2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2022 AVC Cup for Men was the seventh edition of the Asian 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 7 to 14 August 2022.[1]

2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
"เอสโคล่า" 2022 เอวีซี คัพ
Tournament details
Host nation Thailand
CityNakhon Pathom
Dates7–14 August
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions China (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Bahrain
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament awards
MVPChina Zhang Jingyin
Best SetterJapan Akihiro Fukatsu
Best OHChina Zhang Jingyin
Bahrain Mohamed Abdulla
Best MBChina Zhang Zhejia
China Peng Shikun
Best OPPJapan Issei Otake
Best LiberoBahrain Husain Sultan
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Attendance26,319 (908 per match)
Official website
2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

As hosts, Thailand automatically participate for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams, qualified from the 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Chiba, Japan.

Host selection

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On 2 December 2021, at the AVC meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, AVC initially announced that the tournament would be held in Taiwan. The tournament was to take place in the city of Taipei.[2] But with Taiwan's strict COVID-19 protocols conflicting with FIVB and AVC's guideline, the tournament relocated to a new host country.[3]

On 23 June 2022, AVC announced that Thailand will host the relocated 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup.[1]

Qualification

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The 12 AVC member associations qualified for the 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup. Thailand qualified as hosts and the 11 remaining teams qualified from the 2021 Asian Championship and zonal wildcards.[4] But later Qatar withdrew and China took its place, and Kazakhstan also withdrew. The 11 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (1 team) and West Asia (1 team).[5]

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Zone Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Iran CAZVA 2021 Asian Championship champions 19 September 2021 7 2008 2018 Champions (2008, 2010, 2016)
  Japan EAZVA 2021 Asian Championship runners-up 19 September 2021 7 2008 2018 3rd place (2012, 2016, 2018)
  Chinese Taipei EAZVA 2021 Asian Championship 4th place 19 September 2021 5 2008 2018 4th place (2010, 2016, 2018)
  Qatar WAZVA 2021 Asian Championship 5th place 19 September 2021 1 2018 2018 Champions (2018)
  Australia OZVA 2021 Asian Championship 6th place 19 September 2021 7 2008 2018 5th place (2008, 2010)
  Pakistan CAZVA 2021 Asian Championship 7th place 19 September 2021 0 None None
  South Korea EAZVA 2021 Asian Championship 8th place 19 September 2021 7 2008 2008 Champions (2014)
  Bahrain WAZVA 1st WAZVA wildcard team 2 February 2022 0 None None
  Hong Kong EAZVA 1st EAZVA wildcard team 2 February 2021 0 None None
  India CAZVA 2nd CAZVA wildcard team 2 February 2021 4 2010 2014 Runners-up (2014)
  Kazakhstan CAZVA 1st CAZVA wildcard team 2 February 2021 4 2010 2018 3rd place (2014)
  Thailand SEAZVA Host country 23 June 2022 5 2018 2018 5th place (2018)
  China EAZVA Reallocation 2 August 2022 6 2008 2018 Champions (2012)

Pools composition

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The overview of pools was released on 17 March 2022.[1][6]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Thailand (Hosts)   Iran (1)   Japan (2)   Chinese Taipei (4)
  South Korea (8)   Pakistan (7)   Australia (6)   Qatar (5)   China*
  Hong Kong   Kazakhstan**   India   Bahrain

* Qatar withdrew and China took its place.
** Kazakhstan also withdrew.

Venues

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All matches (except Pool G) Pool G
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium RMUT Rattanakosin Sports Complex
Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: Unknown
 

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Thailand (H) 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 185 177 1.045 Pools E and F
2   South Korea 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 179 145 1.234
3   Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 113 155 0.729 Pool G
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 15:00 NPG Hong Kong   0–3   Thailand 22–25 28–30 23–25     73–80 Report
8 Aug 12:00 NPG South Korea   3–0   Hong Kong 25–11 25–13 25–16     75–40 Report
9 Aug 15:00 NPG Thailand   3–2   South Korea 17–25 23–25 25–19 25–23 15–12 105–104 Report

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Iran 1 1 0 3 3 1 3.000 96 80 1.200 Pools E and F
2   Pakistan 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 80 96 0.833
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug 15:00 NPG Pakistan   1–3   Iran 25–21 16–25 18–25 21–25   80–96 Report

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 152 99 1.535 Pools E and F
2   Australia 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 129 126 1.024
3   India 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 94 150 0.627 Pool G
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 12:00 NPG India   0–3   Japan 15–25 15–25 15–25     45–75 Report
8 Aug 09:00 NPG Australia   3–0   India 25–17 25–20 25–12     75–49 Report
9 Aug 12:00 NPG Japan   3–0   Australia 27–25 25–15 25–14     77–54 Report

