The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the sixteenth staging of the

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship 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. Th ...

, a biennial international

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

tournament organised by the

Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russi ...

(AVC) with

Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation The Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) is the governing body for Volleyball in Iran. It was founded in 1945, and has been a member of FIVB. It was a part of Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation, Iranian Basketba ...

(IRIVF). The tournament was held in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, Iran from 21 to 29 September 2011.

Venues

Pools composition

The teams are seeded by addition of ranking of 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship and

FIVB World Rankings The FIVB Senior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on thei ...

divided by 2.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

* ''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 G

Pool H

Classification 13th–16th

Semifinals

15th place

13th place

Classification 9th–12th

Semifinals

11th place

9th place

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP:

Arash Kamalvand Arash Kamalvand (, born May 11, 1989, in Khorramabad) is a former volleyball player from Iran who played as an outside hitter for the Men's National Team from 2009 to 2013. Kamalvand was named Most Valuable Player in the 2011 Asian Championship ...

*Best scorer: Jeon Kwang-in *Best spiker: Nathan Roberts *Best blocker: Liang Chunlong *Best server:

Kim Yo-han Kim Yo-han (, born September 22, 1999), also known by the mononym Yohan (), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the Korean idol, boy group WEi and a former member of boy group X1 (band), X1, finishing first on ''Produce X 101 ...

*Best setter:

Amir Hosseini Amir Hosseini (, born 23 July 1975 in Mashhad) is a retired Iranian volleyball player who former played as a setter for the Iranian national team of the year 2002–2012. Honours National team * Asian Championship **Gold medal (1): 2011 **Bronz ...

*Best libero:

Farhad Zarif Farhad Zarif (; born 3 March 1983 in Mashhad) is an Iranian professional volleyball player who plays for Paykan Tehran. He was previously on the Iranian national team. Honours National team * Asian Championship **Gold medal (2): 2011, 2013 * ...

References

External links

16th Asian Sr. Men's Volleyball Championship
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