2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 8 to 15 October 2021. The champions qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.[1]

2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Thailand
CityNakhon Ratchasima
Dates8–15 October
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsIran Foolad Sirjan (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPIran Saber Kazemi
Official website
2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The last edition was held in 2019. A tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:[3]

  • 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 associations

Event(s)DatesLocationBerthsQualifier(s)
Host Country1 ThailandA
2019 Asian Championship27 April–5 May 2019 Taipei5 Iran
Japan
Qatar
India
Sri Lanka
Chinese Taipei
Vietnam
Australia
Indonesia
ThailandA
KazakhstanB
CAZVA representativesNo later than 2 February 2021 Bangkok1 Uzbekistan
SEAZVA representatives1 Philippines
WAZVA representatives2 Iraq
Kuwait
Total10
^A Thailand as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and tenth placers in the 2019 championships.
^B As Thailand already qualified as host, a berth was given to Kazakhstan through their eleventh place finishing of the 2019 championship.

Participating teams

The following teams participated for the tournament.

AssociationTeamDomestic league standing
ThailandNakhon Ratchasima QminC2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions
Diamond Food2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up
IranFoolad Sirjan2020–21 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions
QatarAl Arabi
Sri LankaCEB
KazakhstanBurevestnik Almaty
UzbekistanAGMK
PhilippinesRebiscoN/A (National team)
IraqSouth Gas
KuwaitKazma

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 3 August 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

Pool standing procedure

  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

Venues

Matches will be held at the Terminal Hall – Terminal 21 Korat, an indoor arena within the Terminal 21

All rounds
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Terminal 21 Korat
Capacity: 3,500

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Burevestnik Almaty431101133.6673282841.155Semifinals
2 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC4318961.5003463341.036
3 South Gas43171071.4293933611.0895th–8th semifinals
4 Kazma4135790.7783343440.971
5 CEB40400120.0002223000.7409th place match
Source: [citation needed]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
8 Oct15:50Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 3–2 Kazma25–2219–2518–2525–2116–14103–107P2
8 Oct19:30South Gas 3–2 Burevestnik Almaty25–1626–2423–2523–2515–13112–103P2
9 Oct12:50 CEB 0–3 Kazma19–2522–2517–25  58–75P2
9 Oct15:30South Gas 1–3 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC28–3029–2721–2520–25 98–107P2
10 Oct10:00CEB 0–3 South Gas18–2519–2521–25  58–75P2
10 Oct15:30Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 0–3 Burevestnik Almaty18–2521–2522–25  61–75P2
11 Oct10:00CEB 0–3 Burevestnik Almaty20–2512–2520–25  52–75P2
11 Oct12:30South Gas 3–2 Kazma22–2525–1521–2525–1515–13108–93P2
12 Oct10:00Kazma 0–3 Burevestnik Almaty17–2520–2522–25  59–75P2
12 Oct12:30Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 3–0 CEB25–2125–2025–13  75–54P2

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Foolad Sirjan440121234.0003702881.285Semifinals
2 Al Arabi43191033.3333072531.213
3 Diamond Food42247100.7003823960.9655th–8th semifinals
4 AGMK41346100.6003213680.872
5 Rebisco40413120.2503003750.8009th place match
Source: [citation needed]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
8 Oct10:00Rebisco 0–3 Foolad Sirjan15–2522–255–25  42–75P2
8 Oct12:30AGMK 2–3 Diamond Food25–1918–2525–2323–2513–15104–107P2
9 Oct10:00Rebisco 1–3 AGMK26–2423–2518–2519–25 86–99P2
9 Oct18:45Al Arabi 3–0 Diamond Food25–2325–1725–19  75–59P2
10 Oct12:30Foolad Sirjan 3–1 AGMK26–2425–1424–2625–10 100–74P2
10 Oct18:30Al Arabi 3–0 Rebisco25–1925–1525–19  75–53P2
11 Oct15:50Rebisco 2–3 Diamond Food34–3626–2428–2619–2512–15119–126P2
11 Oct19:25Foolad Sirjan 3–1 Al Arabi25–2322–2525–1625–18 97–82P2
12 Oct15:30Foolad Sirjan 3–1 Diamond Food25–1925–2323–2525–23 98–90P2
12 Oct18:30AGMK 0–3 Al Arabi12–2520–2512–25  44–75P2

Final round

9th–10th places

9th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
13 Oct15:30CEB 2–3 Rebisco14–2525–2218–2525–2111–1593–108P2

5th–8th places

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
South Gas3
 
15 October
 
AGMK1
 
South Gas3
 
14 October
 
Kazma0
 
Diamond Food1
 
 
Kazma3
 
7th place match
 
 
15 October
 
 
AGMK1
 
 
Diamond Food3

5th–8th semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Oct10:00South Gas 3–1 AGMK25–2125–2122–2525–21 97–88P2
14 Oct12:45Diamond Food 1–3 Kazma22–2525–2023–2521–25 91–95P2

7th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
15 Oct10:00AGMK 1–3 Diamond Food25–2234–3621–2518–25 98–108P2

5th place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
15 Oct13:00South Gas 3–0 Kazma25–2025–2225–14  75–56P2

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
Burevestnik Almaty2
 
15 October
 
Al Arabi3
 
Al Arabi1
 
14 October
 
Foolad Sirjan3
 
Foolad Sirjan3
 
 
Nakhon Ratchasima QminC0
 
3rd place match
 
 
15 October
 
 
Burevestnik Almaty3
 
 
Nakhon Ratchasima QminC0

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
14 Oct15:45Burevestnik Almaty 2–3 Al Arabi25–1515–2525–1526–289–15100–98P2
14 Oct18:45Foolad Sirjan 3–0 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC25–1925–2325–22  75–64P2

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
15 Oct15:30Burevestnik Almaty 3–0 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC25–2325–1725–21  75–61P2

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
15 Oct18:30Al Arabi 1–3 Foolad Sirjan19–2525–2123–2522–25 89–96P2

Final standing

Qualified for the 2021 Club World Championship
 2021 Asian Men's Club Champions 

Foolad Sirjan
1st title
14–man roster
Sahand Allah Verdian, Mahdi Jelveh, Aleksandar Blagojević, Amir Hossein Derakhshan, Ramin Khani, Rasoul Shahsavari Nejad, Ali Asghar Razmfar, Mohammad Sadeghi Malati, Shahrooz Homayonfarmanesh, Mojtaba Gholizad, Alireza Behboudi (c), Armin Tashakkori, Saber Kazemi, Mostafa Heidari
Head coach
Saeid Rezaei

Awards

See also

References