Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

Volleyball
at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall
Dates 26 November 2006 (2006-11-26) – 14 December 2006 (2006-12-14)
Competitors 332 from 21 nations

Indoor volleyball was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. All matches played at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 South Korea
Shin Jin-sik
Kwon Young-min
Moon Sung-min
Yeo Oh-hyun
Song Byung-il
Lee Sun-kyu
Who In-jung
Yun Bong-woo
Lee Kyung-soo
Kim Yo-han
Ha Kyoung-min
Chang Byung-chul
 China
Cui Xiaodong
Yuan Zhi
Guo Peng
Wang Haichuan
Tang Miao
Cui Jianjun
Li Chun
Yu Dawei
Shen Qiong
Jiang Fudong
Ren Qi
Sui Shengsheng
 Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Al-Bakhit
Naif Al-Buhassoun
Yahya Hanash
Ibrahim Al-Harbi
Abdullah Al-Bahli
Sharif Al-Khalifa
Khalil Hajji
Thamer Al-Dossari
Khalid Ozaibi
Ismail Al-Khaibari
Masfer Al-Bishi
Yasser Al-Makawni
Women
 China
Wang Yimei
Feng Kun
Yang Hao
Liu Yanan
Chu Jinling
Li Shan
Zhou Suhong
Li Juan
Song Nina
Zhang Na
Xu Yunli
Zhang Ping
 Japan
Yoshie Takeshita
Miyuki Takahashi
Kaoru Sugayama
Makiko Horai
Sachiko Sugiyama
Midori Takahashi
Erika Araki
Saori Kimura
Shuka Oyama
Mari Ochiai
Akiko Ino
Yuki Ishikawa
 Chinese Taipei
Yeh Hui-hsuan
Lin Chun-yi
Chen Hui-chen
Chen Mei-ching
Kou Nai-han
Chiu Wen-ying
Chen Shu-li
Szu Hui-fang
Lin Ching-i
Tseng Hua-yu
Wu Hsiao-li
Juan Pei-chi

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China1102
2 South Korea1001
3 Japan0101
4 Chinese Taipei0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Draw

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha.[1]

Men

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage. The remaining teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. India and Thailand, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round.

* Withdrew.

Quarterfinals
  •  Qatar (Host) vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool B
  • Asia Rank 1 vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool A
  • Asia Rank 2 vs. Asia Rank 5
  • Asia Rank 3 vs. Asia Rank 4

The teams were seeded based on their performance at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Team Rank Pts PR
 Japan8Asia Rank 1
 China177Asia Rank 2
 South Korea176Asia Rank 3
 Iran2150.835Asia Rank 4
 Kazakhstan2150.832Asia Rank 5

Women

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Final standing

Men

Rank Team Pld W L
1st, gold medalist(s)  South Korea330
2nd, silver medalist(s)  China321
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia871
4  Qatar312
5  Japan321
6  Iran312
7  Kazakhstan312
8  Bahrain963
9  Chinese Taipei651
9  India431
11  Kuwait624
11  Thailand422
13  Hong Kong624
13  Lebanon624
15  Macau505
15  United Arab Emirates633
17  Maldives202
17  Mongolia202
17  Palestine202

Women

Rank Team Pld W L
1st, gold medalist(s)  China660
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Japan761
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei633
4  Thailand734
5  South Korea642
6  Kazakhstan743
7  Vietnam615
8  Mongolia716
9  Tajikistan404

References

  1. "Draw for Asian Games volleyball competition". People's Daily . 8 September 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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