2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	28 September – 6 October
Teams	21
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Saeid Marouf
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Last updated August 18, 2025

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the seventeenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with United Arab Emirates Volleyball Association (UAEVA). The tournament was held in Doha, United Arab Emirates from 28 September to 6 October 2013.

Venues

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hamdan Sports Complex	Al-Maktoum Sports Hall
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: Unknown

Pools composition

The teams are distributed according to their position in the FIVB World Rankings as of 23 January, 2013.^[1]^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
United Arab Emirates (Host) ~~Jordan~~ * ~~Indonesia~~ * Uzbekistan	Australia (11) Bahrain Myanmar	Iran (14) Kuwait Kazakhstan	China (16) Saudi Arabia Chinese Taipei
Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H
Japan (19) Oman Sri Lanka	South Korea (24) Iraq Afghanistan	India (30) Qatar ~~Uzbekistan~~ *	~~Pakistan (41)~~ * Lebanon Thailand

* Jordan, Indonesia and Pakistan withdrew, Uzbekistan moved to Pool A to balance the number of teams in each pool.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	100	91	1.099	Final sixteen
2	Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	91	100	0.910	Final sixteen

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	19:30	United Arab Emirates	3–1	Uzbekistan	25–21	28–26	22–25	25–19		100–91	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	180	153	1.176	Final sixteen
2	Bahrain	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	185	193	0.959	Final sixteen
3	Myanmar	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	153	172	0.890	17th–21st places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Bahrain	3–1	Myanmar	25–21	22–25	25–20	25–22	97–88	Report
29 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–1	Bahrain	25–17	25–16	28–30	27–25	105–88	Report
30 Sep	18:30	Myanmar	0–3	Australia	22–25	23–25	20–25		65–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	102	1.471	Final sixteen
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	130	1.038	Final sixteen
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	97	150	0.647	17th–21st places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–17	25–22	75–60	Report
29 Sep	14:00	Kuwait	0–3	Iran	13–25	12–25	17–25	42–75	Report
30 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Kuwait	25–23	25–15	25–17	75–55	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	158	136	1.162	Final sixteen
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	145	143	1.014	Final sixteen
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	129	153	0.843	17th–21st places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:00	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	21–25	22–25	63–75	Report
29 Sep	18:30	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	28–26	25–18	25–22	78–66	Report
30 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	24–26	19–25	27–29	70–80	Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	96	1.563	Final sixteen
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	128	130	0.985	Final sixteen
3	Oman	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	98	150	0.653	17th–21st places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Oman	0–3	Sri Lanka	21–25	15–25	19–25	55–75	Report
29 Sep	18:30	Japan	3–0	Oman	25–12	25–17	25–14	75–43	Report
30 Sep	16:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	Japan	16–25	23–25	14–25	53–75	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	102	1.471	Final sixteen
2	Iraq	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	131	124	1.056	Final sixteen
3	Afghanistan	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	95	150	0.633	17th–21st places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
28 Sep	19:30	Iraq	3–0	Afghanistan	25–17	25–15	25–17	75–49	Report
29 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Iraq	25–19	25–18	25–19	75–56	Report
30 Sep	18:30	Afghanistan	0–3	South Korea	13–25	19–25	14–25	46–75	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Qatar	1	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	105	107	0.981	Final sixteen
2	India	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	107	105	1.019	Final sixteen

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	12:00	Qatar	3–2	India	17–25	25–21	23–25	25–23	15–13	105–107	Report

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	102	95	1.074	Final sixteen
2	Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	95	102	0.931	Final sixteen

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	14:00	Lebanon	1–3	Thailand	25–22	19–25	23–25	28–30		95–102	Report

Classification 17th–21st

17th–21st places		17th–20th places		17th place

1 October – Dubai

Bye
		4 October – Dubai
Afghanistan
		Afghanistan	0
1 October – Dubai
		Myanmar	3
Myanmar
				5 October – Dubai
Bye
				Myanmar	0
2 October – Dubai
				Kuwait	3
Kuwait
		4 October – Dubai
Bye
		Kuwait	3
2 October – Dubai
		Oman	2	19th place
Saudi Arabia	1
				5 October – Dubai
Oman	3
				Afghanistan	1

