Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1975
No. of teams	16 (Finals)
Continent	Asia (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (8th title)
Most titles	Japan (8 titles)

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Asia and Oceania, organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Japan, which won its eighth title at the 2015 tournament in Iran.

History

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1975 Details	Melbourne		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Australia		7
1979 Details	Manama		China	Round-robin	South Korea		Japan	Round-robin	Australia		15
1983 Details	Tokyo		Japan	Round-robin	China		South Korea	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		11
1987 Details	Kuwait City		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–0	Kuwait		17
1989 Details	Seoul		South Korea	3–0	Japan		China	3–2	Pakistan		19
1991 Details	Perth		Japan	Round-robin	South Korea		China	Round-robin	Australia		15
1993 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan		Japan	3–2	China		16
1995 Details	Seoul		Japan	Round-robin	China		South Korea	Round-robin	Iran		14
1997 Details	Doha		China	Round-robin	Japan		Australia	Round-robin	Chinese Taipei		17
1999 Details	Tehran		China	Round-robin	Australia		South Korea	Round-robin	Japan		14
2001 Details	Changwon		South Korea	3–1	Australia		Japan	3–1	China		12
2003 Details	Tianjin		South Korea	Round-robin	China		Iran	Round-robin	Australia		15
2005 Details	Suphan Buri		Japan	3–0	China		South Korea	3–1	India		18
2007 Details	Jakarta		Australia	Round-robin	Japan		South Korea	Round-robin	China		17
2009 Details	Manila		Japan	3–1	Iran		South Korea	3–1	China		18
2011 Details	Tehran		Iran	3–1	China		South Korea	3–1	Australia		16
2013 Details	Dubai		Iran	3–0	South Korea		China	3–1	Japan		21
2015 Details	Tehran		Japan	3–1	Iran		China	3–2	Qatar		16
2017 Details	TBA
2019 Details	TBA

Medals Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	3	3	14
2	South Korea	4	4	8	16
3	China	3	6	5	14
4	Iran	2	2	1	5
5	Australia	1	2	1	4
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Total		18	18	18	54

Participating nations

Nation	1975	1979	1983	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Afghanistan																15th	20th			2
Australia	4th	4th	6th	11th	10th	4th	6th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	1st	7th	4th	5th	5th		18
Bahrain		14th		8th	16th				10th	10th		13th	10th				12th	12th		9
Bangladesh					17th		16th													2
China	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd		18
Chinese Taipei			4th	6th	9th	5th	10th	6th	4th	7th	6th	9th	13th	8th	8th	13th	9th	6th		16
Hong Kong			10th		14th						12th		18th		17th					5
India		5th	5th	5th	6th	10th	9th		9th	9th	7th	5th	4th	9th	9th	6th	7th	11th		16
Indonesia	6th		9th			6th				6th			11th	7th	6th	11th			Q	8
Iran		6th		10th	8th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	5th	3rd	6th	5th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		16
Iraq		8th		9th	7th												13th			4
Japan	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	1st	2nd	1st	5th	4th	1st		18
Jordan				17th																1
Kazakhstan							2nd	14th		11th	9th	8th		10th	5th	9th	10th	9th		10
Kuwait		7th	7th	4th	5th		14th	13th		14th				17th			17th	14th		10
Lebanon		13th													11th		8th			3
Macau									13th											1
Maldives														16th	18th					2
Myanmar															10th		18th			2
Nepal			11th		18th															2
New Zealand	7th	11th	8th	12th	12th	12th	11th	12th				14th	15th							10
North Korea						11th														1
Oman																	19th	15th		2
Pakistan				7th	4th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th		7th	9th	13th		7th		10th		12
Philippines	5th						15th	11th	14th				14th		15th					6
Qatar					19th		12th	10th	8th	13th	11th	11th	7th	11th	14th	12th	11th	4th		13
Samoa						15th														1
Saudi Arabia		9th		13th		13th			12th		8th	12th		12th			21st			8
Singapore		12th																		1
South Korea	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th		18
Sri Lanka					13th		13th	9th	15th	12th				14th	16th	8th	15th	13th		10
Syria		10th																		1
Thailand				14th	15th	9th	7th	7th	11th			10th	5th	6th	13th	10th	6th	8th		13
Turkmenistan																14th		16th		2
United Arab Emirates				15th	11th	14th			17th		10th	15th	17th				14th			8
Uzbekistan									16th				16th			16th	16th			4
Vietnam													12th	15th	12th					3
Yemen		15th		16th																2
Total	7	15	11	17	19	15	16	14	17	14	12	15	18	17	18	16	21	16

MVP by edition

• 1975–1997 – Not awarded
• 1999 –  Behnam Mahmoudi (IRI)
• 2001 –  Shin Jin-sik (KOR)
• 2003 –  Yejju Subba Rao (IND)
• 2005 –  Marcos Sugiyama (JPN)
• 2007 –  Dan Howard (AUS)
• 2009 –  Tatsuya Fukuzawa (JPN)
• 2011 –  Arash Kamalvand (IRI)
• 2013 –  Saeid Marouf (IRI)
• 2015 –  Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN)

See also

• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• AVC Cup
• Asian U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Junior Volleyball Championship
• Asian Youth Volleyball Championship

References

• Sports123.com

External links

• Official AVC website