Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship Explained

Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Last Season:	2024 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Sport:	Volleyball
Formerly:	AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament
Teams:	Various
Continent:	Asia and Oceania
Administrator:	AVC
Country:	AVC members
Champion:	Foolad Sirjan
Champ Season:	2024 edition
Most Champs:	Paykan Tehran (8 titles)

The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament (between 1999 and 2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in China. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

The winner of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Paykan Tehran holds the record for most victories, winning the competition eight times. Teams from Iran have won the tournament 16 times, the most for any nation. The current Asian champions are Japan's Suntory Sunbirds, who defeated Indonesia's Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3–1 in the final of the 2023 event.

History

See main article: Asian Volleyball Confederation.

The competition began in 1999, when the Asian Volleyball Confederation announced the establishment of the first official championship for men's and women's clubs, to be played under its supervision for the first time.^{[1] [2] [3]} It played the first 4 editions under the name AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament before it changed to its current name starting in 2004.

The first edition was played as a round-robin format. From 2000 to 2004, the tournament consisted of an 'elimination round' (consisting of a group stage, through which the top four teams advanced to the next round) and a 'final round' (consisting of a semi-final and a final). In the 2005 season, the round-robin format was returned. In the years 2006–2009, the tournament again consisted of two rounds: qualifying and final. Currently, the competition is played in a similar system as in the years 2006–2009, but the final tournament currently consists of a quarter-final, semi-final and final.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:^[4]

• 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
• Teams were seeded by the result of 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, based on a serpentine system.
• The tournament was held in 8 days.
• A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID.
• Two foreign players would be eligible for participating on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

• Championship, based on a serpentine sysng on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Results

	Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=28 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=ffffff		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=#ffffff		Teams
width=14%	Champions	width=9%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up	width=14%	3rd place	width=9%	Score	width=14%	4th place
1	1999 Details	Hefei	Sichuan Fulan	Round-robin	Samsung Fire	Paykan Tehran	Round-robin	Chengdu Enwei	6
2	2000 Details	Suphanburi	Samsung Fire	3–1	Paykan Tehran	Jin Han Wang	3–1	PTT	8
3	2001 Details	Shehong	Samsung Fire	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	Shanghai Cable TV	3–1	Sichuan Fulan	7
4	2002 Details	Tehran	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Sanam Tehran	Atyrau	3–1	Al Rayyan	6
-	2003	Jakarta	Canceled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
5	2004 Details	Tehran	Sanam Tehran	3–0	Paykan Tehran	width=1% rowspan=16 bgcolor=ffffff		Atyrau	3–0	Shanghai Oriental	width=1% rowspan=16 bgcolor=ffffff		7^[5]
6	2005 Details	Islamabad	Rahat CSKA	Round-robin	Saipa Tehran	Shanghai Oriental	Round-robin	Habib Bank Limited	7
7	2006 Details	Hanoi	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Rahat CSKA	Jakarta BNI Taplus	3–2	Army	10
8	2007 Details	Manama	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al Hilal	Al Arabi	3–1	Al Najma	12^[6]
9	2008 Details	Almaty	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Rahat Almaty	Suntory Sunbirds	3–2	Al Nasr	8
10	2009 Details	Dubai	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al Hilal	Al Arabi	3–0	Al Nasr	13^[7]
11	2010 Details	Zhenjiang	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Al Arabi	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	10^[8]
12	2011 Details	Palembang	Paykan Tehran	3–0		Shanghai Tang Dynasty	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	12^[9]
13	2012 Details	Shanghai	Al Arabi	3–1	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	Kalleh Mazandaran	3–0	Rahat Almaty	16^[10]
14	2013 Details	Tehran	Kalleh Mazandaran	3–1	Al Rayyan	Taiwan Power Company	3–0	Liaoning	13^[11]
15	2014 Details	Pasay	Matin Varamin	3–1	Al Rayyan	Beijing BAIC Motor	3–0	Kondensat Zhaikmunay	16^[12]
16	2015 Details	Taipei	Taichung Bank	3–1	Al Arabi	Paykan Tehran	3–1	Pavlodar	16^[13]
17	2016 Details	Naypyidaw	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–1	Al Arabi	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	3–2	Shanghai Golden Age	14^[14]
18	2017 Details	Ninh Bình / Nam Định	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3–0	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	Al Arabi	3–1	Altay	13^[15]
19	2018 Details	Naypyidaw	Khatam Ardakan	3–0	Atyrau	Wapda	3–2	Sanest Khánh Hòa	13^[16]
20	2019 Details	Taipei	Shahrdari Varamin	3–2		Al Rayyan	3–0	Chennai Spartans	14^[17]
-	2020	Nakhon Ratchasima	Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
21	2021 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima	Foolad Sirjan	3–1	Al Arabi	width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=ffffff		Burevestnik Almaty	3–0	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=ffffff		10^[18]
22	2022 Details	Tehran	Paykan Tehran	3–2	Suntory Sunbirds	Shahdab Yazd	3–0	Taraz	8^[19]
23	2023 Details	Manama	Suntory Sunbirds	3–1	Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi	Police SC	3–1	Shahdab Yazd	16^[20]
24	2024 Details	Yazd	Foolad Sirjan	3–0	Shahdab Yazd	Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi	3–0	Pavlodar	8^[21]