				Oman	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Oct	10:00	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Oman	22–25	25–13	18–25	19–25		84–88	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Oct	10:00	Afghanistan	0–3	Myanmar	16–25	16–25	23–25			55–75	Report
04 Oct	10:00	Kuwait	3–2	Oman	25–19	25–23	24–26	21–25	15–10	110–103	Report

19th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	10:00	Afghanistan	1–3	Oman	25–18	23–25	17–25	17–25		82–93	Report

17th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	10:00	Myanmar	0–3	Kuwait	23–25	23–25	20–25			66–75	Report

Classification round

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 I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	252	211	1.194	Quarterfinals
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	248	210	1.181	Quarterfinals
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	218	244	0.893	9th–16th places
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	197	250	0.788	9th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
01 Oct	12:00	Thailand	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–19	25–21	75–55	Report
01 Oct	18:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Lebanon	15–25	16–25	26–28	57–78	Report
02 Oct	16:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Lebanon	14–25	19–25	18–25	51–75	Report
02 Oct	18:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Thailand	19–25	22–25	20–25	61–75	Report

Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	289	250	1.156	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	321	309	1.039	Quarterfinals
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	261	277	0.942	9th–16th places
4	Qatar	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	225	260	0.865	9th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Oct	14:00	Australia	2–3	India	23–25	24–26	25–23	25–23	12–15	109–112	Report
01 Oct	16:00	Qatar	0–3	Bahrain	22–25	26–28	22–25			70–78	Report
02 Oct	12:00	Bahrain	1–3	India	20–25	23–25	26–24	26–28		95–102	Report
02 Oct	14:00	Australia	3–0	Qatar	25–21	25–13	25–16			75–50	Report

Pool K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	196	1.260	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	237	223	1.063	Quarterfinals
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	229	248	0.923	9th–16th places
4	Iraq	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	203	249	0.815	9th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
01 Oct	12:00	Iran	3–0	Iraq	25–16	25–17	25–20		75–53	Report
01 Oct	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	29–27	25–20	25–23		79–70	Report
02 Oct	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Iraq	25–22	22–25	25–22	27–25	99–94	Report
02 Oct	14:00	Iran	3–1	South Korea	25–19	25–16	22–25	25–23	97–83	Report

Pool L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	210	1.181	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	241	204	1.181	Quarterfinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	203	209	0.971	9th–16th places
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	156	225	0.693	9th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
01 Oct	16:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–14	25–17	25–18		75–49	Report
01 Oct	18:30	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–20	25–20		75–58	Report
02 Oct	16:00	China	3–1	Japan	18–25	25–22	25–22	25–22	93–91	Report
02 Oct	18:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–18	25–17	25–19		75–54	Report

Classification 9th–16th

9th–16th places		9th–12th places		9th place

4 October – Dubai

United Arab Emirates	0
		5 October – Dubai
Qatar	3
		Qatar	1
4 October – Dubai
		Kazakhstan	3
Kazakhstan	3
				6 October – Dubai
Sri Lanka	0
				Kazakhstan	1
4 October – Dubai
				Chinese Taipei	3
Bahrain	3
		5 October – Dubai
Uzbekistan	0
		Bahrain	2
4 October – Dubai
		Chinese Taipei	3	11th place
Chinese Taipei	3
				6 October – Dubai
Iraq	0
				Qatar	3

				Bahrain	2

13th–15th places		13th place

5 October – Dubai

United Arab Emirates	3
		6 October – Dubai
Sri Lanka	2
		United Arab Emirates	1
5 October – Dubai
		Iraq	3
Uzbekistan	2

Iraq	3
		15th place

		6 October – Dubai

		Sri Lanka	3

		Uzbekistan	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
04 Oct	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–21	25–20	25–22	75–63	Report
04 Oct	14:00	Bahrain	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–15	25–18	25–23	75–56	Report
04 Oct	16:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iraq	25–10	25–19	25–23	75–52	Report
04 Oct	18:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Qatar	22–25	21–25	14–25	57–75	Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	12:00	Uzbekistan	2–3	Iraq	21–25	20–25	25–17	25–21	10–15	101–103	Report
05 Oct	18:30	United Arab Emirates	3–2	Sri Lanka	26–24	13–25	20–25	29–27	15–12	103–113	Report

