2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

2008 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Kazakhstan
Dates July 17–22
Teams 8
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions Paykan Tehran (4th title)
MVP Marat Imangaliyev
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The 2008 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Contents

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

Pool A Pool B

Kazakhstan (Host)
Bahrain (4th)
Japan
Kuwait *

Iran (1st)
Qatar (3rd)
China
United Arab Emirates **
Indonesia *

* Withdrew

** United Arab Emirates was transferred from Pool B to Pool A and replaced by Kazakhstan B.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Matches Points Sets
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Almaty 6 3 0 252 211 1.194 9 1 9.000
2 Suntory Sunbirds 5 2 1 270 251 1.076 7 4 1.750
3 Al-Arabi 4 1 2 229 240 0.954 4 6 0.667
4 Al-Najma 3 0 3 179 228 0.785 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 16:00 Al-Arabi 1–3 Suntory Sunbirds 19–25 25–20 15–25 31–33   90–103
17 Jul 19:00 Al-Najma 0–3 Almaty 19–25 20–25 19–25     58–75
18 Jul 16:00 Al-Najma 0–3 Al-Arabi 18–25 21–25 23–25     62–75
18 Jul 18:00 Almaty 3–1 Suntory Sunbirds 25–21 25–20 27–29 25–19   102–89
19 Jul 16:00 Suntory Sunbirds 3–0 Al-Najma 25–18 28–26 25–15     78–59
19 Jul 18:00 Al-Arabi 0–3 Almaty 23–25 19–25 22–25     64–75

Pool B

Matches Points Sets
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Paykan Tehran 6 3 0 249 180 1.383 9 1 9.000
2 Al-Nasr 5 2 1 208 191 1.089 6 3 2.000
3 Henan Tianguan 4 1 2 233 237 0.983 4 6 0.667
4 Esil Petropavlovsk 3 0 3 143 225 0.636 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 11:00 Paykan Tehran 3–1 Henan Tianguan 24–26 25–23 25–15 25–20   99–84
17 Jul 14:00 Al-Nasr 3–0 Esil Petropavlovsk 25–15 25–13 25–14     75–42
18 Jul 11:00 Henan Tianguan 3–0 Esil Petropavlovsk 25–17 25–18 25–21     75–56
18 Jul 14:00 Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al-Nasr 25–18 25–19 25–14     75–51
19 Jul 11:00 Al-Nasr 3–0 Henan Tianguan 25–22 32–30 25–22     82–74
19 Jul 14:00 Esil Petropavlovsk 0–3 Paykan Tehran 21–25 9–25 15–25     45–75

Classification 5th–8th

  5th–8th places 5th place
July 21 – Almaty
  Al-Arabi  3  
  Esil  1  
 
July 22 – Almaty
      Al-Arabi  1
    Henan  3
7th place
July 21 – Almaty July 22 – Almaty
  Henan  3   Esil  0
  Al-Najma  1     Al-Najma  3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 11:00 Al-Arabi 3–1 Esil Petropavlovsk 23–25 25–20 25–22 25–18   98–85
21 Jul 14:00 Henan Tianguan 3–1 Al-Najma 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–21   98–86

7th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 11:00 Esil Petropavlovsk 0–3 Al-Najma 19–25 20–25 16–25     55–75

5th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 14:00 Al-Arabi 1–3 Henan Tianguan 19–25 22–25 25–23 24–26   90–99

Final round

  Semifinals Final
July 21 – Almaty
  Almaty  3  
  Al-Nasr  2  
 
July 22 – Almaty
      Almaty  1
    Paykan  3
3rd place
July 21 – Almaty July 22 – Almaty
  Paykan  3   Al-Nasr  2
  Suntory  0     Suntory  3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 16:00 Paykan Tehran 3–0 Suntory Sunbirds 25–20 25–20 25–15     75–55
21 Jul 18:00 Almaty 3–2 Al-Nasr 23–25 25–20 25–19 25–27 15–10 113–101

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 16:00 Al-Nasr 2–3 Suntory Sunbirds 25–22 16–25 25–20 13–25 13–15 92–107

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 18:00 Almaty 1–3 Paykan Tehran 25–20 26–28 22–25 19–25   92–98

Final standing

Rank Team
Paykan Tehran
Almaty
Suntory Sunbirds
4 Al-Nasr
5 Henan Tianguan
6 Al-Arabi
7 Al-Najma
8 Esil Petropavlovsk

Awards

References