2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Indonesia
City	Surabaya
Dates	23–30 July
Teams	16  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (8th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Indonesia
Tournament awards
MVP	Pouya Ariakhah
Best Setter	Emran Kook Jili
Best OH	Shunta Ono Lee Woo-jin
Best MB	Taha Behboudnia Armin Ghelichniazi
Best OPP	Dawuda Alaihi
Best Libero	Kang Seung-il
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Attendance	32,270 (576 per match)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net/new/22nd-asian-mens-u20-volleyball-championship/
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The 2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Indonesian Volleyball Federation (PBVSI). The tournament took place in Surabaya, Indonesia from 23 to 30 July. ^{[1] [2]}

This tournament served as the qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives. ^[2]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2005. Players who had played twice in the FIVB Junior (U20 or U21) Championships cannot play in AVC U20 Championship as it is a qualification event for the following year of FIVB U21 event. ^[3]

Iran won their eighth title of the tournament after defeating South Korea in straight sets (3–0) in the final. ^[4] Japan defeated Indonesia in the third place match (3–1). ^[5] Pouya Ariakhah of Iran named the MVP of the tournament. ^[6]

Host selection

Chinese Taipei was originally going to host the Asian Men's U20 Championship, ^[1] but then host changed and Indonesia became the host.

Qualification

The 16 AVC member associations submitted their U20 men's national team to the 2024 Asian U20 Championship. The 16 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (1 teams), Southeast Asia (3 teams) and West Asia (3 teams).

Central Asian qualification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun		Kazakhstan	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–16	25–15	25–21			75–52	Report

East Asian qualification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	18.00	Hong Kong	3–1	Macau	26–28	29–27	25–14	25–20		105–89

Southeast Asian qualification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	16.30	Cambodia	2–3	Vietnam	25–21	16–25	25–20	22–25	5–15	93–106

Oceania qualification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun		Australia	3–1	New Zealand	25–20	25–21	23–25	25–20		98–86	Report
9 Jun		Australia	3–2	New Zealand	25–21	21–25	25–14	23–25	15–10	109–95	Report
10 Jun		Australia	1–3	New Zealand	16–25	25–16	20–25	21–25		82–91	Report

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host Country	1	Indonesia
Central Asian teams	4	Bangladesh
		India
		Iran
		Kazakhstan
East Asian teams	5	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
		Hong Kong
Oceanian teams	1	Australia
Southeast Asian teams	2	Thailand
		Vietnam
West Asian teams	3	Kuwait
		Qatar
		Saudi Arabia
Total 16

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 12 March 2024. ^[7]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Indonesia (Hosts)	Iran (1)	India (2)	South Korea (3)
Saudi Arabia (9)	China (6)	Bangladesh (5)	Thailand (4)
Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei (14)	Japan (13)	Kazakhstan
Australia	Qatar (11)	Kuwait	Vietnam

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. ^[2]

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. ^[2]

In final round, the teams battle in knockout format. ^[2]

Venues

Preliminary, Classification, 1st–8th places	Preliminary, Classification, 9th–16th places
Surabaya, Indonesia
DBL Arena	Gelora Pancasila
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: —

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories ^[3]
2. Match points ^[3]
3. Sets quotient ^[3]
4. Points quotient ^[3]
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. ^[3]

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 Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	186	1.333	Pool E
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	205	209	0.981
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	220	0.832	Pool G
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	231	252	0.917

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	12:00	DBL	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Australia	25–23	28–26	25–23			78–72	Report
23 Jul	19:00	DBL	Hong Kong	0–3	Indonesia	10–25	21–25	14–25			45–75	Report
24 Jul	13:30	DBL	Hong Kong	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–23	26–24			76–70	Report
24 Jul	19:00	DBL	Indonesia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–20	25–13	25–19			75–52	Report
25 Jul	13:30	DBL	Hong Kong	0–3	Saudi Arabia	19–25	22–25	21–25			62–75	Report
25 Jul	19:00	DBL	Australia	1–3	Indonesia	25–23	21–25	23–25	20–25		89–98	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	229	142	1.613	Pool F
2	China	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	236	202	1.168
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	205	219	0.936	Pool H
4	Qatar	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	118	225	0.524

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	09:30	DBL	Qatar	0–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	13–25	20–25			49–75	Report
23 Jul	14:30	DBL	Iran	3–0	China	29–27	25–21	25–18			79–66	Report
24 Jul	11:00	DBL	Qatar	0–3	China	10–25	13–25	14–25			37–75	Report
24 Jul	16:30	DBL	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	13–25	12–25	19–25			44–75	Report
25 Jul	11:00	DBL	China	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–21	20–25	25–19	25–21		95–86	Report
25 Jul	16:30	DBL	Qatar	0–3	Iran	11–25	10–25	11–25			32–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	257	179	1.436	Pool E
2	India	3	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	276	251	1.100
3	Bangladesh	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	219	219	1.000	Pool G
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	122	225	0.542

