Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualification

2020 Men's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Jiangmen
Dates	7–12 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Official website
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Last updated April 01, 2023

The Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Jiangmen, China from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Iran qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics^[1](postponed to 2021^[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic ).

Qualification

The top eight teams from the 2019 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for the tournament.^[3] However, Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament.^[4] Final standings of the 2019 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Iran (1)
Australia (2)
South Korea (4)
Chinese Taipei (5)
China (6)
Pakistan (7) (withdrew)
India (8)
Qatar (9)
Kazakhstan (10) (Replacement)

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 Asian Championship.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B
Iran	Australia
Chinese Taipei	South Korea
China	India
Kazakhstan	Qatar

Venue

All matches
Jiangmen, China
Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,500

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	170	1.341	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	241	223	1.081	Semifinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	238	253	0.941
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	186	247	0.753

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	16–25	17–25	14–25			47–75	P2
7 Jan	20:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–14	25–18			75–51	P2
8 Jan	16:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	26–28	16–25	18–25			60–78	P2
8 Jan	20:00	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	15–25	25–16	23–25	25–22	15–9	103–97	P2
9 Jan	16:40	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Kazakhstan	19–25	25–11	25–18	25–21		94–75	P2
9 Jan	20:00	Iran	3–0	China	25–22	25–20	25–21			75–63	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	257	234	1.098	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	299	282	1.060	Semifinals
3	Australia	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	272	280	0.971
4	India	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	218	250	0.872

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jan	10:00	Qatar	3–0	India	25–22	25–20	25–23			75–65	P2
7 Jan	13:30	Australia	3–2	South Korea	23–25	25–23	26–24	20–25	19–17	113–114	P2
8 Jan	10:00	Australia	0–3	Qatar	15–25	21–25	23–25			59–75	P2
8 Jan	13:30	South Korea	3–0	India	25–19	25–20	25–23			75–62	P2
9 Jan	10:00	India	1–3	Australia	27–25	21–25	21–25	22–25		91–100	P2
9 Jan	13:30	Qatar	2–3	South Korea	18–25	26–28	25–22	25–20	13–15	107–110	P2

Final round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Semifinals		Final

11 January

Qatar	1
		12 January
China	3
		China	0
11 January
		Iran	3
Iran	3

South Korea	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jan	16:00	Iran	3–2	South Korea	22–25	25–21	25–18	22–25	15–13	109–102	P2
11 Jan	20:00	Qatar	1–3	China	22–25	18–25	25–23	20–25		85–98	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jan	20:00	China	0–3	Iran	14–25	22–25	14–25			50–75	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Iran
2	China
3	Qatar
3	South Korea
5	Australia
5	Chinese Taipei
7	India
7	Kazakhstan

	Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Iran	12 January 2020	1 (2016)

↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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References

↑ "Last stop on Road to Tokyo 2020 all set up". FIVB. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
↑ "Iran on cloud nine to reclaim Asian crown on home soil". AVC. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
1 2 "Drawing of lots confirmed for AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020". AVC. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

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[5] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[1] "Last stop on Road to Tokyo 2020 all set up". FIVB. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[2] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[3] "Iran on cloud nine to reclaim Asian crown on home soil". AVC. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[drawing-4] 1 2 "Drawing of lots confirmed for AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020". AVC. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

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