2016 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Men's U20 Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2016
Size:	350px
Dates:	9–17 July
Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	CHN
Title Number:	4
Mvp:	Liu Zhihao
Website:	Asian Championship
Last:	2014 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship
Next:	2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

The 2016 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 9 to 17 July 2016.^[1] The top two teams qualified for the 2017 U21 World Championship.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2014 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2014 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2014 edition are shown in brackets except Hosts who ranked 6th.

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
(Hosts)	(1)	(2)	(3)
(8)	(7)	(5)	(4)
(10)	(13)	(–)	(11)
(12)	(17)	(–)	(–)

Venues

• Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Main venue
• Fengshan Gymnasium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Sub venue

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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 Taiwan National Standard Time .

Pool D

Classification round

• All times are Taiwan National Standard Time .
• 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 H

Final round

• All times are Taiwan National Standard Time .

13th–16th places

13th place match

9th–12th places

9th place match

Final eight

Final

Final standing

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

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Qualified for the 2017 U21 World Championship

12–man roster
Yang Xueshuai (c), Liu Zhihao, Yu Yuantai, Jiang Hongbin, Guo Shunxiang, Li Nan, Wang Jingyi, Zhou Liying, Zhang Zuyuan, Guo Lei, Tao Zixuan, Yang Huaxing
Head coach
Ju Genyin

Awards

• Most valuable player

Liu Zhihao

• Best setter

Javad Karimi

• Best outside spikers

Amirhossein Esfandiar

Yu Yuantai

• Best middle blockers

Ali Asghar Mojarad

Tao Zixuan

• Best opposite spiker

Rasoul Aghchehli

• Best libero

Oh Eun-ryeol

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Squads

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18th Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship. asianvolleyball.net. 8 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160715055743/http://asianvolleyball.net/smm-18th-taichung-bank-asian-mens-u20-volleyball-championship/. 15 July 2016. dead.