2023 Asian Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship

2023 Asian Boys' U16 Championship
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	22–29 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Attendance	13,260 (390 per match)
Official website
	2023 Asian Boys' U16 Championship

The 2023 Asian Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship is the first edition of the Asian Boys' U16 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Uzbekistan (UZBV). The tournament is held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 22 to 29 July 2023.^[1]

This tournament is served as qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as the AVC representatives.^[1]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2008.

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 16 March 2023.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Uzbekistan (H)	~~Bahrain~~*	Saudi Arabia	~~Kuwait~~*
Kazakhstan	~~India~~*	Iran	Pakistan
Hong Kong	Thailand	Japan	Mongolia
—	Australia	China	Chinese Taipei

* Kuwait, Bahrain and India withdrew from the tournament.^[3]

Format

All teams are divided into 4 pools. Robin round to classify ranking. Top 2 teams advance to top 8, split to Pool E (for teams from Pools A and C) and Pool F (for teams from Pools B and D). After that, teams will play cross matches to determine the best two teams from Pools E and F to qualify for the 1-4 semifinals, with teams finishing third and fourth places in each pool relegated to Classification Round for ranking 5-8.

The lower-ranked teams finishing third in Pools A, C and D and fourth in Pool C will next play a single round-robin competition. Teams which have already met in the pool round-robin preliminaries will not play again, but their results in the pool play will be taken into consideration for ranking 9-12.^[4]

Venue

Assigned matches	Assigned matches
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yunusobod	JAR
Capacity: unknown

Pool standing procedure

Number of Victories
Match points
Set quotient
Points quotient
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 Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	108	1.389	Pool E
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	129	1.047	Pool E
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	102	150	0.680	Pool G

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
22 Jul	17:30	YSB	Hong Kong	0–3	Uzbekistan	15–25	16–25	17–25	48–75	Report
23 Jul	15:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–21	25–15	25–18	75–54	Report
24 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–19	25–20	75–60	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	96	75	1.280	Pool F
2	Australia	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	75	96	0.781	Pool F

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	1–3	Thailand	17–25	25–21	18–25	15–25		75–96	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	260	201	1.294	Pool E
2	Japan	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	273	232	1.177	Pool E
3	China	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	226	228	0.991	Pool G
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	127	225	0.564	Pool G

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	10:30	YSB	Saudi Arabia	0–3	China	19–25	20–25	12–25			51–75	Report
22 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–2	Japan	22–25	17–25	25–20	25–22	15–10	104–102	Report
23 Jul	12:30	YSB	Japan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–18	25–10			75–46	Report
23 Jul	17:30	YSB	Iran	3–0	China	31–29	25–17	25–23			81–69	Report
24 Jul	12:30	YSB	China	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–21	18–25	23–25		82–96	Report
24 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–12	25–6	25–12			75–30	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	88	1.705	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	124	111	1.117	Pool F
3	Mongolia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	75	150	0.500	Pool G

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
22 Jul	12:30	YSB	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Pakistan	15–25	18–25	16–25	49–75	Report
23 Jul	10:00	YSB	Mongolia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	12–25	4–25	36–75	Report
24 Jul	15:00	JAR	Pakistan	3–0	Mongolia	25–9	25–17	25–13	75–39	Report

Classification round

All times are Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).
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	8	9	4	2.250	305	266	1.147	Semifinals
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	264	271	0.974	Semifinals
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	216	234	0.923	5th–8th places
4	Japan	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	271	285	0.951	5th–8th places

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	10:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	1–3	Iran	15–25	25–23	20–25	19–25		79–98	Report
26 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	2–3	Japan	22–25	19–25	25–23	25–20	13–15	104–108	Report
27 Jul	15:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–18	27–25			77–61	Report
27 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	1–3	Iran	26–24	17–25	15–25	27–29		85–103	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	139	1.619	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	232	208	1.115	Semifinals
3	Thailand	4	3	1	8	9	6	1.500	244	258	0.946	5th–8th places
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	150	246	0.610	5th–8th places

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	12:30	YSB	Thailand	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–16	26–28	16–25	26–24	11–15	104–108	Report
26 Jul	15:00	YSB	Australia	0–3	Pakistan	13–25	19–25	14–25			46–75	Report
27 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	1–25	11–25	17–25			29–75	Report
27 Jul	12:30	YSB	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	9–25	16–25	19–25			44–75	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	247	187	1.321
10	Mongolia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	227	202	1.124
11	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	200	238	0.840
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	200	242	0.826

