The 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). It was held in Ardabil, Iran from 1 to 9 May 2017. The tournament was served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt with the top two ranked teams qualifying for the world championship.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host nation |  Iran |
| Dates | 1–9 May |
| Teams | 11 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Champions | Iran (2nd title) |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Rahman Taghizadeh |
| Official website | |
| Official website | |
The matches was played in only one stadium in Ardabil: Rezazadeh Stadium. It was the first time that Iran and Ardabil had hosted the tournament. As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).
Iran won the tournament with a 3–0 final win over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Championship.
Participated teams edit
| Central Asia (CAZA) | East Asia (EAZA) | Oceania (OZA) | Southeast Asia (SEAZA) | West Asia (WAZA) |
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Pools composition edit
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2015 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2015 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017.[1] But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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| Iran (Hosts)
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 Chinese Taipei (3)
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 China (4)
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 Japan (6)
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 Philippines (14) |
 Kazakhstan (12)
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 Australia (10)
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 Thailand (7)
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 Pakistan (–)
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 Uzbekistan (–)
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 Malaysia (–)
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 Sri Lanka (–)
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Venue edit
| All matches |
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| Ardabil, Iran
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| Rezazadeh Stadium |
| Capacity: 6,000 |
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Pool standing procedure edit
- Numbers of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 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 edit
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Pool A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran
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1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 82 | 65 | 1.262 | Pool E |
| 2 | Pakistan
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 65 | 82 | 0.793 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 1 May | 17:30 | Iran |
3–0 | Pakistan |
25–12 | 29–27 | 28–26 | 82–65 | P2 |
Pool B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Chinese Taipei
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2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 192 | 158 | 1.215 | Pool F |
| 2 | Kazakhstan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 176 | 176 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | Uzbekistan
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 189 | 223 | 0.848 | Pool H |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 1 May | 10:00 | Uzbekistan |
2–3 | Kazakhstan |
25–20 | 19–25 | 16–25 | 25–22 | 14–16 | 99–108 | P2 |
| 2 May | 15:00 | Chinese Taipei |
3–2 | Uzbekistan |
25–17 | 22–25 | 25–10 | 28–30 | 15–8 | 115–90 | P2 |
| 3 May | 15:00 | Kazakhstan |
0–3 | Chinese Taipei |
21–25 | 25–27 | 22–25 | 68–77 | P2 |
Pool C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | China
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2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 174 | 147 | 1.184 | Pool E |
| 2 | Malaysia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 157 | 158 | 0.994 | |
| 3 | Australia
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 170 | 196 | 0.867 | 9th place play-offs |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 1 May | 12:30 | Malaysia |
3–1 | Australia |
22–25 | 25–19 | 25–17 | 25–22 | 97–83 | P2 | |
| 2 May | 17:30 | China |
3–0 | Malaysia |
25–22 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 75–60 | P2 | ||
| 3 May | 17:30 | Australia |
1–3 | China |
18–25 | 26–24 | 21–25 | 22–25 | 87–99 | P2 |
Pool D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan
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2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 187 | 149 | 1.255 | Pool F |
| 2 | Thailand
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 203 | 195 | 1.041 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 127 | 173 | 0.734 | Pool H |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 1 May | 15:00 | Japan |
3–0 | Sri Lanka |
25–14 | 25–17 | 25–13 | 75–44 | P2 | ||
| 2 May | 12:30 | Thailand |
2–3 | Japan |
28–30 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 25–22 | 8–15 | 105–112 | P2 |
| 3 May | 12:30 | Sri Lanka |
1–3 | Thailand |
25–23 | 21–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | 83–98 | P2 |
Second round edit
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
- The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.
