2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

The 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 21 to 28 July 2018.[1][2] The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.

2018 Asian Men's U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
City	Riffa
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	23 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (6th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament awards
MVP	Amir Hossein Esfandiar
Best Setter	Choi Ik-je
Best OH	Morteza Sharifi Porya Yali
Best MB	Soranan Nuampara Mehran Feyz
Best OPP	Ali Abushanan
Best Libero	Park Kyeong-min
Official website

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999. And they can enroll themselves maximum for twice championships.

On 4 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, and the top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.[3]

Qualification

The 24 AVC member associations submitted their U20 men's national team to the 2018 Asian U20 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 23 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (7 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (6 teams).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host Country	1	Bahrain
Central Asian teams	7	India
		Iran
		Kazakhstan
		Maldives
		Pakistan
		Sri Lanka
		Turkmenistan
		Uzbekistan
East Asian teams	6	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Hong Kong
		Japan
		South Korea
		Macau
Oceanian teams	2	Australia
		New Zealand
Southeast Asian teams	2	Malaysia
		Thailand
West Asian teams	5	Iraq
		Jordan
		Qatar
		Saudi Arabia
		United Arab Emirates
Total 23

Pools composition

This was the first Asian U20 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into eight pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2016 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C.[4] But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2016 edition are shown in brackets.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (1)	Japan (4)	Sri Lanka (7)	Qatar (10)
Iran (2)	Thailand (5)	Kazakhstan (8)	Iraq (11)
South Korea (3)	Turkmenistan (6)	Australia (9)	Bahrain (Hosts, 15)

Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H
Chinese Taipei (12)	Hong Kong (16)	India	Macau
Pakistan (13)	Jordan	New Zealand	Maldives
Saudi Arabia (14)	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Malaysia

Venues

• Isa Sports City Hall C, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool A, B, D, E and Final round
• Isa Sports City Hall B, Riffa, Bahrain – Pool C, F, G, H and Final round

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio 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 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
• Originally, the third ranked team of pool D had to play against the third ranked team of pool G in the playoffs. However, due to the absence of Uzbekistan, there were only two teams in pool G, so the third ranked team of pool D went directly to the round of 16.

	Qualified for the Round of 16
	Qualified for the Playoffs

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	119	1.261
2	South Korea	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	169	182	0.929
3	China	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	164	182	0.901

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	16:30	China	0–3	Iran	22–25	13–25	22–25			57–75	P2
22 Jul	14:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–23	25–22	20–25	22–25	15–12	107–107	P2
23 Jul	14:00	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	152	96	1.583
2	Thailand	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	174	181	0.961
3	Turkmenistan	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	139	188	0.739

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	14:00	Thailand	0–3	Japan	19–25	17–25	25–27			61–77	P2
22 Jul	16:40	Turkmenistan	2–3	Thailand	20–25	28–26	25–22	21–25	10–15	104–113	P2
23 Jul	11:30	Japan	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–12	25–12	25–11			75–35	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Sri Lanka	2	0	6	6	2	3.000	202	162	1.247
2	Australia	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	159	150	1.060
3	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	128	177	0.723

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	19:00	Sri Lanka	3–1	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–16	29–27	25–10		102–78	P2
22 Jul	16:30	Sri Lanka	3–1	Australia	24–26	25–13	26–24	25–21		100–84	P2
23 Jul	19:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Australia	20–25	22–25	8–25			50–75	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bahrain	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	153	105	1.457
2	Iraq	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	161	156	1.032
3	Qatar	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	119	172	0.692

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	19:00	Bahrain	3–0	Iraq	25–23	28–26	25–15			78–64	P2
22 Jul	19:30	Qatar	0–3	Bahrain	15–25	16–25	10–25			41–75	P2
23 Jul	16:30	Iraq	3–1	Qatar	25–19	25–16	22–25	25–18		97–78	P2

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	164	130	1.262
2	Saudi Arabia	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	130	137	0.949
3	Pakistan	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	137	164	0.835

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	11:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–19	25–18			75–55	P2
22 Jul	11:30	Pakistan	1–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	15–25	25–14	18–25		75–89	P2
23 Jul	19:00	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Pakistan	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Hong Kong	2	0	6	6	2	3.000	192	176	1.091
2	Jordan	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	174	165	1.055
3	United Arab Emirates	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	149	174	0.856

