1983 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1983 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	23 November – 1 December
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the third staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan from 23 November to 1 December 1983.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the 1st–4th places
	Qualified for the 5th–8th places
	Qualified for the 9th–11th places

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	0	MAX	180	56	3.214
2	Chinese Taipei	6	2	2	8	7	1.143	175	165	1.061
3	India	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	156	162	0.963
4	Australia	6	2	2	7	9	0.778	167	205	0.815
5	Indonesia	4	0	4	1	12	0.083	106	196	0.541

• Philippines Withdrew

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Nov	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–3	15–8			45–14
23 Nov	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
24 Nov	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	15–3	15–6	15–2			45–11
24 Nov	India	3–1	Australia	10–15	15–7	15–9	15–2		55–33
25 Nov	Chinese Taipei	3–1	India	15–4	12–15	15–12	15–13		57–44
25 Nov	Australia	3–1	Indonesia	15–9	14–16	17–15	15–11		61–51
26 Nov	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	10–15	15–8	4–15	15–10	15–6	59–54
26 Nov	Japan	3–0	India	15–8	15–4	15–0			45–12
27 Nov	India	3–0	Indonesia	15–12	15–6	15–9			45–27
27 Nov	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–6	15–8	15–5			45–19

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	10	5	0	15	1	15.000	232	81	2.864
2	China	9	4	1	13	3	4.333	231	76	3.039
3	New Zealand	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	172
4	Kuwait	7	2	3	8	9	0.889		189
5	Nepal	6	1	4	3	14	0.214	113
6	Hong Kong	5	0	5	3	15	0.200		258

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Nov	China	3–0	Kuwait	15–2	15–2	15–6			45–10
23 Nov	South Korea	3–0	New Zealand	15–3	15–3	15–4			45–10
23 Nov	Nepal	3–2	Hong Kong	15–17	15–8	11–15	15–6	15–?	71–?
24 Nov	China	3–0	New Zealand	15–3	15–0	15–0			45–3
24 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	15–0	15–3	15–1			45–4
24 Nov	Kuwait	3–0	Nepal	15–2	15–10	15–1			45–13
25 Nov	China	3–0	Nepal	15–1	15–1	15–2			45–4
25 Nov	New Zealand	3–1	Hong Kong	15–3	7–15	15–7	15–3		52–28
25 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Kuwait	15–8	15–4	15–3			45–15
26 Nov	China	3–0	Hong Kong	15–1	15–4	15–2			45–7
26 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Nepal	15–1	15–0	15–0			45–1
26 Nov	New Zealand	3–2	Kuwait	15–12	4–15	15–3	13–15	15–?	62–?
27 Nov	New Zealand	3–0	Nepal	15–10	15–2	15–12			45–24
27 Nov	South Korea	3–1	China	15–13	15–9	6–15	16–14		52–51
27 Nov	Kuwait	3–0	Hong Kong	15–3	15–8	15–13			45–24

Final round

Classification 9th–11th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	Indonesia	4	2	0	6	0	MAX
10	Hong Kong	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	84	85	0.988
11	Nepal	2	0	2	1	6	0.167

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Indonesia	3–0	Hong Kong	15–13	15–3	15–11			45–27
30 Nov	Hong Kong	3–1	Nepal	9–15	15–5	18–16	15–4		57–40
1 Dec	Indonesia	3–0	Nepal

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	India	6	3	0	9
6	Australia	5	2	1		3
7	Kuwait	4	1	2	3
8	New Zealand	3	0	3		9

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Australia	3–0	New Zealand	15–8	15–7	15–12			45–27
29 Nov	India	3–0	Kuwait	15–12	15–12	15–9			45–33
30 Nov	India	3–0	New Zealand	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14
30 Nov	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	15–8	15–2	15–2			45–12
1 Des	India	3–?	Australia
1 Dec	Kuwait	3–?	New Zealand

Classification 1st–4th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	178	125	1.424
2	China	5	2	1	8	5	1.600	153	150	1.020
3	South Korea	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	161	151	1.066
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	78	142	0.549

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	China	3–1	Chinese Taipei	7–15	15–6	15–4	15–4		52–29
29 Nov	Japan	3–2	South Korea	12–15	15–9	15–13	8–15	15–11	65–63
30 Nov	China	3–1	South Korea	15–10	15–17	9–15	15–11		54–53
30 Nov	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–8	15–7	15–7			45–22
01 Dec	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–12	15–12	15–10			45–32
01 Dec	China	2–3	Japan	15–12	15–11	7–15	3–15	7–15	47–68

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	China
	South Korea
4	Chinese Taipei
5	India
6	Australia
7	Kuwait
8	New Zealand
9	Indonesia
10	Hong Kong
11	Nepal

	Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 1984 Olympic Qualifier
	Invited for the 1984 Olympic Qualifier

1983 Asian Men's Champions
Japan 2nd title

References

• Results

http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_1983.html