Pool E edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran
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3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 255 | 201 | 1.269 | Final round |
| 2 | China
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 219 | 203 | 1.079 | |
| 3 | Pakistan
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3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 231 | 255 | 0.906 | |
| 4 | Malaysia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 225 | 271 | 0.830 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 4 May | 15:00 | Iran |
3–1 | Malaysia |
23–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 98–85 | P2 | |
| 4 May | 17:30 | China |
3–1 | Pakistan |
18–25 | 25–18 | 25–11 | 25–14 | 93–68 | P2 | |
| 5 May | 10:00 | Pakistan |
3–1 | Malaysia |
23–25 | 25–13 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 98–80 | P2 | |
| 5 May | 15:00 | Iran |
3–0 | China |
25–18 | 25–15 | 25–18 | 75–51 | P2 |
Pool F edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 262 | 213 | 1.230 | Final round |
| 2 | Thailand
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 303 | 298 | 1.017 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei
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3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 234 | 249 | 0.940 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 205 | 244 | 0.840 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 4 May | 12:30 | Chinese Taipei |
2–3 | Thailand |
25–19 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 18–25 | 12–15 | 100–106 | P2 |
| 4 May | 19:30 | Japan |
3–0 | Kazakhstan |
25–17 | 25–17 | 25–17 | 75–51 | P2 | ||
| 5 May | 12:30 | Kazakhstan |
1–3 | Thailand |
22–25 | 17–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 86–92 | P2 | |
| 5 May | 17:30 | Chinese Taipei |
0–3 | Japan |
23–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | 57–75 | P2 |
Pool H edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sri Lanka
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 106 | 114 | 0.930 | 9th place match |
| 2 | Uzbekistan
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 114 | 106 | 1.075 | 9th place play-offs |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 4 May | 10:00 | Uzbekistan |
2–3 | Sri Lanka |
25–20 | 25–16 | 24–26 | 26–28 | 14–16 | 114–106 | P2 |
Classification round edit
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Bracket edit
| Ninth place play-offs | Ninth place match | |||||
| Sri Lanka | Bye | |||||
| 7 May – Ardabil | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
| 5 May – Ardabil | ||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| Australia | ||||||
9th place play-offs edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 5 May | 19:30 | Australia |
0–3 | Uzbekistan |
22–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 62–75 | P2 |
9th place match edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 7 May | 10:00 | Sri Lanka |
0–3 | Uzbekistan |
23–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 65–75 | P2 |
Final round edit
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Bracket edit
Quarter-finals edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 7 May | 12:30 | Japan |
3–0 | Malaysia |
25–18 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 75–64 | P2 | ||
| 7 May | 15:00 | Thailand |
3–0 | Pakistan |
25–22 | 25–18 | 25–17 | 75–57 | P2 | ||
| 7 May | 17:30 | Iran |
3–0 | Kazakhstan |
25–9 | 25–17 | 25–14 | 75–40 | P2 | ||
| 7 May | 19:30 | China |
0–3 | Chinese Taipei |
19–25 | 27–29 | 23–25 | 69–79 | P2 |
5th place play-offs edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 8 May | 10:00 | Malaysia |
1–3 | China |
25–17 | 22–25 | 12–25 | 27–29 | 86–96 | P2 | |
| 8 May | 12:30 | Kazakhstan |
2–3 | Pakistan |
20–25 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 14–16 | 107–105 | P2 |
7th place match edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 9 May | 10:00 | Malaysia |
2–3 | Kazakhstan |
25–22 | 11–25 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 10–15 | 94–107 | P2 |
5th place match edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 9 May | 12:30 | China |
3–0 | Pakistan |
25–15 | 25–13 | 25–13 | 75–41 | P2 |
Semi-finals edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 8 May | 15:00 | Japan |
3–0 | Chinese Taipei |
25–21 | 25–19 | 25–18 | 75–58 | P2 | ||
| 8 May | 17:30 | Iran |
3–0 | Thailand |
25–22 | 25–19 | 25–20 | 75–61 | P2 |
3rd place match edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 9 May | 15:00 | Thailand |
1–3 | Chinese Taipei |
25–19 | 21–25 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 91–94 | P2 |
Final edit
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 9 May | 17:30 | Japan |
0–3 | Iran |
25–27 | 24–26 | 20–25 | 69–78 | P2 |
Final standing edit
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Awards edit
- Most valuable player
- Best setter
- Best outside spikers
- Best middle blockers
- Best opposite spiker
- Best libero
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand". AVC. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.