The 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twentieth 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

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tournament organised by the

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(AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in

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, Iran from 13 to 21 September 2019. Top eight teams which had not yet qualified to the

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qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by *1 team for the host country *10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition *5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified teams

: Iran qualified as hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Thailand. : Vietnam originally qualified, but declined to enter. : Turkmenistan was to play India and Sri Lanka in the Central Asia qualification tournament. However, Turkmenistan was barred from playing due to violating competition regulations prior to tournament. Both India and Sri Lanka qualified. : Pakistan were granted entry and was not among the three teams originally set to participate in the cancelled Central Asia qualifiers.

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the

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according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2017 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in

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on 19 February 2019. Final standings of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th. ;Draw

Classification round

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. 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

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( UTC+04:30).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

*All times are

( 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 G

Pool H

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+04:30).

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Thomas Edgar *Best setter *:

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*Best outside spikers *: Yūki Ishikawa *: Samuel Walker *Best middle blockers *: Shin Yung-suk *: Mohammad Mousavi *Best opposite spiker *:

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*Best libero *: Tomohiro Yamamoto

References

External links

Official websiteRegulationsSquads
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International volleyball competitions hosted by Iran

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