2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	15–22 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	India
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Hiroki Bito
Best Setter	Emran Kook Jili
Best OH	Shunta Ono S.Matin Hosseini
Best MB	Taha Behboudnia Kush Singh
Best OPP	Aryan Baliyan
Best Libero	Sena Kameoka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Attendance	5,100 (213 per match)
Official website
2022 Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held at the Volleyball Federation Hall, Tehran, Iran from 15 to 22 August 2022.[1]

The competition served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as AVC's representatives.[2]

Players born on or after January 1, 2005 were eligible to participate.[3]

Pools composition

Eight teams were divided into 2 Pools (Pool A & Pool B)

• Seeding for the host and top 3 teams from the previous event by serpentine system.
• Drawing of lots for the remaining 4 teams (based on the previous ranking and zones).

Pool A	Pool B
Iran (Host)  Chinese Taipei (4th)  China  Kuwait	Japan (1st)  South Korea (2nd)  Thailand  India

Format

Preliminary Round: Round Robin to determine ranking.

Knockout Stage: All 8 teams entered a quarterfinal for cross elimination (A1:B4, B1:A4 etc) to determine the champion.

Venue

All matches
Tehran, Iran
Volleyball Federation Hall
Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories
2. Match points
3. Set quotient
4. Points quotient
5. If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	155	1.452	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	217	193	1.124
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	216	226	0.956
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	161	245	0.657

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Aug	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Kuwait	25–11	25–17	20–25	25–16		95–69	Report
16 Aug	17:00	China	0–3	Iran	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75	Report
17 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	32–30	25–22			82–72	Report
17 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Kuwait	25–12	25–21	25–13			75–46	Report
18 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–19	25–12			75–46	Report
18 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–18	25–16			75–49	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	6	1.500	320	292	1.096	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	282	268	1.052
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	236	238	0.992
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	248	288	0.861

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Aug	11:30	Japan	3–2	India	25–20	25–23	23–25	21–25	15–13	109–106	Report
15 Aug	14:30	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	27–25	25–17	25–20			77–62	Report
16 Aug	11:30	India	3–1	Thailand	25–21	24–26	27–25	25–23		101–95	Report
16 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	21–25	25–18	25–14	15–25	15–13	101–95	Report
17 Aug	11:30	Thailand	2–3	Japan	15–25	25–22	17–25	25–23	9–15	91–110	Report
18 Aug	11:30	South Korea	0–3	India	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+4:30).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	20 August
	Japan	3
					21 August
	Kuwait	0
					Japan	3
	20 August
					South Korea	1
	China	2
									22 August
	South Korea	3
									Japan	3
	20 August
									Iran	0
	India	3
					21 August
	Chinese Taipei	1
					India	0
	20 August
					Iran	3			3rd place match
	Iran	3
									22 August
	Thailand	1
									South Korea	2
									India	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	21 August
	Kuwait	0
					22 August
	China	3
					China	3
	21 August
					Chinese Taipei	2
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Thailand	1
					7th place match
					22 August
					Kuwait	1
					Thailand	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	09:00	China	2–3	South Korea	22–25	25–23	22–25	25–22	13–15	107–110	Report
20 Aug	11:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–14	25–27	25–23		100–83	Report
20 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Kuwait	25–21	25–18	25–12			75–51	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–1	Thailand	24–26	25–13	25–19	25–15		99–73	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	09:00	China	3–0	Kuwait	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	Report
21 Aug	11:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Thailand	21–25	25–22	26–24	25–20		97–91	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	14:00	South Korea	1–3	Japan	39–37	22–25	21–25	14–25		96–112	Report
21 Aug	17:00	India	0–3	Iran	15–25	19–25	18–25			52–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	09:00	Kuwait	1–3	Thailand	25–23	18–25	8–25	17–25		68–98	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	11:30	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–16	15–25	18–25	25–20	17–15	100–101	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:00	South Korea	2–3	India	20–25	21–25	28–26	25–19	12–15	106–110	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Japan  Iran  India 4  South Korea 5  China 6  Chinese Taipei 7  Thailand 8  Kuwait Qualified for the 2023 FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship

2022 Men's Asian U18 champions  Japan 3rd title 12–boy roster Setter：Ota Yoshihara(c), Aguri Hara Outside Hitter：Kai Cousins, Yuta Doi, Rinto Nagata, Hiroki Bito, Shunta Ono Middle Blocker：Hyo Yamashita, Yuzuki Akimoto, Mark Allen Junior Rosen, Takeru Watanabe Libero： Sena Kameoka Head coach: Hiroshi Honda

Awards

Source:[4]

• Most valuable player

   Hiroki Bito (JPN)

• Best setter

   Emran Kook Jili (IRI)

• Best outside hitters

   Shunta Ono (JPN)

   S.Matin Hosseini (IRI)

• Best middle blockers

   Taha Behboudnia (IRI)

   Kush Singh (IND)

• Best opposite spiker

   Aryan Baliyan (IND)

• Best libero

   Sena Kameoka (JPN)

See also

• 2022 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
• 2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Tehran burgeoning as joint meeting held ahead of the outset". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. "Top four confirmed for action-packed semifinals in 14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Iran". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
3. "14th Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship" (PDF).
4. Preechachan (22 August 2022). "JAPAN DOMINATE 14TH ASIAN MEN'S U18 CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEHRAN". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

• AVC
• Team Roster