2018 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

2018 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationIran
CityTabriz
Dates29 June – 6 July
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Iran
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP Taito Mizumachi
Best Setter Taiga Itoyama
Best OH Chang Hung-yeh
Park Seung-su
Best MB Alireza Abdollahi
Riku Ito
Best OPP Bardia Saadat
Best Libero Jang Ji-won
Official website
Men's Asian U18 Championship

The 2018 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tabriz, Iran from 29 June to 6 July 2018.[1][2] The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as AVC's representatives.

To participate, players must have been born on or after 1 January 2001, and they could only enroll for a maximum of one championship.

On 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship, which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the top four teams of the 2018 tournament that had not yet qualified to the 2021 U19 World Championship would now be qualified for the same Championship as AVC's representatives.[3]

Qualification

The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 men's national teams to the Championship; however, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (6 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (2 teams).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Berths 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
 New Zealand
Southeast Asian teams 2  Malaysia
 Thailand
West Asian teams 2  Oman
 Qatar
Total 17

Pools composition

This was the first Asian U18 Championship to use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams drawn into six pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team, including the hosts, was assigned into a pool according to their final standing in the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, and the next best three contested pool C.[4] Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. The teams' final standing in the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.

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

Venues

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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).
  • Originally, the winners of pool D had to play against the third-ranked team of pool E in the playoffs. However, due to the absence of Uzbekistan, there were only two teams in pool E, so the winners of pool D went directly to the round of 12.

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 Round of 12
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
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 16:00 SPA Japan  3–0  China 25–19 25–22 25–18     75–59 P2
30 Jun 13:30 SPA South Korea  3–1  Japan 26–24 21–25 25–23 25–20   97–92 P2
1 Jul 18:30 SPA China  0–3  South Korea 21–25 15–25 17–25     53–75 P2

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 Round of 12
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 140 137 1.022
3  Iran 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 159 158 1.006
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 18:30 SPA Iran  3–1  Thailand 25–19 25–20 22–25 25–19   97–83 P2
30 Jun 18:30 SPA Chinese Taipei  3–0  Iran 25–20 25–23 25–19     75–62 P2
1 Jul 13:30 SPA Thailand  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–23 25–21 25–21     75–65 P2

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 Playoffs
2  Australia 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 160 159 1.006
3  Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 157 192 0.818
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 13:30 SPA Hong Kong  1–3  Australia 19–25 25–20 18–25 21–25   83–95 P2
30 Jun 13:30 SAA Sri Lanka  3–1  Hong Kong 25–17 25–14 22–25 25–18   97–74 P2
1 Jul 16:00 SAA Australia  0–3  Sri Lanka 20–25 21–25 24–26     65–76 P2

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 171 140 1.221 Round of 12
2  Kazakhstan 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 151 151 1.000 Playoffs
3  Oman 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 151 182 0.830
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 13:30 SAA India  3–1  Oman 25–16 25–18 21–25 25–16   96–75 P2
30 Jun 16:00 SAA Kazakhstan  0–3  India 21–25 23–25 21–25     65–75 P2
1 Jul 13:30 SAA Oman  0–3  Kazakhstan 23–25 34–36 19–25     76–86 P2

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 Playoffs
2  New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 44 75 0.587
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 16:00 SAA New Zealand  0–3  Pakistan 18–25 12–25 14–25     44–75 P2

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 Playoffs
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
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun 18:30 SAA Malaysia  3–0  Turkmenistan 25–18 25–11 28–26     78–55 P2
30 Jun 16:00 SPA Qatar  0–3  Malaysia 10–25 18–25 10–25     38–75 P2
1 Jul 16:00 SPA Turkmenistan  3–0  Qatar 25–13 25–22 25–14     75–49 P2

Final round

 
PlayoffsRound of 12QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                  
 
 
 
 
3 July
 
 
 South Korea3
 
2 July
 
 Pakistan0
 
 Oman1
 
 
 
 Pakistan3
 
 South KoreaBye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 South Korea3
 
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Thailand3
 
2 July
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Hong Kong2
 
4 July
 
 Malaysia3
 
 Thailand0
 
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
2 July
 
 Australia0
 
 Australia3
 
6 July
 
 Turkmenistan0
 
 South Korea1
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Japan3
 
2 July
 
 Kazakhstan0
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
 
 
 New Zealand0
 
 JapanBye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Iran1 3rd place match
 
 
3 July6 July
 
 
 China2 Chinese Taipei1
 
 
 India3  Iran3
 
 
4 July
 
 
 India0
 
 
 Iran3
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Iran3
 
2 July
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
 Sri Lanka3
 
 
 Qatar0
 
 
5th–10th quarterfinals5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
          
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 Thailand3
 
4 July
 
 Australia0
 
 Malaysia2
 
6 July
 
 Australia3
 
 Thailand3
 
 
 China2
 
 
5 July
 
 
 India1
 
4 July
 
 China3 7th place match
 
 China3
 
6 July
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
 Australia0
 
 
 India3
 
 
11th–14th semifinals11th place match
 
      
 
