2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
City	Riffa
Dates	22–29 August
Teams	17  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (7th title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament awards
MVP	Amir Mohammad Golzadeh
Best Setter	Arshia Behnezhad
Best OH	Lee Yun-soo Kittipong Sangsak
Best MB	Dushyant Singh Erfan Norouzi
Best OPP	Amir Mohammad Golzadeh
Best Libero	Karthikeyan K
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Attendance	13,470 (329 per match)
Official website
2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
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The 2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 22 to 29 August. ^[1]

This tournament served as the qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives. ^[2]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2003. Players who had played twice in the FIVB Junior (U20 or U21) Championships cannot play in AVC Junior Championship as it is a qualification event for the following year of FIVB Junior event. ^[3]

Qualification

The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U20 men's national team to the 2022 Asian U20 Championship. But, Kazakhstan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (1 teams), Southeast Asia (1 teams) and West Asia (6 teams).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host Country	1	Bahrain
Central Asian teams	5	Bangladesh
		India
		Iran
		Kazakhstan
		Pakistan
East Asian teams	5	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Hong Kong
		Japan
		South Korea
Oceanian teams	1	Australia
Southeast Asian teams	1	Thailand
West Asian teams	5	Iraq
		Kuwait
		Qatar
		Saudi Arabia
		United Arab Emirates
Total 18

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Bahrain (Hosts)	Iran (1)	South Korea (2)	Thailand (3)	Iraq (4)	China (5)
Saudi Arabia (16)	Japan (13)	Qatar (12)	Kazakhstan * (8)	Australia (7)	Chinese Taipei (6)
Hong Kong (19)	India (15)	Kuwait	United Arab Emirates (18)	Bangladesh	Pakistan

* Kazakhstan withdrew from the competition.

Format

Preliminary round: All teams are divided into 6 pools. Robin round to classify ranking. Top 2 teams advance to Classification round of 1st - 12th places. The bottom teams to enter to Classification round of 13th - 18th.

Classification & Final round: Knockout stage. Drawing of lots will be taken to determine the best team of each group's opponent. Winner to advance to quarterfinals. The best team of Pool A and Pool B and their opponents will enter to quarterfinal directly. Teams have faced each other in Preliminary round will not play again in Classification round. ^[4] The losing teams at knockout stage are subjectd to play classification match to determine final ranking.

The drawing of lots for second was scheduled to take place on Wednesday 24 August 2022 at 9pm local time. ^[5]

Venues

Pool A,B,C	Pool D,E,F
Riffa, Bahrain
Isa Sports City Hall Court 1	Isa Sports City Hall Court 2
Capacity: unknown	Capacity: unknown

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories
2. Match points
3. Sets quotient
4. Points quotient
5. 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 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.
Match forfeited: 0 point (25-0;25-0;25-0)

Preliminary round

• All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bahrain	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	168	142	1.183	Quarterfinals
2	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	187	181	1.033
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	138	170	0.812	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Hong Kong	1–3	Saudi Arabia	21–25	25–20	23–25	19–25		88–95	Report
23 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	3–0	Hong Kong	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	Report
24 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	3–1	Saudi Arabia	16–25	27–25	25–22	25–20		93–92	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	188	154	1.221	Quarterfinals
2	India	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	143	163	0.877
3	Japan	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	193	207	0.932	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Japan	2–3	Iran	25–27	25–23	25–23	22–25	8–15	105–113	Report
23 Aug	16:30	Court 1	India	3–1	Japan	19–25	25–19	25–21	25–23		94–88	Report
24 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Iran	3–0	India	25–20	25–10	25–19			75–49	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	96	1.563	1st–12th playoffs
2	Qatar	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	157	170	0.924
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	140	181	0.773	13th–17th playoffs

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	16:30	Court 1	South Korea	3–0	Qatar	25–10	25–20	25–21			75–51	Report
23 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Kuwait	0–3	South Korea	15–25	13–25	17–25			45–75	Report
24 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Qatar	3–2	Kuwait	25–18	23–25	18–25	25–19	15–8	106–95	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	51	1.471	1st–12th playoffs
2	United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	51	75	0.680

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	16:30	Court 2	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Thailand	17–25	18–25	16–25			51–75	Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	2	1	1	4	5	4	1.250	197	206	0.956	1st–12th playoffs
2	Iraq	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	183	185	0.989
3	Australia	2	1	1	2	4	5	0.800	206	195	1.056	13th–17th playoffs

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Iraq	1–3	Bangladesh	25–19	24–26	19–25	22–25		90–95	Report
23 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Australia	1–3	Iraq	20–25	25–18	22–25	23–25		90–93	Report
24 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Bangladesh	2–3	Australia	31–29	18–25	25–22	17–25	11–15	102–116	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	2	3.000	193	166	1.163	1st–12th playoffs
2	Pakistan	2	1	1	2	4	5	0.800	183	192	0.953
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	182	200	0.910	13th–16th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	19:00	Court 2	China	3–1	Pakistan	25–23	20–25	25–16	25–17		95–81	Report
23 Aug	19:00	Court 2	Chinese Taipei	1–3	China	25–23	22–25	16–25	22–25		85–98	Report
24 Aug	19:00	Court 2	Pakistan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	20–25	17–25	25–19	25–17	15–11	102–97	Report

Final round

• All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3:00).

