Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament (between 1999–2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in China. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

The winner of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Paykan Tehran hold the record for most victories, winning the competition seven times. Teams from Iran have won the tournament eleven times, the most for any nation. The current Asian champions are Iran's Shahrdari Varamin, who defeated Japan's Panasonic Panthers 3–2 in the final of the 2019 event.

Peace Cup[]

The competition started as the Peace Cup back in 1989 and the tournament was held annually until 1998. The first six editions hosted by Hiroshima, Japan.

Format[]

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:^[1]

• 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
• Teams were seeded by the result of 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, based on a serpentine system.
• The tournament was held in 8 days.
• A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID.
• Two foreign players would be eligible for participating on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships[]

Edition	Season	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Ref
1	1999	China	Sichuan Fulan	Round-robin	Samsung Fire	Paykan Tehran	Round-robin	Chengdu Enwei
2	2000	Thailand	Samsung Fire	3–1	Paykan Tehran	Jin Han Wang	3–1	PTT
3	2001	China	Samsung Fire	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	Shanghai Cable TV	3–1	Sichuan Fulan
4	2002	Iran	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Sanam Tehran	Atyrau	3–1	Al Rayyan
–	2003	Indonesia	Tournament cancelled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
5	2004	Iran	Sanam Tehran	3–0	Paykan Tehran	Atyrau	3–0	Shanghai Oriental	[2]
6	2005	Pakistan	Rahat CSKA	Round-robin	Saipa Tehran	Shanghai Oriental	Round-robin	Habib Bank Limited
7	2006	Vietnam	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Rahat CSKA	Jakarta BNI Taplus	3–2	Army
8	2007	Bahrain	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al Hilal	Al Arabi	3–1	Al Najma	[3]
9	2008	Kazakhstan	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Rahat Almaty	Suntory Sunbirds	3–2	Al Nasr
10	2009	UAE	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al Hilal	Al Arabi	3–0	Al Nasr	[4]
11	2010	China	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Al Arabi	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	[5]
12	2011	Indonesia	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Rahat Almaty	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	[6]
13	2012	China	Al Arabi	3–1	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	Kalleh Mazandaran	3–0	Rahat Almaty	[7]
14	2013	Iran	Kalleh Mazandaran	3–0	Al Rayyan	Power	3–0	Liaoning	[8]
15	2014	Philippines	Matin Varamin	3–1	Al Rayyan	Beijing BAIC Motor	3–0	Kondensat Zhaikmunay	[9]
16	2015	Taiwan	Taichung Bank	3–1	Al Arabi	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Pavlodar	[10]
17	2016	Myanmar	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–1	Al Arabi	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	3–2	Shanghai Golden Age	[11]
18	2017	Vietnam	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–0	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	Al Arabi	3–1	Altay	[12]
19	2018	Myanmar	Khatam Ardakan	3–0	Atyrau	Wapda	3–2	Sanest Khánh Hòa	[13]
20	2019	Taiwan	Shahrdari Varamin	3–2	Panasonic Panthers	Al Rayyan	3–0	Chennai Spartans	[14]
–	2020	Thailand	Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic						[15]
21	2021		Foolad Sirjan	3–1	Al-Arabi	Burevestnik Almaty	3–0	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC
22	2022	Iran	To be determined

Performances by club[]

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Paykan Tehran	7	2	2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011	1999, 2015
Samsung Fire	2	1	2000, 2001	1999
Shahrdari Varamin	2	0	2014, 2019	—
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	2	0	2016, 2017	—
Al Arabi	1	4	2012	2010, 2015, 2016, 2021
Sanam Tehran	1	1	2004	2002
Rahat CSKA	1	1	2005	2006
Sichuan Fulan	1	0	1999	—
Kalleh Mazandaran	1	0	2013	—
Taichung Bank	1	0	2015	—
Khatam Ardakan	1	0	2018	—
Foolad Sirjan	1	0	2021
Al Hilal	0	2	—	2007, 2009
Rahat Almaty	0	2	—	2008, 2011
Al Rayyan	0	2	—	2013, 2014
Suntory Sunbirds	0	1	—	2001
Saipa Tehran	0	1	—	2005
Shanghai Golden Age	0	1	—	2012
Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	0	1	—	2017
Atyrau	0	1	—	2018
Panasonic Panthers	0	1	—	2019

Performances by country[]

Country	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Iran	15	4	2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
South Korea	2	1	2000, 2001	1999
Qatar	1	6	2012	2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
Kazakhstan	1	4	2005	2006, 2008, 2011, 2018
China	1	1	1999	2012
Chinese Taipei	1	0	2015	—
Japan	0	3	—	2001, 2017, 2019
Saudi Arabia	0	2	—	2007, 2009

Performances by zonal association[]

Medals[]

As of 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	15	4	3	22
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	0	3
3	Qatar (QAT)	1	6	4	11
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	4	3	8
5	China (CHN)	1	1	5	7
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	1	2
7	Japan (JPN)	0	3	3	6
8	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	2	0	2
9	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		21	21	21	63

See also[]

• Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

References[]

External links[]

• Website Official
• Asian Volleyball Confederation at Facebook
• Asian Volleyball Confederation at Twitter
• Asian Volleyball Confederation at Instagram