2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2001 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
Dates	9–16 September
Teams	12
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
MVP	Shin Jin-sik
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The 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 11th Asian Championship, which took place from September 9 to September 16, 2001 in Changwon, South Korea.

Venues

• Changwon Indoor Gymnasium (Changwon)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	151	93	1.624
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	151	179	0.844
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	154	184	0.837

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	14:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	15–25	11–25	24–26			50–76
10 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–19	23–25	19–25	16–14	108–104
11 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–17	25–14	25–12			75–43

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	183	146	1.253
2	India	3	1	1	5	4	1.250	199	189	1.053
3	Qatar	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	126	173	0.728

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	11:30	China	3–2	India	22–25	25–19	25–20	21–25	15–12	108–101
10 Sep	11:30	Qatar	0–3	China	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
11 Sep	11:30	India	3–1	Qatar	25–20	25–15	23–25	25–21		98–81

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	118	1.271
2	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	137	132	1.038
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	113	150	0.753

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	16:30	Australia	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56
10 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	18–25	22–25	22–25			62–75
11 Sep	15:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	22–25	17–25			57–75

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	188	140	1.343
2	Iran	3	1	1	5	3	1.667	179	150	1.193
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	73	150	0.487

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	18:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Iran	14–25	10–25	13–25			37–75
10 Sep	17:30	Japan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–15	25–6	25–15			75–36
11 Sep	17:30	Iran	2–3	Japan	25–23	27–25	20–25	20–25	12–15	104–113

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarterfinals.

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	248	185	1.341
2	Australia	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	235	212	1.108
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	218	242	0.901
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	187	249	0.751

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57
12 Sep	15:30	Australia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52
13 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–1	Australia	23–25	25–23	25–18	25–19		98–85
13 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	22–25	19–25	26–28		92–99

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	264	229	1.153
2	China	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	244	237	1.030
3	Iran	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	274	282	0.972
4	India	3	0	3	4	9	0.444	259	293	0.884

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	17:30	China	3–0	Iran	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61
12 Sep	19:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–22	25–18	26–24			76–64
13 Sep	17:30	China	0–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75
13 Sep	19:30	India	2–3	Iran	18–25	13–25	25–23	25–21	13–15	94–109

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	3	0	MAX	78	66	1.182
2	United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	3	0.000	66	78	0.846

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	11:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	25–22	28–26			78–66

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Qatar	2	1	0	3	0	MAX	75	52	1.442
2	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	3	0.000	52	75	0.693

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	11:30	Qatar	3–0	Hong Kong	25–17	25–20	25–15			75–52

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	14 September – Changwon
	Kazakhstan	3
	Hong Kong	0
					15 September – Changwon
					Kazakhstan	3
					United Arab Emirates	0
					11th place
	14 September – Changwon			15 September – Changwon
	Qatar	2		Hong Kong	0
	United Arab Emirates	3			Qatar	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–11	25–14			75–37
14 Sep	16:00	Qatar	2–3	United Arab Emirates	27–29	25–22	25–20	21–25	12–15	110–111

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	10:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Qatar	13–25	11–25	19–25			43–75

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–19	25–22	25–13			75–54

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	15 September – Changwon
	Chinese Taipei	3
	India	0
					16 September – Changwon
					Chinese Taipei	1
					Iran	3
					7th place
	15 September – Changwon			16 September – Changwon
	Saudi Arabia	1		India	3
	Iran	3			Saudi Arabia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	India	25–20	26–24	25–20			76–64
15 Sep	20:00	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iran	27–25	25–27	11–25	16–25		79–102

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	14:00	India	3–2	Saudi Arabia	30–32	25–22	25–16	22–25	16–14	118–109

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Iran	14–25	20–25	28–26	23–25		85–101

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	15 September – Changwon
	South Korea	3
	China	0
					16 September – Changwon
					South Korea	3
					Australia	1
					3rd place
	15 September – Changwon			16 September – Changwon
	Australia	3		China	1
	Japan	0			Japan	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60
15 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–20	25–17			75–60

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	18:00	China	1–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	25–23	19–25		83–98

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–18	25–23	21–25	25–17		96–83

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  South Korea 02 !  Australia 03 !  Japan 4  China 5  Iran 6  Chinese Taipei 7  India 8  Saudi Arabia 9  Kazakhstan 10  United Arab Emirates 11  Qatar 12  Hong Kong Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Asian Men's Champions  South Korea Third title

Awards

• MVP: Shin Jin-sik
• Best Scorer: Benjamin Hardy
• Best Spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
• Best Blocker: Dan Howard
• Best Server: Shin Jin-sik
• Best Setter: Choi Tae-woong
• Best Digger: Kenji Yamamoto
• Best Receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun

References

• Results