The 2023 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international men's volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA).

The tournament was held in Manama, Bahrain, from 14 to 21 May 2023. The champions qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Suntory Sunbirds won the tournament for the first time by defeating Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi in a hard-fought four sets in the final match. Dmitry Muserskiy named as the MVP of the tournament. Police SC secured the bronze against Shahdab Yazd also in a four-set match.

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 Bahrain2022 Asian Championship14–20 May 2022 Tehran6 Iran Japan Kazakhstan Qatar Thailand IraqDirect zonal wildcardsCentral Asia No later than 15 January 2023 Bangkok1 AfghanistanEast Asia 4 Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Mongolia South KoreaOceania 1 AustraliaSouth East Asia 1 IndonesiaWest Asia 2 Kuwait YemenTotal16

Participating teams The following teams participated for the tournament.

AssociationTeamDomestic league standing Bahrain Al-Ahli 2021–22 Bahrain League champions Iran Shahdab Yazd 2022–23 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions Japan Suntory Sunbirds 2021–22 V.League champions Kazakhstan Atyrau 2021–22 Kazakhstan Men's National League champions Qatar Police SC 2021–22 Qatari Volleyball League runners-up Thailand Diamond Food–Fine Chef 2022–23 Volleyball Thailand League Third Placer Iraq South Gas 2021–22 Iraq Premier League champions Afghanistan Kam Air Chinese Taipei Taichung Bank Hong Kong Aspiring 2022 VBAHK Cup champions Mongolia Bayankhongor Crownd Geo 2022–23 Mongolian Premier League champions South Korea Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 2022–23 V-League champions Australia Canberra Heat 2022 Australian Volleyball League champions Indonesia Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 2023 Proliga runners-up Kuwait Kuwait SC Yemen Khaypil

Squads

Venues The tournament was hosted in two venues: Issa Bin Rashid Gymnasium Court 1, Manama, Bahrain Issa Bin Rashid Gymnasium Court 2, Manama, Bahrain

Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) 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 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 All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

According to control committee decision.

Classification round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00). 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.

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

13th–16th places

13th–16th semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

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 Suntory Sunbirds Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi Police SC4 Shahdab Yazd5 Kuwait SC6 South Gas7 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos8 Bayankhongor Crownd Geo9 Al-Ahli10 Atyrau11 Taichung Bank12 Canberra Heat13 Diamond Food–Fine Chef14 Kam Air15 Khaypil16 Aspiring Qualified for the 2023 Club World Championship

14–man rosterAtomo Torikai, Ryu Yamamoto, Peng Shikun, Alain De Armas, Soshi Fujinaka, Masaki Oya (c), Kenya Fujinaka, Kosuke Hata, Kenji Sato, Dmitry Muserskiy, Yoshimitsu Kiire, Hirohito Kashimura, Hiroki Nishida, Kenshin Kuwada.Head coachKota Yamamura

Awards

Most Valuable Player (Suntory Sunbirds) Best Setter (Suntory Sunbirds) Best Outside Spikers (Suntory Sunbirds) (Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi)

Best Middle Blockers (Police SC) (Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi) Best Opposite Spiker (Shahdab Yazd) Best Libero (Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi)

Broadcasting Matches in the second hall of Issa Bin Rashid Gymnasium is live streaming through AVC YouTube, while the TV right holders play in the main competition hall to receive the uplink for their respective territory.

See also 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

References

External links Asian Volleyball Confederation