2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Pathom
Dates	22–28 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament awards
MVP	Alireza Behboudi
Official website
2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2016 AVC Cup for Men was the fifth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 22 to 28 September 2016.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2015 Asian Championship are shown in brackets except Hosts who ranked 8th.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Hosts) China (3) Qatar (4)* Chinese Taipei (6)	Japan (1) Iran (2) Australia (5) South Korea (7)

* Kazakhstan replaced Qatar, who withdrew from the tournament.

Squads

Main article: 2016 AVC Cup for Men squads

Venue

All matches
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,500
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Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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 Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	261	217	1.203	Quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	271	273	0.993
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	334	339	0.985
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	255	292	0.873

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	16:55	Thailand	2–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–22	25–27	118–122	Report
22 Sep	19:45	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	Report
23 Sep	16:30	Thailand	0–3	China	13–25	18–25	20–25			51–75	Report
23 Sep	19:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	25–16	27–29	27–25	13–15	112–110	Report
24 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	3–1	Thailand	25–22	25–21	20–25	25–18		95–86	Report
24 Sep	19:10	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–14	23–25	23–25	25–23	15–13	111–100	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	188	1.319	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	233	253	0.921
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	230	227	1.013
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	211	254	0.831

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	11:30	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–21	23–25	25–17	25–18		98–81	Report
22 Sep	14:15	Japan	2–3	South Korea	25–19	25–12	22–25	21–25	11–15	104–96	Report
23 Sep	11:40	South Korea	3–0	Australia	26–24	30–28	25–22			81–74	Report
23 Sep	14:10	Japan	0–3	Iran	10–25	18–25	23–25			51–75	Report
24 Sep	11:40	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–17	25–16			75–56	Report
24 Sep	14:10	Australia	0–3	Japan	14–25	19–25	23–25			56–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 September
	Iran	3
					27 September
	Thailand	1
					Iran	3
	26 September
					Japan	2
	Kazakhstan	1
									28 September
	Japan	3
									Iran	3
	26 September
									China	1
	China	3
					27 September
	Australia	0
					China	3
	26 September
					Chinese Taipei	0			3rd place match
	South Korea	0
									28 September
	Chinese Taipei	3
									Japan	3
									Chinese Taipei	1

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	27 September
	Thailand	1
					28 September
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	3
	27 September
					Australia	0
	Australia	3
	South Korea	1
					7th place match
					28 September
					Thailand	3
					South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	11:40	China	3–0	Australia	25–22	32–30	25–23			82–75	Report
26 Sep	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Chinese Taipei	16–25	17–25	26–28			59–78	Report
26 Sep	16:40	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	25–23	19–25	22–25	25–27		91–100	Report
26 Sep	19:10	Iran	3–1	Thailand	25–22	28–30	25–20	25–16		103–88	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	11:30	Thailand	1–3	Kazakhstan	25–18	17–25	17–25	23–25		82–93	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Australia	3–1	South Korea	25–23	25–18	25–27	25–19		100–87	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:30	Iran	3–2	Japan	25–21	17–25	25–20	23–25	15–11	105–102	Report
27 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	34–32	25–22			84–77	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	11:40	Thailand	3–0	South Korea	28–26	25–17	25–17			78–60	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:10	Kazakhstan	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–21			75–58	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:40	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	17–25	28–26	25–12		95–81	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	19:10	Iran	3–1	China	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–21		98–90	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Japan
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Kazakhstan
6	Australia
7	Thailand
8	South Korea

2016 Asian Men's Cup champions
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 3rd title

14–man roster

Esmaeilnejad, Faezi, Fallah, Shafiei, Amiri, Gholami, Mobasheri, Davoudi, Behboudi (c), Moazzen, Heidari, Ghara, Vadi, Cheperli

Head coach

Shahnazi

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Alireza Behboudi

• Best setter

  Shohei Yamaguchi

• Best outside spikers

  Liu Libin

  Rahman Davoudi

• Best middle blockers

  Miao Ruantong

  Masoud Gholami

• Best opposite spiker

  Jiang Chuan

• Best libero

  Tung Li-yi

External links

• Official website
• Squads