Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport Volleyball
Founded 2015
Inaugural season 2015
No. of teams 11 (Finals)
Continent Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Iran (2nd title)
Most titles  Iran (2 titles)
TV partner(s) SMMTV
Official website Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2015. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship.

The current champion is Iran, which won its second title at the 2017 tournament in home soil. Both tournaments have been won by Iran.

The 2017 Asian Championship took place in Ardabil, Iran.

Results summary

Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
2015
Details
Myanmar
Naypyidaw

Iran
3–0
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
3–1
China
16
2017
Details
Iran
Ardabil

Iran
3–0
Japan

Chinese Taipei
3–1
Thailand
11

Teams reaching the top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Iran 2 (2015, 2017)
 South Korea 1 (2015)
 Japan 1 (2017)
 Chinese Taipei 2 (2015, 2017)
 China 1 (2015)
 Thailand 1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
CAZVA (Central Asia) Iran (2) 2 titles

Hosts

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
1 Myanmar2015
 Iran2017

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran2002
2 Japan0101
 South Korea0101
4 Chinese Taipei0022
Totals (4 nations)2226

Participating nations

Nation Myanmar
2015
Iran
2017
Years
 Australia 10th11th 2
 China 4th5th 2
 Chinese Taipei 3rd3rd 2
 India 8th 1
 Indonesia 9th 1
 Iran 1st1st 2
 Japan 6th2nd 2
 Kazakhstan 13th7th 2
 Malaysia 8th 1
 Maldives 16th 1
 Myanmar 5th 1
 Pakistan 6th 1
 Philippines 14th 1
 Qatar 11th 1
 Saudi Arabia 12th 1
 South Korea 2nd 1
 Sri Lanka 10th 1
 Thailand 7th4th 2
 Uzbekistan 9th1
 Vietnam 15th 1
Total 1611

Debut of teams

Year Debutants Total
2015  Australia 16
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Maldives
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Vietnam
2017  Malaysia 4
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan

Awards

See also

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