The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first 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
Japan Volleyball Association
The Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) is the governing body for volleyball in Japan. It was founded in 1927, and has been a member of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB since 1951. It is also a member of the Asian Volleyball Confede ...
(JVA). The tournament was held in
Chiba and
Funabashi
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populat ...
, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ...
as the AVC representatives.
Host selection
On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Championship:
*
Qualification
Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be selected by
* team for the host country
* teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
* teams from each zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Qualified teams
: Japan qualified as the hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to zonal entrants.
:
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
, the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, and
Vietnam
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also submitted their entry for their participation in the tournament. However they could not be accommodated due to all 16 teams already confirmed at the time; This include the confirmation of the participation of 3 Western Asian teams and the conclusion of the Central Asia qualifier. Thailand was granted the sole Southeast Asian berth, the top ranked Southeast Asian team in the 2019 edition, which has earlier confirmed their participation. No qualification tournament was held.
: Sri Lanka originally qualified but withdrew due to all of its players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Uzbekistan replaced Sri Lanka in August 2021.
Zonal qualification
Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at
Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in
Colombo
Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...
,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
.
*Time is
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST) (, ) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/ UTC ( UTC+05:30) as observed since 15 April 2006.
Sri Lanka does not currently observe daylight saving time.
History
On 15 Apri ...
(
UTC+05:30).
Pools composition
Preliminary round
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the
serpentine system
The serpentine system, also known as snake seeding, is a method of organization used in competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them into pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m'' ...
according to their final standing of the
2019 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2019 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
,
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
on 16 July 2021.
Final standings of the 2019 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 3rd.
;Pots
* withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team, and was replaced by .
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
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
(
UTC+09:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Classification round
*All times are
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
(
UTC+09:00).
*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
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
(
UTC+09:00).
13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most valuable player
*:
*Best setter
*:
*Best outside spikers
*:
*:
*Best middle blockers
*:
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*Best opposite spiker
*:
*Best libero
*:
See also
*
2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
*
2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
References
External links
Official websiteRegulationsSquads
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International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan
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