1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	1997
City:	Doha
Dates:	3–11 September
Teams:	17
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	CHN
Title Number:	2
Second:	JPN
Third:	AUS
Fourth:	TPE
Last:	1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Next:	1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the ninth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA). The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 3 to 11 September 1997.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
(1st)	(2nd)	(4th)	(3rd)
valign=top	(Host)	valign=top	(5th)	valign=top	(6th)	(7th)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarterfinals.

Pool H

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Championship

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup
width=10px bgcolor=#87ceeb		Already qualified as hosts for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup

References

• Results