2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2003
City:	Tianjin
Dates:	5–12 September
Teams:	15
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	KOR
Title Number:	4
Second:	CHN
Third:	IRI
Fourth:	AUS
Mvp:	Yejju Subba Rao
Last:	2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Next:	2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twelfth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Tianjin, China from 5 to 12 September 2003.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
nowrap	(Host & 4th) (8th)	nowrap	(1st) (7th)	nowrap	(2nd) (6th)	nowrap	(3rd) (5th)

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

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier
width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc		Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Qualifier
width=10px bgcolor=#87ceeb		Already qualified as hosts for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier

Awards

• MVP: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best scorer: Dan Howard
• Best spiker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best blocker: Yejju Subba Rao
• Best server: Zheng Liang
• Best setter: Wang Hebing
• Best digger: Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best receiver: Suk Jin-wook

References

• Asian Men's Continental Championship results and standings
• Results