2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021.

2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
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日本 2021
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
CityChiba and Funabashi
Dates12–19 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Iran (4th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVPIran Saber Kazemi
Best SetterIran Javad Karimi
Best OHIran Milad Ebadipour
Japan Yūki Ishikawa
Best MBIran Aliasghar Mojarad
China Li Yongzhen
Best OPPJapan Kento Miyaura
Best LiberoIran Mohammad Reza Hazratpour
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Attendance16,615 (297 per match)
Official website
2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Host selection

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On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Championship:[1]

Qualification

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Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be selected by

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

Qualified teams

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Event(s) Dates Location Berths Qualifier(s)
Host nation 11 February 2020 N/A 1   Japan
2019 Asian Championship 13 – 21 September 2019   Tehran 9A   Iran
  Australia
  Japan
  South Korea
  Chinese Taipei
  China
  Pakistan
  India
  Qatar
  Kazakhstan
Direct zonal wildcards East Asia No later than 2 February 2021 N/A 1   Hong Kong
Southeast Asia 1B   Thailand
West Asia 3B   Bahrain
  Saudi Arabia
  Kuwait
2021 Central Asian Qualifier 14 July 2021   Colombo 1C   Sri Lanka
  Uzbekistan
Total 16
^A Japan qualified as the hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to zonal entrants.
^B Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam also submitted their entry for their participation in the tournament. However they could not be accommodated due to all 16 teams already confirmed at the time; This include the confirmation of the participation of 3 Western Asian teams and the conclusion of the Central Asia qualifier. Thailand was granted the sole Southeast Asian berth, the top ranked Southeast Asian team in the 2019 edition, which has earlier confirmed their participation. No qualification tournament was held.[2]
^C Sri Lanka originally qualified but withdrew due to all of its players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Uzbekistan replaced Sri Lanka in August 2021.[3]

Zonal qualification

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Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[4]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jul 14:30 Sri Lanka   3–0   Uzbekistan 25–23 25–13 25–22     75–58 Report

Pools composition

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Preliminary round

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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 2019 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2019 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 July 2021.[5] Final standings of the 2019 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 3rd.

Pots
Seeded Teams Pot 2 Pot 3

  Japan (Hosts)
  Iran (1)
  Australia (2)
  South Korea (4)

  Chinese Taipei (5)
  China (6)
  Pakistan (7)
  India (8)

  Qatar (9)
  Kazakhstan (10)
  Thailand (11)
  Sri Lanka (14)*

  Kuwait (15)
  Hong Kong (16)
  Bahrain (N/A)
  Saudi Arabia (N/A)

  •   Sri Lanka withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team, and was replaced by   Uzbekistan.
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Japan (Hosts)   Iran (1)   Australia (2)   South Korea (4)
  India (8)   Pakistan (7)   China (6)   Chinese Taipei (5)
  Qatar   Thailand   Sri Lanka
  Uzbekistan
  Kazakhstan
  Bahrain   Hong Kong   Kuwait   Saudi Arabia

Classification round

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Final eight 9th–16th places
Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H
1A   Japan (Hosts) 1B   Iran 3A   Bahrain 3B   Thailand
1C   Australia 1D   Chinese Taipei 3C   Kuwait 3D   Saudi Arabia
2A   Qatar 2B   Pakistan 4A   India 4B   Hong Kong
2C   China 2D   South Korea 4C   Uzbekistan 4D   Kazakhstan

Squads

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Venues

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Preliminary round, Pool E, F,
5th–8th places and Final four
Preliminary round, Pool G, H,
13th–16th places and 9th–12th places
Chiba, Japan Funabashi, Japan
Chiba Port Arena Funabashi Arena
Capacity: 7,512 Capacity: 4,368
   

Pool standing procedure

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  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

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   Japan 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 193 1.285 Final eight (Pools E and F)
2   Qatar 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 215 194 1.108
3   Bahrain 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 221 241 0.917 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4   India 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 171 227 0.753
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 09:30 CPA Bahrain   3–0   India 27–25 25–21 25–21     77–67 P2
12 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   3–0   Qatar 25–20 25–23 25–21     75–64 P2
13 Sep 12:00 CPA India   0–3   Qatar 22–25 14–25 20–25     56–75 P2
13 Sep 18:00 CPA Bahrain   1–3   Japan 25–23 17–25 23–25 16–25   81–98 P2
14 Sep 12:00 CPA Qatar   3–0   Bahrain 25–19 25–20 26–24     76–63 P2
14 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   3–0   India 25–15 25–15 25–18     75–48 P2

