2002 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament

2002 Asian Club Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	16–20 May
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Paykan Tehran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Behnam Mahmoudi

The 2002 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament was the 4th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Azadi Volleyball Hall, Tehran, Iran. Paykan of Iran won the tournament after beating Sanam.

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Sanam Tehran	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	101	1.485
2	Atyrau	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	128	136	0.941
3	Shah Alam	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	109	150	0.727

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 May	Sanam Tehran	3–0	Atyrau	25–18	25–15	25–20			75–53
17 May	Shah Alam	0–3	Sanam Tehran	18–25	14–25	16–25			48–75
18 May	Atyrau	3–0	Shah Alam	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Paykan Tehran	4	2	0	6	3	2.000	209	179	1.168
2	Al-Rayyan	3	1	1	4	5	0.800	191	205	0.932
3	Suntory Sunbirds	2	0	2	4	6	0.667	209	225	0.929

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 May	Paykan Tehran	3–2	Suntory Sunbirds	24–26	22–25	25–18	25–20	15–13	111–102
17 May	Al-Rayyan	1–3	Paykan Tehran	25–23	17–25	19–25	16–25		77–98
18 May	Suntory Sunbirds	2–3	Al-Rayyan	25–21	30–28	18–25	21–25	13–15	107–114

Classification 5th–6th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 May	Shah Alam	0–3	Suntory Sunbirds	9–25	17–25	20–25			46–75

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	19 May – Tehran
	Sanam	3
	Al-Rayyan	0
					20 May – Tehran
					Sanam	1
					Paykan	3
					3rd place
	19 May – Tehran			20 May – Tehran
	Paykan	3		Al-Rayyan	1
	Atyrau	0			Atyrau	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 May	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Atyrau	29–27	25–22	25–14			79–63
19 May	Sanam Tehran	3–0	Al-Rayyan	25–22	25–19	25–18			75–59

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 May	Al-Rayyan	1–3	Atyrau	22–25	25–19	23–25	24–26		94–95

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 May	Sanam Tehran	1–3	Paykan Tehran	23–25	25–22	20–25	14–25		82–97

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Paykan Tehran
02 !	Sanam Tehran
03 !	Atyrau
4	Al-Rayyan
5	Suntory Sunbirds
6	Shah Alam

Awards

• MVP: Behnam Mahmoudi (Paykan)
• Best Scorer: Amir Singh (Al-Rayyan)
• Best Spiker: Mohammad Torkashvand (Sanam)
• Best Server: Amir Hosseini (Sanam)
• Best Blocker: Danil Siminov (Atyrau)
• Best Libero: Katsutoshi Tsumagari (Suntory)
• Best Setter: Hossein Maadani (Paykan)

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• (in Persian) Results