2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2011 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	September 21–29
Teams	16
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
MVP	Arash Kamalvand
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The 2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was held from September 21 to September 29, 2011 in Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Pools composition 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Pool A 3.2 Pool B 3.3 Pool C 3.4 Pool D 4 Classification round 4.1 Pool E 4.2 Pool F 4.3 Pool G 4.4 Pool H 5 Classification 13th–16th 5.1 Semifinals 5.2 15th place 5.3 13th place 6 Classification 9th–12th 6.1 Semifinals 6.2 11th place 6.3 9th place 7 Final round 7.1 Quarterfinals 7.2 5th–8th semifinals 7.3 Semifinals 7.4 7th place 7.5 5th place 7.6 3rd place 7.7 Final 8 Final standing 9 Awards 10 References 11 External links

Venues

• Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran – Preliminary Round (All matches of Iran, China, Japan and South Korea), Pool E, F and Final Round
• Azadi Volleyball Hall, Tehran – Preliminary Round, Pool G, H and Classification 9th–16th

Pools composition

The teams are seeded by addition of ranking of 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship and FIVB World Rankings divided by 2.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 3rd)  India (8th)  Afghanistan  Chinese Taipei	China (1st)  Indonesia (7th)  Sri Lanka  Uzbekistan	Japan (2nd)  Kazakhstan (6th)  Pakistan  Thailand	South Korea (4th)  Australia (5th)  Turkmenistan  Qatar

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	230	163	1.411
2	India	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	249	219	1.137
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	238	230	1.035
4	Afghanistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	120	225	0.533

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	14:00	India	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–20	20–25	27–25	20–25	15–12	107–107	Report
21 Sep	18:30	Afghanistan	0–3	Iran	13–25	19–25	8–25			40–75	Report
22 Sep	16:00	India	3–0	Afghanistan	25–9	25–13	25–11			75–33	Report
22 Sep	18:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	15–25	24–26	17–25			56–76	Report
23 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	India	27–25	25–17	27–25			79–67	Report
23 Sep	18:30	Afghanistan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	12–25	19–25	16–25			47–75	Report

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	141	1.596
2	Sri Lanka	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	230	240	0.958
3	Indonesia	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	262	260	1.008
4	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	172	248	0.694

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–16	25–13			75–45	Report
21 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	3–1	Uzbekistan	23–25	25–14	25–14	25–22		98–75	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Indonesia	0–3	China	22–25	19–25	14–25			55–75	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Sri Lanka	21–25	13–25	22–25			56–75	Report
23 Sep	14:00	Sri Lanka	3–2	Indonesia	25–20	28–26	21–25	21–25	15–13	110–109	Report
23 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–16	25–9	25–16			75–41	Report

Pool C

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	262	218	1.202
2	Pakistan	6	2	1	8	5	1.600	279	281	0.993
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	5	8	0.625	273	277	0.986
4	Thailand	1	0	3	2	9	0.222	220	258	0.853

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	3–2	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–21	25–21	20–25	15–11	107–103	Report
22 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	2–3	Japan	20–25	28–26	25–21	16–25	5–15	94–112	Report
22 Sep	18:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Thailand	25–13	18–25	22–25	25–20	15–12	105–95	Report
23 Sep	10:00	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	19–25	21–25	26–28			66–78	Report
23 Sep	14:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–19	25–23			75–65	Report

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	269	207	1.300
2	South Korea	7	2	1	8	3	2.667	259	220	1.177
3	Qatar	3	1	2	3	6	0.500	187	220	0.850
4	Turkmenistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	157	225	0.698

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:00	Qatar	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66	Report
21 Sep	14:00	Australia	3–2	South Korea	25–20	29–31	25–20	25–27	15–7	119–105	Report
22 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Qatar	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	Report
22 Sep	10:00	South Korea	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–17	25–16	25–15			75–48	Report
23 Sep	10:00	Qatar	0–3	South Korea	27–29	14–25	12–25			53–79	Report
23 Sep	16:00	Turkmenistan	0–3	Australia	14–25	12–25	17–25			43–75	Report

Classification round

• 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

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	229	171	1.339
2	India	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	269	285	0.944
3	Japan	2	1	2	4	8	0.500	270	269	1.004
4	Pakistan	2	0	3	4	9	0.444	246	289	0.851

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Japan	1–3	India	25–20	28–30	21–25	23–25		97–100	Report
25 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Pakistan	25–18	25–14	25–11			75–43	Report
26 Sep	10:00	India	3–2	Pakistan	25–23	25–23	19–25	18–25	15–13	102–109	Report
26 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–22	25–17			75–61	Report

Pool F

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	8	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	244	1.201
2	South Korea	6	2	1	8	5	1.600	308	296	1.041
3	China	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	286	264	1.083
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	150	233	0.644

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–19	25–13			75–48	Report
25 Sep	16:00	China	2–3	South Korea	25–20	34–36	25–21	20–25	16–18	120–120	Report
26 Sep	14:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	South Korea	13–25	13–25	31–33			57–83	Report
26 Sep	16:00	China	1–3	Australia	25–22	25–27	23–25	18–25		91–99	Report

