Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1999
Inaugural season	1999
No. of teams	16 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Khatam Ardakan (1st title)
Most titles	Paykan Tehran (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the men's clubs of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The competition has been awarded every year. The current champion is Khatam Ardakan, which won its first title at the 2018 tournament.

The 17 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by six different nations. Iran have won eleven times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea, with two titles; Qatar, Kazakhstan, China and Chinese Taipei, with one title each.

The 2016 Asian Championship took place in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The next Asian Championship will be hosted by Nam Định and Ninh Bình, Vietnam in 2017.

Result summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1999 Details	Hefei		Sichuan Fulan	No playoffs	Samsung Fire		Paykan Tehran	No playoffs	Chengdu Enwei		6
2000 Details	Suphanburi		Samsung Fire	3–1	Paykan Tehran		Jin Han Wang	3–1	PTT		8
2001 Details	Shehong		Samsung Fire	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds		Shanghai Cable TV	3–1	Sichuan Fulan		7
2002 Details	Tehran		Paykan Tehran	3–1	Sanam Tehran		Atyrau	3–1	Al-Rayyan		6
2004 Details	Tehran		Sanam Tehran	3–0	Paykan Tehran		Atyrau	3–0	Shanghai Oriental		7
2005 Details	Islamabad		Rahat CSKA	No playoffs	Saipa Tehran		Shanghai Oriental	No playoffs	Habib Bank Limited		7
2006 Details	Hanoi		Paykan Tehran	3–1	Rahat CSKA		Jakarta BNI Taplus	3–2	Army		10
2007 Details	Manama		Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al-Hilal		Al-Arabi	3–1	Al-Najma		12
2008 Details	Almaty		Paykan Tehran	3–1	Almaty		Suntory Sunbirds	3–2	Al-Nasr		8
2009 Details	Dubai		Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al-Hilal		Al-Arabi	3–0	Al-Nasr		13
2010 Details	Zhenjiang		Paykan Tehran	3–1	Al-Arabi		Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Shanghai Tang Dynasty		10
2011 Details	Palembang		Paykan Tehran	3–0	Almaty		Shanghai Tang Dynasty	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai		12
2012 Details	Shanghai		Al-Arabi	3–1	Shanghai Tang Dynasty		Kalleh Mazandaran	3–0	Almaty		16
2013 Details	Tehran		Kalleh Mazandaran	3–0	Al-Rayyan		Taiwan Power Company	3–0	Liaoning		13
2014 Details	Pasay		Matin Varamin	3–1	Al-Rayyan		Beijing BAIC Motors	3–0	Kondensat-Zhaikmunay		16
2015 Details	Taipei		Taichung Bank	3–1	Al-Arabi		Paykan Tehran	3–1	Pavlodar		16
2016 Details	Naypyidaw		Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–1	Al Arabi		Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	3–2	Shanghai Golden Age		14
2017 Details	Nam Định & Ninh Bình		Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–0	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza		Al Arabi	3–1	Altay		13
2018 Details	Naypyidaw		Khatam Ardakan	3–0	Atyrau		Wapda	3–2	Sanest Khánh Hòa		17

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Paykan Tehran	7 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)	2 (2000, 2004)	2 (1999, 2015)
Samsung Fire	2 (2000, 2001)	1 (1999)
Al-Arabi	1 (2012)	3 (2010, 2015, 2016)	3 (2007, 2009, 2016)	1 (2017)
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	2 (2016, 2017)
Sanam Tehran	1 (2004)	1 (2002)
Rahat CSKA	1 (2005)	1 (2006)
Kalleh Mazandaran	1 (2013)		1 (2012)
Khatam Ardakan	1 (2018)
Sichuan Fulan	1 (1999)
Matin Varamin	1 (2014)
Taichung Bank	1 (2015)
Almaty		2 (2008, 2011)		1 (2014)
Al-Rayyan		2 (2013, 2014)		1 (2002)
Al-Hilal		2 (2007, 2009)
Shanghai		1 (2012)	3 (2001, 2005, 2011)	3 (2004, 2010, 2016)
Atyrau		1 (2018)	2 (2002, 2004)
Suntory Sunbirds		1 (2001)	1 (2008)
Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza		1 (2017)	1 (2016)
Saipa Tehran		1 (2005)
Jin Han Wang			1 (2000)
Jakarta BNI Taplus			1 (2006)
Panasonic Panthers			1 (2010)
Taiwan Power Company			1 (2013)
Beijing BAIC Motors			1 (2014)
Wapda			1 (2018)
Al-Nasr				2 (1999)
Chengdu Enwei				2 (2008, 2009)
PTT				1 (2000)
Habib Bank Limited				1 (2005)
Army				1 (2006)
Al-Najma				1 (2007)
Osaka Blazers Sakai				1 (2011)
Liaoning				1 (2013)
Kondensat-Zhaikmunay				1 (2014)
Pavlodar				1 (2015)
Altay				1 (2017)
Sanest Khánh Hòa				1 (2018)

Hosts

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
4	China	1999, 2001, 2010, 2012
3	Iran	2002, 2004, 2013
2	Vietnam	2006, 2017
	Myanmar	2016, 2018
1	Thailand	2000
	Pakistan	2005
	Bahrain	2007
	Kazakhstan	2008
	Indonesia	2009
	Philippines	2014
	Chinese Taipei	2015

Medal summary

Medal table by club

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paykan Tehran	7	2	2	11
2	Samsung Fire	2	1	0	3
3	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	2	0	0	2
4	Al-Arabi	1	3	3	7
5	Rahat CSKA	1	1	0	2
	Sanam Tehran	1	1	0	2
7	Kalleh Mazandaran	1	0	1	2
8	Khatam Ardakan	1	0	0	1
	Matin Varamin	1	0	0	1
	Sichuan Fulan	1	0	0	1
	Taichung Bank	1	0	0	1
12	Al-Hilal	0	2	0	2
	Al-Rayyan	0	2	0	2
	Almaty	0	2	0	2
15	Shanghai	0	1	3	4
16	Atyrau	0	1	2	3
17	Suntory Sunbirds	0	1	1	2
	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	0	1	1	2
19	Saipa Tehran	0	1	0	1
20	Beijing BAIC Motors	0	0	1	1
	Jakarta BNI Taplus	0	0	1	1
	Jin Han Wang	0	0	1	1
	Panasonic Panthers	0	0	1	1
	Taiwan Power Company	0	0	1	1
	Wapda	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 teams)		19	19	19	57

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	13	4	3	20
2	South Korea	2	1	0	3
3	Qatar	1	5	3	9
4	Kazakhstan	1	4	2	7
5	China	1	1	5	7
6	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
7	Japan	0	2	3	5
8	Saudi Arabia	0	2	0	2
9	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		19	19	19	57

Participating nations

Nation	1999	2000	2001	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Years
China	1st	3rd	3rd		4th	3rd		2
	4th		4th					2
Chinese Taipei					6th			2
Indonesia		8th						2
Iran	3rd	2nd	5th	1st	1st	2nd	5th		2
				2nd	2nd			2
Japan	5th	6th	2nd	5th				2
Kazakhstan		5th	6th	3rd	3rd		2
Lebanon		7th					2
Malaysia				6th			2
Qatar	6th		7th	4th	5th		2
South Korea	2nd	1st	1st				2
Thailand		4th					2
Uzbekistan					7th		2
Total	6	8	7	6	7	15	16	14	17	14	12	15	18	17	18	16	21	16	16