2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 16th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan from 13 to 21 August 2015. The champions qualified for the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship as Asia's representative.

2015 Asian Men's Club Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Chinese Taipei
Dates	13–21 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Taichung Bank (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Huang Pei-Hung (TPE)
Official website
2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2014 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2014 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2014 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Chinese Taipei (Hosts)	Iran (1)	Qatar (2)	China (3)
Turkmenistan (10)	Philippines (7)	Iraq (6)	Kazakhstan (4)
Japan (13)	South Korea (–)	Thailand (–)	Vietnam (11)
Afghanistan (–)	Kuwait (–)	Australia (–)	Oman (12)

Venues

• University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan – Pool A, B, E, F and Final eight
• Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan – Pool C, D, G, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places

Pool standing procedure

1. Number 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 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 Taiwan National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F
	Qualified for the Pool G
	Qualified for the Pool H

Pool A

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Taichung Bank	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	245	183	1.339
2	Migrasiya	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	260	251	1.036
3	Panasonic Panthers	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	239	218	1.096
4	NDS	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	133	225	0.591

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	11:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	NDS	25–12	25–12	25–12			75–36	P2
13 Aug	19:00	Taichung Bank	3–1	Migrasiya	20–25	25–19	25–19	25–15		95–78	P2
14 Aug	17:00	NDS	0–3	Migrasiya	18–25	17–25	16–25			51–75	P2
14 Aug	19:00	Taichung Bank	3–0	Panasonic Panthers	25–19	25–20	25–20			75–59	P2
15 Aug	17:00	Migrasiya	3–2	Panasonic Panthers	19–25	25–22	23–25	25–22	15–11	107–105	P2
15 Aug	19:45	Taichung Bank	3–0	NDS	25–20	25–10	25–16			75–46	P2

Pool B

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Paykan Tehran	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	159	1.434
2	Sangmu	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	210	180	1.167
3	Cignal HD Spikers	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	197	217	0.908
4	Qadsia	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	147	226	0.650

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	13:00	Qadsia	0–3	Paykan Tehran	12–25	11–25	19–25			42–75	P2
13 Aug	15:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Sangmu	24–26	18–25	21–25			63–76	P2
14 Aug	13:00	Qadsia	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	22–25	17–25	24–26			63–76	P2
14 Aug	15:00	Sangmu	0–3	Paykan Tehran	17–25	22–25	20–25			59–75	P2
15 Aug	13:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Paykan Tehran	18–25	14–25	26–28			58–78	P2
15 Aug	15:00	Sangmu	3–0	Qadsia	25–15	25–12	25–15			75–42	P2

Pool C

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Al-Arabi	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	194	1.294
2	Gas Al-Janoob	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	260	242	1.074
3	Nakhon Ratchasima	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	232	233	0.996
4	Victorian Volleyball Academy	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	151	225	0.671

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	11:00	Gas Al-Janoob	1–3	Al-Arabi	20–25	28–26	22–25	19–25		89–101	P2
13 Aug	19:30	Nakhon Ratchasima	3–0	Victorian Volleyball Academy	25–18	25–23	25–21			75–62	P2
14 Aug	17:15	Victorian Volleyball Academy	0–3	Al-Arabi	20–25	18–25	9–25			47–75	P2
14 Aug	19:00	Nakhon Ratchasima	2–3	Gas Al-Janoob	23–25	25–15	25–16	15–25	11–15	99–96	P2
15 Aug	17:45	Nakhon Ratchasima	0–3	Al-Arabi	21–25	18–25	19–25			58–75	P2
15 Aug	19:45	Gas Al-Janoob	3–0	Victorian Volleyball Academy	25–12	25–17	25–13			75–42	P2

Pool D

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Pavlodar	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	250	197	1.269
2	Beijing BAIC Motors	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	263	228	1.154
3	Trang An Ninh Binh	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	206	235	0.877
4	Sohar	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	166	225	0.738

