2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 8 to 15 October 2021. The champions qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.[1]

2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Thailand
CityNakhon Ratchasima
Dates8–15 October
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsIran Foolad Sirjan (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPIran Saber Kazemi
Official website
2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The last edition was held in 2019. A tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Qualification

edit

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:[3]

  • 1 team for the host country
  • 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
  • 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified associations

edit
Event(s) Dates Location Berths Qualifier(s)
Host Country 1   ThailandA
2019 Asian Championship 27 April–5 May 2019   Taipei 5   Iran
  Japan
  Qatar
  India
  Sri Lanka
  Chinese Taipei
  Vietnam
  Australia
  Indonesia
  ThailandA
  KazakhstanB
CAZVA representatives No later than 2 February 2021   Bangkok 1   Uzbekistan
SEAZVA representatives 1   Philippines
WAZVA representatives 2   Iraq
  Kuwait
Total 10
^A Thailand as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and tenth placers in the 2019 championships.
^B As Thailand already qualified as host, a berth was given to Kazakhstan through their eleventh place finishing of the 2019 championship.

Participating teams

edit

The following teams participated for the tournament.

Association Team Domestic league standing
  Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions
Diamond Food 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up
  Iran Foolad Sirjan 2020–21 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions
  Qatar Al Arabi
  Sri Lanka CEB
  Kazakhstan Burevestnik Almaty
  Uzbekistan AGMK
  Philippines Rebisco N/A (National team)
  Iraq South Gas
  Kuwait Kazma

Squads

edit

Draw

edit

The draw was held on 3 August 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

Pool standing procedure

edit
  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

Venues

edit

Matches will be held at the Terminal Hall – Terminal 21 Korat, an indoor arena within the Terminal 21

All rounds
  Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  
Terminal 21 Korat
Capacity: 3,500
 

Preliminary round

edit

Pool A

edit
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Burevestnik Almaty 4 3 1 10 11 3 3.667 328 284 1.155 Semifinals
2   Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 4 3 1 8 9 6 1.500 346 334 1.036
3   South Gas 4 3 1 7 10 7 1.429 393 361 1.089 5th–8th semifinals
4   Kazma 4 1 3 5 7 9 0.778 334 344 0.971
5   CEB 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 222 300 0.740 9th place match
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Oct 15:50 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC   3–2   Kazma 25–22 19–25 18–25 25–21 16–14 103–107 P2
8 Oct 19:30 South Gas   3–2   Burevestnik Almaty 25–16 26–24 23–25 23–25 15–13 112–103 P2
9 Oct 12:50 CEB   0–3   Kazma 19–25 22–25 17–25     58–75 P2
9 Oct 15:30 South Gas   1–3   Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 28–30 29–27 21–25 20–25   98–107 P2
10 Oct 10:00 CEB   0–3   South Gas 18–25 19–25 21–25     58–75 P2
10 Oct 15:30 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC   0–3   Burevestnik Almaty 18–25 21–25 22–25     61–75 P2
11 Oct 10:00 CEB   0–3   Burevestnik Almaty 20–25 12–25 20–25     52–75 P2
11 Oct 12:30 South Gas   3–2   Kazma 22–25 25–15 21–25 25–15 15–13 108–93 P2
12 Oct 10:00 Kazma   0–3   Burevestnik Almaty 17–25 20–25 22–25     59–75 P2
12 Oct 12:30 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC   3–0   CEB 25–21 25–20 25–13     75–54 P2

Pool B

edit
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Foolad Sirjan 4 4 0 12 12 3 4.000 370 288 1.285 Semifinals
2   Al Arabi 4 3 1 9 10 3 3.333 307 253 1.213
3   Diamond Food 4 2 2 4 7 10 0.700 382 396 0.965 5th–8th semifinals
4   AGMK 4 1 3 4 6 10 0.600 321 368 0.872
5   Rebisco 4 0 4 1 3 12 0.250 300 375 0.800 9th place match
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Oct 10:00 Rebisco   0–3   Foolad Sirjan 15–25 22–25 5–25     42–75 P2
8 Oct 12:30 AGMK   2–3   Diamond Food 25–19 18–25 25–23 23–25 13–15 104–107 P2
9 Oct 10:00 Rebisco   1–3   AGMK 26–24 23–25 18–25 19–25   86–99 P2
9 Oct 18:45 Al Arabi   3–0   Diamond Food 25–23 25–17 25–19     75–59 P2
10 Oct 12:30 Foolad Sirjan   3–1   AGMK 26–24 25–14 24–26 25–10   100–74 P2
10 Oct 18:30 Al Arabi   3–0   Rebisco 25–19 25–15 25–19     75–53 P2
11 Oct 15:50 Rebisco   2–3   Diamond Food 34–36 26–24 28–26 19–25 12–15 119–126 P2
11 Oct 19:25 Foolad Sirjan   3–1   Al Arabi 25–23 22–25 25–16 25–18   97–82 P2
12 Oct 15:30 Foolad Sirjan   3–1   Diamond Food 25–19 25–23 23–25 25–23   98–90 P2
12 Oct 18:30 AGMK   0–3   Al Arabi 12–25 20–25 12–25     44–75 P2

Final round

edit

9th–10th places

edit

9th place match

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct 15:30 CEB   2–3   Rebisco 14–25 25–22 18–25 25–21 11–15 93–108 P2

5th–8th places

edit
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
  South Gas3
 
15 October
 
  AGMK1
 
  South Gas3
 
14 October
 
  Kazma0
 
  Diamond Food1
 
 
  Kazma3
 
7th place match
 
 
15 October
 
 
  AGMK1
 
 
  Diamond Food3

5th–8th semifinals

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 10:00 South Gas   3–1   AGMK 25–21 25–21 22–25 25–21   97–88 P2
14 Oct 12:45 Diamond Food   1–3   Kazma 22–25 25–20 23–25 21–25   91–95 P2

7th place match

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 10:00 AGMK   1–3   Diamond Food 25–22 34–36 21–25 18–25   98–108 P2

5th place match

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 13:00 South Gas   3–0   Kazma 25–20 25–22 25–14     75–56 P2

Final four

edit
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
  Burevestnik Almaty2
 
15 October
 
  Al Arabi3
 
  Al Arabi1
 
14 October
 
  Foolad Sirjan3
 
  Foolad Sirjan3
 
 
  Nakhon Ratchasima QminC0
 
3rd place match
 
 
15 October
 
 
  Burevestnik Almaty3
 
 
  Nakhon Ratchasima QminC0

Semifinals

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct 15:45 Burevestnik Almaty   2–3   Al Arabi 25–15 15–25 25–15 26–28 9–15 100–98 P2
14 Oct 18:45 Foolad Sirjan   3–0   Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 25–19 25–23 25–22     75–64 P2

3rd place match

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 15:30 Burevestnik Almaty   3–0   Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 25–23 25–17 25–21     75–61 P2

Final

edit
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Oct 18:30 Al Arabi   1–3   Foolad Sirjan 19–25 25–21 23–25 22–25   89–96 P2

Final standing

edit

Awards

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Draws Revealed for 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Championships in Thailand". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Cancellation and postponement confirmed for 2020 AVC Championships". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship (Qualification Tournament for Volleyball Men's Club World Championship 2021)" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 18 August 2021.