The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the eighteenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from 31 July to 8 August 2015.
Qualification If there are not more than 16 teams, all teams will compete in the tournament. If there are more than 16 teams, participating teams are: – The host nation – Top 10 ranked teams from the previous edition – Representatives from each of the five Asian Volleyball Confederation Zonal Associations
There are 17 teams applied for the competition. But all teams can participate in the tournament.
Central AsiaEastern AsiaOceaniaSoutheastern AsiaWestern Asia
Pools composition Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn in Tehran, Iran on 22 April 2015. But, Saudi Arabia later withdrew and Oman moved from pool A to C to balance the number of teams in each pool. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 10th.
Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) (13) (16) (17) (42) (39) (36) (21) (56) (141) (52) (68) (138) (45) (56) (42) (45) (138)
Venues Preliminary round,Pool E, F and Final eightPreliminary round,Pool G, H and Final roundTehran, IranAzadi Indoor StadiumAzadi Volleyball HallCapacity: 12,000Capacity: 3,000
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Points ratio Sets ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams
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
Preliminary round All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Classification round 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
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
13th–16th places
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
9th–12th places
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
Final eight
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
12–man rosterKunihiro Shimizu (c), Daisuke Sakai, Yuta Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Akihiro Fukatsu, Masashi Kuriyama, Akihiro Yamauchi, Hideomi Fukatsu, Masahiro Yanagida, Takashi Dekita, Yuta Yoneyama, Hiroaki AsanoHead coachMasashi Nambu
Awards
Most valuable player Kunihiro Shimizu Best setter Hideomi Fukatsu Best outside spikers Purya Fayazi Hamzeh Zarini Best middle blockers Zhang Zhejia Mostafa Sharifat Best opposite spiker Farhad Piroutpour Best libero Daisuke Sakai
See also 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website Organizer's website Regulations Squads