2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). It was held in Ardabil, Iran from 1 to 9 May 2017. The tournament was served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]

2017 Asian Men's U23 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	1–9 May
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Rahman Taghizadeh
Official website
Official website

The matches was played in only one stadium in Ardabil: Rezazadeh Stadium. It was the first time that Iran and Ardabil had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).

Iran won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Championship.

Participated teams

Central Asia (CAZA)	East Asia (EAZA)	Oceania (OZA)	Southeast Asia (SEAZA)	West Asia (WAZA)
Iran (host)  Kazakhstan  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Uzbekistan	Chinese Taipei  China  Japan	Australia	Malaysia  Philippines  Thailand

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017.[1] But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Hosts)	Chinese Taipei (3)	China (4)	Japan (6)
Philippines (14)	Kazakhstan (12)	Australia (10)	Thailand (7)
Pakistan (–)	Uzbekistan (–)	Malaysia (–)	Sri Lanka (–)

Venue

All matches
Ardabil, Iran
Rezazadeh Stadium
Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Numbers of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F
	Qualified for the Pool H
	Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place play-offs

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	82	65	1.262
2	Pakistan	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	65	82	0.793

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	17:30	Iran	3–0	Pakistan	25–12	29–27	28–26			82–65	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	192	158	1.215
2	Kazakhstan	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	176	176	1.000
3	Uzbekistan	0	2	2	4	6	0.667	189	223	0.848

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	10:00	Uzbekistan	2–3	Kazakhstan	25–20	19–25	16–25	25–22	14–16	99–108	P2
2 May	15:00	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Uzbekistan	25–17	22–25	25–10	28–30	15–8	115–90	P2
3 May	15:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	25–27	22–25			68–77	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	174	147	1.184
2	Malaysia	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	157	158	0.994
3	Australia	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	170	196	0.867

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	12:30	Malaysia	3–1	Australia	22–25	25–19	25–17	25–22		97–83	P2
2 May	17:30	China	3–0	Malaysia	25–22	25–19	25–19			75–60	P2
3 May	17:30	Australia	1–3	China	18–25	26–24	21–25	22–25		87–99	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	187	149	1.255
2	Thailand	1	1	4	5	4	1.250	203	195	1.041
3	Sri Lanka	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	127	173	0.734

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 May	15:00	Japan	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–14	25–17	25–13			75–44	P2
2 May	12:30	Thailand	2–3	Japan	28–30	25–20	19–25	25–22	8–15	105–112	P2
3 May	12:30	Sri Lanka	1–3	Thailand	25–23	21–25	19–25	18–25		83–98	P2

Second round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
• 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.

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place match
	Qualified for the Classification round - 9th place play-offs

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	255	201	1.269
2	China	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	219	203	1.079
3	Pakistan	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	231	255	0.906
4	Malaysia	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	225	271	0.830

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	15:00	Iran	3–1	Malaysia	23–25	25–20	25–19	25–21		98–85	P2
4 May	17:30	China	3–1	Pakistan	18–25	25–18	25–11	25–14		93–68	P2
5 May	10:00	Pakistan	3–1	Malaysia	23–25	25–13	25–21	25–21		98–80	P2
5 May	15:00	Iran	3–0	China	25–18	25–15	25–18			75–51	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	262	213	1.230
2	Thailand	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	303	298	1.017
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	234	249	0.940
4	Kazakhstan	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	205	244	0.840

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	12:30	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	25–19	25–22	20–25	18–25	12–15	100–106	P2
4 May	19:30	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51	P2
5 May	12:30	Kazakhstan	1–3	Thailand	22–25	17–25	25–17	22–25		86–92	P2
5 May	17:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	23–25	18–25	16–25			57–75	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Sri Lanka	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	106	114	0.930
2	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	114	106	1.075

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 May	10:00	Uzbekistan	2–3	Sri Lanka	25–20	25–16	24–26	26–28	14–16	114–106	P2

Classification round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Bracket

	Ninth place play-offs				Ninth place match
	Sri Lanka	Bye
					7 May – Ardabil
					Sri Lanka	0
	5 May – Ardabil
					Uzbekistan	3
	Australia	0
	Uzbekistan	3
					Eleventh place
					Australia

9th place play-offs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 May	19:30	Australia	0–3	Uzbekistan	22–25	19–25	21–25			62–75	P2

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 May	10:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Uzbekistan	23–25	21–25	21–25			65–75	P2

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Bracket

	Fifth place (9 May – Ardabil)					Fifth place play-offs (8 May – Ardabil)					Quarter-finals (7 May – Ardabil)					Semi-finals (8 May – Ardabil)					Final (9 May – Ardabil)
												Japan	3
												Malaysia	0
							Malaysia	1									Japan	3
							China	3									Chinese Taipei	0
												China	0
												Chinese Taipei	3
		China	3																			Japan	0
		Pakistan	0																		Iran	3
												Iran	3
												Kazakhstan	0
						Kazakhstan	2									Iran	3
	Seventh place (9 May – Ardabil)						Pakistan	3									Thailand	0			Third place (9 May – Ardabil)
		Malaysia	2									Thailand	3									Thailand	1
		Kazakhstan	3									Pakistan	0									Chinese Taipei	3

Quarter-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 May	12:30	Japan	3–0	Malaysia	25–18	25–23	25–23			75–64	P2
7 May	15:00	Thailand	3–0	Pakistan	25–22	25–18	25–17			75–57	P2
7 May	17:30	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–9	25–17	25–14			75–40	P2
7 May	19:30	China	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	27–29	23–25			69–79	P2

5th place play-offs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	10:00	Malaysia	1–3	China	25–17	22–25	12–25	27–29		86–96	P2
8 May	12:30	Kazakhstan	2–3	Pakistan	20–25	25–17	23–25	25–22	14–16	107–105	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	10:00	Malaysia	2–3	Kazakhstan	25–22	11–25	23–25	25–20	10–15	94–107	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	12:30	China	3–0	Pakistan	25–15	25–13	25–13			75–41	P2

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	15:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–19	25–18			75–58	P2
8 May	17:30	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	15:00	Thailand	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–19	21–25	23–25	22–25		91–94	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	17:30	Japan	0–3	Iran	25–27	24–26	20–25			69–78	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  Japan  Chinese Taipei 4  Thailand 5  China 6  Pakistan 7  Kazakhstan 8  Malaysia 9  Uzbekistan 10  Sri Lanka 11  Australia Qualified for the 2017 U23 World Championship

2017 Asian Men's U23 Champions  Iran 2nd title 12–man Roster Mosafer, Hamoudi, Taghizadeh (c), Sheibanimehr, Cheperli, Allahverdian, Esmaeilnejad, Ebrahimi, Javaheri, Karimi, Daliri, Esmaeilpour Head Coach Cichello

Awards

Most Valuable Player Rahman Taghizadeh Best Setter Masaki Oya Best Outside Spikers Masato Katsuoka Esmaeil Mosafer

Best Middle Blockers Lee Hsing-kuo Sahand Allahverdian Best Opposite Spiker Amin Esmaeilnejad Best Libero Su Hou-chen

See also

• 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand". AVC. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Squads
• Awards