The 2016
Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
The Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, also known as the AVC Cup for Men, is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the top senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's ...
, so-called 2016 AVC Cup for Men was the 5th edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, played by top eight teams of the
2015 Asian Championship. It was held in
Nakhon Pathom,
Thailand from 22 to 28 September 2016.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the
Serpentine system
The serpentine system (also called snake seeding) is a method employed in the organization of a competition to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m ...
according to their final standing of the
2015 Asian Championship. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship are shown in brackets except Hosts who ranked 8th.
* replaced Qatar, who withdrew from the tournament.
Squads
Venue
*
Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium,
Nakhon Pathom,
Thailand
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
Indochina Time (
UTC+07:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
*All times are
Indochina Time (
UTC+07:00).
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most Valuable Player
:
Alireza Behboudi
Alireza Behboudi ( fa, علیرضا بهبودی, born ) is an Iranian male volleyball player, who plays as a setter. He was part of the Iran men's national volleyball team. Currently he is a member of club Shahrdari Tabriz in the Iranian Volleyb ...
*Best Setter
:
Shohei Yamaguchi
*Best Outside Spikers
:
Liu Libin
Liu Libin (; born February 16, 1995, in Beijing) is a male Chinese volleyball player. He is the first volleyballer who joined a foreign club as a current player of China men's national volleyball team. He currently plays in Beijing BAIC Motor.
...
:
Rahman Davoudi
Rahman Davoudi ( fa, رحمان داوودی; born February 18, 1988, in Malayer), is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for Matin Varamin and Iran men's national volleyball team.
Honours
National team
*Asian Championship
**Gold medal (1) ...
*Best Middle Blockers
:
Miao Ruantong
:
Masoud Gholami
Masoud Gholami ( fa, مسعود غلامی, born 2 April 1991) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Iranian national team. He was part of national team in the 2015 Asian Championship.
Honours
National team
* W ...
*Best Opposite Spiker
:
Jiang Chuan
Jiang Chuan (; born August 9, 1994 in Beijing) is a male Chinese volleyball player. He is the captain of China men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for JT Thunders Hiroshima in V.League Division 1.
Career
Jiang was selected ...
*Best Libero
:
Tung Li-yi
References
External links
Official websiteSquads
{{AVC Cup
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