2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2017
City:	Naypyidaw
Dates:	28 March – 5 April
Teams:	11
Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	JPN
Title Number:	1
Second:	KOR
Third:	CHN
Fourth:	IRI
Mvp:	Kento Miyaura
Setter:	Choi Ik-je
Outside Spikers:	Morteza Sharifi Mahiro Saeki
Middle Blockers:	Wang Dongchen Shunichiro Sato
Opposite Spiker:	Im Dong-hyeok
Libero:	Park Kyeong-min
Website:	Asian Boys' U19 Championship
Last:	2014 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship
Next:	2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 28 March to 5 April 2017. The tournament served as the Asian qualifier for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship held in Bahrain for the top four ranked teams.^[1]

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. But, Kazakhstan later withdrew. Final standing of the 2014 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who did not participate in the 2014 edition.

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
(Hosts)	(1)	(2)	(3)
(8)	(6)	(5)	(4)
(13)	(–)	(–)	(9)

Venues

• Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall B, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool A, B (excl. 28 March), C, D, E, F and Final eight
• Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall C, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool B (only 28 March), G and 9th–11th places

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 Myanmar Standard Time .

Pool D

Classification round

• All times are Myanmar 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 G

Final round

• All times are Myanmar Standard Time .

9th–11th places

9th place match

Final eight

Final

Final standing

width=40	Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

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Qualified for the 2017 U19 World Championship

12–man roster
Miyaura (c), Nakamura, Kashimura, Kuwada, Kamijo, Nakahama, Nishida, Makara, Saeki, Ichikawa, Sato, Otsuka
Head coach
Honda

Awards

• Most valuable player

Kento Miyaura

• Best setter

Choi Ik-je

• Best outside spikers

Morteza Sharifi

Mahiro Saeki

• Best middle blockers

Wang Dongchen

Shunichiro Sato

• Best opposite spiker

Im Dong-hyeok

• Best libero

Park Kyeong-min

See also

• 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Squads

Notes and References

1. News: Casting lots for 6 AVC events conducted successfully in Thailand . . 27 February 2017 . 2 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170503071010/http://asianvolleyball.net/2017/03/casting-lots-for-6-avc-events-conducted-successfully-in-thailand/ . 3 May 2017 . dead .