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.
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 As hosts, Iran automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 10 teams (with the withdrawn of Philippines).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 Central Asia (CAZA)East Asia (EAZA)Oceania (OZA)Southeast Asia (SEAZA)West Asia (WAZA) (host)
Pools composition 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. But, Philippines later withdrew. Final standing of the 2015 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.
Pool APool BPool CPool D (Hosts) (3) (4) (6) (14) (12) (10) (7) (–) (–) (–) (–)
Venue All matches Ardabil, IranRezazadeh StadiumCapacity: 6,000
Pool standing procedure 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 All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second 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 H
Classification round All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Bracket
9th place play-offs
9th place match
Final round All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
5th place play-offs
7th place match
5th place match
Semi-finals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam4567891011 Qualified for the 2017 U23 World Championship
12–man rosterMosafer, Hamoudi, Taghizadeh (c), Sheibanimehr, Cheperli, Allahverdian, Esmaeilnejad, Ebrahimi, Javaheri, Karimi, Daliri, EsmaeilpourHead coachCichello
Awards
Most valuable player Rahman Taghizadeh Best setter Masaki Oya Best outside spikers Masato Katsuoka Esmaeil Mosafer Best middle blockers Lee Hsing-kuo Sahand Allahverdian Best opposite spiker Amin Esmaeilnejad Best libero Su Hou-chen
See also 2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website Regulations Squads Awards