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   China 2 2 0 6 6 2 3.000 198 175 1.131 Pools E and F
2   Bahrain 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 164 157 1.045
3   Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 141 171 0.825 Pool G
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 18:00 NPG Chinese Taipei   0–3   Bahrain 18–25 21–25 16–25     55–75 Report
8 Aug 18:00 NPG China   3–1   Chinese Taipei 25–19 25–23 21–25 25–19   96–86 Report
9 Aug 18:00 NPG Bahrain   1–3   China 29–27 19–25 19–25 22–25   89–102 Report

Classification round

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  • All times are Indochina Time (UTC+7:00).
  • 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.[7]

Pool E

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 262 226 1.159 Semifinals
2   South Korea 3 2 1 5 8 7 1.143 331 324 1.022
3   Australia 3 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 264 282 0.936 5th–8th semifinals
4   Thailand (H) 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 255 280 0.911
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 15:00 NPG Thailand   1–3   Australia 25–23 23–25 19–25 25–27   92–100 Report
11 Aug 18:00 NPG Japan   2–3   South Korea 18–25 25–27 28–26 25–21 13–15 109–114 Report
12 Aug 15:00 NPG Thailand   0–3   Japan 23–25 24–26 11–25     58–76 Report
12 Aug 18:00 NPG South Korea   3–2   Australia 20–25 22–25 25–20 25–21 21–19 113–110 Report

Pool F

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   China 3 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 273 228 1.197 Semifinals
2   Bahrain 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 263 243 1.082
3   Iran 3 1 2 3 5 7 0.714 256 273 0.938 5th–8th semifinals
4   Pakistan 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 200 248 0.806
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 09:00 NPG Iran   1–3   Bahrain 16–25 19–25 25–22 18–25   78–97 Report
11 Aug 12:00 NPG China   3–0   Pakistan 25–22 25–17 25–18     75–57 Report
12 Aug 09:00 NPG Pakistan   0–3   Bahrain 18–25 25–27 20–25     63–77 Report
12 Aug 12:00 NPG Iran   1–3   China 19–25 22–25 25–21 16–25   82–96 Report

Pool G

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1   Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 108 1.389
2   India 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 160 175 0.914
3   Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 154 181 0.851
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 10:00 RRSC Hong Kong   1–3   India 23–25 21–25 31–29 25–27   100–106 Report
12 Aug 10:00 RRSC India   0–3   Chinese Taipei 22–25 18–25 14–25     54–75 Report
13 Aug 10:00 RRSC Hong Kong   0–3   Chinese Taipei 17–25 21–25 16–25     54–75 Report

Final round

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5th–8th places

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5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
13 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
 
  Australia2
 
14 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
  Pakistan3
 
  Pakistan0
 
13 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
  Iran3
 
  Thailand1
 
 
  Iran3
 
7th place match
 
 
14 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
 
  Australia1
 
 
  Thailand3

5th–8th semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 09:00 NPG Thailand   1–3   Iran 14–25 23–25 25–20 22–25   84–95 Report
13 Aug 12:00 NPG Australia   2–3   Pakistan 25–21 16–25 25–17 23–25 6–15 95–103 Report

7th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 09:00 NPG Australia   1–3   Thailand 19–25 18–25 25–21 24–26   86–97 Report

5th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 12:00 NPG Pakistan   0–3   Iran 18–25 16–25 24–26     58–76 Report

Final four

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
 
  Japan3
 
14 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
  Bahrain0
 
  Japan0
 
13 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
  China3
 
  South Korea2
 
 
  China3
 
3rd place match
 
 
14 August – Nakhon Pathom
 
 
  Bahrain3
 
 
  South Korea0

Semifinals

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 15:00 NPG Japan   3–0   Bahrain 27–25 25–15 25–20     77–60 Report
13 Aug 18:00 NPG South Korea   2–3   China 25–20 17–25 34–32 27–29 15–17 118–123 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 15:00 NPG Bahrain   3–0   South Korea 25–23 27–25 32–30     84–78 Report

Final

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 18:00 NPG Japan   0–3   China 20–25 23–25 22–25     65–75 Report

Final standing

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Drawing of lots for 2022 AVC Cup for Men unveiled". Preechachan. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ "A busy year awaits Asian Volleyball community as AVC unveils 2022 competition calendar". Preechachan. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. ^ 自由時報電子報 (16 June 2022). "排球》男排亞洲盃不在台灣舉辦 最大關鍵在此 - 自由體育". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "AVC Cup for Men" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Thailand ready to welcome all participating teams to 2022 AVC Cup for Men in Nakhon Pathom". Preechachan. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Drawing of lots for 2022 Asian Volleyball Championships completed". Preechachan. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Last eight teams confirmed for action-packed, much-anticipated round in 2022 AVC Cup for Men". Preechachan. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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