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Jul	12:30	JAR	Hong Kong	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–23	25–21	25–23		75–67	Report
26 Jul	15:00	JAR	Mongolia	0–3	China	24–26	17–25	19–25		60–76	Report
27 Jul	12:30	JAR	Hong Kong	1–3	China	21–25	15–25	25–21	15–25	76–96	Report
27 Jul	15:00	JAR	Mongolia	3–1	Saudi Arabia	17–25	25–19	25–17	25–16	92–77	Report
28 Jul	15:00	JAR	Hong Kong	0–3	Mongolia	15–25	15–25	19–25		49–75	Report

Final round

All times are Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

28 Jul

Kazakhstan	3
		29 Jul
Australia	1
		Kazakhstan	0
28 Jul
		Japan	3
Japan	3

Thailand	2
		7th place match

		29 Jul

		Australia	1

		Thailand	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	10:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–1	Australia	25–20	26–24	28–30	25–17		104–91	Report
28 Jul	12:30	YSB	Japan	3–2	Thailand	17–25	25–15	22–25	25–18	15–9	104–92	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–22	24–26	23–25		93–98	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	12:30	YSB	Kazakhstan	0–3	Japan	12–25	20–25	18–25			50–75	Report

Final four

Semifinals		Final

28 Jul

Iran	3
		29 Jul
Chinese Taipei	2
		Iran	3
28 Jul
		Uzbekistan	1
Uzbekistan	3

Pakistan	1
		3rd place match

		29 Jul

		Chinese Taipei	3

		Pakistan	1

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–2	Chinese Taipei	21–25	14–25	25–22	25–17	15–13	100–102	Report
28 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	3–1	Pakistan	25–23	25–21	17–25	25–23		92–92	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	15:00	YSB	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Pakistan	25–13	18–25	25–23	25–22		93–83	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	17:30	YSB	Iran	3–1	Uzbekistan	19–25	25–22	25–16	25–22		94–85	Report

Summary

Rank	Team	M	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PW	PL	PD	Points
1	Iran	7	7	0	21	7	+14	655	552	+103	19
2	Uzbekistan	6	3	3	13	10	+3	516	505	+11	10
3	Chinese Taipei	6	3	3	13	10	+3	498	431	+67	11
4	Pakistan	6	4	2	14	6	+8	475	363	+112	12
5	Japan	7	5	2	17	11	+6	621	555	+66	14
6	Kazakhstan	6	3	3	10	10	0	445	454	-9	9
7	Thailand	5	3	2	11	10	+1	438	455	-17	9
8	Australia	5	0	5	3	15	-12	334	448	-114	0
9	China	5	3	2	10	7	+3	398	364	+34	9
10	Mongolia	5	2	3	6	10	-4	302	352	-50	6
11	Hong Kong	5	1	4	4	12	-8	302	388	-86	3
12	Saudi Arabia	5	0	5	1	15	-14	271	392	-121	0

Points:

Win 3-0 and 3-1 : 3 Points
Win 3-2 : 2 Points
Lose 2-3 : 1 Points
Lose 0-3 and 1-3 : 0 Points

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	Uzbekistan
	Chinese Taipei
4	Pakistan
5	Japan
6	Kazakhstan
7	Thailand
8	Australia
9	China
10	Mongolia
11	Hong Kong
12	Saudi Arabia

	Qualified for the 2024 World Boys Championship

2023 Asian Boys' U16 champions
Iran 1st title

Awards

Most valuable player
Mohammad Raouf Khoshhal Dashliboroun (IRI)
Best setter
Halimov Shohruhxon (UZB)
Best outside hitters
Haydarov Ogabek (UZB)

Mohammad Raouf Khoshhal Dashliboroun (IRI)
Best middle blockers
Taha Mohseni Bababdani (IRI)

Liou Guan-Peng (TPE)
Best opposite spiker
Huang Pin-Yen (TPE)
Best libero
Masoud Eimery (IRI)

References

1 2 Preechachan (2023-07-22). "INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDERWAY IN UZBEKISTAN ON JULY 22". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
↑ Preechachan (16 March 2023). "Results of Remaining Six 2023 AVC Championships Drawing of Lots Revealed". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
↑ "The withdrawal of India and Bahrain". volleyball.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
↑ Preechachan (2023-07-25). "TOP 8 SPOTS CONFIRMED IN ONGOING TASHKENT-HOSTED INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

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[Background-1] 1 2 Preechachan (2023-07-22). "INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDERWAY IN UZBEKISTAN ON JULY 22". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-24.

[2] Preechachan (16 March 2023). "Results of Remaining Six 2023 AVC Championships Drawing of Lots Revealed". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[3] "The withdrawal of India and Bahrain". volleyball.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.

[4] Preechachan (2023-07-25). "TOP 8 SPOTS CONFIRMED IN ONGOING TASHKENT-HOSTED INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

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