The twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball 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]
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
^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]
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
Sri Lanka withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team, and was replaced by Uzbekistan .
Classification round
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
Pool A
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Japan
3
0
9
9
1
9.000
248
193
1.285
2
Qatar
2
1
6
6
3
2.000
215
194
1.108
3
Bahrain
1
2
3
4
6
0.667
221
241
0.917
4
India
0
3
0
0
9
0.000
171
227
0.753
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
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
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Iran
3
0
9
9
0
MAX
225
150
1.500
2
Pakistan
2
1
5
6
6
1.000
261
248
1.052
3
Thailand
1
2
4
5
7
0.714
251
275
0.913
4
Hong Kong
0
3
0
2
9
0.222
206
270
0.763
Pool C
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Australia
3
0
8
9
2
4.500
263
209
1.258
2
China
2
1
7
8
3
2.667
261
207
1.261
3
Kuwait
1
2
3
3
7
0.429
185
244
0.758
4
Uzbekistan
0
3
0
1
9
0.111
196
245
0.800
Pool D
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Chinese Taipei
3
0
9
9
1
9.000
248
196
1.265
2
South Korea
2
1
6
7
3
2.333
237
207
1.145
3
Saudi Arabia
1
2
3
3
6
0.500
178
217
0.820
4
Kazakhstan
0
3
0
0
9
0.000
182
225
0.809
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.
Pool E
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Japan
2
1
6
7
3
2.333
238
229
1.039
2
China
2
1
6
8
6
1.333
328
309
1.061
3
Qatar
1
2
4
5
6
0.833
247
251
0.984
4
Australia
1
2
2
3
8
0.375
237
261
0.908
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
16 Sep
12:20
CPA
Qatar
3–0
Australia
25–20
25–20
25–21
75–61
P2
16 Sep
18:00
CPA
Japan
1–3
China
19–25
29–27
21–25
19–25
88–102
P2
17 Sep
12:00
CPA
Qatar
2–3
China
26–28
25–21
28–26
19–25
10–15
108–115
P2
17 Sep
18:00
CPA
Japan
3–0
Australia
25–23
25–17
25–23
75–63
P2
Pool F
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Iran
3
0
9
9
0
MAX
225
155
1.452
2
Chinese Taipei
2
1
6
6
5
1.200
239
252
0.948
3
Pakistan
1
2
3
4
6
0.667
219
231
0.948
4
South Korea
0
3
0
1
9
0.111
203
248
0.819
Pool G
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Bahrain
3
0
9
9
0
MAX
229
189
1.212
2
India
2
1
6
6
3
2.000
217
191
1.136
3
Kuwait
1
2
3
3
7
0.429
214
244
0.877
4
Uzbekistan
0
3
0
1
9
0.111
211
247
0.854
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
16 Sep
12:30
FBA
India
3–0
Kuwait
25–20
25–20
25–20
75–60
P2
16 Sep
15:00
FBA
Bahrain
3–0
Uzbekistan
25–19
27–25
25–19
77–63
P2
17 Sep
10:00
FBA
India
3–0
Uzbekistan
25–19
25–13
25–22
75–54
P2
17 Sep
17:30
FBA
Bahrain
3–0
Kuwait
25–21
25–19
25–19
75–59
P2
Pool H
Rank
Team
Matches
Pts
Sets
Points
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Saudi Arabia
3
0
9
9
1
9.000
245
202
1.213
2
Kazakhstan
2
1
6
6
4
1.500
235
217
1.083
3
Thailand
1
2
3
5
7
0.714
271
280
0.968
4
Hong Kong
0
3
0
1
9
0.111
194
246
0.789
Final round
13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 Sep
10:00
FBA
Uzbekistan
3–2
Thailand
28–26
23–25
25–19
22–25
20–18
118–113
P2
18 Sep
13:00
FBA
Kuwait
2–3
Hong Kong
18–25
25–22
21–25
25–20
14–16
103–108
P2
15th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:30
FBA
Kuwait
1–3
Thailand
16–25
25–21
23–25
20–25
84–96
P2
13th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
10:00
FBA
Hong Kong
0–3
Uzbekistan
20–25
23–25
21–25
64–75
P2
9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 Sep
15:55
FBA
Bahrain
3–1
Kazakhstan
16–25
25–23
28–26
25–22
94–96
P2
18 Sep
18:30
FBA
India
3–0
Saudi Arabia
25–22
25–22
25–23
75–67
P2
11th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
15:00
FBA
Kazakhstan
3–0
Saudi Arabia
25–16
25–20
25–23
75–59
P2
9th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
17:30
FBA
Bahrain
2–3
India
16–25
23–25
25–20
25–23
14–16
103–109
P2
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 Sep
09:30
CPA
Qatar
3–0
South Korea
25–16
32–30
25–22
82–68
P2
18 Sep
12:00
CPA
Australia
3–0
Pakistan
25–16
26–24
25–23
76–63
P2
7th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
09:30
CPA
South Korea
0–3
Pakistan
23–25
15–25
26–28
64–78
P2
5th place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
12:00
CPA
Qatar
3–0
Australia
25–21
25–11
25–23
75–55
P2
Final four
Semifinals
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 Sep
15:05
CPA
China
1–3
Iran
22–25
25–17
22–25
17–25
86–92
P2
18 Sep
18:00
CPA
Japan
3–1
Chinese Taipei
25–16
22–25
25–21
25–20
97–82
P2
3rd place match
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
15:00
CPA
Chinese Taipei
0–3
China
17–25
16–25
17–25
50–75
P2
Final
Date
Time
Venue
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
19 Sep
18:00
CPA
Japan
0–3
Iran
25–27
22–25
29–31
76–83
P2
Final standing
Qualified for the 2022 World Championship and 2022 Asian Cup
Qualified for the 2022 World Championship via the FIVB World Ranking and 2022 Asian Cup
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
See also
References
External links