The 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 8 to 15 October 2021. The champions qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
The last edition was held in 2019. A tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by: 1 team for the host country 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Qualified associations Event(s)DatesLocationBerthsQualifier(s)Host country1 Thailand2019 Asian Championship27 April–5 May 2019 Taipei5 Iran Japan Qatar India Sri Lanka Chinese Taipei Vietnam Australia Indonesia Thailand KazakhstanCAZVA representatives No later than 2 February 2021 Bangkok1 UzbekistanSEAZVA representatives 1 PhilippinesWAZVA representatives 2 Iraq KuwaitTotal10 Thailand as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and tenth placers in the 2019 championships. As Thailand already qualified as host, a berth was given to Kazakhstan through their eleventh place finishing of the 2019 championship.
Participating teams The following teams participated for the tournament.
AssociationTeamDomestic league standing Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions Diamond Food 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up Iran Foolad Sirjan 2020–21 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions Qatar Al Arabi Sri Lanka CEB Kazakhstan Burevestnik Almaty Uzbekistan AGMK Philippines Rebisco N/A (National team) Iraq South Gas Kuwait Kazma
Squads
Draw The draw was held on 3 August 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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
Venues Matches will be held at the Terminal Hall – Terminal 21 Korat, an indoor arena within the Terminal 21 All rounds Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Terminal 21 KoratCapacity: 3,500
Preliminary round All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00). Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
9th–10th places
9th place match
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Foolad Sirjan Al Arabi Burevestnik Almaty4 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC5 South Gas6 Kazma7 Diamond Food8 AGMK9 Rebisco10 CEB Qualified for the 2021 Club World Championship
14–man rosterSahand Allah Verdian, Mahdi Jelveh, Aleksandar Blagojević, Amir Hossein Derakhshan, Ramin Khani, Rasoul Shahsavari Nejad, Ali Asghar Razmfar, Mohammad Sadeghi Malati, Shahrooz Homayonfarmanesh, Mojtaba Gholizad, Alireza Behboudi (c), Armin Tashakkori, Saber Kazemi, Mostafa HeidariHead coachSaeid Rezaei
Awards
Most valuable player Saber Kazemi (Foolad Sirjan) Best setter Georgiev Borislav (Al Arabi) Best outside spikers Konstantin Čupković (Al Arabi) Vitaliy Vorivodin (Burevestnik Almaty) Best middle blockers Mahdi Jelveh (Foolad Sirjan) Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov (Burevestnik Almaty) Best opposite spiker Felipe Bandero (Al Arabi) Best libero Tanapat Charoensuk (Nakhon Ratchasima QminC)
See also 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
References