Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2008;17 years ago (2008)
First season	2008
No. of teams	12 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	China (2nd title)
Most titles	Iran (3 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	PPTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, also known as the AVC Cup for Men, was an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the top senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation, the sport's continent governing body. The tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2008. The champion is China, which won its second title at the 2022 tournament.

The 7 Asian Volleyball Cup tournaments have been won by four different national teams. Iran have won three times. The other Asian Cup winners are China, with two titles; and both South Korea and Qatar, with one title each.

The 2022 Asian Cup was to take place in Taipei, Taiwan, but because of its strict COVID-19 protocols, it was reallocated to Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. ^[1]

This event should not be confused with the other, continental competition for Asian national volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2008 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Iran	3–2	South Korea		China	3–0	Japan		8
2010 Details	Urmia		Iran	3–0	China		India	3–1	Chinese Taipei		8
2012 Details	Vĩnh Phúc		China	3–1	Iran		Japan	3–1	India		8
2014 Details	Almaty		South Korea	3–0	India		Kazakhstan	3–1	Iran		8
2016 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Iran	3–1	China		Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei		8
2018 Details	Taipei		Qatar	3–2	Iran		Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei		9
2020	Naypyitaw		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Nakhon Pathom		China	3–0	Japan		Bahrain	3–0	South Korea		11

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
Iran	3 (2008, 2010, 2016)	2 (2012, 2018)		1 (2014)
China	2 (2012, 2022)	2 (2010, 2016)	1 (2008)
South Korea	1 (2014)	1 (2008)		1 (2022)
Qatar	1 (2018)
Japan		1 (2022)	3 (2012, 2016, 2018)	1 (2008)
India		1 (2014)	1 (2010)	1 (2012)
Kazakhstan			1 (2014)
Bahrain			1 (2022)
Chinese Taipei				3 (2010, 2016, 2018)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
CAZVA (Central Asia)	Iran (3)	3 titles
EAZVA (East Asia)	China (2), South Korea (1)	3 titles
WAZVA (West Asia)	Qatar (1)	1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of cups hosted.

Times Hosted	Nations	Year(s)
3	Thailand	2008, 2016, 2022
1	Iran	2010
	Kazakhstan	2014
	Taiwan	2018
	Vietnam	2012

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	3	2	0	5
2	China	2	2	1	5
3	South Korea	1	1	0	2
4	Qatar	1	0	0	1
5	Japan	0	1	3	4
6	India	0	1	1	2
7	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (9)	2022 (11)	Total
Australia	5th	5th	7th	7th	6th	6th	8th	7
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	1
China	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	2nd	•	1st	6
Chinese Taipei	7th	4th	•	•	4th	4th	9th	5
Hong Kong	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	1
India	•	3rd	4th	2nd	•	•	10th	4
Indonesia	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Iran	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	5th	7
Japan	4th	8th	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	2nd	7
Kazakhstan	•	7th	•	3rd	5th	7th	•	4
Myanmar	•	•	8th	•	•	•	•	1
Pakistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	1
Qatar	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	1
South Korea	2nd	6th	5th	1st	8th	8th	4th	7
Thailand	6th	•	•	8th	7th	5th	7th	5
Vietnam	•	•	6th	•	•	9th	•	2

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2008	Australia	8
	China
	Chinese Taipei
	Indonesia
	Iran
	Japan
	South Korea
	Thailand
2010	India	2
	Kazakhstan
2012	Myanmar	2
	Vietnam
2014	None	0
2016
2018	Qatar	1
2022	Bahrain	3
	Hong Kong
	Pakistan

Awards

Year Most Valuable Player 2008 Hamzeh Zarini 2010 Farhad Nazari Afshar 2012 Zhan Guojun 2014 Seo Jae-duck 2016 Alireza Behboudi 2018 Mohamed Ibrahim 2022 Zhang Jingyin

Year Best Setter 2008 Saranchit Charoensuk 2010 Saeid Marouf 2012 Hideomi Fukatsu 2014 Han Sun-soo 2016 Shohei Yamaguchi 2018 Javad Karimi 2022 Akihiro Fukatsu

Year Best Outside Spikers 2014 Sinnadhu Prabagaran Saeid Shiroud 2016 Liu Libin Rahman Davoudi 2018 Renan Ribeiro Liu Hung-min 2022 Zhang Jingyin Mohamed Abdulla

Year Best Middle Blockers 2014 G. R. Vaishnav Mostafa Sharifat 2016 Miao Ruantong Masoud Gholami 2018 Mohamed Ibrahim Rahman Taghizadeh 2022 Zhang Zhejia Peng Shikun

Year Best Opposite Spiker 2014 Seo Jae-duck 2016 Jiang Chuan 2018 Mubarak Hammad 2022 Issei Otake

Year Best Libero 2008 Yeo Oh-hyun 2010 Abdolreza Alizadeh 2012 Kong Fanwei 2014 Kairat Baibekov 2016 Tung Li-yi 2018 Tomohiro Ogawa 2022 Husain Sultan

Former awards

Year Best Scorer 2008 Yasuyuki Shibakoya 2010 Sanjay Kumar 2012 Gurinder Singh

Year Best Spiker 2008 Park Chul-woo 2010 Cui Jianjun 2012 Zhong Weijun

Tournament Best Blocker 2010 Alireza Nadi 2012 Alireza Jadidi

Tournament Best Server 2008 Cui Jianjun 2010 Wang Ming-chun 2012 Mohammad Taher Vadi

Tournament Best Digger 2008 Chien Wei-lun

Tournament Best Receiver 2008 Yeo Oh-hyun

See also

• Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
• AVC Men's Challenge Cup
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games

References

1. "Drawing of lots for 2022 AVC Cup for Men unveiled". AVC . 23 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website
• AVC Competition Results