2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2008 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Kazakhstan
Dates17–22 July
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsIran Paykan Tehran (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVPKazakhstan Marat Imangaliyev

Pools composition edit

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

Pool A Pool B

  Kazakhstan (Host)
  Bahrain (4th)
  Japan
  Kuwait

  Iran (1st)
  Qatar (3rd) *
  China
  United Arab Emirates
  Indonesia *

* Withdrew, replaced by Kazakhstan B.

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Almaty 3 3 0 6 9 1 9.000 252 211 1.194 Semifinals
2   Suntory Sunbirds 3 2 1 5 7 4 1.750 270 251 1.076
3   Al-Arabi 3 1 2 4 4 6 0.667 229 240 0.954
4   Al-Najma 3 0 3 3 0 9 0.000 179 228 0.785
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 16:00 Al-Arabi   1–3   Suntory Sunbirds 19–25 25–20 15–25 31–33   90–103
17 Jul 19:00 Al-Najma   0–3   Almaty 19–25 20–25 19–25     58–75
18 Jul 16:00 Al-Najma   0–3   Al-Arabi 18–25 21–25 23–25     62–75
18 Jul 18:00 Almaty   3–1   Suntory Sunbirds 25–21 25–20 27–29 25–19   102–89
19 Jul 16:00 Suntory Sunbirds   3–0   Al-Najma 25–18 28–26 25–15     78–59
19 Jul 18:00 Al-Arabi   0–3   Almaty 23–25 19–25 22–25     64–75

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Paykan Tehran 3 3 0 6 9 1 9.000 249 180 1.383 Semifinals
2   Al-Nasr 3 2 1 5 6 3 2.000 208 191 1.089
3   Henan Tianguan 3 1 2 4 4 6 0.667 233 237 0.983
4   Esil Petropavlovsk 3 0 3 3 0 9 0.000 143 225 0.636
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 11:00 Paykan Tehran   3–1   Henan Tianguan 24–26 25–23 25–15 25–20   99–84
17 Jul 14:00 Al-Nasr   3–0   Esil Petropavlovsk 25–15 25–13 25–14     75–42
18 Jul 11:00 Henan Tianguan   3–0   Esil Petropavlovsk 25–17 25–18 25–21     75–56
18 Jul 14:00 Paykan Tehran   3–0   Al-Nasr 25–18 25–19 25–14     75–51
19 Jul 11:00 Al-Nasr   3–0   Henan Tianguan 25–22 32–30 25–22     82–74
19 Jul 14:00 Esil Petropavlovsk   0–3   Paykan Tehran 21–25 9–25 15–25     45–75

Classification 5th–8th edit

 
5th–8th places5th place
 
      
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 
  Al-Arabi3
 
22 July – Almaty
 
  Esil1
 
  Al-Arabi1
 
21 July – Almaty
 
  Henan3
 
  Henan3
 
 
  Al-Najma1
 
7th place
 
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 
  Esil0
 
 
  Al-Najma3

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 11:00 Al-Arabi   3–1   Esil Petropavlovsk 23–25 25–20 25–22 25–18   98–85
21 Jul 14:00 Henan Tianguan   3–1   Al-Najma 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–21   98–86

7th place edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 11:00 Esil Petropavlovsk   0–3   Al-Najma 19–25 20–25 16–25     55–75

5th place edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 14:00 Al-Arabi   1–3   Henan Tianguan 19–25 22–25 25–23 24–26   90–99

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 
  Almaty3
 
22 July – Almaty
 
  Al-Nasr2
 
  Almaty1
 
21 July – Almaty
 
  Paykan3
 
  Paykan3
 
 
  Suntory0
 
3rd place
 
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 
  Al-Nasr2
 
 
  Suntory3

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 16:00 Paykan Tehran   3–0   Suntory Sunbirds 25–20 25–20 25–15     75–55
21 Jul 18:00 Almaty   3–2   Al-Nasr 23–25 25–20 25–19 25–27 15–10 113–101

3rd place edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 16:00 Al-Nasr   2–3   Suntory Sunbirds 25–22 16–25 25–20 13–25 13–15 92–107

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 18:00 Almaty   1–3   Paykan Tehran 25–20 26–28 22–25 19–25   92–98

Final standing edit

Rank Team
    Paykan Tehran
    Almaty
    Suntory Sunbirds
4   Al-Nasr
5   Henan Tianguan
6   Al-Arabi
7   Al-Najma
8   Esil Petropavlovsk

Awards edit

References edit