As the FIVB Volleyball Nations League restructured its format and abolished the Challenger Cup as a direct qualifier to the tournament, this tournament will serve to countries currently not participating in the Nations League to garner world ranking points for a chance to enter the said competition. Bahrain, the champions of this tournament qualified for the 2026 Asian Championship.[2]
Host Bahrain won their first title after defeating the Pakistan in the final.[3] This was Pakistan's second consecutive defeat in the final of the tournament.[4]Qatar beat South Korea in the 3rd place match and took the bronze medal.[5]Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob was named as the MVP of the tournament.[6]
Suspension of the final match was considered due to security issues arising from the Iranian strikes on Al Udeid Air Base. However the plan was dropped after guarantees from the host country's government and federation.[7]
Host selection
Bahrain is the only country that submitted its bid to host the tournament and AVC was awarded the hosting rights in February 2025.[citation needed]
The teams were split into four pools with three teams each. The draw of lots took place on 25 May 2025.[10]
Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the rank of the previous edition, with the host automatically seeded in Pool A and the top teams occupying the remaining slots. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following their position according to their FIVB Senior World Rankings as of 8 January 2025.
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
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