2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2022
Size:	300
Host:	Iran
City:	Tehran
Dates:	15–22 August
Teams:	8
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Title Number:	3
Mvp:	Hiroki Bito
Setter:	Emran Kook Jili
Outside Spikers:	Shunta Ono S.Matin Hosseini
Middle Blockers:	Taha Behboudnia Kush Singh
Opposite Spiker:	Aryan Baliyan
Libero:	Sena Kameoka
Matches:	24
Website:	2022 Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship
Last:	2018 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship
Next:	2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held at the Volleyball Federation Hall, Tehran, Iran from 15 to 22 August 2022.^[1]

The competition served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as AVC's representatives.^[2]

Players born on or after January 1, 2005 were eligible to participate.^[3]

Pools composition

Eight teams were divided into 2 Pools (Pool A & Pool B)

• Seeding for the host and top 3 teams from the previous event by serpentine system.
• Drawing of lots for the remaining 4 teams (based on the previous ranking and zones).

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(Host) (4th)	(1st) (2nd)

Format

Preliminary Round: Round Robin to determine ranking.

Knockout Stage: All 8 teams entered a quarterfinal for cross elimination (A1:B4, B1:A4 etc) to determine the champion.

Venue

All matches
Tehran, Iran
Volleyball Federation Hall
Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories
2. Match points
3. Set quotient
4. Points quotient
5. If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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 Iran Daylight Time .

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Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool B

Final round

• All times are Iran Daylight Time .

Final

Final standing

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4
5
6
7
8

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Qualified for the 2023 FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship

12–boy roster
Setter：Ota Yoshihara(c), Aguri Hara Outside Hitter：Kai Cousins, Yuta Doi, Rinto Nagata, Hiroki Bito, Shunta Ono Middle Blocker：Hyo Yamashita, Yuzuki Akimoto, Mark Allen Junior Rosen, Takeru Watanabe Libero： Sena Kameoka
Head coach: Hiroshi Honda

Awards

Source:^[4]

• Most valuable player

• Best setter

• Best outside hitters

• Best middle blockers

• Best opposite spiker

• Best libero

See also

• 2022 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
• 2022 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

External links

• AVC
• Team Roster

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Tehran burgeoning as joint meeting held ahead of the outset . asianvolleyball.net . Preechachan . 20 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: Top four confirmed for action-packed semifinals in 14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Iran . 20 August 2022 . asianvolleyball.net . Preechachan . 20 August 2022.
3. Web site: 14th Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship .
4. Web site: Preechachan . 2022-08-22 . JAPAN DOMINATE 14TH ASIAN MEN'S U18 CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEHRAN . 2022-08-23 . Asian Volleyball Confederation . en-US.