| Competition: | Asian Men's Volleyball Championship |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Year: | 1979 |
| City: | Manama |
| Dates: | 16–23 December |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | CHN |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second: | KOR |
| Third: | JPN |
| Fourth: | AUS |
| Mvp: |  Wang Jiawei |
| Last: | 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 1983 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship |
The 1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the second staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BHV). The tournament was held in Manama, Bahrain from 16 to 23 December 1979.
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics (Later boycotted the Games) | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#dfefff | Qualified for the 1980 World Olympic Qualifier | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc | Qualified for the 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (China, South Korea and Japan pre-qualified; India later withdrew and replaced by Iraq) |
Wang Jiawei
Kang Man-soo Chen Gang Xu Zhen Kim Ho-chul