International indoor volleyball tournament
2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup Host nation Taiwan City Taipei Dates 8–15 August Teams 9 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Qatar (1st title)Runners-up Iran Third place Japan Fourth place Chinese Taipei MVP Best Setter Javad Karimi Best OH Best MB Best OPP Best Libero Tomohiro Ogawa 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]
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
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
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Pools composition
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.
Venue
All matches
Taipei , Taiwan
University of Taipei Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,500
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
Preliminary round
Pool A
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
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
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
Pool C
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
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
Playoff
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2018 Asian Men's Cup champions
Qatar
14–man roster
Ibrahim (c ), M. Essam, Renan, Sultan, Sulaiman, Belal, Miloš, Ababacar, Nikola, Mubarak, Osman, Ali, Ahmed G., Khaled
Head coach
Soto
Awards
Most valuable player
Best setter
Javad Karimi Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
Tomohiro Ogawa
See also
References
^ "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC . 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019 . ^ "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC . 4 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019 . ^ "New competition format set for 2018 AVC Championships". AVC . 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019 .
External links
Taiwan
Qatar (1st title)
Iran
Japan
Chinese Taipei
Kazakhstan
China
South Korea
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Australia
Thailand
Vietnam
