2025 AVC Men's Champions League

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2025 AVC Men's Champions League
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Official logo
Tournament details
Host nationJapan
City Hirakata and Kyoto
Dates11–18 May 2025
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2025 AVC Men's Champions League will be the first edition of the newly-rebranded AVC Men's Champions League, and the 25th overall edition of the formerly named Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship), an annual international men's volleyball club tournament, organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and the SV.League. It is scheduled to be held from 11 to 18 May 2025 in Japan. [1]

Contents

Squads

Participating teams

The following teams are expected to take part in tournament.

AssociationTeamDomestic league standing
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Suntory Sunbirds Osaka [1] 2023–24 V.League Division 1 champions
Osaka Bluteon [1] 2023–24 V.League Division 1 runners-up
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Cignal [a] N/A (national team [a] )
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 2023–24 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Sport Center 1 N/A (national team)

Pools composition

The teams will be split into four pools with three teams each. [3] The draw of lots is scheduled to take place on 12 March 2025. [4]

Pool APool BPool CPool D
TBA

Venues

The tournament will be hosted in Hirakata and Kyoto in the Kansai region. [1]

Preliminary roundFinal round
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Panasonic Arena
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Shimadzu Arena
2025 AVC Men's Champions League (Kansai region)
Hirakata Kyoto
Panasonic Arena Shimadzu Arena Kyoto
Capacity: 2,200Capacity: 8,635
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Final standing

RankTeam
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Qualified for the 2025 Club World Championship

Notes

  1. 1 2 Philippine national team competing under the name 'Cignal', which shares the same name as the Cignal HD Spikers, the 2024 Spiker's Turf Invitational Conference champions.
    This is a result of an approved request by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation to the AVC and is part of the national team's preparation for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship which the Philippines will be hosting. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "AVC Men's Champions League Japan 2025 to be Held in Japan". SVL Official website. SV.League. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Garcia, John Mark (10 January 2025). "Alas Pilipinas to compete as Cignal in AVC Men's Champions League". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "AVC REACHES NEW MILESTONE WITH THE LAUNCH OF AVC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Preechachan. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "MEDIA MEMBERS INVITED TO ATTEND PRESS CONFERENCE AND DRAWING OF LOTS FOR AVC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON MARCH 12". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Preechachan. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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