7 August
	Thailand	0
	Australia	3
					8 August
					Australia	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
					7th place match
	7 August			8 August
	South Korea	1		Thailand	0
	Chinese Taipei	3			South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	13:00	AIS	South Korea	2–3	Japan	23–25	16–25	25–20	25–15	13–15	102–100	Report
06 Aug	15:00	AIS	China	3–0	Thailand	25–20	27–25	30–28			82–73	Report
06 Aug	17:00	AIS	Qatar	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	17–25	25–22		92–86	Report
06 Aug	19:00	AIS	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–20	14–25	25–18	25–20		89–83	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:00	AIS	Thailand	0–3	Australia	14–25	22–25	16–25			52–75	Report
07 Aug	15:00	AIS	South Korea	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	15–25	19–25	16–25		75–96	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	17:00	AIS	Japan	3–1	Qatar	22–25	25–23	25–17	25–23		97–88	Report
07 Aug	19:00	AIS	China	2–3	Iran	25–21	25–20	9–25	19–25	14–16	92–107	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	13:00	AVH	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	22–25	18–25	22–25			62–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	15:00	AVH	Australia	3–1	Chinese Taipei	32–30	25–15	21–25	25–22		103–92	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	15:00	AIS	China	3–2	Qatar	25–23	25–19	21–25	24–26	15–9	110–102	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Aug	17:30	AIS	Iran	1–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	25–18	22–25		86–93	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Japan  Iran  China 4  Qatar 5  Australia 6  Chinese Taipei 7  South Korea 8  Thailand 9  Kazakhstan 10  Pakistan 11  India 12  Bahrain 13  Sri Lanka 14  Kuwait 15  Oman 16  Turkmenistan

2015 Asian Men's Champions  Japan 8th title 12–man Roster Kunihiro Shimizu , Daisuke Sakai, Yuta Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Akihiro Fukatsu, Masashi Kuriyama, Akihiro Yamauchi, Hideomi Fukatsu, Masahiro Yanagida, Takashi Dekita, Yuta Yoneyama, Hiroaki Asano Head Coach Masashi Nambu

Awards

Most Valuable Player Kunihiro Shimizu Best Setter Hideomi Fukatsu Best Outside Spikers Pouria Fayazi Hamzeh Zarini

Best Middle Blockers Zhang Zhejia Mostafa Sharifat Best Opposite Spiker Farhad Piroutpour Best Libero Daisuke Sakai

See also

• 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

References

1. "The number of teams which participate in the tournament". AVC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
2. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 22 September 2014)". FIVB. 22 September 2014.
3. "Drawing of lot". Retrieved 29 April 2015.
4. "About Tehran 2015 Asian Volleyball Champiobship". Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Organizer's website
• Regulations
• Team composition