2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	5–12 September
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yejju Subba Rao

The 2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 12th Asian Championship, which took place from September 5 to September 12, 2003 in Tianjin, China.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	151	108	1.398
2	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	3	4	0.750
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	1	6	0.167

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	26–24	25–14	25–20			76–58
06 Sep	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–17	25–15			75–50
07 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–1	Saudi Arabia

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	302	268	1.127
2	South Korea	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	259	203	1.276
3	Thailand	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	231	250	0.924
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	202	273	0.740

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Bahrain	1–3	Thailand	28–26	12–25	17–25	21–25		78–101
05 Sep	South Korea	2–3	India	25–23	22–25	25–20	22–25	15–17	109–110
06 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51
06 Sep	India	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–16	25–23	25–16		97–80
07 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	25–12	25–16	25–16			75–44
07 Sep	Thailand	1–3	India	19–25	18–25	25–22	17–25		79–97

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	284	266	1.068
2	Pakistan	5	2	1	8	5	1.600
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	7	6	1.167
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei
05 Sep	Australia	3–2	Pakistan	17–25	22–25	25–17	25–17	15–12	104–96
06 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Australia	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75
06 Sep	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Pakistan	26–28	25–19	25–16	22–25	12–15	110–103
07 Sep	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	15–25	25–19	19–25	31–29	15–10	105–108
07 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	270	214	1.262
2	Japan	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	231	207	1.116
3	Qatar	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	226	252	0.897
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	226	280	0.807

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56
05 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47
06 Sep	Qatar	3–2	New Zealand	25–20	22–25	25–21	21–25	15–11	108–102
06 Sep	Japan	1–3	Iran	15–25	20–25	25–23	21–25		81–98
07 Sep	New Zealand	1–3	Iran	21–25	25–22	18–25	13–25		77–97
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Qatar	25–22	25–23	25–17			75–62

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarterfinals.

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	230	175	1.314
2	Australia	5	2	1	6	7	0.857	266	268	0.993
3	Pakistan	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	231	242	0.955
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	214	256	0.836

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Australia	3–2	Kazakhstan	19–25	25–16	21–25	25–21	15–10	105–97
08 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan	25–16	29–27	25–17			79–60
09 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–23			75–59
09 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–17	25–17			75–57

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	305	279	1.093
2	Iran	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	273	277	0.986
3	India	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	308	314	0.981
4	Japan	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	280	296	0.946

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	India	1–3	Japan	22–25	21–25	25–23	21–25		89–98
08 Sep	Iran	0–3	South Korea	15–25	18–25	35–37			68–87
09 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–23	25–19	33–35	26–24		109–101
09 Sep	Iran	3–2	India	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–23	15–13	107–109

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	6	1	6.000
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	180	174	1.034
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	1	6	0.167

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Saudi Arabia	3–1	United Arab Emirates	25–21	25–19	22–25	25–12		97–77
09 Sep	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–22	21–25	14–25		83–97

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	281	214	1.313
2	Qatar	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	301	300	1.003
3	Bahrain	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	246	260	0.946
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	204	258	0.791

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Thailand	3–0	New Zealand	25–13	25–12	25–16			75–41
08 Sep	Qatar	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–21	25–23	26–24		98–93
09 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	New Zealand	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61
09 Sep	Thailand	3–2	Qatar	17–25	25–15	23–25	25–20	15–10	105–95

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 13th–15th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Bahrain	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	154	129	1.194
14	New Zealand	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	157	166	0.946
15	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	159	175	0.909

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	United Arab Emirates	1–3	New Zealand	25–14	18–25	18–25	30–32		91–96
12 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	29–27	25–23			79–68

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	Chinese Taipei	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	247	196	1.260
10	Thailand	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	262	252	1.040
11	Qatar	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	228	252	0.905
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	237	274	0.865

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	25–17	25–17	25–20			75–54
11 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Saudi Arabia	25–19	25–18	23–25	25–20		98–82
12 Sep	Qatar	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	28–26	26–24			79–72
12 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	India	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	241	220	1.095
6	Japan	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	261	235	1.111
7	Pakistan	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	223	222	1.005
8	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	179	227	0.789

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	India	3–0	Kazakhstan	27–25	25–21	25–17			77–63
11 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	Japan	25–22	14–25	25–19	25–22		89–88
12 Sep	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–22	25–17			75–57
12 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	India	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	288	257	1.121
2	China	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	273	242	1.128
3	Iran	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	250	282	0.887
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	243	273	0.890

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Australia	16–25	25–19	25–19	25–22		91–85
11 Sep	China	3–1	Iran	25–18	25–16	19–25	25–16		94–75
12 Sep	Iran	3–2	Australia	25–21	25–18	21–25	21–25	15–12	107–101
12 Sep	South Korea	3–2	China	27–25	22–25	21–25	25–21	15–8	110–104

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  South Korea 02 !  China 03 !  Iran 4  Australia 5  India 6  Japan 7  Pakistan 8  Kazakhstan 9  Chinese Taipei 10  Thailand 11  Qatar 12  Saudi Arabia 13  Bahrain 14  New Zealand 15  United Arab Emirates Qualified for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Qualifier

2003 Asian Men's Champions  South Korea Fourth title

Awards

• MVP: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Scorer: Dan Howard
• Best Spiker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Blocker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best Server: Zheng Liang
• Best Setter: Wang Hebing
• Best Digger: Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best Receiver: Suk Jin-wook

References

• Asian Men's Continental Championship results and standings
• Results