The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the seventeenth 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 United Arab Emirates Volleyball Association (UAEVA). The tournament was held in

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, United Arab Emirates from 28 September to 6 October 2013.

Venues

Pools composition

The teams are distributed according to their position in the

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as of 23 January, 2013. ''* Jordan, Indonesia and Pakistan withdrew, Uzbekistan moved to Pool A to balance the number of teams in each pool.''

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Classification 17th–21st

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

19th place

17th place

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 I

Pool J

Pool K

Pool L

Classification 9th–16th

Quarterfinals

13th–16th semifinals

9th–12th semifinals

15th place

13th place

11th place

9th place

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP:

Saeid Marouf Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani (; born 20 October 1985) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He was the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as w ...

*Best Scorer:

Zhong Weijun Zhong Weijun (;, born 20 April 1989) is a member and Captain of the China men's national volleyball team The China men's national volleyball team ( zh, 中国国家男子排球队) represents China in international volleyball competitions and ...

*Best Spiker:

Amir Ghafour Amir Ghafour (; born 6 June 1991) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Iranian club Shahdab Yazd. He is a former member of the Iranian national team. Career National team He was invited to national team in 2011 ...

*Best Blocker: Mohammad Mousavi *Best Server:

*Best Setter:

*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

RegulationsSquads
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