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	11:00	GP	Japan	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–14	25–12			75–41	Report
23 Jul	13:30	GP	India	3–2	Bangladesh	21–25	21–25	25–23	25–15	15–12	107–100	Report
24 Jul	11:00	GP	Japan	3–0	Bangladesh	25–7	25–22	25–15			75–44	Report
24 Jul	13:30	GP	Kuwait	0–3	India	14–25	12–25	18–25			44–75	Report
25 Jul	11:00	GP	Bangladesh	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–11	25–11			75–37	Report
25 Jul	13:30	GP	Japan	3–2	India	25–14	25–15	25–27	17–25	15–13	107–94	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	266	227	1.172	Pool F
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	280	296	0.946
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	260	265	0.981	Pool H
4	Thailand	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	298	316	0.943

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	16:30	GP	Thailand	2–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–19	25–19	29–31	9–15	111–109	Report
23 Jul	19:00	GP	Vietnam	0–3	South Korea	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75	Report
24 Jul	16:30	GP	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	25–22	22–25	23–25	22–25		92–97	Report
24 Jul	19:00	GP	Kazakhstan	3–1	Vietnam	20–25	25–22	25–22	25–22		95–91	Report
25 Jul	16:30	GP	Thailand	2–3	Vietnam	12–25	25–23	22–25	25–22	11–15	95–110	Report
25 Jul	19:00	GP	South Korea	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–18	19–25	25–20	25–13		94–76	Report

Classification round

• All times are Western Indonesian 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	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	260	213	1.221	Final four
2	Indonesia (H)	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	235	216	1.088
3	India	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	290	296	0.980	5th–8th places
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	200	260	0.769

Source: Bulletin No.6
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	16:30	DBL	Japan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–14	25–13	25–23			75–50	Report
27 Jul	19:00	DBL	Indonesia	3–1	India	25–20	25–23	16–25	25–18		91–86	Report
28 Jul	16:30	DBL	Saudi Arabia	1–3	India	22–25	29–27	16–25	31-33		98–77	Report
28 Jul	19:00	DBL	Indonesia	0–3	Japan	26–28	22–25	21–25			69–78	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	266	226	1.177	Final four
2	South Korea	3	2	1	7	8	5	1.600	292	267	1.094
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	213	236	0.903	5th–8th places
4	China	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	212	254	0.835

Source: Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	11:00	DBL	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59	Report
27 Jul	13:30	DBL	South Korea	3–1	China	25–16	25–20	22–25	25–18		97–79	Report
28 Jul	11:00	DBL	China	0–3	Kazakhstan	26–28	21–25	20–25			67–78	Report
28 Jul	13:30	DBL	Iran	3–2	South Korea	25–22	25–20	24–26	23–25	15–8	112–101	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	226	193	1.171	9th–12th places
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	277	261	1.061
3	Bangladesh	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	239	226	1.058	13th–16th places
4	Kuwait	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	181	243	0.745

Source: Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	11:00	GP	Hong Kong	1–3	Kuwait	22–25	25–18	24–26	22–25		93–94	Report
27 Jul	13:30	GP	Bangladesh	0–3	Australia	17–25	29–31	21–25			67–81	Report
28 Jul	11:00	GP	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–13	25–22			75–50	Report
28 Jul	13:30	GP	Hong Kong	3–2	Bangladesh	25–15	20–25	23–25	25-22	15-10	108–65	Report

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	256	231	1.108	9th–12th places
2	Thailand	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	205	213	0.962
3	Vietnam	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	257	221	1.163	13th–16th places
4	Qatar	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	97	150	0.647

Source: Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jul	16:30	GP	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	20–25	23–25	26–24	25–21	9–15	103–110	Report
27 Jul	19:00	GP	Vietnam	3–0	Qatar	25–12	25–22	25–14			75–48	Report
28 Jul	16:30	GP	Qatar	0–3	Thailand	15–25	11–25	13–25			39–75	Report
28 Jul	19:00	GP	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam	26–24	27–25	25–23			78–72	Report

Final round

• All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:00).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	29 July
	Bangladesh	3
					30 July
	Qatar	0
					Bangladesh	0
	29 July
					Vietnam	3
	Vietnam	3
	Kuwait	0
					15th place match
					30 July
					Qatar	1
					Kuwait	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	11:00	GP	Bangladesh	3–0	Qatar	25–13	25–18	25–23			75–54	Report
29 Jul	13:30	GP	Vietnam	3–0	Kuwait	25–14	25–16	27–25			77–55	Report

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	10:00	GP	Qatar	1–3	Kuwait	27–25	17–25	22–25	23–25		89–100	Report

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	12:30	GP	Bangladesh	0–3	Vietnam	18–25	19–25	16–25			53–75	Report