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 150 1.500 Final eight (Pools E and F)
2   Pakistan 3 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 261 248 1.052
3   Thailand 3 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 251 275 0.913 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4   Hong Kong 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 206 270 0.763
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 15:00 CPA Thailand   2–3   Pakistan 25–22 23–25 25–21 23–25 12–15 108–108 P2
12 Sep 15:00 FBA Iran   3–0   Hong Kong 25–12 25–18 25–19     75–49 P2
13 Sep 09:30 CPA Hong Kong   1–3   Pakistan 16–25 26–24 11–25 12–25   65–99 P2
13 Sep 15:00 CPA Iran   3–0   Thailand 25–17 25–12 25–18     75–47 P2
14 Sep 09:30 CPA Pakistan   0–3   Iran 20–25 19–25 15–25     54–75 P2
14 Sep 15:00 CPA Thailand   3–1   Hong Kong 25–22 17–25 29–27 25–18   96–92 P2

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 263 209 1.258 Final eight (Pools E and F)
2   China 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 261 207 1.261
3   Kuwait 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 185 244 0.758 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 196 245 0.800
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 12:30 FBA Kuwait   0–3   China 12–25 16–25 18–25     46–75 P2
12 Sep 17:30 FBA Australia   3–0   Uzbekistan 25–16 25–19 25–19     75–54 P2
13 Sep 12:30 FBA Uzbekistan   0–3   China 14–25 18–25 16–25     48–75 P2
13 Sep 15:00 FBA Australia   3–0   Kuwait 25–21 25–14 25–9     75–44 P2
14 Sep 10:05 FBA Kuwait   3–1   Uzbekistan 29–27 16–25 25–21 25–21   95–94 P2
14 Sep 17:40 FBA China   2–3   Australia 27–25 25–20 21–25 26–28 12–15 111–113 P2

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 196 1.265 Final eight (Pools E and F)
2   South Korea 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 237 207 1.145
3   Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 178 217 0.820 9th–16th places (Pools G and H)
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 182 225 0.809
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Sep 10:00 FBA Chinese Taipei   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–20 25–22 25–19     75–61 P2
12 Sep 12:00 CPA Saudi Arabia   0–3   South Korea 18–25 17–25 20–25     55–75 P2
13 Sep 10:00 FBA Saudi Arabia   0–3   Chinese Taipei 15–25 16–25 17–25     48–75 P2
13 Sep 17:30 FBA South Korea   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–21 25–17 25–16     75–54 P2
14 Sep 12:45 FBA Kazakhstan   0–3   Saudi Arabia 23–25 21–25 23–25     67–75 P2
14 Sep 15:00 FBA Chinese Taipei   3–1   South Korea 23–25 25–21 25–20 25–21   98–87 P2

Classification round

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  • All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
  • 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

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 238 229 1.039 Semifinals
2   China 3 2 1 6 8 6 1.333 328 309 1.061
3   Qatar 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 247 251 0.984 5th–8th semifinals
4   Australia 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 237 261 0.908
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 12:20 CPA Qatar   3–0   Australia 25–20 25–20 25–21     75–61 P2
16 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   1–3   China 19–25 29–27 21–25 19–25   88–102 P2
17 Sep 12:00 CPA Qatar   2–3   China 26–28 25–21 28–26 19–25 10–15 108–115 P2
17 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   3–0   Australia 25–23 25–17 25–23     75–63 P2

Pool F

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 155 1.452 Semifinals
2   Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 6 6 5 1.200 239 252 0.948
3   Pakistan 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 219 231 0.948 5th–8th semifinals
4   South Korea 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 203 248 0.819
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 09:30 CPA Pakistan   1–3   Chinese Taipei 20–25 25–22 23–25 22–25   90–97 P2
16 Sep 15:00 CPA Iran   3–0   South Korea 25–19 25–18 25–20     75–57 P2
17 Sep 09:30 CPA Pakistan   3–0   South Korea 25–23 25–22 25–14     75–59 P2
17 Sep 15:15 CPA Iran   3–0   Chinese Taipei 25–10 25–23 25–11     75–44 P2

Pool G

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Bahrain 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 229 189 1.212 9th–12th semifinals
2   India 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 217 191 1.136
3   Kuwait 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 214 244 0.877 13th–16th semifinals
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 211 247 0.854
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 12:30 FBA India   3–0   Kuwait 25–20 25–20 25–20     75–60 P2
16 Sep 15:00 FBA Bahrain   3–0   Uzbekistan 25–19 27–25 25–19     77–63 P2
17 Sep 10:00 FBA India   3–0   Uzbekistan 25–19 25–13 25–22     75–54 P2
17 Sep 17:30 FBA Bahrain   3–0   Kuwait 25–21 25–19 25–19     75–59 P2

