2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2011 Asian Championship
	2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	21–29 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Arash Kamalvand
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The 2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was held from September 21 to September 29, 2011 in Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran.

Venues[]

Preliminary Round (All matches of Iran, China, Japan and South Korea), Pool E, F and Final Round	Preliminary Round, Pool G, H and Classification 9th–16th
Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000

Pools composition[]

The teams are seeded by addition of ranking of 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship and FIVB World Rankings divided by 2.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 3rd) India (8th) Afghanistan Chinese Taipei	China (1st) Indonesia (7th) Sri Lanka Uzbekistan	Japan (2nd) Kazakhstan (6th) Pakistan Thailand	South Korea (4th) Australia (5th) Turkmenistan Qatar

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	230	163	1.411
2	India	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	249	219	1.137
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	238	230	1.035
4	Afghanistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	120	225	0.533

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	14:00	India	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–20	20–25	27–25	20–25	15–12	107–107	Report
21 Sep	18:30	Afghanistan	0–3	Iran	13–25	19–25	8–25			40–75	Report
22 Sep	16:00	India	3–0	Afghanistan	25–9	25–13	25–11			75–33	Report
22 Sep	18:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	15–25	24–26	17–25			56–76	Report
23 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	India	27–25	25–17	27–25			79–67	Report
23 Sep	18:30	Afghanistan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	12–25	19–25	16–25			47–75	Report

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	141	1.596
2	Sri Lanka	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	230	240	0.958
3	Indonesia	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	262	260	1.008
4	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	172	248	0.694

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–16	25–13			75–45	Report
21 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	3–1	Uzbekistan	23–25	25–14	25–14	25–22		98–75	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Indonesia	0–3	China	22–25	19–25	14–25			55–75	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Sri Lanka	21–25	13–25	22–25			56–75	Report
23 Sep	14:00	Sri Lanka	3–2	Indonesia	25–20	28–26	21–25	21–25	15–13	110–109	Report
23 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–16	25–9	25–16			75–41	Report

Pool C[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	262	218	1.202
2	Pakistan	6	2	1	8	5	1.600	279	281	0.993
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	5	8	0.625	273	277	0.986
4	Thailand	1	0	3	2	9	0.222	220	258	0.853

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	3–2	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–21	25–21	20–25	15–11	107–103	Report
22 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	2–3	Japan	20–25	28–26	25–21	16–25	5–15	94–112	Report
22 Sep	18:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Thailand	25–13	18–25	22–25	25–20	15–12	105–95	Report
23 Sep	10:00	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	19–25	21–25	26–28			66–78	Report
23 Sep	14:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–19	25–23			75–65	Report

Pool D[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	269	207	1.300
2	South Korea	7	2	1	8	3	2.667	259	220	1.177
3	Qatar	3	1	2	3	6	0.500	187	220	0.850
4	Turkmenistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	157	225	0.698

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:00	Qatar	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66	Report
21 Sep	14:00	Australia	3–2	South Korea	25–20	29–31	25–20	25–27	15–7	119–105	Report
22 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Qatar	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	Report
22 Sep	10:00	South Korea	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–17	25–16	25–15			75–48	Report
23 Sep	10:00	Qatar	0–3	South Korea	27–29	14–25	12–25			53–79	Report
23 Sep	16:00	Turkmenistan	0–3	Australia	14–25	12–25	17–25			43–75	Report

Classification round[]

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pool E[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	229	171	1.339
2	India	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	269	285	0.944
3	Japan	2	1	2	4	8	0.500	270	269	1.004
4	Pakistan	2	0	3	4	9	0.444	246	289	0.851

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Japan	1–3	India	25–20	28–30	21–25	23–25		97–100	Report
25 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Pakistan	25–18	25–14	25–11			75–43	Report
26 Sep	10:00	India	3–2	Pakistan	25–23	25–23	19–25	18–25	15–13	102–109	Report
26 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–22	25–17			75–61	Report

Pool F[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	8	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	244	1.201
2	South Korea	6	2	1	8	5	1.600	308	296	1.041
3	China	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	286	264	1.083
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	150	233	0.644

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–19	25–13			75–48	Report
25 Sep	16:00	China	2–3	South Korea	25–20	34–36	25–21	20–25	16–18	120–120	Report
26 Sep	14:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	South Korea	13–25	13–25	31–33			57–83	Report
26 Sep	16:00	China	1–3	Australia	25–22	25–27	23–25	18–25		91–99	Report

Pool G[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	255	185	1.378
2	Thailand	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	266	237	1.122
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	212	218	0.972
4	Afghanistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	132	225	0.587

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Sep	10:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Thailand	18–25	20–25	25–21	20–25	83–96	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Afghanistan	25–14	25–13	25–9		75–36	Report
26 Sep	10:00	Afghanistan	0–3	Thailand	13–25	16–25	20–25		49–75	Report
26 Sep	14:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	15–25	22–25		54–75	Report

