2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2007 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Indonesia
Dates	31 August – 9 September
Teams	17
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Dan Howard

The 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 14th Asian Championship, which took place from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Venues

Istora Senayan (Jakarta)
Tennis Indoor Stadium (Jakarta)

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Indonesia (Host)	Japan (1st)	China (2nd)	South Korea (3rd)
Qatar (7th) Maldives Chinese Taipei	Iran (6th) Pakistan Vietnam	Thailand (5th) Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia	India (4th) Kazakhstan Kuwait Australia

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	179	132	1.356	6	1	6.000
2	Qatar	3	1	1	169	148	1.142	4	3	1.333
3	Maldives	2	0	2	82	150	0.547	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
31 Aug	17:00	Qatar	1–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	30–28	24–26	21–25	94–104
01 Sep	13:45	Maldives	0–3	Qatar	15–25	15–25	14–25		44–75
02 Sep	18:15	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Maldives	25–13	25–15	25–10		75–38

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	4	2	0	193	158	1.222	6	2	3.000
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	198	197	1.005	4	5	0.800
3	Vietnam	2	0	2	174	210	0.829	3	6	0.500

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	14:45	Iran	3–1	Vietnam	25–17	25–16	23–25	25–14		98–72
01 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	1–3	Iran	18–25	25–20	22–25	21–25		86–95
02 Sep	13:45	Vietnam	2–3	Pakistan	20–25	25–21	28–26	21–25	8–15	102–112

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	4	2	0	172	133	1.293	6	1	6.000
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	153	145	1.055	4	3	1.333
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	103	150	0.687	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
31 Aug	20:00	Thailand	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–17	25–17	25–21		75–55
01 Sep	18:15	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Thailand	25–22	21–25	16–25	16–25	78–97
02 Sep	16:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Saudi Arabia	14–25	11–25	23–25		48–75

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	6	3	0	247	170	1.453	9	1	9.000
2	India	5	2	1	277	264	1.049	7	5	1.400
3	Kazakhstan	4	1	2	234	252	0.929	5	6	0.833
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	155	227	0.683	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	14:45	Australia	3–1	India	22–25	25–19	25–18	25–23		97–85
31 Aug	17:00	Kuwait	0–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	16–25	25–27			60–77
01 Sep	16:00	India	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–20	24–26	25–20	25–27	18–16	117–109
01 Sep	18:15	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–11	25–15	25–11			75–37
02 Sep	16:00	Kuwait	0–3	India	19–25	22–25	17–25			58–75
02 Sep	18:15	Kazakhstan	0–3	Australia	14–25	20–25	14–25			48–75

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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	310	278	1.115	9	5	1.800
2	Thailand	4	1	2	322	316	1.019	7	8	0.875
3	Indonesia	4	1	2	314	326	0.963	7	8	0.875
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	294	320	0.919	6	8	0.750

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	3–2	Thailand	25–23	22–25	25–18	22–25	15–12	109–103
03 Sep	20:30	China	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–15	20–25	25–18	25–21		95–79
04 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	2–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	25–17	31–33	25–21	16–18	114–114
04 Sep	18:15	China	3–2	Thailand	25–18	18–25	25–23	19–25	19–17	106–108
05 Sep	16:00	Indonesia	2–3	China	16–25	15–25	25–21	25–23	10–15	91–109
05 Sep	18:15	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	18–25	25–23	25–23	22–25	11–15	101–111

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	6	3	0	318	313	1.016	9	6	1.500
2	Japan	5	2	1	275	251	1.096	8	4	2.000
3	South Korea	4	1	2	275	279	0.986	6	6	1.000
4	Iran	3	0	3	237	262	0.905	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	13:45	Japan	2–3	Australia	21–25	25–19	25–20	20–25	9–15	100–104
03 Sep	18:15	South Korea	3–0	Iran	27–25	28–26	25–21			80–72
04 Sep	13:45	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–22	28–26	25–15			78–63
04 Sep	20:30	South Korea	2–3	Australia	25–20	22–25	25–20	21–25	18–20	111–110
05 Sep	13:45	Japan	3–1	South Korea	25–16	26–24	21–25	25–19		97–84
05 Sep	20:30	Iran	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–17	16–25	25–22	13–15	102–104

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Qatar	6	3	0	229	161	1.422	9	0	MAX
2	Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	213	168	1.268	6	3	2.000
3	Sri Lanka	4	1	2	201	229	0.878	3	7	0.429
4	Maldives	3	0	3	164	249	0.659	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
04 Sep	13:45	Qatar	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–18	25–9	29–27		79–54
04 Sep	16:00	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Maldives	25–13	25–11	25–21		75–45
05 Sep	13:45	Maldives	1–3	Sri Lanka	20–25	12–25	26–24	17–25	75–99
05 Sep	16:00	Qatar	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–23	25–17	25–23		75–63

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	8	4	0	346	281	1.231	12	2	6.000
2	Kazakhstan	7	3	1	359	312	1.151	11	4	2.750
3	Pakistan	6	2	2	317	316	1.003	6	8	0.750
4	Vietnam	5	1	3	302	341	0.886	6	9	0.667
5	Kuwait	4	0	4	234	308	0.760	0	12	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
03 Sep	18:15	India	3–0	Vietnam	25–16	25–16	25–15		75–47
03 Sep	20:30	Pakistan	3–0	Kuwait	25–18	25–13	31–29		81–60
04 Sep	18:15	Pakistan	0–3	Kazakhstan	19–25	23–25	15–25		57–75
04 Sep	20:30	Vietnam	3–0	Kuwait	25–20	25–15	25–21		75–56
05 Sep	18:15	Vietnam	1–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	17–25	25–23	18–25	78–98
05 Sep	20:30	Pakistan	0–3	India	20–25	27–29	20–25		67–79

