The 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleyball Federation (MVF). The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018. The champions qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship instead of the 2017 champions Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, who withdrew from the 2018 Club World Championship.
Qualification The 13 AVC member associations submitted their men's club to the 2018 Asian Club Championship. The 13 AVC member associations were from 4 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (5 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams).
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tournament.
AssociationTeamMeans of qualification MyanmarAsia World AustraliaCanberra Heat ChinaSichuan2016–17 Chinese Volleyball League winners Chinese TaipeiLong Power2017–18 Enterprise Volleyball League winners Hong KongYan Chai IranKhatam Ardakan2017–18 Iranian Volleyball Super League winners JapanToray Arrows2016–17 V.Premier League winners KazakhstanAtyrau PakistanWapda Sri LankaLanka Lions ThailandNakhon Ratchasima2017–18 Volleyball Thailand League winners TurkmenistanBinagar VietnamSanest Khánh Hòa2017 Volleyball Vietnam League winners
Pools composition This was the first Asian Club Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best four contested pool C. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.
Pool APool BPool CPool D Iran (1) China (6) Thailand (9) Myanmar (Hosts) Japan (2) Chinese Taipei (7) Australia (10) Pakistan Kazakhstan (4) Vietnam (8) Sri Lanka (11) Turkmenistan Hong Kong (13)
Venues Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall B, Naypyidaw, Myanmar Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall C, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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 Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30). Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30).
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
9th–12th semifinal
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Khatam Ardakan Atyrau Wapda4 Sanest Khánh Hòa5 Toray Arrows6 Nakhon Ratchasima7 Lanka Lions8 Long Power9 Canberra Heat10 Yan Chai11 Asia World12 Sichuan13 Binagar Qualified for the 2018 Club World Championship
14–man rosterMahmoudi, Valaei, Razipour, Zarini, Gholami, Senobar, Amiri, Mahdavi (c), Jalali, Rahimi, R. Yousefi, M. Yousefi, Jahandideh, MobasheriHead coachMirhosseini
Awards
Most valuable player Hamzeh Zarini (Khatam Ardakan) Best setter Roman Khandrolin (Atyrau) Best outside spikers Hossein Amiri (Khatam Ardakan) Aibat Netalin (Atyrau) Best middle blockers Adel Gholami (Khatam Ardakan) Nguyễn Dinh Nhu (Sanest Khánh Hòa) Best opposite spiker Aimal Khan (Wapda) Best libero Mojtaba Yousefi (Khatam Ardakan)
See also 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website Squads