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	29 July
	Australia	0
					30 July
	Thailand	3
					Thailand	3
	29 July
					Chinese Taipei	0
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Hong Kong	0
					11th place match
					30 July
					Australia	3
					Hong Kong	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	16:30	GP	Australia	0–3	Thailand	14–25	15–25	23–25			52–75	Report
29 Jul	19:00	GP	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hong Kong	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61	Report

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	15:30	GP	Australia	3–1	Hong Kong	27–25	22–25	25–19	25–21		99–90	Report

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	18:00	GP	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	26–24	26–24	25–20			77–68	Report

5th–8th semifinals

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	29 July
	India	3
					30 July
	China	1
					India	2
	29 July
					Kazakhstan	3
	Kazakhstan	3
	Saudi Arabia	0
					7th place match
					30 July
					China	3
					Saudi Arabia	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	11:00	DBL	India	3–1	China	25–22	19–25	25–20	25–22		94–89	Report
29 Jul	13:30	DBL	Kazakhstan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–15	25–17	25–18			75–50	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	11:00	DBL	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–20	25–15	25–21			75–56	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	13:30	DBL	India	2–3	Kazakhstan	29–31	25–20	25–23	23–25	10–15	112–114	Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	29 July
	Japan	2
					30 July
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	0
	29 July
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
	Indonesia	0
					3rd place match
					30 July
					Japan	3
					Indonesia	1

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	16:30	DBL	Japan	2–3	South Korea	20–25	19–25	25–21	25–21	11–15	100–107	Report
29 Jul	19:00	DBL	Iran	3–0	Indonesia	25–21	25–14	25–16			75–51	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	16:30	DBL	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	23–25	27–25	25–18	25–20		100–88	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	19:00	DBL	South Korea	0–3	Iran	12–25	18–25	22–25			52–75	Report

Final standing

Rank Team   Iran   South Korea   Japan 4   Indonesia 5   Kazakhstan 6   India 7   China 8   Saudi Arabia 9   Thailand 10   Chinese Taipei 11   Australia 12   Hong Kong 13   Vietnam 14   Bangladesh 15   Kuwait 16   Qatar Qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship Qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship as defending champions Qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship as hosts

2024 Asian Men's U20 champions  Iran Eighth title 12–man roster Taha Behboudnia, Emran Kook Jili (c), Morteza Narimani, Seyed Morteza Tabatabaei, Abolfazl Mahdian, Pouya Ariakhah, Seyed Matin Hosseini Tolouti, Ali Eshghinour, Shayan Mehrabi, Ariyan Mahmoudi Nejad, Matin Soghli, Armin Ghelichniazi Head coach Gholamreza Momeni Moghaddam

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Pouya Ariakhah  (IRI)

• Best setter

    Emran Kook Jili  (IRI)

• Best outside spikers

    Shunta Ono  (JPN)

    Lee Woo-jin  (KOR)

• Best middle blockers

    Taha Behboudnia  (IRI)

    Armin Ghelichniazi  (IRI)

• Best opposite spiker

    Dawuda Alaihi  (INA)

• Best libero

    Kang Seung-il  (KOR)

Qualified teams for FIVB U21 World Championship

The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship 1
Iran	28 March 2024 [8]	14 (1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 , 2021, 2023 )
South Korea	27 July 2024 [9]	13 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1987 , 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2019)
Japan	27 July 2024 [9]	13 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Indonesia	27 July 2024 [10]	1 (1989)
Kazakhstan	30 July 2024 [6]	0 (None)

¹Bold indicates champions for that year.

See also

• 2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship
• 2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

References

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2. Preechachan (22 July 2024). "Asian Men's U20 Championship Set to Get Underway in Indonesia on July 23". AVC . Retrieved 22 July 2024.
3. "22nd Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship" (PDF). AVC . Retrieved 10 June 2024.
4. "Iran Crowned Champions of 2024 Asian U20 Volleyball". Tehran Times . 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
5. 男子U20アジア選手権大会 3位で来年の男子U21世界選手権大会出場権を獲得 [Japan placed 3rd in the Men's U20 Asian Championship and qualified for next year's Men's U21 World Championship]. JVA (in Japanese). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
6. Preechachan (30 July 2024). "Iran Retain Asian Men's U20 Championship Title". AVC . Retrieved 1 August 2024.
7. Preechachan (12 March 2024). "Results of Drawing of Lots Unveiled for 2024 Asian Underage Volleyball Championships". AVC . Retrieved 13 June 2024.
8. "FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Championships 2025" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
9. "Korea Set up Revenge Match Against Iran in Highly-Anticipated Showdown of Asian Men's U20 Championship in Surabaya". AVC. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
10. "Timnas Voli Indonesia U-20 Lolos Ke Piala Dunia U-21 2025" [Indonesian U-20 National Volleyball Team Qualifies for 2025 U-21 World Championship]. CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Squads