2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup was the 1st edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. It was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008.

Pools composition

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

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host) South Korea (3rd) China Iran	Australia (1st) Japan (2nd) Chinese Taipei Indonesia

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	289	243	1.189	9	3	3.000
2	Iran	5	2	1	261	256	1.020	7	5	1.400
3	China	4	1	2	275	275	1.000	7	6	1.167
4	Thailand	3	0	3	174	225	0.773	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–22		98–81
20 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54
21 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–16	23–25	23–25	30–28	15–13	116–107
21 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75
22 Sep	11:00	Iran	3–2	China	23–25	17–25	25–15	25–21	15–7	105–93
22 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	315	284	1.109	9	5	1.800
2	Australia	5	2	1	255	213	1.197	8	3	2.667
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	216	252	0.857	5	6	0.833
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	218	255	0.855	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	12–25	18–25	14–25			44–75
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–23		99–88
21 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	24–26	16–25	25–27			65–78
21 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	26–28	21–25	25–22	25–10	15–9	112–94
22 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65
22 Sep	18:00	Australia	2–3	Japan	20–25	25–16	25–23	19–25	13–15	102–104

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

South Korea	3
		25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
Indonesia	0
		South Korea	3
24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
		China	1
Australia	0
				26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
China	3
				South Korea	2
24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
				Iran	3
Japan	3
		25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
Thailand	0
		Japan	1
24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
		Iran	3	3rd place
Iran	3
				26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
Chinese Taipei	0
				China	3

				Japan	0

5th–8th places		5th place

25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

Indonesia	2
		26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
Australia	3
		Australia	3
25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
		Thailand	0
Thailand	3

Chinese Taipei	1
		7th place

		26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

		Indonesia	1

		Chinese Taipei	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
24 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	29–27	25–23	79–65
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	20–25	22–25	56–75
24 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–19	75–46
24 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–20	75–59

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–20	8–15	98–104
25 Sep	13:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–21		96–83

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	China	25–17	26–24	25–27	25–15		101–83
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	28–26	22–25		87–101

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	25–21	27–29		96–100

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Australia	3–0	Thailand	29–27	25–16	25–17			79–60

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–19			75–57

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Iran	25–13	15–25	25–27	25–15	7–15	97–95

2008 Asian Men's Cup Champions
Iran 1st title

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