Competition: | Asian Men's Club Championship |
Continent: | Asia |
Year: | 2018 |
City: | Naypyidaw |
Dates: | 30 July – 6 August |
Teams: | 13 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champions Other: | Khatam Ardakan |
Title Number: | 1 |
Mvp: | Hamzeh Zarini (Ardakan) |
Website: | Asian Men's Club Championship |
Last: | 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
Next: | 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
The 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleyball Federation (MVF). The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018.[1] [2] The champions qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship instead of the 2017 champions Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, who withdrew from the 2018 Club World Championship.
The 13 AVC member associations submitted their men's club to the 2018 Asian Club Championship. The 13 AVC member associations were from 4 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (5 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams).
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
width=180 | Association | width=220 | Team | width=350 | Means of qualification |
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Myanmar | Asia World | ||||
Australia | Canberra Heat | ||||
China | Sichuan | 2016–17 Chinese Volleyball League winners | |||
Chinese Taipei | Long Power | 2017–18 Enterprise Volleyball League winners | |||
Hong Kong | Yan Chai | ||||
Iran | Khatam Ardakan | 2017–18 Iranian Volleyball Super League winners | |||
Japan | Toray Arrows | 2016–17 V.Premier League winners | |||
Kazakhstan | Atyrau | ||||
Pakistan | Wapda | ||||
Sri Lanka | Lanka Lions | ||||
Thailand | Nakhon Ratchasima | 2017–18 Volleyball Thailand League winners | |||
Turkmenistan | Binagar | ||||
Vietnam | Sanest Khánh Hòa | 2017 Volleyball Vietnam League winners |
This was the first Asian Club Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best four contested pool C.[3] Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.
width=25% | Pool A | width=25% | Pool B | width=25% | Pool C | width=25% | Pool D |
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Iran (1) | China (6) | Thailand (9) | Myanmar (Hosts) | ||||
Japan (2) | Chinese Taipei (7) | Australia (10) | Pakistan | ||||
Kazakhstan (4) | Vietnam (8) | Sri Lanka (11) | Turkmenistan | ||||
Hong Kong (13) |
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
width=40 | Rank | Team |
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Khatam Ardakan | ||
Atyrau | ||
Wapda | ||
4 | Sanest Khánh Hòa | |
5 | Toray Arrows | |
6 | Nakhon Ratchasima | |
7 | Lanka Lions | |
8 | Long Power | |
9 | Canberra Heat | |
10 | Yan Chai | |
11 | Asia World | |
12 | Sichuan | |
13 | Binagar |
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2018 Club World Championship |
14–man roster | |
Mahmoudi, Valaei, Razipour, Zarini, Gholami, Senobar, Amiri, Mahdavi (c), Jalali, Rahimi, R. Yousefi, M. Yousefi, Jahandideh, Mobasheri | |
Head coach | |
Mirhosseini |
Hamzeh Zarini (Khatam Ardakan)
Roman Khandrolin (Atyrau)
Hossein Amiri (Khatam Ardakan)
Aibat Netalin (Atyrau)
Adel Gholami (Khatam Ardakan)
Nguyễn Dinh Nhu (Sanest Khánh Hòa)
Aimal Khan (Wapda)
Mojtaba Yousefi (Khatam Ardakan)