Pool H

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 245 202 1.213 9th–12th semifinals
2   Kazakhstan 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 235 217 1.083
3   Thailand 3 1 2 3 5 7 0.714 271 280 0.968 13th–16th semifinals
4   Hong Kong 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 194 246 0.789
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 10:00 FBA Thailand   1–3   Kazakhstan 25–18 23–25 19–25 22–25   89–93 P2
16 Sep 17:30 FBA Hong Kong   0–3   Saudi Arabia 12–25 18–25 19–25     49–75 P2
17 Sep 12:30 FBA Hong Kong   0–3   Kazakhstan 16–25 21–25 16–25     53–75 P2
17 Sep 15:00 FBA Thailand   1–3   Saudi Arabia 20–25 25–20 19–25 22–25   86–95 P2

Final round

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13th–16th places

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13th–16th semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
  Kuwait2
 
19 September
 
  Hong Kong3
 
  Hong Kong0
 
18 September
 
  Uzbekistan3
 
  Uzbekistan3
 
 
  Thailand2
 
15th place match
 
 
19 September
 
 
  Kuwait1
 
 
  Thailand3

13th–16th semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Sep 10:00 FBA Uzbekistan   3–2   Thailand 28–26 23–25 25–19 22–25 20–18 118–113 P2
18 Sep 13:00 FBA Kuwait   2–3   Hong Kong 18–25 25–22 21–25 25–20 14–16 103–108 P2

15th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 12:30 FBA Kuwait   1–3   Thailand 16–25 25–21 23–25 20–25   84–96 P2

13th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 10:00 FBA Hong Kong   0–3   Uzbekistan 20–25 23–25 21–25     64–75 P2

9th–12th places

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9th–12th semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
  Bahrain3
 
19 September
 
  Kazakhstan1
 
  Bahrain2
 
18 September
 
  India3
 
  India3
 
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
11th place match
 
 
19 September
 
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
 
  Saudi Arabia0

9th–12th semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Sep 15:55 FBA Bahrain   3–1   Kazakhstan 16–25 25–23 28–26 25–22   94–96 P2
18 Sep 18:30 FBA India   3–0   Saudi Arabia 25–22 25–22 25–23     75–67 P2

11th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 15:00 FBA Kazakhstan   3–0   Saudi Arabia 25–16 25–20 25–23     75–59 P2

9th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 17:30 FBA Bahrain   2–3   India 16–25 23–25 25–20 25–23 14–16 103–109 P2

5th–8th places

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5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
  Qatar3
 
19 September
 
  South Korea0
 
  Qatar3
 
18 September
 
  Australia0
 
  Australia3
 
 
  Pakistan0
 
7th place match
 
 
19 September
 
 
  South Korea0
 
 
  Pakistan3

5th–8th semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Sep 09:30 CPA Qatar   3–0   South Korea 25–16 32–30 25–22     82–68 P2
18 Sep 12:00 CPA Australia   3–0   Pakistan 25–16 26–24 25–23     76–63 P2

7th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 09:30 CPA South Korea   0–3   Pakistan 23–25 15–25 26–28     64–78 P2

5th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 12:00 CPA Qatar   3–0   Australia 25–21 25–11 25–23     75–55 P2

Final four

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
  Japan3
 
19 September
 
  Chinese Taipei1
 
  Japan0
 
18 September
 
  Iran3
 
  China1
 
 
  Iran3
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 September
 
 
  Chinese Taipei0
 
 
  China3

Semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Sep 15:05 CPA China   1–3   Iran 22–25 25–17 22–25 17–25   86–92 P2
18 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   3–1   Chinese Taipei 25–16 22–25 25–21 25–20   97–82 P2

3rd place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 15:00 CPA Chinese Taipei   0–3   China 17–25 16–25 17–25     50–75 P2

Final

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Sep 18:00 CPA Japan   0–3   Iran 25–27 22–25 29–31     76–83 P2

Final standing

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AVC Sports Events Council reviews tasks completed and discusses future challenges". AVC. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "AVC in Denial Over Teams' Entry Submission for 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Uzbekistan gets AVC Nod to Replace COVID-stricken Sri Lanka in 21st Asian Senior Men's Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ Farzan, Zulfick (14 July 2021). "Sri Lanka defeats Uzbekistan 3–0 to enter 21st Senior Asian Volleyball Championship". News 1st. MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd, MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Drawing of lots for 21st Asian Senior Men's and Women's Volleyball Championships Unveiled". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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