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–16th

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Pakistan	6	3	0	263	202	1.302	9	2	4.500
14	Sri Lanka	5	2	1	249	259	0.961	6	6	1.000
15	Vietnam	4	1	2	285	261	1.092	7	6	1.167
16	Maldives	3	0	3	174	249	0.699	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	13:45	Sri Lanka	3–2	Vietnam	11–25	13–25	25–21	26–24	15–13	90–108
06 Sep	16:00	Pakistan	3–0	Maldives	25–11	25–13	25–16			75–40
07 Sep	13:45	Maldives	0–3	Vietnam	18–25	23–25	18–25			59–75
07 Sep	16:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Pakistan	24–26	18–25	18–25			60–76

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	India	6	3	0	300	271	1.107	9	4	2.250
10	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	277	263	1.053	8	4	2.000
11	Qatar	4	1	2	256	264	0.970	6	6	1.000
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	190	225	0.844	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	18:15	Qatar	1–3	Kazakhstan	21–25	25–18	16–25	20–25		82–93
06 Sep	20:30	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63
07 Sep	18:15	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	19–25	22–25			64–75
07 Sep	20:30	Qatar	2–3	India	25–22	25–21	21–25	18–25	10–15	99–108

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	13	6	1	665	616	1.080	20	9	2.222
2	Japan	12	5	2	563	482	1.168	17	7	2.429
3	South Korea	12	5	2	575	514	1.119	18	6	3.000
4	China	12	5	2	625	613	1.020	15	13	1.154
5	Iran	10	3	4	617	612	1.008	11	16	0.688
6	Thailand	9	2	5	616	638	0.966	12	17	0.706
7	Indonesia	8	1	6	564	640	0.881	7	20	0.350
8	Chinese Taipei	8	1	6	554	664	0.834	8	20	0.400

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	13:45	China	3–0	Iran	36–34	25–22	25–20			86–76
06 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56
06 Sep	18:15	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	21–25	20–25	21–25			62–75
06 Sep	20:30	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	25–18	25–21	25–15			75–54
07 Sep	13:45	Thailand	2–3	Iran	20–25	25–22	16–25	25–22	11–15	97–109
07 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–13	25–14	25–12			75–39
07 Sep	18:15	Australia	3–0	Indonesia	25–20	36–34	27–25			88–79
07 Sep	20:30	China	0–3	South Korea	20–25	17–25	21–25			58–75
08 Sep	13:45	Australia	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60
08 Sep	16:00	China	0–3	Japan	20–25	22–25	21–25			63–75
08 Sep	18:15	Indonesia	0–3	Iran	22–25	24–26	16–25			62–76
08 Sep	20:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–22	25–21	25–17			75–60
09 Sep	11:30	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Iran	20–25	32–30	26–24	19–25	8–15	105–119
09 Sep	14:00	Indonesia	0–3	South Korea	17–25	17–25	21–25			55–75
09 Sep	16:10	China	3–2	Australia	21–25	26–24	21–25	25–23	15–12	108–109
09 Sep	18:15	Thailand	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Australia
02 !	Japan
03 !	South Korea
4	China
5	Iran
6	Thailand
7	Indonesia
8	Chinese Taipei
9	India
10	Kazakhstan
11	Qatar
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Pakistan
14	Sri Lanka
15	Vietnam
16	Maldives
17	Kuwait

	Qualified for the 2007 World Cup and 2008 Olympic Qualifier
	Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Qualifier
	Qualified for the 2008 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier

2007 Asian Men's Champions
Australia First title

Team Roster Benjamin Hardy, Dan Howard, Luke Campbell, David Ferguson, Andrew Grant, Andrew Earl, Igor Yudin, Nathan Roberts, Paul Carroll, Phillip De Salvo, Matthew Young, Brett Alderman Head Coach: Russell Borgeuad

Awards

MVP: Dan Howard
Best Scorer: Mohammad Mohammadkazem
Best Spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
Best Blocker: Lee Sun-kyu
Best Server: Yu Koshikawa
Best Setter: Kosuke Tomonaga
Best Libero: Yeo Oh-hyun
Best Receiver: Siriphum Supachai

References

Asian Volleyball Championship
Men	1975 Melbourne 1979 Manama 1983 Tokyo 1987 Kuwait City 1989 Seoul 1991 Perth 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima 1995 Seoul 1997 Doha 1999 Tehran 2001 Changwon 2003 Tianjin 2005 Suphan Buri 2007 Jakarta 2009 Manila 2011 Tehran 2013 Dubai 2015 Tehran 2017 Gresik
Women	1975 Melbourne 1979 Hong Kong 1983 Fukuoka 1987 Shanghai 1989 Hong Kong 1991 Bangkok 1993 Shanghai 1995 Chiang Mai 1997 Manila 1999 Hong Kong 2001 Nakhon Ratchasima 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 2005 Taicang 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 2009 Hanoi 2011 Taipei 2013 Nakhon Ratchasima 2015 Tianjin 2017 Biñan–Muntinlupa

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