2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament was held at University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC) from 8 to 15 August 2018.[1][2]

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Taiwan
CityTaipei
Dates8–15 August
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVPQatar Mohamed Ibrahim
Best SetterIran Javad Karimi
Best OHQatar Renan Ribeiro
Chinese Taipei Liu Hung-min
Best MBQatar Mohamed Ibrahim
Iran Rahman Taghizadeh
Best OPPQatar Mubarak Hammad
Best LiberoJapan Tomohiro Ogawa
Official website
2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

As hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 8 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia.

Qualification
Main article: 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
  Qualified

The 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Cup. Chinese Taipei qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Championship. But, China later withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (1 team).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host Country 1  Chinese Taipei
Central Asian teams 2  Iran
 Kazakhstan
East Asian teams 2  China
 Japan
 South Korea
Oceanian team 1  Australia
Southeast Asian teams 2  Thailand
 Vietnam
West Asian team 1  Qatar
Total 9

Pools composition

This was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C.[3] Final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Pool A Pool B Pool C

 Japan (1)
 Kazakhstan (2)
 South Korea (3)

 Iran (5)
 Chinese Taipei (Hosts, 7)
 Australia (8)

 Qatar (9)
 Vietnam (10)
 Thailand (11)

Venue
All matches
Taipei, Taiwan
University of Taipei Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,500

Pool standing procedure
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 176 152 1.158 Quarterfinals
2  South Korea 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 181 189 0.958
3  Japan 2 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 192 208 0.923
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug13:00Japan 2–3 South Korea25–2019–2523–2525–2317–19109–112P2
9 Aug13:30Kazakhstan 3–1 Japan25–2225–2321–2525–13 96–83P2
10 Aug16:10South Korea 0–3 Kazakhstan22–2519–2528–30  69–80P2

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 182 175 1.040 Quarterfinals
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 167 132 1.265 Playoff
3  Australia 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 126 168 0.750 Quarterfinals
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug19:20Iran 3–1 Chinese Taipei25–2314–2525–2125–23 89–92P2
9 Aug18:30Australia 1–3 Iran20–2522–2525–1816–25 83–93P2
10 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei 3–0 Australia25–1725–1425–12  75–43P2

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Qatar 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 124 1.210 Quarterfinals
2  Thailand 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 172 178 0.966 Playoff
3  Vietnam 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 165 185 0.892 Quarterfinals
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug15:50Qatar 3–0 Vietnam25–2025–1925–23  75–62P2
9 Aug16:00Thailand 0–3 Qatar23–2523–2516–25  62–75P2
10 Aug13:30Vietnam 2–3 Thailand24–2627–2525–1916–2511–15103–110P2

Final round
 
PlayoffQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
11 August
 
 
 South Korea0
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
14 August
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
 Japan1
 
 
11 August
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Australia1
 
 
15 August
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
 Iran2
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
11 August
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
14 August
 
 Thailand2
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 
 Iran3 3rd place match
 
 
11 August15 August
 
 
 Iran3 Japan3
 
 
 Vietnam0  Chinese Taipei2
 
 
 
 

Playoff
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei 3–2 Thailand23–2525–1423–2525–1415–12111–90P2

5th–9th quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug13:30South Korea 3–0 Australia25–2326–2425–19  76–66P2
13 Aug16:00Vietnam 2–3 Thailand18–2525–1820–2539–3710–15112–120P2

Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug11:00Iran 3–0 Vietnam25–1925–1425–19  75–52P2
11 Aug13:30Japan 3–1 Australia25–2125–1721–2525–15 96–78P2
11 Aug16:00South Korea 0–3 Qatar19–2514–2522–25  55–75P2
13 Aug18:45Kazakhstan 1–3 Chinese Taipei25–2320–2520–2521–25 86–98P2

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug11:00Australia 3–1 Kazakhstan25–1925–1823–2525–16 98–78P2
14 Aug13:30Thailand 3–1 South Korea25–2327–2521–2525–16 98–89P2

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug16:00Qatar 3–1 Japan25–2122–2525–1925–16 97–81P2
14 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei 0–3 Iran19–2520–2523–25  62–75P2

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug11:00Kazakhstan 3–1 South Korea25–2125–2314–2525–19 89–88P2

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug13:30Australia 2–3 Thailand25–2127–2516–2517–255–1590–111P2

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug16:10Japan 3–2 Chinese Taipei21–2520–2532–3029–2717–15119–122P2

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug19:15Qatar 3–2 Iran23–2521–2525–2225–1815–10109–100P2

Final standing

Awards
  • Most valuable player
    Qatar Mohamed Ibrahim
  • Best setter
    Iran Javad Karimi
  • Best outside spikers
    Qatar Renan Ribeiro
    Chinese Taipei Liu Hung-min
  • Best middle blockers
    Qatar Mohamed Ibrahim
    Iran Rahman Taghizadeh
  • Best opposite spiker
    Qatar Mubarak Hammad
  • Best libero
    Japan Tomohiro Ogawa

See also

References
  1. "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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