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	13:15	Trang An Ninh Binh	0–3	Pavlodar	21–25	17–25	19–25			57–75	P2
13 Aug	15:20	Beijing BAIC Motors	3–0	Sohar	25–18	25–17	25–19			75–54	P2
14 Aug	13:00	Pavlodar	3–0	Sohar	25–20	25–13	25–19			75–52	P2
14 Aug	15:00	Beijing BAIC Motors	3–1	Trang An Ninh Binh	25–18	25–13	25–27	25–16		100–74	P2
15 Aug	13:00	Sohar	0–3	Trang An Ninh Binh	20–25	20–25	20–25			60–75	P2
15 Aug	15:00	Beijing BAIC Motors	1–3	Pavlodar	25–23	25–27	17–25	21–25		88–100	P2

Classification round

• All times are Taiwan National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
• 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 Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals
	Qualified for the 13th–16th semifinals

Pool E

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Taichung Bank	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	279	227	1.229
2	Al-Arabi	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	275	237	1.160
3	Gas Al-Janoob	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	250	281	0.890
4	Migrasiya	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	222	281	0.790

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug	17:50	Al-Arabi	3–0	Migrasiya	25–15	25–13	25–11			75–39	P2
16 Aug	19:00	Taichung Bank	3–0	Gas Al-Janoob	25–19	25–17	25–14			75–50	P2
17 Aug	17:55	Migrasiya	2–3	Gas Al-Janoob	21–25	25–21	27–25	19–25	13–15	105–111	P2
17 Aug	20:50	Taichung Bank	3–2	Al-Arabi	25–18	22–25	22–25	25–20	15–11	109–99	P2

Pool F

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Paykan Tehran	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	268	228	1.175
2	Pavlodar	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	247	250	0.988
3	Beijing BAIC Motors	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	283	278	1.018
4	Sangmu	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	206	248	0.831

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug	13:00	Paykan Tehran	1–3	Beijing BAIC Motors	22–25	26–28	25–20	23–25		96–98	P2
16 Aug	15:40	Pavlodar	3–0	Sangmu	25–23	25–18	26–24			76–65	P2
17 Aug	13:00	Sangmu	1–3	Beijing BAIC Motors	18–25	25–21	15–25	24–26		82–97	P2
17 Aug	15:30	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Pavlodar	22–25	25–15	25–20	25–11		97–71	P2

Pool G

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Nakhon Ratchasima	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	191	1.304
2	Panasonic Panthers	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	224	185	1.211
3	NDS	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	186	254	0.732
4	Victorian Volleyball Academy	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	216	245	0.882

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug	13:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Victorian Volleyball Academy	25–18	25–17	25–18			75–53	P2
16 Aug	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima	3–0	NDS	25–14	25–15	28–26			78–55	P2
17 Aug	13:00	NDS	3–2	Victorian Volleyball Academy	25–18	11–25	25–21	19–25	15–12	95–101	P2
17 Aug	15:35	Panasonic Panthers	1–3	Nakhon Ratchasima	15–25	25–21	15–25	19–25		74–96	P2

Pool H

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trang An Ninh Binh	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	204	1.221
2	Cignal HD Spikers	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	284	285	0.996
3	Qadsia	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	215	236	0.911
4	Sohar	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	268	291	0.921

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Aug	17:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	Sohar	18–25	22–25	29–27	35–33	15–13	119–123	P2
16 Aug	20:00	Trang An Ninh Binh	3–0	Qadsia	25–15	25–17	25–23			75–55	P2
17 Aug	17:50	Qadsia	3–1	Sohar	25–16	25–22	22–25	25–22		97–85	P2
17 Aug	20:05	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	Trang An Ninh Binh	21–25	26–24	22–25	20–25		89–99	P2

Final round

• All times are Taiwan National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	19 August
	NDS	2
					20 August
	Sohar	3
					Sohar	3
	19 August
					Victorian	1
	Qadsia	1
	Victorian	3
					15th place match
					20 August
					NDS	3
					Qadsia	0

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	13:00	NDS	2–3	Sohar	26–24	25–19	23–25	28–30	11–15	113–113	P2
19 Aug	15:45	Qadsia	1–3	Victorian Volleyball Academy	25–15	28–30	17–25	17–25		87–95	P2

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	13:00	NDS	3–0	Qadsia	25–20	25–23	25–14			75–57

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	15:00	Sohar	3–1	Victorian Volleyball Academy	27–25	25–19	22–25	25–17		99–86