4 July
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
5 July
 
 Pakistan3
 
 Pakistan3
 
4 July
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
 Oman1
 
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
13th place match
 
 
5 July
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
 
 Oman3
 
15th–17th semifinal15th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 Qatar0
 
4 July
 
 Turkmenistan3
 
 Turkmenistan3
 
 
 Hong Kong2
 

Playoffs

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul 13:30 SPA Australia  3–0  Turkmenistan 25–16 30–28 25–21     80–65 P2
2 Jul 16:00 SPA Sri Lanka  3–0  Qatar 25–10 25–23 25–13     75–46 P2
2 Jul 16:00 SAA Kazakhstan  3–0  New Zealand 25–14 25–21 25–21     75–56 P2
2 Jul 18:30 SPA Hong Kong  2–3  Malaysia 25–27 22–25 26–24 26–24 16–18 115–118 P2
2 Jul 18:30 SAA Oman  1–3  Pakistan 17–25 28–26 10–25 15–25   70–101 P2

Round of 12

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jul 13:30 SPA Thailand  3–0  Malaysia 25–19 25–18 25–16     75–53 P2
3 Jul 13:30 SAA South Korea  3–0  Pakistan 25–12 25–20 25–16     75–48 P2
3 Jul 16:00 SPA Japan  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–12 25–18 25–23     75–53 P2
3 Jul 16:00 SAA Chinese Taipei  3–0  Australia 25–20 25–20 27–25     77–65 P2
3 Jul 18:30 SPA Iran  3–0  Sri Lanka 25–21 25–17 25–13     75–51 P2
3 Jul 18:30 SAA China  2–3  India 25–23 18–25 25–18 19–25 11–15 98–106 P2

5th–10th quarterfinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 10:00 SPA Malaysia  2–3  Australia 25–17 25–17 24–26 22–25 14–16 110–101 P2
4 Jul 16:00 SPA China  3–0  Sri Lanka 25–22 25–18 25–19     75–59 P2

Quarterfinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 13:30 SPA Thailand  0–3  Chinese Taipei 24–26 24–26 20–25     68–77 P2
4 Jul 18:30 SPA India  0–3  Iran 22–25 13–25 21–25     56–75 P2

15th–17th semifinal

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 13:30 SAA Turkmenistan  3–2  Hong Kong 23–25 19–25 25–22 25–16 15–12 107–100 P2

11th–14th semifinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 16:15 SAA New Zealand  1–3  Pakistan 18–25 20–25 31–29 17–25   86–104 P2
4 Jul 18:45 SAA Oman  1–3  Kazakhstan 20–25 25–22 18–25 14–25   77–97 P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 10:00 SPA Thailand  3–0  Australia 25–16 25–22 25–21     75–59 P2
5 Jul 13:30 SPA India  1–3  China 26–24 22–25 17–25 20–25   85–99 P2

Semifinals

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 16:00 SPA South Korea  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–20 25–23 25–16     75–59 P2
5 Jul 18:30 SPA Japan  3–1  Iran 25–20 25–22 25–27 25–16   100–85 P2

15th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 10:00 SAA Qatar  0–3  Turkmenistan 17–25 11–25 20–25     48–75 P2

13th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 13:30 SAA New Zealand  1–3  Oman 19–25 25–22 19–25 21–25   84–97 P2

11th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 16:00 SAA Pakistan  3–1  Kazakhstan 25–21 25–22 26–28 27–25   103–96 P2

9th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul 18:35 SAA Sri Lanka  3–1  Malaysia 25–22 25–14 24–26 25–23   99–85 P2

7th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 10:00 SPA Australia  0–3  India 22–25 22–25 19–25     63–75 P2

5th place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 13:30 SPA Thailand  3–2  China 22–25 25–17 19–25 25–23 16–14 107–104 P2

3rd place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 16:15 SPA Chinese Taipei  1–3  Iran 23–25 25–21 16–25 20–25   84–96 P2

Final

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 18:30 SPA South Korea  1–3  Japan 25–20 14–25 21–25 15–25   75–95 P2

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
    Taito Mizumachi
  • Best setter
    Taiga Itoyama
  • Best outside spikers
    Chang Hung-yeh
    Park Seung-su
  • Best middle blockers
    Alireza Abdollahi
    Riku Ito
  • Best opposite spiker
    Bardia Saadat
  • Best libero
    Jang Ji-won

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ "All four AVC Age Group Championships cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic". AVC. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. ^ "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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