2017 Asian Men's U23 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Iran
Dates1–9 May
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVPIran Rahman Taghizadeh
Official website
Official website

The 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). It was held in Ardabil, Iran from 1 to 9 May 2017. The tournament was served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]

The matches was played in only one stadium in Ardabil: Rezazadeh Stadium. It was the first time that Iran and Ardabil had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).

Iran won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Championship.

Participated teams

Central Asia (CAZA) East Asia (EAZA) Oceania (OZA) Southeast Asia (SEAZA) West Asia (WAZA)

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017.[1] But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Iran (Hosts)  Chinese Taipei (3)  China (4)  Japan (6)
 Philippines (14)  Kazakhstan (12)  Australia (10)  Thailand (7)
 Pakistan (–)  Uzbekistan (–)  Malaysia (–)  Sri Lanka (–)

Venue

All matches
Iran Ardabil, Iran
Rezazadeh Stadium
Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Numbers of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 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

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 1 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 82 65 1.262 Pool E
2  Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 65 82 0.793
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May17:30Iran 3–0 Pakistan25–1229–2728–26  82–65P2

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 192 158 1.215 Pool F
2  Kazakhstan 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 176 176 1.000
3  Uzbekistan 2 0 2 2 4 6 0.667 189 223 0.848 Pool H
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May10:00Uzbekistan 2–3 Kazakhstan25–2019–2516–2525–2214–1699–108P2
2 May15:00Chinese Taipei 3–2 Uzbekistan25–1722–2525–1028–3015–8115–90P2
3 May15:00Kazakhstan 0–3 Chinese Taipei21–2525–2722–25  68–77P2

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 174 147 1.184 Pool E
2  Malaysia 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 157 158 0.994
3  Australia 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 170 196 0.867 9th place play-offs
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May12:30Malaysia 3–1 Australia22–2525–1925–1725–22 97–83P2
2 May17:30China 3–0 Malaysia25–2225–1925–19  75–60P2
3 May17:30Australia 1–3 China18–2526–2421–2522–25 87–99P2

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 187 149 1.255 Pool F
2  Thailand 2 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 203 195 1.041
3  Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 127 173 0.734 Pool H
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May15:00Japan 3–0 Sri Lanka25–1425–1725–13  75–44P2
2 May12:30Thailand 2–3 Japan28–3025–2019–2525–228–15105–112P2
3 May12:30Sri Lanka 1–3 Thailand25–2321–2519–2518–25 83–98P2

Second round

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

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 255 201 1.269 Final round
2  China 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 219 203 1.079
3  Pakistan 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 231 255 0.906
4  Malaysia 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 225 271 0.830
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May15:00Iran 3–1 Malaysia23–2525–2025–1925–21 98–85P2
4 May17:30China 3–1 Pakistan18–2525–1825–1125–14 93–68P2
5 May10:00Pakistan 3–1 Malaysia23–2525–1325–2125–21 98–80P2
5 May15:00Iran 3–0 China25–1825–1525–18  75–51P2

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 262 213 1.230 Final round
2  Thailand 3 2 1 6 8 6 1.333 303 298 1.017
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 234 249 0.940
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 205 244 0.840
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May12:30Chinese Taipei 2–3 Thailand25–1925–2220–2518–2512–15100–106P2
4 May19:30Japan 3–0 Kazakhstan25–1725–1725–17  75–51P2
5 May12:30Kazakhstan 1–3 Thailand22–2517–2525–1722–25 86–92P2
5 May17:30Chinese Taipei 0–3 Japan23–2518–2516–25  57–75P2

Pool H

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Sri Lanka 1 1 0 2 3 2 1.500 106 114 0.930 9th place match
2  Uzbekistan 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 114 106 1.075 9th place play-offs
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May10:00Uzbekistan 2–3 Sri Lanka25–2025–1624–2626–2814–16114–106P2

Classification round

Bracket

 
Ninth place play-offsNinth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Sri LankaBye
 
7 May – Ardabil
 
 
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
5 May – Ardabil
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 Australia0
 
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia
 
 
 

9th place play-offs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 May19:30Australia 0–3 Uzbekistan22–2519–2521–25  62–75P2

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May10:00Sri Lanka 0–3 Uzbekistan23–2521–2521–25  65–75P2

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May12:30Japan 3–0 Malaysia25–1825–2325–23  75–64P2
7 May15:00Thailand 3–0 Pakistan25–2225–1825–17  75–57P2
7 May17:30Iran 3–0 Kazakhstan25–925–1725–14  75–40P2
7 May19:30China 0–3 Chinese Taipei19–2527–2923–25  69–79P2

5th place play-offs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May10:00Malaysia 1–3 China25–1722–2512–2527–29 86–96P2
8 May12:30Kazakhstan 2–3 Pakistan20–2525–1723–2525–2214–16107–105P2

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May10:00Malaysia 2–3 Kazakhstan25–2211–2523–2525–2010–1594–107P2

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May12:30China 3–0 Pakistan25–1525–1325–13  75–41P2

Semi-finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May15:00Japan 3–0 Chinese Taipei25–2125–1925–18  75–58P2
8 May17:30Iran 3–0 Thailand25–2225–1925–20  75–61P2

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May15:00Thailand 1–3 Chinese Taipei25–1921–2523–2522–25 91–94P2

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May17:30Japan 0–3 Iran25–2724–2620–25  69–78P2

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Iran Rahman Taghizadeh
  • Best setter
    Japan Masaki Oya
  • Best outside spikers
    Japan Masato Katsuoka
    Iran Esmaeil Mosafer
  • Best middle blockers
    Chinese Taipei Lee Hsing-kuo
    Iran Sahand Allahverdian
  • Best opposite spiker
    Iran Amin Esmaeilnejad
  • Best libero
    Chinese Taipei Su Hou-chen

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand". AVC. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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