Peace Cup (volleyball)

Peace Cup

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1989
Ceased	1998
No. of teams	Various
Continent	Asia and Oceania
Last champion(s)	Al Hilal (1st title)
Most titles	10 Clubs (1 title each)

The Peace Cup was an annual club volleyball competition between Asian Men's volleyball clubs. The competition was first contested in 1989 in Japan. This competition dissolved in 1998 after the inception of the official Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship that organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).

These competitions were held from 1989 to 1994 in Hiroshima (6 times). These competitions were held in 1995 and 1996 under the title of the Peace Cup in Tehran and the ninth and tenth edition held in 1997 and 1998, respectively, in Lebanon, to be the last two editions.

When the Asian Volleyball Confederation announced in 1999 ^{[1] [2] [3]} to the establishment of a championship for Asian men's and women's clubs to play for the first time under his supervision, the men's clubs interested to participate in the official Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship instead of the Peace Cup which dissolved after that.

Championships

Edition	Season	Hosts	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Ref
1	1989	Japan	Shin Nihon Steel	Coryo Securities	Bayi	JT
2	1990		JT	Coryo Securities	Hubei	Shin Nihon Steel
3	1991		Shanghai	JT	Korean Air Lines	Shin Nihon Steel
4	1992		Sangmu	NEC	JT	Sichuan
5	1993		Azamat	Fujifilm	JT	Coryo Securities
6	1994		Fujifilm	NEC	Hyundai Motor Service	JT
7	1995	Iran	Suntory Sunbirds	Fath Tehran	Foolad Khuzestan	Kazma
8	1996		NEC	Paykan Tehran	Abgineh Qazvin	Sichuan
9	1997	Lebanon	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	Al Hilal	Paykan Tehran	Shin Nihon Steel
10	1998		Al Hilal	Paykan Tehran	Bosharia	CSKA

Performances by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Years won	Years runners-up	Years third place
NEC Blue Rockets	1	2	0	1996	1992, 1994	—
JT Thunders	1	1	2	1990	1991	1992, 1993
Fujifilm	1	1	0	1994	1993	—
Al Hilal	1	1	0	1998	1997	—
Osaka Blazers Sakai	1	0	0	1989	—	—
Shanghai	1	0	0	1991	—	—
Sangmu	1	0	0	1992	—	—
Azamat	1	0	0	1993	—	—
Suntory Sunbirds	1	0	0	1995	—	—
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	1	0	0	1997	—	—
Coryo Securities	0	2	0	—	1989, 1990	—
Paykan Tehran	0	2	1	—	1996, 1998	1997
Fath Tehran	0	1	0	—	1995	—
Bayi	0	0	1	—	—	1989
Hubei	0	0	1	—	—	1990
Korean Air Lines	0	0	1	—	—	1991
Hyundai Motor Service	0	0	1	—	—	1994
Foolad Khuzestan	0	0	1	—	—	1995
Abgineh Qazvin	0	0	1	—	—	1996
Bosharia	0	0	1	—	—	1998

Performances by country

Country	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Years won	Years runners-up	Years Third place
Japan	5	4	2	1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994	1992, 1993
South Korea	2	2	2	1992, 1997	1989, 1990	1991, 1994
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	1998	1997	—
China	1	0	2	1991	—	1989, 1990
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1993	—	—
Iran	0	3	3	—	1995, 1996, 1998	1995, 1996, 1997
Lebanon	0	0	1	—	—	1998

Medals

As of 1998 Peace Cup.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan  (JAP)	5	4	2	11
2	South Korea  (KOR)	2	2	2	6
3	Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	1	1	0	2
4	China  (CHN)	1	0	2	3
5	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
6	Iran  (IRN)	0	3	3	6
7	Lebanon  (LBN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30

References

1. "AVC History". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
2. "ASIAN MEN'S CLUB VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
3. "AVC History – Asian Volleyball Confederation – AVC". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

Sources

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• (in Persian) Results