2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	20–26 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Hamzeh Zarini
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The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup was the 1st edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. It was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008.

Pools composition[]

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host)  South Korea (3rd)  China  Iran	Australia (1st)  Japan (2nd)  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia

Venue[]

• MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	289	243	1.189	9	3	3.000
2	Iran	5	2	1	261	256	1.020	7	5	1.400
3	China	4	1	2	275	275	1.000	7	6	1.167
4	Thailand	3	0	3	174	225	0.773	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–22		98–81
20 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54
21 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–16	23–25	23–25	30–28	15–13	116–107
21 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75
22 Sep	11:00	Iran	3–2	China	23–25	17–25	25–15	25–21	15–7	105–93
22 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	315	284	1.109	9	5	1.800
2	Australia	5	2	1	255	213	1.197	8	3	2.667
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	216	252	0.857	5	6	0.833
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	218	255	0.855	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	12–25	18–25	14–25			44–75
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–23		99–88
21 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	24–26	16–25	25–27			65–78
21 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	26–28	21–25	25–22	25–10	15–9	112–94
22 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65
22 Sep	18:00	Australia	2–3	Japan	20–25	25–16	25–23	19–25	13–15	102–104

Final round[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	South Korea	3
					25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Indonesia	0
					South Korea	3
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					China	1
	Australia	0
									26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	China	3
									South Korea	2
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
									Iran	3
	Japan	3
					25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Thailand	0
					Japan	1
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Iran	3			3rd place
	Iran	3
									26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Chinese Taipei	0
									China	3
									Japan	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Indonesia	2
					26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Australia	3
					Australia	3
	25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Thailand	0
	Thailand	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					7th place
					26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Indonesia	1
					Chinese Taipei	3

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	29–27	25–23			79–65
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	20–25	22–25			56–75
24 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–19			75–46
24 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–20	8–15	98–104
25 Sep	13:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–21		96–83

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	China	25–17	26–24	25–27	25–15		101–83
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	28–26	22–25		87–101

7th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	25–21	27–29		96–100

5th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Australia	3–0	Thailand	29–27	25–16	25–17			79–60

3rd place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–19			75–57

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Iran	25–13	15–25	25–27	25–15	7–15	97–95

Final standing[]

Awards[]

• MVP: Hamzeh Zarini
• Best Scorer:
• Best Spiker: Park Chul-woo
• Best Server: Cui Jianjun
• Best Setter: Saranchit Charoensuk
• Best Receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best Digger:
• Best Libero: Yeo Oh-hyun

External links[]

• Asian Volleyball Confederation