2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

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]

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 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 As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).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

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

Pools composition

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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

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

Pool standing procedure

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  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

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Pool A

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May 17:30 Iran   3–0   Pakistan 25–12 29–27 28–26     82–65 P2

Pool B

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May 10:00 Uzbekistan   2–3   Kazakhstan 25–20 19–25 16–25 25–22 14–16 99–108 P2
2 May 15:00 Chinese Taipei   3–2   Uzbekistan 25–17 22–25 25–10 28–30 15–8 115–90 P2
3 May 15:00 Kazakhstan   0–3   Chinese Taipei 21–25 25–27 22–25     68–77 P2

Pool C

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May 12:30 Malaysia   3–1   Australia 22–25 25–19 25–17 25–22   97–83 P2
2 May 17:30 China   3–0   Malaysia 25–22 25–19 25–19     75–60 P2
3 May 17:30 Australia   1–3   China 18–25 26–24 21–25 22–25   87–99 P2

Pool D

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 May 15:00 Japan   3–0   Sri Lanka 25–14 25–17 25–13     75–44 P2
2 May 12:30 Thailand   2–3   Japan 28–30 25–20 19–25 25–22 8–15 105–112 P2
3 May 12:30 Sri Lanka   1–3   Thailand 25–23 21–25 19–25 18–25   83–98 P2

Second round

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  • 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

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May 15:00 Iran   3–1   Malaysia 23–25 25–20 25–19 25–21   98–85 P2
4 May 17:30 China   3–1   Pakistan 18–25 25–18 25–11 25–14   93–68 P2
5 May 10:00 Pakistan   3–1   Malaysia 23–25 25–13 25–21 25–21   98–80 P2
5 May 15:00 Iran   3–0   China 25–18 25–15 25–18     75–51 P2

Pool F

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May 12:30 Chinese Taipei   2–3   Thailand 25–19 25–22 20–25 18–25 12–15 100–106 P2
4 May 19:30 Japan   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–17 25–17 25–17     75–51 P2
5 May 12:30 Kazakhstan   1–3   Thailand 22–25 17–25 25–17 22–25   86–92 P2
5 May 17:30 Chinese Taipei   0–3   Japan 23–25 18–25 16–25     57–75 P2

Pool H

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 May 10:00 Uzbekistan   2–3   Sri Lanka 25–20 25–16 24–26 26–28 14–16 114–106 P2

Classification round

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Bracket

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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

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 May 19:30 Australia   0–3   Uzbekistan 22–25 19–25 21–25     62–75 P2

9th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May 10:00 Sri Lanka   0–3   Uzbekistan 23–25 21–25 21–25     65–75 P2

Final round

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 May 12:30 Japan   3–0   Malaysia 25–18 25–23 25–23     75–64 P2
7 May 15:00 Thailand   3–0   Pakistan 25–22 25–18 25–17     75–57 P2
7 May 17:30 Iran   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–9 25–17 25–14     75–40 P2
7 May 19:30 China   0–3   Chinese Taipei 19–25 27–29 23–25     69–79 P2

5th place play-offs

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May 10:00 Malaysia   1–3   China 25–17 22–25 12–25 27–29   86–96 P2
8 May 12:30 Kazakhstan   2–3   Pakistan 20–25 25–17 23–25 25–22 14–16 107–105 P2

7th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May 10:00 Malaysia   2–3   Kazakhstan 25–22 11–25 23–25 25–20 10–15 94–107 P2

5th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May 12:30 China   3–0   Pakistan 25–15 25–13 25–13     75–41 P2

Semi-finals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 May 15:00 Japan   3–0   Chinese Taipei 25–21 25–19 25–18     75–58 P2
8 May 17:30 Iran   3–0   Thailand 25–22 25–19 25–20     75–61 P2

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May 15:00 Thailand   1–3   Chinese Taipei 25–19 21–25 23–25 22–25   91–94 P2

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 May 17:30 Japan   0–3   Iran 25–27 24–26 20–25     69–78 P2

Final standing

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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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