The 2025 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship was the second edition of the Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). It was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 12 to 19 July 2025.

This tournament served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2010.

Host selection The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) announced on its Facebook page that Thailand was awarded the hosting rights on December 19, 2024.

Team Qualification On 3 February 2025 Malaysia Volleyball Association announce 18 teams registered to AVC to compete in AVC U16 Championship.

Following AVC regulation, total of 16 teams in any AVC event will be selected by the followings: 1 team for the Organizer 10 teams based on the rankings of the previous championship 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Southeast Asian qualification Southeast Asian qualification were held in Sentul, Bogor on 25 May 2025. From SAVA zone there were originally 3 teams, but Philippines withdrew from the qualification.

Qualified teams CountryZoneQualified asQualified onAppearancesPrevious best performanceFirstLastSAVAHost country19 December 2024220237th place (2023)CAVADefending champions29 July 202322023Champions (2023)CAVA2023 U16 Championship runners-up29 July 202322023Runners-up (2023)EAVA2023 U16 Championship 3rd placers29 July 2023220233rd place (2023)CAVA2023 U16 Championship 4th placers29 July 2023220234th place (2023)EAVA2023 U16 Championship 5th placers29 July 2023220235th place (2023)CAVA2023 U16 Championship 6th placers29 July 2023220236th place (2023)OZVA2023 U16 Championship 8th placers29 July 2023220238th place (2023)EAVA2023 U16 Championship 9th placers29 July 2023220239th place (2023)EAVA2023 U16 Championship 10th placers29 July 20232202310th place (2023)EAVA2023 U16 Championship 11th placers29 July 20232202311th place (2023)WAVA2023 U16 Championship 12th placers29 July 20232202312th place (2023)CAVAAdditional entrant teams from CAVA3 February 20251NoneDebutEAVAAdditional entrant teams from EAVA3 February 20251NoneDebutSAVASAVA qualifier winner25 May 20251NoneDebutWAVAAdditional entrant teams from WAVA1 July 20251NoneDebut

Pool composition The draw of lots took place on 25 May 2025 at the Edsa Shangri-La, Manila in Mandaluyong, Philippines. Pool APool BPool CPool D (H) (1) (2) (3) (8) (6) (5) (4)

Format In preliminary round, all teams are divided into four pools (A, B, C, & D) with four teams each. The teams battled in a single round-robin with the top two teams in each pool qualified to 1st–8th classification while bottom two teams qualified to 9th–16th classification.

In classification round, all teams in each pools (E, F, G, & H) battle again in a single round-robin where top two teams in pools E and F qualify to semifinals and the two bottom teams qualify to 5th–8th places, while the top two teams in pools G and H qualify to 9th–12th places and 13th–16th places, respectively. Teams who faced each other in the preliminary will not play again rather their win-loss record will carry over.

In final round, the teams battle in knockout format.

Venues +Preliminary, Classification, 1st–8th placesPreliminary, Classification, 9th–16th placesNakhon PathomRatchaburiNakhon Pathom GymnasiumRatchaburi GymnasiumCapacity: 4,000Capacity: 4,000

Pool standing procedure Number of Victories Match points Set quotient Points quotient If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient 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 Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00). 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 Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

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

RankTeam456789101112131415DSQ Qualified for the 2026 Boys' U17 World Championship Qualified for the 2026 Boys' U17 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking

12–boy rosterMuhammad Talha Mehar, Muhammad Irfan (c), Muhammad Waleed Khan, Faraz Ahmad, Faizan Ullah, Saran Baig, Muhammad Junaid, Asad Ullah, Azhar Mehmood, Hayat Sher Khan, Wahab Abdullah, Muhammad UmarHead coachKafait Ullahh

Awards

Most valuable player

Best setter

Best outside spikers

Best opposite spiker

Best middle blockers

Best libero

Qualified teams for FIVB U17 World Championship The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship.

+ Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship 16 July 2025 0 (Debut) 16 July 2025 1 (2024) 16 July 2025 0 (Debut) 16 July 2025 0 (Debut)

See also 2025 Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship

References

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Squads