Pool G

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	255	185	1.378
2	Thailand	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	266	237	1.122
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	212	218	0.972
4	Afghanistan	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	132	225	0.587

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	10:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Thailand	18–25	20–25	25–21	20–25		83–96	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Afghanistan	25–14	25–13	25–9			75–36	Report
26 Sep	10:00	Afghanistan	0–3	Thailand	13–25	16–25	20–25			49–75	Report
26 Sep	14:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	15–25	22–25			54–75	Report

Pool H

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Indonesia	9	3	0	9	3	3.000	299	256	1.168
2	Qatar	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	242	230	1.052
3	Turkmenistan	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	254	258	0.984
4	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	2	9	0.222	221	272	0.813

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–1	Turkmenistan	25–20	25–22	25–27	25–22		100–91	Report
25 Sep	18:30	Qatar	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–20	27–25	25–18			77–63	Report
26 Sep	16:00	Uzbekistan	1–3	Turkmenistan	18–25	25–22	20–25	20–25		83–97	Report
26 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	3–1	Qatar	23–25	28–26	25–22	25–17		101–90	Report

Classification 13th–16th

	13th–16th places				13th place
	September 27 – Tehran
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Uzbekistan	0
					September 28 – Tehran
					Chinese Taipei	3
					Turkmenistan	2
					15th place
	September 27 – Tehran			September 28 – Tehran
	Turkmenistan	3		Uzbekistan	1
	Afghanistan	1			Afghanistan	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–43	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Turkmenistan	3–1	Afghanistan	26–24	25–20	17–25	25–15		93–84	Report

15th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	10:00	Uzbekistan	1–3	Afghanistan	25–27	25–23	22–25	19–25		91–100	Report

13th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Turkmenistan	18–25	22–25	25–19	25–18	15–7	105–94	Report

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	September 27 – Tehran
	Kazakhstan	3
	Qatar	2
					September 28 – Tehran
					Kazakhstan	3
					Thailand	0
					11th place
	September 27 – Tehran			September 28 – Tehran
	Indonesia	0		Qatar	2
	Thailand	3			Indonesia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:00	Kazakhstan	3–2	Qatar	20–25	25–18	25–15	23–25	15–7	108–90	Report
27 Sep	18:30	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	17–25	20–25	21–25			58–75	Report

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Qatar	2–3	Indonesia	25–23	22–25	25–22	22–25	16–18	110–113	Report

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–21	25–20			75–61	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	September 27 – Tehran
	Iran	3
					September 28 – Tehran
	Sri Lanka	0
					Iran	3
	September 27 – Tehran
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
									September 29 – Tehran
	Japan	2
									Iran	3
	September 27 – Tehran
									China	1
	Australia	3
					September 28 – Tehran
	Pakistan	1
					Australia	2			3rd place
	September 27 – Tehran
					China	3
	India	0							South Korea	3
	China	3							Australia	1
									September 29 – Tehran

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 28 – Tehran
	Sri Lanka	0
	Japan	3
					September 29 – Tehran
					Japan	3
					India	2
					7th place
	September 28 – Tehran			September 29 – Tehran
	Pakistan	1		Sri Lanka	0
	India	3			Pakistan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Australia	3–1	Pakistan	25–16	25–23	22–25	25–15		97–79	Report
27 Sep	14:00	India	0–3	China	25–27	20–25	20–25			65–77	Report
27 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–2	Japan	25–21	28–30	23–25	25–17	16–14	117–107	Report
27 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–16	25–18	25–15			75–49	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	10:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	18–25	18–25	20–25			56–75	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Pakistan	1–3	India	25–16	23–25	26–28	20–25		94–94	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Australia	2–3	China	20–25	23–25	25–20	25–22	11–15	104–107	Report
28 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–1	South Korea	21–25	25–23	25–14	25–20		96–82	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	09:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Pakistan	15–25	22–25	23–25			60–75	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	11:00	Japan	3–2	India	23–25	18–25	25–17	25–22	21–19	112–108	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–22	16–25	26–24	25–20		92–91	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:30	Iran	3–1	China	22–25	25–18	25–19	25–16		97–78	Report

Final standing

Rank Team 1 !  Iran 2 !  China 3 !  South Korea 4  Australia 5  Japan 6  India 7  Pakistan 8  Sri Lanka 9  Kazakhstan 10  Thailand 11  Indonesia 12  Qatar 13  Chinese Taipei 14  Turkmenistan 15  Afghanistan 16  Uzbekistan Qualified for the 2011 World Cup and 2012 Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2012 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier

2011 Asian Men's Champions  Iran First title Team Roster Javad Mohammadinejad, Amir Hosseini, Mehdi Bazargard, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Farhad Zarif, Alireza Nadi, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Arash Keshavarzi, Arash Kamalvand, Amir Ghafour Head Coach: Julio Velasco

Awards

• MVP: Arash Kamalvand
• Best Scorer: Jeon Kwang-In
• Best Spiker: Nathan Roberts
• Best Blocker: Liang Chunlong
• Best Server: Kim Yo-Han
• Best Setter: Amir Hosseini
• Best Libero: Farhad Zarif

References

External links

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