The AVC Cup for Men, also known as the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, was an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the top senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation, the sport's continent governing body. The tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2008. The champion is China, which won its second title at the 2022 tournament.
The 7 Asian Volleyball Cup tournaments have been won by four different national teams. Iran have won three times. The other Asian Cup winners are China, with two titles; and both South Korea and Qatar, with one title each.
The 2022 Asian Cup was to take place in Taipei, Taiwan, but because of its strict COVID-19 protocols, it was reallocated to Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
This event should not be confused with the other, continental competition for Asian national volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup.
Results summary YearHostFinal3rd place matchTeamsChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place2008DetailsNakhon Ratchasima3–23–082010DetailsUrmia3–03–182012DetailsVĩnh Phúc3–13–182014DetailsAlmaty3–03–182016DetailsNakhon Pathom3–13–182018DetailsTaipei3–23–292020NaypyitawCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2022DetailsNakhon Pathom3–03–011
Teams reaching the top four TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place3 (2008, 2010, 2016)2 (2012, 2018)1 (2014)2 (2012, 2022)2 (2010, 2016)1 (2008)1 (2014)1 (2008)1 (2022)1 (2018)1 (2022)3 (2012, 2016, 2018)1 (2008)1 (2014)1 (2010)1 (2012)1 (2014)1 (2022)3 (2010, 2016, 2018)
Champions by region Federation (Region)Champion(s)NumberCAZVA (Central Asia)Iran (3)3 titlesEAZVA (East Asia)China (2), South Korea (1)3 titlesWAZVA (West Asia)Qatar (1)1 title
Hosts List of hosts by number of cups hosted.
Times Hosted Nations Year(s)3 2008, 2016, 20221 2010 2014 2018 2012
Medal summary
Participating nations Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Did not enter / Did not qualify – Hosts Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Team2008(8)2010(8)2012(8)2014(8)2016(8)2018(9)2022(11)Total5th5th7th7th6th6th8th7••••••3rd13rd2nd1st5th2nd•1st67th4th••4th4th9th5••••••11th1•3rd4th2nd••10th48th••••••11st1st2nd4th1st2nd5th74th8th3rd6th3rd3rd2nd7•7th•3rd5th7th•4••8th••••1••••••6th1•••••1st•12nd6th5th1st8th8th4th76th••8th7th5th7th5••6th••9th•2
Debut of teams YearDebutantsTotal2008820102201222014None020162018120223
Awards
YearMost Valuable Player2008 Hamzeh Zarini2010 Farhad Nazari Afshar2012 Zhan Guojun2014 Seo Jae-duck2016 Alireza Behboudi2018 Mohamed Ibrahim2022 Zhang Jingyin
YearBest Setter2008 Saranchit Charoensuk2010 Saeid Marouf2012 Hideomi Fukatsu2014 Han Sun-soo2016 Shohei Yamaguchi2018 Javad Karimi2022 Akihiro Fukatsu
YearBest Outside Spikers2014 Sinnadhu Prabagaran Saeid Shiroud2016 Liu Libin Rahman Davoudi2018 Renan Ribeiro Liu Hung-min2022 Zhang Jingyin Mohamed Abdulla
YearBest Middle Blockers2014 G. R. Vaishnav Mostafa Sharifat2016 Miao Ruantong Masoud Gholami2018 Mohamed Ibrahim Rahman Taghizadeh2022 Zhang Zhejia Peng Shikun
YearBest Opposite Spiker2014 Seo Jae-duck2016 Jiang Chuan2018 Mubarak Hammad2022 Issei Otake
YearBest Libero2008 Yeo Oh-hyun2010 Abdolreza Alizadeh2012 Kong Fanwei2014 Kairat Baibekov2016 Tung Li-yi2018 Tomohiro Ogawa2022 Husain Sultan
Former awards
YearBest Scorer2008 Yasuyuki Shibakoya2010 Sanjay Kumar2012 Gurinder Singh
YearBest Spiker2008 Park Chul-woo2010 Cui Jianjun2012 Zhong Weijun
TournamentBest Blocker2010 Alireza Nadi2012 Alireza Jadidi
TournamentBest Server2008 Cui Jianjun2010 Wang Ming-chun2012 Mohammad Taher Vadi
TournamentBest Digger2008 Chien Wei-lun
TournamentBest Receiver2008 Yeo Oh-hyun
See also AVC Cup for Women AVC Men's Volleyball Cup
References
External links Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website AVC Competition Results