2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC), from 8 to 15 August 2018.[1][2]

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Chinese Taipei
CityTaipei
Dates8–15 August
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP Mohamed Ibrahim
Best Setter Javad Karimi
Best OH Renan Ribeiro
Liu Hung-min
Best MB Mohamed Ibrahim
Rahman Taghizadeh
Best OPP Mubarak Hammad
Best Libero Tomohiro Ogawa
Official website

As hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 8 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia.

Qualification
Main article: 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
  Qualified

The 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Cup. Chinese Taipei qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Championship. But, China later withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (1 team).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host Country 1  Chinese Taipei
Central Asian teams 2  Iran
 Kazakhstan
East Asian teams 2  China
 Japan
 South Korea
Oceanian team 1  Australia
Southeast Asian teams 2  Thailand
 Vietnam
West Asian team 1  Qatar
Total 9

Pools composition

This was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three 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 2017 Asian Championship. 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.[3] Final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Pool A Pool B Pool C
 Japan (1)  Iran (5)  Qatar (9)
 Kazakhstan (2)  Chinese Taipei (Hosts, 7)  Vietnam (10)
 South Korea (3)  Australia (8)  Thailand (11)

Venue

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
Qualified for the Quarterfinals
Qualified for the Playoff

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kazakhstan 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 176 152 1.158
2  South Korea 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 181 189 0.958
3  Japan 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 192 208 0.923
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug13:00Japan  2–3  South Korea 25–2019–2523–2525–2317–19109–112P2
9 Aug13:30Kazakhstan  3–1  Japan 25–2225–2321–2525–13 96–83P2
10 Aug16:10South Korea  0–3  Kazakhstan 22–2519–2528–30  69–80P2

Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 182 175 1.040
2  Chinese Taipei 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 167 132 1.265
3  Australia 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 126 168 0.750
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug19:20Iran  3–1  Chinese Taipei 25–2314–2525–2125–23 89–92P2
9 Aug18:30Australia  1–3  Iran 20–2522–2525–1816–25 83–93P2
10 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei  3–0  Australia 25–1725–1425–12  75–43P2

Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Qatar 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 124 1.210
2  Thailand 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 172 178 0.966
3  Vietnam 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 165 185 0.892
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug15:50Qatar  3–0  Vietnam 25–2025–1925–23  75–62P2
9 Aug16:00Thailand  0–3  Qatar 23–2523–2516–25  62–75P2
10 Aug13:30Vietnam  2–3  Thailand 24–2627–2525–1916–2511–15103–110P2

Final round
 
PlayoffQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
11 August
 
 
 South Korea0
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
14 August
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
 Japan1
 
 
11 August
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Australia1
 
 
15 August
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
 Iran2
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
11 August
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
14 August
 
 Thailand2
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 
 Iran3 3rd place match
 
 
11 August15 August
 
 
 Iran3 Japan3
 
 
 Vietnam0  Chinese Taipei2
 
 
 
 
  5th–9th quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals 5th place match  
                             
  14 August
      Australia 3
  13 August         Kazakhstan 1     15 August
      South Korea 3           Australia 2
      Australia 0     14 August         Thailand 3
      Thailand 3  
      South Korea 1     7th place match
  13 August         15 August  
      Vietnam 2         Kazakhstan 3
      Thailand 3     South Korea 1

Playoff
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei  3–2  Thailand 23–2525–1423–2525–1415–12111–90P2

5th–9th quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug13:30South Korea  3–0  Australia 25–2326–2425–19  76–66P2
13 Aug16:00Vietnam  2–3  Thailand 18–2525–1820–2539–3710–15112–120P2

Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug11:00Iran  3–0  Vietnam 25–1925–1425–19  75–52P2
11 Aug13:30Japan  3–1  Australia 25–2125–1721–2525–15 96–78P2
11 Aug16:00South Korea  0–3  Qatar 19–2514–2522–25  55–75P2
13 Aug18:45Kazakhstan  1–3  Chinese Taipei 25–2320–2520–2521–25 86–98P2

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug11:00Australia  3–1  Kazakhstan 25–1925–1823–2525–16 98–78P2
14 Aug13:30Thailand  3–1  South Korea 25–2327–2521–2525–16 98–89P2

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug16:00Qatar  3–1  Japan 25–2122–2525–1925–16 97–81P2
14 Aug18:30Chinese Taipei  0–3  Iran 19–2520–2523–25  62–75P2

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug11:00Kazakhstan  3–1  South Korea 25–2125–2314–2525–19 89–88P2

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug13:30Australia  2–3  Thailand 25–2127–2516–2517–255–1590–111P2

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug16:10Japan  3–2  Chinese Taipei 21–2520–2532–3029–2717–15119–122P2

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug19:15Qatar  3–2  Iran 23–2521–2525–2225–1815–10109–100P2

Final standing

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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