2025 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship

2025 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Pathom; Ratchaburi;
Dates	12–19 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Official website
	2025 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship

The 2025 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship is the second edition of the Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament is currently held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 12 to 19 July 2025.^[1]

This tournament served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2010.^[2]

Host selection

The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) announced on its Facebook page that Thailand was awarded the hosting rights on December 19, 2024.

Team

Qualification

On 3 February 2025 Malaysia Volleyball Association announce 18 teams registered to AVC to compete in AVC U16 Championship.

Following AVC regulation, total of 16 teams in any AVC event will be selected by the followings:

1 team for the Organizer
10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship
5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Southeast Asian qualification

Southeast Asian qualification were held in Sentul, Bogor in 25 May 2025. From SAVA zone there were originally 3 teams, but Philippines withdrew from the qualification.

Indonesia
Malaysia
~~Philippines~~

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 May	19:00	Indonesia	3–2	Malaysia	24–26	25–10	22–25	25–22	15–8	111–91	Report

Qualified teams

Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Thailand	SAVA	Host country	19 December 2024	2	2023		7th place (2023)
Iran	CAVA	Defending champions	29 July 2023	2	2023		Champions (2023)
Uzbekistan	CAVA	2023 U16 Championship runners-up	29 July 2023	2	2023		Runners-up (2023)
Chinese Taipei	EAVA	2023 U16 Championship 3rd placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		3rd place (2023)
Pakistan	CAVA	2023 U16 Championship 4th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		4th place (2023)
Japan	EAVA	2023 U16 Championship 5th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		5th place (2023)
Kazakhstan	CAVA	2023 U16 Championship 6th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		6th place (2023)
Australia	OZVA	2023 U16 Championship 8th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		8th place (2023)
China	EAVA	2023 U16 Championship 9th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		9th place (2023)
Mongolia	EAVA	2023 U16 Championship 10th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		10th place (2023)
Hong Kong	EAVA	2023 U16 Championship 11th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		11th place (2023)
Saudi Arabia	WAVA	2023 U16 Championship 12th placers	29 July 2023	2	2023		12th place (2023)
India	CAVA	Additional entrant teams from CAVA	3 February 2025	1	None		Debut
South Korea	EAVA	Additional entrant teams from EAVA	3 February 2025	1	None		Debut
Indonesia	SAVA	SAVA qualifier winner	25 May 2025	1	None		Debut
United Arab Emirates	WAVA	Additional entrant teams from WAVA	1 July 2025	1	None		Debut

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 25 May 2025.^[1]^[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Thailand (H)	Iran (1)	Uzbekistan (2)	Chinese Taipei (3)
Australia (8)	Kazakhstan (6)	Japan (5)	Pakistan (4)
China	Hong Kong	Mongolia	South Korea
India	Indonesia	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia

Format

In preliminary round, all teams are divided into four pools (A, B, C, & D) with four teams each. The teams battled in a single round-robin with the top two teams in each pool qualified to 1st–8th classification while bottom two teams qualified to 9th–16th classification.

In classification round, all teams in each pools (E, F, G, & H) battle again in a single round-robin where top two teams in pools E and F qualify to semifinals and the two bottom teams qualify to 5th–8th places, while the top two teams in pools G and H qualify to 9th–12th places and 13th–16th places, respectively. Teams who faced each other in the preliminary will not play again rather their win-loss record will carry over.

In final round, the teams battle in knockout format.^[3]

Venues


Preliminary, Classification, 1st–8th places	Preliminary, Classification, 9th–16th places
Nakhon Pathom	Ratchaburi
Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium	Ratchaburi Gymnasium
Capacity: —	Capacity: —

Pool standing procedure

Number of Victories
Match points
Set quotient
Points quotient
If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient 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 Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	77	56	1.375	Pool E
2	India	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	62	1.210	Pool E
3	Thailand (H)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	62	75	0.827	Pool G
4	Australia	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	56	77	0.727	Pool G

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2025. Source: FIVB
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
12 Jul	15:00	NPG	Australia	0–3	China	18–25	13–25	25–27	56–77	Report
12 Jul	17:30	NPG	Thailand	0–3	India	20–25	22–25	20–25	62–75	Report
13 Jul	12:30	NPG	India	–	Australia	–	–	–	0–0
13 Jul	17:30	NPG	Thailand	–	China	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	12:30	NPG	China	–	India	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	17:30	NPG	Thailand	–	Australia	–	–	–	0–0

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	55	1.364	Pool F
2	Iran	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	97	89	1.090	Pool F
3	Indonesia	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	89	97	0.918	Pool H
4	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	55	75	0.733	Pool H

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2025. Source: FIVB

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Jul	10:00	NPG	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–16	25–17	25–22		75–55	Report
12 Jul	12:30	NPG	Iran	3–1	Indonesia	21–25	25–21	25–19	26–24	97–89	Report
13 Jul	10:00	NPG	Indonesia	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–		0–0
13 Jul	15:00	NPG	Iran	–	Hong Kong	–	–	–		0–0
14 Jul	10:00	NPG	Hong Kong	–	Indonesia	–	–	–		0–0
14 Jul	15:00	NPG	Iran	–	Kazakhstan	–	–	–		0–0

