Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2015
Inaugural season	2015
No. of teams	16 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	(1st title)
Most titles	Iran (2 titles)
TV partner(s)	SMMTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2015. The tournament doubled as the World Championship qualifiers, where the top 2 teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship.

The current champion is , which won its first title at the 2019 tournament.

The 2019 Asian Championship took place in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Results summary[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
2015 Details	Naypyidaw		Iran	3–0				3–1			16
2017 Details	Ardabil		Iran	3–0				3–1	Thailand		11
2019 Details	Naypyidaw			3–1				3–0			16

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Iran	2 (2015, 2017)
Chinese Taipei	1 (2019)		2 (2015, 2017)
Japan		1 (2017)	1 (2019)
South Korea		1 (2015)
India		1 (2019)
China				1 (2015)
Thailand				1 (2017)
Pakistan				1 (2019)

Champions by region[]

Hosts[]

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
2	Myanmar	2015 , 2019
1	Iran	2017

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	2	0	0	2
2	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
3	Japan	0	1	1	2
4	India	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations[]

Nation	2015	2017	2019	Years
	10th	11th	7th	3
			12th	1
	4th	5th	6th	3
	3rd	3rd	1st	3
			14th	1
	8th		2nd	2
	9th			1
Iran	1st	1st		2
	6th	2nd	3rd	3
	13th	7th	5th	3
		8th		1
	16th			1
	5th		10th	2
			16th	1
		6th	4th	2
	14th			1
	11th		13th	2
	12th		15th	2
	2nd			1
		10th	8th	2
Thailand	7th	4th	11th	3
		9th		1
	15th		9th	2
Total	16	11	16

Debut of teams[]

Year	Debutants	Total
2015		16
	Iran
	Thailand
2017		4
2019		3

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player[] Tournament Most Valuable Player 2015 Naypyidaw Pouria Fayazi 2017 Ardabil 2019 Naypyidaw

Best Opposite Spiker[] Tournament Best Opposite Spiker 2015 Naypyidaw Jung Ji-seok 2017 Ardabil 2019 Naypyidaw Chang Yu-Sheng

Best Outside Spikers[] Tournament Best Outside Spikers 2015 Naypyidaw Pouria Fayazi 2017 Ardabil Esmaeil Mosafer 2019 Naypyidaw

Best Middle Blockers[] Tournament Best Middle Blockers 2015 Naypyidaw 2017 Ardabil 2019 Naypyidaw Prince

Best Setter[] Tournament Best Setter 2015 Naypyidaw 2017 Ardabil Masaki Oya 2019 Naypyidaw

Best Libero[] Tournament Best Libero 2015 Naypyidaw Lee Ji-hun 2017 Ardabil 2019 Naypyidaw

See also[]

• Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

External links[]

• Official AVC website