The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The initial gap between championships was four years, but since

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they have been awarded every two years. The current champion is Iran, which won its fourth title at the 2021 tournament.

History

The first tournament was held in 1975 with the participation of seven national teams.

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captured the first gold. The next edition was held in 1979, were won by

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and

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hailed as the first ever MVP of the tournament. However, in 1980s

managed to return at first position. They captured another Asian gold in 1983 and repeated this success at next edition in 1897. In 1989, twice runners-up South Korea won its maiden Asian title at the home tournament. The three teams from East Asia dominated the tournament for next three decades. The domination of East Asian teams was ceased in 2007 when

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unprecedentally won their first ever title. The next tournament was won again by

. In 2011, Iran took their first ever title at the home tournament and repeated this success at the next edition in 2013. The 2015 Asian Championship took place again in Tehran, Iran. It was won by

who managed to beat home favorites – Iran – in 3–1 victory. They also won the next tournament. The 2019 Asian Championship was hosted by Iran for the third time and they won and captured their 3rd title after defeating

in 3–0 victory. For the first time in the tournament, the 2021 edition was held in two venues in Japan. In the final match held in

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, Iran finally took their revenge against home favorites –

– in 3–1 victory and won their fourth Asian title. The 21 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams.

have won nine times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea and Iran, with four titles each;

, with three titles; and

, with one title.

, and South Korea co-holds record for the participation at the Asian Championships (21 times).

Results summary

Teams reaching the top four

Champions by region

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Medal summary

Participating nations

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Did not enter / Did not qualify * – Hosts *Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament

Debut of teams

MVP by edition

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References

Sports123.com

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation
– official website {{Portal bar, Volleyball, Asia, Sports * * V Volleyball International volleyball competitions International men's volleyball competitions Volleyball competitions in Asia Biennial sporting events Asian Volleyball Confederation competitions