2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2011
Size:	250px
City:	Tehran
Dates:	21–29 September
Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	IRI
Title Number:	1
Second:	CHN
Third:	KOR
Fourth:	AUS
Mvp:	Arash Kamalvand
Last:	2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Next:	2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the sixteenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from 21 to 29 September 2011.

Venues

width=50%	Preliminary Round (All matches of Iran, China, Japan and South Korea), Pool E, F and Final Round	width=50%	Preliminary Round, Pool G, H and Classification 9th–16th
Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000

The teams are seeded by addition of ranking of 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship and FIVB World Rankings divided by 2.^[1]

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

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.

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the 2011 World Cup and 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefff		Qualified for the 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1
width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc		Qualified for the 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 2 or 3
width=10px bgcolor=#87ceeb		Already qualified as hosts for the 2011 World Cup and 2012 World Olympic Qualifier 1