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	19 August
	Nakhon R.	3
					20 August
	Cignal	0
					Nakhon R.	3
	19 August
					Panasonic	1
	Ninh Bình	0
	Panasonic	3
					11th place match
					20 August
					Cignal	0
					Ninh Bình	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–18	25–16	25–14			75–48	P2
19 Aug	19:45	Trang An Ninh Binh	0–3	Panasonic Panthers	13–25	23–25	28–30			64–80	P2

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Trang An Ninh Binh	20–25	18–25	21–25			59–75

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	19:00	Nakhon Ratchasima	3–1	Panasonic Panthers	25–23	25–19	22–25	25–23		97–90

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	19 August
	Taichung Bank	3
					20 August
	Sangmu	1
					Taichung Bank	3
	19 August
					Pavlodar	0
	Pavlodar	3
									21 August
	Gas Al-Janoob	1
									Taichung Bank	3
	19 August
									Al-Arabi	1
	Paykan	3
					20 August
	Migrasiya	0
					Paykan	0
	19 August
					Al-Arabi	3			3rd place match
	Al-Arabi	3
									21 August
	Beijing	0
									Pavlodar	1
									Paykan	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	20 August
	Sangmu	3
					21 August
	Gas Al-Janoob	1
					Sangmu	1
	20 August
					Beijing	3
	Migrasiya	0
	Beijing	3
					7th place match
					21 August
					Gas Al-Janoob	3
					Migrasiya	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	13:00	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Migrasiya	25–21	25–13	25–13			75–47	P2
19 Aug	15:00	Al-Arabi	3–0	Beijing BAIC Motors	25–18	25–17	25–22			75–57	P2
19 Aug	17:00	Pavlodar	3–1	Gas Al-Janoob	19–25	25–16	25–19	25–21		94–81	P2
19 Aug	19:35	Taichung Bank	3–1	Sangmu	25–18	25–19	26–28	25–17		101–82	P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	13:00	Sangmu	3–1	Gas Al-Janoob	25–23	21–25	27–25	25–22		98–95
20 Aug	15:00	Migrasiya	0–3	Beijing BAIC Motors	19–25	23–25	19–25			61–75

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Paykan Tehran	0–3	Al-Arabi	23–25	21–25	15–25			59–75
20 Aug	19:00	Taichung Bank	3–0	Pavlodar	25–19	25–18	25–21			75–58

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	11:00	Gas Al-Janoob	3–2	Migrasiya	16–25	25–15	25–18	14–25	15–13	95–96

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	13:00	Sangmu	1–3	Beijing BAIC Motors	17–25	23–25	25–14	19–25		84–89

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	15:00	Pavlodar	1–3	Paykan Tehran	13–25	23–25	28–26	18–25		82–101

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	17:00	Taichung Bank	3–1	Al-Arabi	21–25	25–21	25–23	25–17		96–86

Final standing

Rank Team Taichung Bank Al-Arabi Paykan Tehran 4 Pavlodar 5 Beijing BAIC Motors 6 Sangmu 7 Gas Al-Janoob 8 Migrasiya 9 Nakhon Ratchasima 10 Panasonic Panthers 11 Trang An Ninh Binh 12 Cignal HD Spikers 13 Sohar 14 Victorian Volleyball Academy 15 NDS 16 Qadsia Qualified for the 2016 Club World Championship

2015 Asian Men's Club Champions Taichung Bank 1st title 12–man Roster Wu.T.H, Liu.H.J, Tai.J.C, Liu.H.M, Chang.L.H, Huang.C.F, Huang.C.C, Wang.M.C, Lin.Y.S, Huang.P.H, Chen.C.C (c), Chuang.S.C Head Coach Chen.K.C

Awards

Most Valuable Player Huang Pei-Hung (Taichung Bank) Best Setter Huang Pei-Hung (Taichung Bank) Best Outside Spikers Chen Chien-Chen (Taichung Bank) Liu Hung-Min (Taichung Bank)

Best Middle Blockers Ibrahim Ibrahim (Al Arabi) Saeid Mostafavand (Paykan Tehran) Best Opposite Spiker Osmel Camejo (Al Arabi) Best Libero Lin Yung-Shun (Taichung Bank)

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Squads