1989 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1989 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
City	Seoul
Dates	15–24 September
Teams	19
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Pakistan

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the fifth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea from 15 to 24 September 1989.

Preliminary round

	Qualified to Pool E and F
	Qualified to Pool H and G
	Qualified to Classification 17th–19th place

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	8	4	0	12	0	MAX	180	54	3.333
2	Iraq	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	191	183	1.044
3	Thailand	6	2	2	8	6	1.333	163	162	1.006
4	Bahrain	5	1	3	4	10	0.400	143	181	0.790
5	Nepal	4	0	4	1	12	0.083	92	189	0.487

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	15–0	15–2	15–4			45–6
16 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Nepal	15–10	15–2	15–12			45–22
17 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Iraq	15–0	15–9	15–13			45–22
17 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Bahrain	15–8	15–13	15–9			45–30
18 Sep	Iraq	3–2	Thailand	15–7	6–15	12–15	15–13	15–8	63–58
18 Sep	Bahrain	3–1	Nepal	8–15	15–5	15–6	15–5		53–31
19 Sep	Iraq	3–0	Nepal	15–5	15–7	16–14			46–26
19 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–0	15–8	15–7			45–15
20 Sep	Iraq	3–1	Bahrain	15–11	15–13	15–17	15–13		60–54
20 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Nepal	15–4	15–5	15–2			45–11

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	4	0	12	0	MAX	180	32	5.625
2	Pakistan	7	3	1	9	3	3.000	142	109	1.303
3	United Arab Emirates	6	2	2	6	7	0.857	141	151	0.934
4	New Zealand	5	1	3	4	9	0.444	101	168	0.601
5	Bangladesh	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	77	181	0.425

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Japan	3–0	Pakistan	15–2	15–3	15–2			45–7
16 Sep	New Zealand	3–0	Bangladesh	15–11	15–6	16–14			46–31
17 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	15–1	15–1	15–1			45–3
17 Sep	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Bangladesh	15–6	15–11	15–6			45–23
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–2	15–3	15–10			45–15
18 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	New Zealand	15–2	15–8	15–4			45–14
19 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–13	15–13	15–8			45–34
19 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bangladesh	15–2	15–3	15–2			45–7
20 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	Bangladesh	15–9	15–4	15–3			45–16
20 Sep	United Arab Emirates	3–1	New Zealand	2–15	15–6	15–8	15–9		47–38

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	8	4	0	12	3	4.000	220	115	1.913
2	Iran	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	162	122	1.328
3	Chinese Taipei	6	2	2	7	6	1.167	174	140	1.243
4	Australia	5	1	3	4	9	0.444	124	161	0.770
5	Qatar	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	38	180	0.211

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Australia	3–0	Qatar	15–4	15–4	15–6			45–14
16 Sep	China	3–1	Chinese Taipei	14–16	15–9	16–14	15–11		60–50
17 Sep	China	3–0	Qatar	15–5	15–0	15–0			45–5
17 Sep	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–13	15–10	15–11			45–34
18 Sep	Iran	3–0	Qatar	15–1	15–4	15–1			45–6
18 Sep	China	3–1	Australia	15–5	15–7	12–15	15–6		57–33
19 Sep	Iran	3–0	Australia	15–9	15–9	19–6			45–24
19 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	15–2	15–1	15–10			45–13
20 Sep	China	3–1	Iran	15–1	15–1	13–15	15–10		58–27
20 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	15–8	15–10	15–4			45–22

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	50	2.700
2	Kuwait	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	117	69	1.696
3	Sri Lanka	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	72	114	0.632
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	46	137	0.336

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Kuwait	3–0	Sri Lanka	15–7	15–5	15–0			45–12
17 Sep	India	3–0	Hong Kong	15–5	15–3	15–2			45–10
18 Sep	Sri Lanka	3–0	Hong Kong	17–15	15–5	15–4			47–24
18 Sep	India	3–0	Kuwait	15–8	15–8	15–11			45–27
19 Sep	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	15–6	15–5	15–2			45–13
20 Sep	Kuwait	3–0	Hong Kong	15–5	15–2	15–5			45–12

Classification round

• 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 to Final four
	Qualified to Classification 5th–8th
	Qualified to Classification 9th–12th
	Qualified to Classification 13th–16th

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	155	103	1.505
2	China	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	162	110	1.473
3	Iraq	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	94	144	0.653
4	Iran	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	103	157	0.656

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	China	3–0	Iraq	15–12	15–6	15–0			45–18
21 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Iran	15–4	15–6	15–12			45–22
22 Sep	Iraq	3–1	Iran	15–10	17–15	15–6	16–14		54–54
22 Sep	South Korea	3–2	China	10–15	15–6	10–15	15–10	15–13	65–59

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	0	MAX
2	Pakistan	5	2	1	6	5	1.200
3	India	4	1	2	4	6	0.667
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	India	8–15	16–14	15–12	15–13		54–54
21 Sep	Japan	3–0	Kuwait	15–5	15–9	15–8			45–22
22 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	Kuwait	7–15	15–9	15–8	16–14		53–46
22 Sep	Japan	3–0	India	15–10	15–8	15–4			45–22

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei
2	Australia
3	Thailand
4	Bahrain

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United Arab Emirates
2	New Zealand
3	Sri Lanka
4	Hong Kong

Final round

Classification 17th–19th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
17	Bangladesh
18	Nepal
19	Qatar

Classification 13th–16th

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	23 September – Seoul
	Sri Lanka	3
					24 September – Seoul
	Bahrain
					Sri Lanka	3
	23 September – Seoul
					Hong Kong
	Hong Kong	3
	Thailand
					15th place match
					24 September – Seoul
					Bahrain	3
					Thailand

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	23 September – Seoul
	Chinese Taipei	3
					24 September – Seoul
	New Zealand
					Chinese Taipei	3
	23 September – Seoul
					Australia
	Australia	3
	United Arab Emirates
					11th place match
					24 September – Seoul
					New Zealand	3
					United Arab Emirates

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	23 September – Seoul
	Kuwait	3
					24 September – Seoul
	Iraq
					Kuwait	3
	23 September – Seoul
					India	1
	India	3
	Iran
					7th place match
					24 September – Seoul
					Iraq	3
					Iran

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Kuwait	3–1	India	15–11	10–15	15–11	15–4		55–42

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	23 September – Seoul
	South Korea	3
					24 September – Seoul
	Pakistan	0
					South Korea	3
	23 September – Seoul
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
	China	0
					3rd place match
					24 September – Seoul
					Pakistan	2
					China	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	15–4	15–1	15–9			45–14
23 Sep	Japan	3–0	China	15–11	15–10	15–2			45–23

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	China	3–2	Pakistan	13–15	15–11	15–10	13–15	15–10	71–61

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–6	15–9	15–13			45–28

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	China
4	Pakistan
5	Kuwait
6	India
7	Iraq
8	Iran
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Australia
11	United Arab Emirates
12	New Zealand
13	Sri Lanka
14	Hong Kong
15	Thailand
16	Bahrain
17	Bangladesh
18	Nepal
19	Qatar

	Qualified for the 1989 Volleyball World Cup and 1990 Volleyball World Championship
	Already qualified for the 1989 Volleyball World Cup and 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World B Championship as Hosts
	Qualified for the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World B Championship
	Qualified for the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World B Championship Qualifier (Kuwait and India later withdrew)

1989 Asian Men's Champions
South Korea 1st title

References

• Results