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	14:00	Qatar	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–19	17–25	24–26	22–25		88–95	Report
05 Oct	16:00	Bahrain	2–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	25–22	25–23	23–25	13–15	106–110	Report

15th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	09:00	Sri Lanka	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56	Report

13th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	15:00	United Arab Emirates	1–3	Iraq	19–25	25–15	23–25	22–25		89–90	Report

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	11:00	Qatar	3–2	Bahrain	19–25	25–27	25–23	25–23	15–12	109–110	Report

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	13:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	21–25	25–17	16–25		85–92	Report

Final round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

4 October – Dubai

Thailand	0
		5 October – Dubai
Japan	3
		Japan	0
4 October – Dubai
		Iran	3
Iran	3
				6 October – Dubai
Lebanon	0
				Iran	3
4 October – Dubai
				South Korea	0
Australia	0
		5 October – Dubai
South Korea	3
		South Korea	3
4 October – Dubai
		China	2	3rd place
China	3
				6 October – Dubai
India	1
				Japan	1

				China	3

5th–8th places		5th place

5 October – Dubai

Thailand	3
		6 October – Dubai
Lebanon	1
		Thailand	1
5 October – Dubai
		Australia	3
Australia	3

India	1
		7th place

		6 October – Dubai

		Lebanon	2

		India	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
04 Oct	12:00	Thailand	0–3	Japan	24–26	21–25	16–25		61–76	Report
04 Oct	14:00	Iran	3–0	Lebanon	25–19	25–18	25–17		75–54	Report
04 Oct	16:00	China	3–1	India	22–25	25–22	25–21	25–18	97–86	Report
04 Oct	18:30	Australia	0–3	South Korea	14–25	17–25	16–25		47–75	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	12:00	Thailand	3–1	Lebanon	16–25	25–21	25–23	28–26		94–95	Report
05 Oct	14:00	Australia	3–1	India	25–20	25–18	21–25	25–12		96–75	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Oct	16:00	Japan	0–3	Iran	19–25	16–25	22–25			57–75	Report
05 Oct	18:30	South Korea	3–2	China	25–23	23–25	25–23	20–25	15–12	108–108	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	12:00	Lebanon	2–3	India	25–27	25–23	23–25	25–21	15–17	113–113	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	14:00	Thailand	1–3	Australia	28–26	14–25	18–25	24–26		84–102	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	16:00	Japan	1–3	China	18–25	22–25	25–22	20–25		85–97	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Oct	18:30	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–22	25–19			75–60	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	South Korea
	China
4	Japan
5	Australia
6	Thailand
7	India
8	Lebanon
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Kazakhstan
11	Qatar
12	Bahrain
13	Iraq
14	United Arab Emirates
15	Sri Lanka
16	Uzbekistan
17	Kuwait
18	Myanmar
19	Oman
20	Afghanistan
21	Saudi Arabia

	Qualified for the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup

2013 Asian Men's champions
Iran 2nd title

Team Roster

Shahram Mahmoudi, Saeid Marouf, Farhad Ghaemi, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Farhad Zarif, Adel Gholami, Amir Ghafour, Rahman Davoudi, Mehdi Mahdavi, Armin Tashakkori, Alireza Mobasheri

Head Coach: Julio Velasco

Awards

MVP: Saeid Marouf
Best Scorer: Zhong Weijun
Best Spiker: Amir Ghafour
Best Blocker: Mohammad Mousavi
Best Server: Zhong Weijun
Best Setter: Saeid Marouf
Best Libero: Farhad Zarif

References

↑ "Drawing of Lots – 17th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship" (PDF). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking Men As per 23 January, 2013". 23 January 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

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[1] "Drawing of Lots – 17th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship" (PDF). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[2] "FIVB Senior World Ranking Men As per 23 January, 2013". 23 January 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

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2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Contents

Venues

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Classification 17th–21st

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

19th place

17th place

Classification round

Pool I

Pool J

Pool K

Pool L

Classification 9th–16th

Quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place

13th place

11th place

9th place

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

References

External links