1st–12th playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

26 August

Bahrain

1

India

3

28 August

India

3

26 August

Thailand

1

Thailand

3

27 August

Iraq

2

Thailand

3

26 August

China

2

China

3

29 August

United Arab Emirates

0

India

1

Iran

3

26 August

Iran

3

Saudi Arabia

0

28 August

Iran

3

26 August

South Korea

1

3rd place match

South Korea

3

27 August

29 August

Pakistan

1

South Korea

3

Thailand

0

26 August

Bangladesh

0

South Korea

3

Bangladesh

3

Qatar

2

	5th place match
	28 August
	China	2
	Bangladesh	3

	7th–12th playoffs				7th–10th semifinals				7th place match
					28 August
					Bahrain	3
	27 August
					Iraq	0
	Iraq	3
									29 August
	United Arab Emirates	2
									Bahrain	3
									Pakistan	2
					28 August
					Saudi Arabia	1
	27 August
					Pakistan	3			9th place match
	Pakistan	3
									29 August
	Qatar	0
									Iraq	1
									Saudi Arabia	3

	11th place match
	28 August
	United Arab Emirates	0
	Qatar	3

	13th–17th playoffs				13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
					27 August
					Hong Kong	0
					Chinese Taipei	3
									28 August
									Chinese Taipei	0
									Japan	3
					27 August
					Japan	3
	26 August
					Australia	0			15th place match
	Australia	3
									28 August
	Kuwait	1
									Hong Kong	0
									Australia	3

13th–17th playoffs

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	11:30	Court 2	Australia	3–1	Kuwait	23–25	25–23	25–14	25–18		98–80	Report

1st–12th playoffs

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Bangladesh	3–2	Qatar	20–25	25–19	25–18	23–25	15–9	108–96	Report
26 Aug	16:30	Court 1	South Korea	3–1	Pakistan	23–25	25–21	25–23	25–20		98–89	Report
26 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Thailand	3–2	Iraq	25–21	25–17	23–25	19–25	15–12	107–100	Report
26 Aug	19:00	Court 2	China	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–20	25–14	25–7			75–41	Report

7th–12th playoffs

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Iraq	3–2	United Arab Emirates	23–25	25–22	23–25	25–17	15–10	111–99	Report
27 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Pakistan	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–16	27–25			77–60	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Iran	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–20	25–15	25–21			75–56	Report
26 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	1–3	India	22–25	19–25	28–26	24–26		93–102	Report
27 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Thailand	3–2	China	25–19	20–25	25–22	22–25	15–12	107–103	Report
27 Aug	19:00	Court 1	South Korea	3–0	Bangladesh	25–15	25–13	25–20			75–48	Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hong Kong	25–20	25–16	25–17			75–53	Report
27 Aug	19:00	Court 2	Australia	0–3	Japan	21–25	14–25	14–25			49–75	Report

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Hong Kong	0–3	Australia	21–25	22–25	20–25			63–75	Report

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	14–25	22–25	22–25			58–75	Report

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	19:00	Court 2	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Qatar	16–25	21–25	19–25			56–75	Report

7th–10th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Bahrain	3–0	Iraq	25–21	25–21	25–17			75–59	Report
28 Aug	11:30	Court 2	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Pakistan	26–28	25–14	24–26	18–25		93–93	Report

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Iraq	1–3	Saudi Arabia	19–25	25–11	18–25	18–25		80–86	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Bahrain	3–2	Pakistan	22–25	25–18	23–25	25–21	15–12	110–101	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	14:00	Court 1	China	2–3	Bangladesh	30–32	19–25	25–23	25–22	13–15	112–117	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	16:30	Court 1	India	3–1	Thailand	25–21	23–25	25–19	25–18		98–83	Report
28 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Iran	3–1	South Korea	25–22	24–26	25–17	25–19		99–84	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	29–31	16–25	14–25			59–81	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	19:00	Court 1	India	1–3	Iran	12–25	19–25	25–22	15–25		71–97	Report

Final standing

Rank Team   Iran   India   South Korea 4   Thailand 5   Bangladesh 6   China 7   Bahrain 8   Pakistan 9   Saudi Arabia 10   Iraq 11   Qatar 12   United Arab Emirates 13   Japan 14   Chinese Taipei 15   Australia 16   Hong Kong 17   Kuwait Qualified for the 2023 U21 World Championship

2022 Asian Men's U20 champions  Iran 7th title 12–man roster Sajad Jelodarian, Mahdi Bayati, Porya Hosseinpour, Yousef Kazemi Poshtpari, Younes Javan, Amir Mohammad Golzadeh, Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh, Mohammad Matin Jafari Baghmaleki, Pendar Momeni Moghadam, Erfan Norouzi, Mobin Nasri, Arshia Behnezhad Head coach Gholamreza Momeni Moghadam

Awards

• Most valuable player ^[6]

    Amir Mohammad Golzadeh  (IRI)

• Best setter

    Arshia Behnezhad  (IRI)

• Best outside spikers

    Lee Yun-soo  (KOR)

    Kittipong Sangsak  (THA)

• Best middle blockers

    Dushyan Singh  (IND)

    Erfan Norouzi  (IRI)

• Best opposite spiker

    Amir Mohammad Golzadeh  (IRI)

• Best libero

    Karthikeyan K  (IND)

See also

• 2022 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship
• 2022 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Control, Local Organisers gearing up for 21st Asian Men's U20 Championship from Aug 22-29 In Bahrain". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. Preechachan (2022-08-21). "CONTROL COMMITTEE CONDUCT PRELIM INQUIRY FOR BAHRAIN-HOSTED 21ST ASIAN MEN'S U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
3. "21st Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship" (PDF).
4. "第21回アジアU20（ジュニア）男子選手権大会 - 国際大会｜公益財団法人日本バレーボール協会". www.jva.or.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
5. "Bulletin report with drawing of lots schedule" (PDF).
6. Preechachan (2022-08-30). "IRAN RETAIN ASIAN MEN'S U20 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AFTER 3-1 TRIUMPH OVER INDIA". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2022-10-19.

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website
• Team Roster