2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament was held at University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC) from 8 to 15 August 2018.[1][2]

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Taiwan
CityTaipei
Dates8–15 August
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVPQatar Mohamed Ibrahim
Best SetterIran Javad Karimi
Best OHQatar Renan Ribeiro
Chinese Taipei Liu Hung-min
Best MBQatar Mohamed Ibrahim
Iran Rahman Taghizadeh
Best OPPQatar Mubarak Hammad
Best LiberoJapan Tomohiro Ogawa
Official website
2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

As hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 8 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia.

Qualification

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  Qualified

The 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Cup. Chinese Taipei qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Championship. But, China later withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (1 team).

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host Country 1   Chinese Taipei
Central Asian teams 2   Iran
  Kazakhstan
East Asian teams 2   China
  Japan
  South Korea
Oceanian team 1   Australia
Southeast Asian teams 2   Thailand
  Vietnam
West Asian team 1   Qatar
Total 9

Pools composition

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This was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C.[3] Final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Pool A Pool B Pool C

  Japan (1)
  Kazakhstan (2)
  South Korea (3)

  Iran (5)
  Chinese Taipei (Hosts, 7)
  Australia (8)

  Qatar (9)
  Vietnam (10)
  Thailand (11)

Venue

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All matches
Taipei, Taiwan
University of Taipei Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,500
 

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 176 152 1.158 Quarterfinals
2   South Korea 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 181 189 0.958
3   Japan 2 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 192 208 0.923
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug 13:00 Japan   2–3   South Korea 25–20 19–25 23–25 25–23 17–19 109–112 P2
9 Aug 13:30 Kazakhstan   3–1   Japan 25–22 25–23 21–25 25–13   96–83 P2
10 Aug 16:10 South Korea   0–3   Kazakhstan 22–25 19–25 28–30     69–80 P2

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Iran 2 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 182 175 1.040 Quarterfinals
2   Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 167 132 1.265 Playoff
3   Australia 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 126 168 0.750 Quarterfinals
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug 19:20 Iran   3–1   Chinese Taipei 25–23 14–25 25–21 25–23   89–92 P2
9 Aug 18:30 Australia   1–3   Iran 20–25 22–25 25–18 16–25   83–93 P2
10 Aug 18:30 Chinese Taipei   3–0   Australia 25–17 25–14 25–12     75–43 P2

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Qatar 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 124 1.210 Quarterfinals
2   Thailand 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 172 178 0.966 Playoff
3   Vietnam 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 165 185 0.892 Quarterfinals
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug 15:50 Qatar   3–0   Vietnam 25–20 25–19 25–23     75–62 P2
9 Aug 16:00 Thailand   0–3   Qatar 23–25 23–25 16–25     62–75 P2
10 Aug 13:30 Vietnam   2–3   Thailand 24–26 27–25 25–19 16–25 11–15 103–110 P2

Final round

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PlayoffQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
11 August
 
 
  South Korea0
 
 
  Qatar3
 
 
14 August
 
 
  Qatar3
 
 
  Japan1
 
 
11 August
 
 
  Japan3
 
 
  Australia1
 
 
15 August
 
 
  Qatar3
 
 
  Iran2
 
 
13 August
 
 
  Kazakhstan1
 
11 August
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
14 August
 
  Thailand2
 
  Chinese Taipei0
 
 
  Iran3 3rd place match
 
 
11 August15 August
 
 
  Iran3  Japan3
 
 
  Vietnam0   Chinese Taipei2
 
 
 
 

Playoff

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 18:30 Chinese Taipei   3–2   Thailand 23–25 25–14 23–25 25–14 15–12 111–90 P2

5th–9th quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 13:30 South Korea   3–0   Australia 25–23 26–24 25–19     76–66 P2
13 Aug 16:00 Vietnam   2–3   Thailand 18–25 25–18 20–25 39–37 10–15 112–120 P2

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 11:00 Iran   3–0   Vietnam 25–19 25–14 25–19     75–52 P2
11 Aug 13:30 Japan   3–1   Australia 25–21 25–17 21–25 25–15   96–78 P2
11 Aug 16:00 South Korea   0–3   Qatar 19–25 14–25 22–25     55–75 P2
13 Aug 18:45 Kazakhstan   1–3   Chinese Taipei 25–23 20–25 20–25 21–25   86–98 P2

5th–8th semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 11:00 Australia   3–1   Kazakhstan 25–19 25–18 23–25 25–16   98–78 P2
14 Aug 13:30 Thailand   3–1   South Korea 25–23 27–25 21–25 25–16   98–89 P2

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 16:00 Qatar   3–1   Japan 25–21 22–25 25–19 25–16   97–81 P2
14 Aug 18:30 Chinese Taipei   0–3   Iran 19–25 20–25 23–25     62–75 P2

7th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 11:00 Kazakhstan   3–1   South Korea 25–21 25–23 14–25 25–19   89–88 P2

5th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 13:30 Australia   2–3   Thailand 25–21 27–25 16–25 17–25 5–15 90–111 P2

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 16:10 Japan   3–2   Chinese Taipei 21–25 20–25 32–30 29–27 17–15 119–122 P2

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Aug 19:15 Qatar   3–2   Iran 23–25 21–25 25–22 25–18 15–10 109–100 P2

Final standing

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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