2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tabriz
Dates	29 June–6 July
Teams	17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16

The 2018 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, will be the twelfth edition of the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF) for the boys' under-18 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in Tabriz, Iran, from 29 June to 6 July 2018.[1]

Qualification

The eighteen AVC member associations (included the India volleyball team under the Indian Olympic Association, who was suspended by the FIVB, and was lifted the suspension in May 2018) will participate in the tournament with Iran already qualified as host country the nine teams participated in the 2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship, and the nine remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The eighteen AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (7 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asian (2 teams).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Births	Qualified
Host country	1	Iran
Central Asian teams	5	India
		Kazakhstan
		Pakistan
		Sri Lanka
		Turkmenistan
		~~Uzbekistan~~
East Asian teams	5	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Hong Kong
		Japan
		South Korea
Oceanian teams	2	Australia
Oceanian teams	2	New Zealand
Southeast Asian team	2	Malaysia
Southeast Asian team	2	Thailand
West Asian team	2	Oman
West Asian team	2	Qatar
Total 17

Pools composition

This is the first Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three pools of 2 divisions to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Japan (1)	Iran (4; Host)	Australia (7)
South Korea (2)	Chinese Taipei (5)	Sri Lanka (9)
China (3)	Thailand (6)	Hong Kong (11)
Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Oman	New Zealand	Qatar
India	Pakistan	Malaysia
Kazakhstan	~~Uzbekistan~~	Turkmenistan

Venues

Shahid Poursharifi Arena, Tabriz, Iran
Shahid Aghdami Arena, Tabriz, Iran

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 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).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	172	145	1.186	Play-offs second round
2	Japan	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	167	156	1.071
3	China	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	112	150	0.747

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
29 Jun	16:00	Hall 1	Japan	3–0	China	25–19	25–22	25–18		75–59
30 Jun	13:30	Hall 1	South Korea	3–1	Japan	26–24	21–25	25–23	25–20	97–92
1 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	China	0–3	South Korea	21–25	15–25	17–25		53–75

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	158	162	0.975	Play-offs second round
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	140	137	1.022
3	Iran (H)	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	159	158	1.006

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
(H) Host.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
29 Jun	18:30	Hall 1	Iran	3–1	Thailand	25–19	25–20	22–25	25–19	97–83
30 Jun	18:30	Hall 1	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iran	25–20	25–23	25–19		75–62
1 Jul	13:30	Hall 1	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–21	25–21		75–65

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	173	139	1.245	Play-offs first round
2	Australia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	160	159	1.006
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	157	192	0.818

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: FRol standing procedure

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
29 Jun	13:30	Hall 1	Hong Kong	1–3	Australia	19–25	25–20	18–25	21–25	83–95
30 Jun	13:30	Hall 2	Sri Lanka	3–1	Hong Kong	25–17	25–14	22–25	25–18	97–74
1 Jul	16:00	Hall 2	Australia	0–3	Sri Lanka	20–25	21–25	24–26		65–76

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	171	139	1.230	Play-offs second round
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	151	151	1.000	Play-offs first round
3	Oman	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	150	182	0.824	Play-offs first round

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
29 Jun	13:30	Hall 2	India	3–1	Oman	25–15	25–18	21–25	25–16	96–74
30 Jun	16:00	Hall 2	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	21–25	23–25	21–25		65–75
1 Jul	13:30	Hall 2	Oman	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	34–36	19–25		76–86

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	44	1.705	Play-offs first round
2	New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	44	75	0.587	Play-offs first round
3	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Withdrawn

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	16:00	Hall 2	New Zealand	0–3	Pakistan	18–25	12–25	14–25			44–75

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	153	93	1.645	Play-offs first round
2	Turkmenistan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	130	127	1.024
3	Qatar	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	87	150	0.580

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2018. Source: Bulletin 4
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
29 Jun	18:30	Hall 2	Malaysia	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–18	25–11	28–26	78–55
30 Jun	16:00	Hall 1	Qatar	0–3	Malaysia	10–25	18–25	10–25	38–75
1 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	Turkmenistan	3–0	Qatar	25–13	25–22	25–14	75–49

Final round

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

Rankings

Pool A		Pool B		Pool C
1	South Korea	4	Thailand	7	Sri Lanka
2	Japan	5	Chinese Taipei	8	Australia
3	China	6	Iran	9	Hong Kong
Pool D		Pool E		Pool F
10	India	13	Pakistan	16	Malaysia
11	Kazakhstan	14	New Zealand	17	Turkmenistan
12	Oman	15	N/A	18	Qatar

Classification round (R15–17)

15th–17th places		15th place




		5 Jul

		Qatar	0
4 Jul
		Turkmenistan	3
Turkmenistan	3

Hong Kong	2

Fifteenth–Eighteenth places

Winners will advance to Fifteenth place play-off.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	13:30	Hall 2	Turkmenistan	3–2	Hong Kong	23–25	19–25	25–22	25–16	15–10	107–98

Fifteenth place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	11:30	Hall 2	Qatar	0–3	Turkmenistan	17–25	11–25	20–25			48–75

Classification round (R11–14)

11th–14th places		11th place

4 Jul

New Zealand	1
		5 Jul
Pakistan	3
		Pakistan	3
4 Jul
		Kazakhstan	0
Oman	1

Kazakhstan	3
		13th place

		5 Jul

		New Zealand	1

		Oman	3

Eleventh to Fourteenth places

Winners will advance to Eleventh place play-off.
Losers will be given a chance to Thirteenth place play-off.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	16:00	Hall 2	New Zealand	1–3	Pakistan	18–25	20–25	31–29	17–25		86–104
4 Jul	18:30	Hall 2	Oman	1–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	25–22	18–25	14–25		77–97

Thirteenth place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	14:00	Hall 2	New Zealand	1–3	Oman	19–25	25–22	19–25	21–25		84–97

Eleventh place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	16:30	Hall 2	Pakistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–22	26–28			76–71

Classification round (R5–10)

First round		5th–8th places		5th place




		5 July

		India	1
4 July
		China	3
China	3
				6 July
Sri Lanka	0
				China	2

				Thailand	3

		5 July

		Thailand	3
4 July
		Australia	0	7th place
Malaysia	2
				6 July
Australia	3
				India	3

				Australia	0

	9th place

	5 Jul

	Sri Lanka	3

	Malaysia	1

First round

Winners will advance to Fifth to Eighth places.
Losers will be given a chance to Ninth place play-off.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	10:00	Hall 1	Malaysia	2–3	Australia	25–17	25–17	24– 26	22– 25	14– 16	110–101
4 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–22	25–18	25– 19			75–59

Fifth to Eighth places

Winners will advance to Fifth place play-off.
Losers will be given a chance to Eighth place play-off.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	10:00	Hall 1	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–16	25–22	25– 21			75–59
5 Jul	13:30	Hall 1	India	1–3	China	26–24	22–25	17– 25	20– 25		85–99

Ninth place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	19:00	Hall 2	Sri Lanka	3–1	Malaysia	25–22	25–14	24– 26	25– 23		99–85

Seventh place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	10:00	Hall 1	India	3–0	Australia	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63

Fifth place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	13:30	Hall 1	China	2–3	Thailand	25–22	17–25	25–19	23–25	14–16	104–107

Championship round (R1–18)

Section 1

First round		Second round




		3 July

		South Korea	3
2 July
		Pakistan	0
Oman	1

Pakistan	3

First round (Section 1)

Winners will advance to Second Round.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R11–14).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	18:30	Hall 2	Oman	1–3	Pakistan	17–25	28–26	10–25	15–25		70–101

Second round (Section 1)

Winners will advance to Semi-finals and World Championship.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R11–14).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	13:30	Hall 1	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	25–12	25–20	25–16			75–48

Section 2

First round		Second round




		3 July

		Thailand	3
2 July
		Malaysia	0
Hong Kong	2

Malaysia	3

First round (Section 2)

Winners will advance to Second Round.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R15–17).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	Hong Kong	2–3	Malaysia	25–27	22–25	26–24	26–24	16– 18	115–118

Second round (Section 2)

Winners will advance to Quarter-finals.
Losers will transfer to First round of Classification round (R5–10).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	13:30	Hall 2	Thailand	3–0	Malaysia	25–19	25–18	25– 16			75–53

Section 3

First round		Second round




		3 July

		Chinese Taipei	3
2 July
		Australia	0
Australia	3

Turkmenistan	0

First round (Section 3)

Winners will advance to Second Round.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R15–17).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	13:30	Hall 2	Australia	3–0	Turkmenistan	25–16	30–28	25–21			80–65

Second round (Section 3)

Winners will advance to Quarter-finals.
Losers will transfer to First round of Classification round (R5–10).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	16:00	Hall 2	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Australia	25–20	25–20	27–25			77–65

Section 4

First round		Second round




		3 July

		Japan	3
2 July
		Kazakhstan	0
Kazakhstan	3

New Zealand	0

First round (Section 4)

Winners will advance to Second Round.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R11–14).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	16:00	Hall 2	Kazakhstan	3–0	New Zealand	25–14	25–21	25–21			75–56

Second round (Section 4)

Winners will advance to Semi-finals and World Championship.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R11–14).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–18	25– 23			75–53

Section 5

	Second round

	2 July

	China	2

	India	3

Second round (Section 5)

Winners will advance to Quarter-finals.
Losers will transfer to First round of Classification round (R5–10).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	China	2–3	India	25–23	18–25	25–18	19–25	11–15	98–106

Section 6

First round		Second round




		3 July

		Iran	3
2 July
		Sri Lanka	0
Sri Lanka	3

Qatar	0

First round (Section 6)

Winners will advance to Second Round.
Losers will transfer to Classification round (R15–17).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	Sri Lanka	3–0	Qatar	25–10	25–23	25–13			75–46

Second round (Section 6)

Winners will advance to Quarter-finals.
Losers will transfer to First round of Classification round (R5–10).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	18:30	Hall 2	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–21	25–17	25–13			75–51

Finals

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		5 July

		South Korea	3
4 July
		Chinese Taipei	0
Thailand	0
				6 July
Chinese Taipei	3
				South Korea	1

				Japan	3

		5 July

		Japan	3
4 July
		Iran	1	Third place
India	0
				6 July
Iran	3
				Chinese Taipei	1

				Iran	3

Quarter-finals

Winners will advance to Semi-finals and World Championship.
Losers will transfer to Main round of Classification round (R5–10).

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jul	13:30	Hall 1	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	24–26	20–25			68–77
4 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	India	0–3	Iran	22–25	13–25	21–25			56–75

Semi-finals

Winners will advance to Finals.
Losers will be given a chance to Third place play-off .

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59
5 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	Japan	3–1	Iran	25–20	25–22	25–27	25–16		100–85

Third place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	16:00	Hall 1	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Iran	23–25	25–21	16– 25	20– 25		84–96

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	18:30	Hall 1	South Korea	1–3	Japan	25–20	14–25	21– 25	15– 25		75–95

Final standing

Key
	Qualified to 2019 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Japan
	South Korea
	Iran
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Thailand
6	China
7	India
8	Australia
9	Sri Lanka
10	Malaysia
11	Pakistan
12	Kazakhstan
13	Oman
14	New Zealand
15	Turkmenistan
16	Qatar
17	Hong Kong

2018 Asian U18 Champions
Japan 2nd title

12–boy Roster

Head Coach

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Taito Mizumachi

Best Outside Spikers

Chang Hung-yeh

Park Seung-su

Best Setter

Taiga Itoyama

Best Opposite Spiker

Bardia Saadat

Best Middle Blocker

Alireza Abdollahi

Riku Ito

Best Libero

Jang Ji-won

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References

"Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
"NEW COMPETITION FORMAT SET FOR 2018 AVC CHAMPIONSHIPS". AVC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation

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[1] "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[2] "NEW COMPETITION FORMAT SET FOR 2018 AVC CHAMPIONSHIPS". AVC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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