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	16:30	Jordan	1–3	Hong Kong	25–20	22–25	24–26	24–26		95–97	P2
22 Jul	19:00	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Jordan	27–29	18–25	23–25			68–79	P2
23 Jul	14:00	Hong Kong	3–1	United Arab Emirates	20–25	25–22	25–20	25–14		95–81	P2

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	60	1.250
2	New Zealand	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	60	75	0.800

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	14:00	New Zealand	0–3	India	22–25	22–25	16–25			60–75	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Macau	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	188	142	1.324
2	Malaysia	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	189	151	1.252
3	Maldives	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	66	150	0.440

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	14:00	Maldives	0–3	Malaysia	9–25	19–25	10–25			38–75	P2
22 Jul	11:30	Macau	3–0	Maldives	25–9	25–8	25–11			75–28	P2
23 Jul	16:30	Malaysia	2–3	Macau	28–30	25–20	23–25	25–23	13–15	114–113	P2

Final round

• All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Playoffs

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

25 July

Iran

3

24 July

India

0

Hong Kong

1

26 July

India

3

Iran

3

Kazakhstan

0

25 July

Sri Lanka

1

24 July

Kazakhstan

3

Kazakhstan

3

27 July

Maldives

0

Iran

3

Thailand

1

25 July

Japan

2

24 July

Chinese Taipei

3

Chinese Taipei

3

26 July

New Zealand

0

Chinese Taipei

0

Thailand

3

25 July

Thailand

3

Qatar

0

28 July

Iran

3

South Korea

0

25 July

South Korea

3

24 July

Pakistan

1

Pakistan

3

26 July

Jordan

0

South Korea

3

Australia

0

25 July

Australia

3

24 July

Bahrain

2

Bahrain

3

27 July

Malaysia

1

South Korea

3

Iraq

0

3rd place match

25 July

28 July

China

3

Thailand

3

24 July

Saudi Arabia

0

Iraq

1

Saudi Arabia

3

26 July

United Arab Emirates

1

China

2

Iraq

3

25 July

Turkmenistan

0

24 July

Iraq

3

Iraq

3

Macau

0

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	27 July
	Kazakhstan	0
					28 July
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
	27 July
					China	3
	Australia	0
	China	3
					7th place match
					28 July
					Kazakhstan	0
					Australia	3

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	26 July
	Qatar	1
					28 July
	Sri Lanka	3
					Sri Lanka	0
	27 July
					Bahrain	3
	Turkmenistan	1
	Bahrain	3
					11th place match
					28 July
					Qatar	0
					Turkmenistan	3

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	26 July
	India	0
					27 July
	Japan	3
					Japan	3
	26 July
					Pakistan	0
	Pakistan	3
	Saudi Arabia	0
					15th place match
					27 July
					India	3
					Saudi Arabia	1

	17th–20th semifinals				17th place match
	26 July
	Hong Kong	2
					28 July
	United Arab Emirates	3
					United Arab Emirates	1
	27 July
					New Zealand	3
	Jordan	2
	New Zealand	3
					19th place match
					28 July
					Hong Kong	3
					Jordan	0

	21st–23rd semifinal				21st place match
					27 July
					Maldives	0
	26 July
					Macau	3
	Malaysia	1
	Macau	3

Playoffs

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	11:30	ISC	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	25–19	25–13	25–15			75–47	P2
24 Jul	14:00	ISC	Pakistan	3–0	Jordan	25–20	25–17	25–21			75–58	P2
24 Jul	14:00	ISB	Hong Kong	1–3	India	25–19	24–26	25–27	12–25		86–97	P2
24 Jul	16:30	ISC	Iraq	3–0	Macau	25–18	25–19	25–18			75–55	P2
24 Jul	16:30	ISB	Saudi Arabia	3–1	United Arab Emirates	25–20	22–25	25–16	25–19		97–80	P2
24 Jul	19:00	ISC	Bahrain	3–1	Malaysia	25–27	25–20	25–10	25–21		100–78	P2
24 Jul	19:00	ISB	Kazakhstan	3–0	Maldives	25–16	25–14	25–11			75–41	P2

