2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2010 AVC Cup for Men was the second edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2009 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Ghadir Arena, Urmia, Iran from 1 to 7 August 2010.

2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Urmia
Dates	1–7 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	India
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP	Farhad Nazari Afshar

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Iran (Host & 2nd) China (4th) Chinese Taipei Indonesia *	Japan (1st) South Korea (3rd) Australia Kazakhstan

* Indonesia withdrew and replaced by India.

Venue

All matches
Urmia, Iran
Ghadir Arena
Capacity: 6,000

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	302	267	1.131	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	278	250	1.112
3	India	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	283	301	0.940
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	211	256	0.824

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Aug	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	19–25	16–25	14–25			49–75	Report
01 Aug	18:00	Iran	3–2	India	25–15	25–17	23–25	23–25	15–10	111–92	Report
02 Aug	13:30	China	3–1	India	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–20		96–86	Report
02 Aug	18:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	23–25	21–25	24–26			68–76	Report
03 Aug	13:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	22–25	33–31	25–18	25–20		105–94	Report
03 Aug	18:00	China	2–3	Iran	26–24	25–22	23–25	16–25	17–19	107–115	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	259	232	1.116	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	7	1.000	312	298	1.047
3	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	227	231	0.983
4	Japan	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	228	265	0.860

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Aug	10:00	Australia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59	Report
01 Aug	15:30	South Korea	3–2	Japan	25–18	23–25	25–17	21–25	17–15	111–100	Report
02 Aug	10:00	Japan	0–3	Kazakhstan	27–29	16–25	20–25			63–79	Report
02 Aug	15:30	South Korea	3–2	Australia	23–25	25–23	25–23	20–25	15–13	108–109	Report
03 Aug	10:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	Report
03 Aug	15:30	Kazakhstan	3–1	South Korea	26–24	25–21	13–25	25–23		89–93	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 August
	Iran	3
					6 August
	Japan	0
					Iran	3
	5 August
					India	2
	South Korea	2
									7 August
	India	3
									Iran	3
	5 August
									China	0
	Australia	2
					6 August
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1
	5 August
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									7 August
	Kazakhstan	1
									India	3
									Chinese Taipei	1

	5th–8th places				5th place
	6 August
	Japan	1
					7 August
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	1
	6 August
					Australia	3
	Australia	3
	Kazakhstan	0
					7th place
					7 August
					Japan	1
					Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Aug	10:00	Australia	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–23	26–24	22–25	23–25	19–21	115–118	Report
05 Aug	14:00	China	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	23–25	25–22	29–27		102–93	Report
05 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–0	Japan	26–24	25–16	25–22			76–62	Report
05 Aug	18:30	South Korea	2–3	India	23–25	25–12	25–20	19–25	11–15	103–97	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	10:00	Japan	1–3	South Korea	25–22	17–25	17–25	23–25		82–97	Report
06 Aug	14:00	Australia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–2	India	25–19	22–25	20–25	25–17	15–11	107–97	Report
06 Aug	18:30	Chinese Taipei	1–3	China	25–19	21–25	20–25	27–29		93–98	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	10:00	Japan	1–3	Kazakhstan	16–25	15–25	25–15	21–25		77–90	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:30	South Korea	1–3	Australia	31–29	23–25	19–25	22–25		95–104	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	15:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	22–25	25–20	25–16	27–25		99–86	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	18:00	Iran	3–0	China	25–18	25–18	25–18			75–54	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	China
	India
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Australia
6	South Korea
7	Kazakhstan
8	Japan

2010 Asian Men's Cup champions
Iran 2nd title

Team Roster

Javad Mohammadinejad, Saeid Marouf, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Alireza Nadi, Mohsen Andalib, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Arash Keshavarzi, Abdolreza Alizadeh, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Arash Kamalvand

Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

Awards

• MVP: Farhad Nazari Afshar
• Best scorer: Sanjay Kumar
• Best spiker: Cui Jianjun
• Best blocker: Alireza Nadi
• Best server: Wang Ming-chun
• Best setter: Saeid Marouf
• Best libero: Abdolreza Alizadeh

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation