2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship will be the 21st edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, organised by Asia's governing volleyball body, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). It will be hosted by Tokyo, Japan in 2021. The tournament also serves as part of Asian qualification for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, with the top two nations including winners and runners-up advancing to the qualifying tournaments.

2021 Asian Men's Championship
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日本 2021
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates12–19 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

Host selection

During AVC Sports Events Council Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Asian Volleyball Confederation announced on 11 February 2020 that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Men's Championship:[1]

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:

  • 1 team for the organizer (Japan)
  • 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship (Asian Men's Championship Iran 2019)
  • 5 teams from each of 5 zones including West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania (with a qualification tournament if needed)

For any unused quota, the spot will be reallocated to the next highest ranked nation.

Qualified teams

The following eleven teams already qualified for the tournament.

TeamZoneQualification methodDate of qualificationAppFirstLast
 JapanEAZVAHost nation—21st19752019
 IranCAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship champions21 September 201919th19792019
 AustraliaOZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship runners-up21 September 201921st19752019
 South KoreaEAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 4th place21 September 201921st19752019
 Chinese TaipeiEAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 5th place21 September 201919th19832019
 ChinaEAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 6th place21 September 201921st19752019
 PakistanCAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 7th place21 September 201915th19872019
 IndiaCAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 8th place21 September 201918th19792019
 QatarWAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 9th place21 September 201916th19892019
 KazakhstanCAZVA2019 Asian Men's Championship 10th place21 September 201913th19932019
 ThailandSEAZVAReallocation of unused quota from Japan—16th19872019
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See also

References
  1. "AVC SPORTS EVENTS COUNCIL REVIEWS TASKS COMPLETED AND DISCUSSES FUTURE CHALLENGES". AVC. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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