2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

2017 Asian Men's U23 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Iran
Dates 1–9 May
Teams 11
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Iran (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP Iran Rahman Taghizadeh
Official website
Official website

The 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). It was held in Ardabil, Iran from 1 to 9 May 2017. The tournament was served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]

The matches was played in only one stadium in Ardabil: Rezazadeh Stadium. It was the first time that Iran and Ardabil had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).

Iran won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Championship.

Participated teams

Central Asia (CAZA) East Asia (EAZA) Oceania (OZA) Southeast Asia (SEAZA) West Asia (WAZA)

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017.[1] But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Iran (Hosts)  Chinese Taipei (3)  China (4)  Japan (6)
 Philippines (14)  Kazakhstan (12)  Australia (10)  Thailand (7)
 Pakistan (–)  Uzbekistan (–)  Malaysia (–)  Sri Lanka (–)

Venue

All matches
Iran Ardabil, Iran
Rezazadeh Stadium
Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

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

Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 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

Qualified for the Pool E
Qualified for the Pool F
Qualified for the Pool H
Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place play-offs

Pool A

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 82 65 1.262
2  Pakistan 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 65 82 0.793
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May17:30Iran  3–0  Pakistan 25–1229–2728–26  82–65P2

Pool B

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Chinese Taipei 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 192 158 1.215
2  Kazakhstan 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 176 176 1.000
3  Uzbekistan 0 2 2 4 6 0.667 189 223 0.848
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May10:00Uzbekistan  2–3  Kazakhstan 25–2019–2516–2525–2214–1699–108P2
2 May15:00Chinese Taipei  3–2  Uzbekistan 25–1722–2525–1028–3015–8115–90P2
3 May15:00Kazakhstan  0–3  Chinese Taipei 21–2525–2722–25  68–77P2

Pool C

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  China 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 174 147 1.184
2  Malaysia 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 157 158 0.994
3  Australia 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 170 196 0.867
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May12:30Malaysia  3–1  Australia 22–2525–1925–1725–22 97–83P2
2 May17:30China  3–0  Malaysia 25–2225–1925–19  75–60P2
3 May17:30Australia  1–3  China 18–2526–2421–2522–25 87–99P2

Pool D

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 187 149 1.255
2  Thailand 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 203 195 1.041
3  Sri Lanka 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 127 173 0.734
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May15:00Japan  3–0  Sri Lanka 25–1425–1725–13  75–44P2
2 May12:30Thailand  2–3  Japan 28–3025–2019–2525–228–15105–112P2
3 May12:30Sri Lanka  1–3  Thailand 25–2321–2519–2518–25 83–98P2

Second 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 Final round
Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place match
Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place play-offs

Pool E

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 255 201 1.269
2  China 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 219 203 1.079
3  Pakistan 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 231 255 0.906
4  Malaysia 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 225 271 0.830
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May15:00Iran  3–1  Malaysia 23–2525–2025–1925–21 98–85P2
4 May17:30China  3–1  Pakistan 18–2525–1825–1125–14 93–68P2
5 May10:00Pakistan  3–1  Malaysia 23–2525–1325–2125–21 98–80P2
5 May15:00Iran  3–0  China 25–1825–1525–18  75–51P2

Pool F

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Japan 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 262 213 1.230
2  Thailand 2 1 6 8 6 1.333 303 298 1.017
3  Chinese Taipei 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 234 249 0.940
4  Kazakhstan 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 205 244 0.840
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May12:30Chinese Taipei  2–3  Thailand 25–1925–2220–2518–2512–15100–106P2
4 May19:30Japan  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1725–1725–17  75–51P2
5 May12:30Kazakhstan  1–3  Thailand 22–2517–2525–1722–25 86–92P2
5 May17:30Chinese Taipei  0–3  Japan 23–2518–2516–25  57–75P2

Pool H

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Sri Lanka 1 0 2 3 2 1.500 106 114 0.930
2  Uzbekistan 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 114 106 1.075
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May10:00Uzbekistan  2–3  Sri Lanka 25–2025–1624–2626–2814–16114–106P2

Classification round

Bracket

 
Ninth place play-offsNinth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Sri LankaBye
 
7 May – Ardabil
 
 
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
5 May – Ardabil
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 Australia0
 
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia
 
 
 

9th place play-offs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 May19:30Australia  0–3  Uzbekistan 22–2519–2521–25  62–75P2

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May10:00Sri Lanka  0–3  Uzbekistan 23–2521–2521–25  65–75P2

Final round

Bracket

  Fifth place (9 May – Ardabil) Fifth place play-offs (8 May – Ardabil) Quarter-finals (7 May – Ardabil) Semi-finals (8 May – Ardabil) Final (9 May – Ardabil)
                                               
     Japan 3  
     Malaysia 0  
   Malaysia 1        Japan 3  
   China 3        Chinese Taipei 0  
   China 0
     Chinese Taipei 3  
   China 3        Japan 0
   Pakistan 0        Iran 3
     Iran 3  
       Kazakhstan 0  
 Kazakhstan 2        Iran 3
  Seventh place (9 May – Ardabil)      Pakistan 3        Thailand 0     Third place (9 May – Ardabil)
   Malaysia 2    Thailand 3    Thailand 1
   Kazakhstan 3      Pakistan 0      Chinese Taipei 3

Quarter-finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May12:30Japan  3–0  Malaysia 25–1825–2325–23  75–64P2
7 May15:00Thailand  3–0  Pakistan 25–2225–1825–17  75–57P2
7 May17:30Iran  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–925–1725–14  75–40P2
7 May19:30China  0–3  Chinese Taipei 19–2527–2923–25  69–79P2

5th place play-offs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May10:00Malaysia  1–3  China 25–1722–2512–2527–29 86–96P2
8 May12:30Kazakhstan  2–3  Pakistan 20–2525–1723–2525–2214–16107–105P2

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May10:00Malaysia  2–3  Kazakhstan 25–2211–2523–2525–2010–1594–107P2

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May12:30China  3–0  Pakistan 25–1525–1325–13  75–41P2

Semi-finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May15:00Japan  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–2125–1925–18  75–58P2
8 May17:30Iran  3–0  Thailand 25–2225–1925–20  75–61P2

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May15:00Thailand  1–3  Chinese Taipei 25–1921–2523–2522–25 91–94P2

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May17:30Japan  0–3  Iran 25–2724–2620–25  69–78P2

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand". AVC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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