Round of 16

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	11:30	ISC	Iran	3–0	India	25–17	25–14	25–22			75–53	P2
25 Jul	11:30	ISB	South Korea	3–1	Pakistan	25–17	25–22	20–25	25–21		95–85	P2
25 Jul	14:00	ISC	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	25–12	25–14			75–48	P2
25 Jul	14:00	ISB	Turkmenistan	0–3	Iraq	16–25	20–25	16–25			52–75	P2
25 Jul	16:30	ISC	Thailand	3–0	Qatar	25–15	25–10	25–10			75–35	P2
25 Jul	16:30	ISB	Japan	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–22	28–26	18–25	22–25	10–15	103–113	P2
25 Jul	19:00	ISC	Australia	3–2	Bahrain	16–25	17–25	34–32	25–22	15–11	107–115	P2
25 Jul	19:25	ISB	Sri Lanka	1–3	Kazakhstan	24–26	25–16	13–25	21–25		83–92	P2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	14:00	ISB	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–13	25–15	25–16			75–44	P2
26 Jul	16:30	ISC	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	19–25	22–25	26–28			67–78	P2
26 Jul	19:00	ISC	South Korea	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–19	25–18			75–56	P2
26 Jul	19:00	ISB	China	2–3	Iraq	25–17	22–25	25–15	22–25	10–15	104–97	P2

21st–23rd semifinal

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	09:00	ISB	Malaysia	1–3	Macau	21–25	17–25	25–23	18–25		81–98	P2

17th–20th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	16:30	ISB	Hong Kong	2–3	United Arab Emirates	23–25	25–10	20–25	25–15	13–15	106–90	P2
27 Jul	14:00	ISB	Jordan	2–3	New Zealand	16–25	25–18	22–25	25–23	15–17	103–108	P2

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	11:30	ISC	Pakistan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–13	25–20	25–18			75–51	P2
26 Jul	11:30	ISB	India	0–3	Japan	19–25	21–25	13–25			53–75	P2

9th–12th semifinals

24

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	14:00	ISC	Qatar	1–3	Sri Lanka	21–25	25–21	18–25	24–26		88–97	P2
27 Jul	11:30	ISB	Turkmenistan	1–3	Bahrain	25–23	15–25	13–25	8–25		61–98	P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	11:30	ISC	Kazakhstan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	18–25	21–25			58–75	P2
27 Jul	14:00	ISC	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	19–25	22–25			55–75	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	16:30	ISC	Iran	3–1	Thailand	25–14	25–18	15–25	25–14		90–71	P2
27 Jul	19:00	ISC	South Korea	3–0	Iraq	25–17	25–16	25–22			75–55	P2

21st place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	09:00	ISB	Maldives	0–3	Macau	13–25	18–25	22–25			53–75	P2

19th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	10:00	ISB	Hong Kong	3–0	Jordan	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63	P2

17th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	12:30	ISB	United Arab Emirates	1–3	New Zealand	25–23	18–25	23–25	22–25		88–98	P2

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	16:30	ISB	India	3–1	Saudi Arabia	23–25	25–18	25–16	25–17		98–76	P2

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	19:00	ISB	Japan	3–0	Pakistan	25–21	25–17	25–10			75–48	P2

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	15:00	ISB	Qatar	0–3	Turkmenistan	20–25	23–25	14–25			57–75	P2

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	17:30	ISB	Sri Lanka	0–3	Bahrain	21–25	19–25	17–25			57–75	P2

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	11:30	ISC	Kazakhstan	0–3	Australia	22–25	18–25	23–25			63–75	P2

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	14:00	ISC	Chinese Taipei	1–3	China	19–25	25–19	20–25	22–25		86–94	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	16:30	ISC	Thailand	3–1	Iraq	25–23	18–25	25–20	26–24		94–92	P2

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	19:05	ISC	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–14	25–18			75–54	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  South Korea  Thailand 4  Iraq 5  China 6  Chinese Taipei 7  Australia 8  Kazakhstan 9  Bahrain 10  Sri Lanka 11  Turkmenistan 12  Qatar 13  Japan 14  Pakistan 15  India 16  Saudi Arabia 17  New Zealand 18  United Arab Emirates 19  Hong Kong 20  Jordan 21  Macau 22  Maldives 23  Malaysia Qualified for the 2019 and 2021 U21 World Championship

2018 Asian Men's U20 Champions  Iran 6th title 12–man Roster Jelveh, Hazratpour, Saberi, Sharifi, Falahat, Feyz, Gholamipour, Esfandiar (c), Tabari, Beik, Toukhteh, Yali Head Coach Ataei

Awards

Most Valuable Player Amir Hossein Esfandiar Best Setter Choi Ik-je Best Outside Spikers Morteza Sharifi Porya Yali

Best Middle Blockers Soranan Nuampara Mehran Feyz Best Opposite Spiker Ali Abushanan Best Libero Park Kyeong-min

See also

• 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
2. "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "All four AVC Age Group Championships cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic". AVC. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
4. "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Squads