The 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the
Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
The Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 23 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body ...
, a biennial international
volleyball tournament organised by the
Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with
Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). It was held in
Ardabil,
Iran from 1 to 9 May 2017. The tournament was served as the Asian qualifiers for the
2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was the third and final edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for men's national teams under the age of 23, organized by the sport's world governing bo ...
held in
Cairo,
Egypt with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.
The matches was played in only one stadium in
Ardabil:
Rezazadeh Stadium
The Rezazadeh Stadium is an all-seater indoor arena located in Ardabil, Iran. It was opened in 2007 and has a capacity of 6,000 people. The stadium is named after Olympic Gold medalist and world record weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh.
Hosted e ...
. It was the first time that Iran and Ardabil had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).
Iran won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Both finalists qualified for the World Championship.
Participated teams
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 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in
Bangkok,
Thailand on 27 February 2017.
But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.
Venue
Pool standing procedure
# Numbers of matches won
# Match points
# Sets ratio
# Points ratio
# Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 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
Iran Daylight Time (
UTC+04:30).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
*All times are
Iran Daylight Time (
UTC+04:30).
*The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.
Pool E
Pool F
Pool H
Classification round
*All times are
Iran Daylight Time (
UTC+04:30).
Bracket
9th place play-offs
9th place match
Final round
*All times are
Iran Daylight Time (
UTC+04:30).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
5th place play-offs
7th place match
5th place match
Semi-finals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most Valuable Player
:
Rahman Taghizadeh
Rahman (Arabic: or ) may refer to:
*Rahman, one of the names of God in Islam
*Ar-Rahman, the 55th sura of the Qur'an
People
* Rahman (name), an Arabic male personal name
**Short form of Abd al-Rahman
* Rahman (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
*R ...
*Best Setter
:
Masaki Oya Masaki Oya may refer to:
* Masaki Oya (athlete)
* Masaki Oya (volleyball)
Masaki Oya (大宅 真樹, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He plays for Japan men's national volleyball team and the Suntory Sunbirds in V.Lea ...
*Best Outside Spikers
:
Masato Katsuoka
Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008
*Masato A ...
:
Esmaeil Mosafer
*Best Middle Blockers
:
Lee Hsing-kuo
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
:
Sahand Allahverdian
*Best Opposite Spiker
:
Amin Esmaeilnejad
Amin Esmaeilnezhad (Persian: امین اسماعیل نژاد; born 17 December 1996 in Malekan) is an Iraniran professional volleyball player whose current club is Verona.
Honours
National team
* Asian Championship
** Gold medal (1): 20 ...
*Best Libero
:
Su Hou-chen
See also
*
2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
The 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was the 2nd edition of the Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball ...
References
External links
Official websiteRegulationsSquadsAwards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asian U23 Women's Volleyball Championship
U23, 2017