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	42	1.786	Pool E
2	Japan	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	53	1.415	Pool E
3	Mongolia	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	53	75	0.707	Pool G
4	Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	42	75	0.560	Pool G

First match(es) will be played: 12 July 2025. Source: FIVB

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
12 Jul	15:00	RG	Uzbekistan	0–3	United Arab Emirates	16–25	17–25	9–25	42–75	Report
12 Jul	17:30	RG	Japan	3–0	Mongolia	25–13	25–20	25–20	75–53	Report
13 Jul	12:30	RG	United Arab Emirates	–	Japan	–	–	–	0–0
13 Jul	17:30	RG	Uzbekistan	–	Mongolia	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	12:30	RG	Mongolia	–	United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	17:30	RG	Uzbekistan	–	Japan	–	–	–	0–0

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	43	1.744	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	54	1.389	Pool F
3	Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	54	75	0.720	Pool H
4	South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	43	75	0.573	Pool H

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2025. Source: FIVB

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
12 Jul	10:00	RG	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–11	25–20	25–23	75–54	Report
12 Jul	12:30	RG	Pakistan	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–19	25–8	75–43	Report
13 Jul	10:00	RG	Chinese Taipei	–	South Korea	–	–	–	0–0
13 Jul	15:00	RG	Saudi Arabia	–	Pakistan	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	10:00	RG	South Korea	–	Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	0–0
14 Jul	15:00	RG	Chinese Taipei	–	Pakistan	–	–	–	0–0

Classification round

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
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.

Pool E

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	A1	—	—	Final four
2	C1	—	—	Final four
3	A2	—	—	5th–8th places
4	C2	—	—	5th–8th places

First match(es) will be played: 16 July 2025. Source:

Date	Time	Venue	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
16 Jul	15:00	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
16 Jul	17:30	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	15:00	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	17:30	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0

Pool F

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	B1	—	—	Final four
2	D1	—	—	Final four
3	B2	—	—	5th–8th places
4	D2	—	—	5th–8th places

First match(es) will be played: 16 July 2025. Source:

Date	Time	Venue	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
16 Jul	10:00	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
16 Jul	12:30	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	10:00	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	12:30	NPG	–	–	–	–	0–0

Pool G

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	A3	—	—	9th–12th places
2	C3	—	—	9th–12th places
3	A4	—	—	13th–16th places
4	C4	—	—	13th–16th places

First match(es) will be played: 16 July 2025. Source:

Date	Time	Venue	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
16 Jul	10:00	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
16 Jul	12:30	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	10:00	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	12:30	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0

Pool H

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	B3	—	—	9th–12th places
2	D3	—	—	9th–12th places
3	B4	—	—	13th–16th places
4	D4	—	—	13th–16th places

First match(es) will be played: 16 July 2025. Source:

Date	Time	Venue	Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
16 Jul	15:00	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
16 Jul	17:30	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	15:00	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0
17 Jul	17:30	RG	–	–	–	–	0–0

Final round

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				15th place match

	18 July


					19 July


	18 July




					15th place match

					19 July

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	10:00	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0
18 Jul	12:30	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	10:00	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	12:30	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match

	18 July


					19 July


	18 July




					11th place match

					19 July

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	15:00	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0
18 Jul	17:30	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	15:00	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	17:30	RG		–		–	–	–			0–0

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match

	18 July


					19 July


	18 July




					74h place match

					19 July

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	10:00	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0
18 Jul	12:30	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	15:00	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	12:30	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final four

	Semifinals				Final

	18 July


					19 July


	18 July




					3rd place match

					2 July

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	15:00	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0
18 Jul	17:30	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	15:00	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	17:30	NPG		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final standing

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

	Qualified for the 2026 World Boys Championship

Qualified teams for FIVB U17 World Championship

The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship.


Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship

References

^ ^a ^b Preechachan (25 May 2025). "AVC UNVEILS DRAWING OF LOTS RESULTS FOR ITS REMAINING FOUR 2025 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
^ "Competition regulation" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Preechachan (1 July 2025). "MATCHUPS REVEALED FOR ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP THAILAND 2025 IN NAKHON PATHOM AND RATCHABURI". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

External links

Official website

[drawing-1] Preechachan (25 May 2025). "AVC UNVEILS DRAWING OF LOTS RESULTS FOR ITS REMAINING FOUR 2025 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 26 May 2025.

[2] "Competition regulation" (PDF).

[format-3] Preechachan (1 July 2025). "MATCHUPS REVEALED FOR ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP THAILAND 2025 IN NAKHON PATHOM AND RATCHABURI". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

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Asian U16 Volleyball Championship
Men	Tashkent 2023
Women	Hangzhou 2023 Amman 2025

Host selection

Team

Qualification

Southeast Asian qualification

Qualified teams

Pool composition

Format

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Qualified teams for FIVB U17 World Championship

See also

References

External links