Pool H[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Indonesia	9	3	0	9	3	3.000	299	256	1.168
2	Qatar	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	242	230	1.052
3	Turkmenistan	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	254	258	0.984
4	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	2	9	0.222	221	272	0.813

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–1	Turkmenistan	25–20	25–22	25–27	25–22	100–91	Report
25 Sep	18:30	Qatar	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–20	27–25	25–18		77–63	Report
26 Sep	16:00	Uzbekistan	1–3	Turkmenistan	18–25	25–22	20–25	20–25	83–97	Report
26 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	3–1	Qatar	23–25	28–26	25–22	25–17	101–90	Report

Classification 13th–16th[]

13th–16th places		13th place

27 September – Tehran

Chinese Taipei	3
		28 September – Tehran
Uzbekistan	0
		Chinese Taipei	3
27 September – Tehran
		Turkmenistan	2
Turkmenistan	3

Afghanistan	1
		15th place

		28 September – Tehran

		Uzbekistan	1

		Afghanistan	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–43	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Turkmenistan	3–1	Afghanistan	26–24	25–20	17–25	25–15		93–84	Report

15th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	10:00	Uzbekistan	1–3	Afghanistan	25–27	25–23	22–25	19–25		91–100	Report

13th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Turkmenistan	18–25	22–25	25–19	25–18	15–7	105–94	Report

Classification 9th–12th[]

9th–12th places		9th place

27 September – Tehran

Kazakhstan	3
		28 September – Tehran
Qatar	2
		Kazakhstan	3
27 September – Tehran
		Thailand	0
Indonesia	0

Thailand	3
		11th place

		28 September – Tehran

		Qatar	2

		Indonesia	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Qatar	20–25	25–18	25–15	23–25	15–7	108–90	Report
27 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	17–25	20–25	21–25			58–75	Report

11th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Qatar	2–3	Indonesia	25–23	22–25	25–22	22–25	16–18	110–113	Report

9th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–21	25–20			75–61	Report

Final round[]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

27 September – Tehran

Iran	3
		28 September – Tehran
Sri Lanka	0
		Iran	3
27 September – Tehran
		South Korea	1
South Korea	3
				29 September – Tehran
Japan	2
				Iran	3
27 September – Tehran
				China	1
Australia	3
		28 September – Tehran
Pakistan	1
		Australia	2
27 September – Tehran
		China	3	3rd place
India	0
				29 September – Tehran
China	3
				South Korea	3

				Australia	1

5th–8th places		5th place

28 September – Tehran

Sri Lanka	0
		29 September – Tehran
Japan	3
		Japan	3
28 September – Tehran
		India	2
Pakistan	1

India	3
		7th place

		29 September – Tehran

		Sri Lanka	0

		Pakistan	3

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–1	Pakistan	25–16	25–23	22–25	25–15		97–79	Report
27 Sep	14:00	India	0–3	China	25–27	20–25	20–25			65–77	Report
27 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–2	Japan	25–21	28–30	23–25	25–17	16–14	117–107	Report
27 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–18	25–15			75–49	Report

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	10:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	18–25	18–25	20–25			56–75	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Pakistan	1–3	India	25–16	23–25	26–28	20–25		94–94	Report

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Australia	2–3	China	20–25	23–25	25–20	25–22	11–15	104–107	Report
28 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–1	South Korea	21–25	25–23	25–14	25–20		96–82	Report

7th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	09:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Pakistan	15–25	22–25	23–25			60–75	Report

5th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–2	India	23–25	18–25	25–17	25–22	21–19	112–108	Report

3rd place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–22	16–25	26–24	25–20		92–91	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–1	China	22–25	25–18	25–19	25–16		97–78	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Iran
	China
	South Korea
4	Australia
5	Japan
6	India
7	Pakistan
8	Sri Lanka
9	Kazakhstan
10	Thailand
11	Indonesia
12	Qatar
13	Chinese Taipei
14	Turkmenistan
15	Afghanistan
16	Uzbekistan

	Qualified for the 2011 World Cup and 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1
	Qualified for the 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1
	Qualified for the 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 2 or 3
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2011 World Cup and 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1

2011 Asian Men's Champions
Iran First title

Team Roster Javad Mohammadinejad, Amir Hosseini, Mehdi Bazargard, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Farhad Zarif, Alireza Nadi, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Arash Keshavarzi, Arash Kamalvand, Amir Ghafour Head Coach: Julio Velasco

Awards[]

MVP: Arash Kamalvand
Best Scorer: Jeon Kwang-in
Best Spiker: Nathan Roberts
Best Blocker:
Best Server: Kim Yo-han
Best Setter: Amir Hosseini
Best Libero: Farhad Zarif

References[]

^ "Drawing of Lots – 16th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved 17 May 2011.

External links[]

16th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship

[1] "Drawing of Lots – 16th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved 17 May 2011.

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