Performances by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Years won	Years runners-up	Years third place
Paykan Tehran	8	2	2	2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022	2000, 2004	1999, 2015
Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs	2	1	0	2000, 2001	1999
Shahrdari Varamin	2	0	0	2014, 2019
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	2	0	0	2016, 2017
Foolad Sirjan	2	0	0	2021, 2024
Al Arabi	1	4	3	2012	2010, 2015, 2016, 2021	2007, 2009, 2017
Suntory Sunbirds	1	2	1	2023	2001, 2022	2008
Sanam Tehran	1	1	0	2004	2002
Rahat CSKA	1	1	0	2005	2006
Kalleh Mazandaran	1	0	1	2013		2012
Sichuan	1	0	0	1999
Taichung Bank	1	0	0	2015
Khatam Ardakan	1	0	0	2018
Al Rayyan	0	2	1		2013, 2014	2019
Al Hilal	0	2	0		2007, 2009
Rahat Almaty	0	2	0		2008, 2011
Shanghai	0	1	3		2012	2001, 2005, 2011
Atyrau	0	1	2		2018	2002, 2004
Wolfdogs Nagoya	0	1	1		2017	2016
Panasonic Panthers	0	1	1		2019	2010
Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi	0	1	1		2023	2024
Shahdab Yazd	0	1	1		2024	2022
Saipa Tehran	0	1	0		2005
Jin Han Wang	0	0	1			2000
Jakarta BNI 46	0	0	1			2006
Taiwan Power Company	0	0	1			2013
Beijing BAIC Motor	0	0	1			2014
Wapda	0	0	1			2018
Burevestnik Almaty	0	0	1			2021
Police SC	0	0	1			2023

Performances by country

Country	Titles	Runner-up	Third place	Years won	Years runner-up	Years third place
	17	5	4	2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024	2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2024	1999, 2012, 2015, 2022
	2	1	0	2000, 2001	1999
	1	6	5	2012	2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021	2007, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2023
	1	4	3	2005	2006, 2008, 2011, 2018	2002, 2004, 2021
	1	4	3	2023	2001, 2017, 2019, 2022	2008, 2010, 2016
	1	1	5	1999	2012	2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2014
	1	0	1	2015		2013
	0	2	0		2007, 2009
	0	1	2		2023	2006, 2024
	0	0	1			2018

Performances by zonal association

Zonal association	data-sort-type="number"	Titles !	data-sort-type="number"	Runners-up !	data-sort-type="number"	Third place
	17	8	8
	5	6	9
	1	8	5
	0	1	2
Total	23	23	23

Medals

As of 2024 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

See also

• Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Asian Volleyball Confederation

External links

• Website Official

Notes and References

1. Web site: AVC History . 11 February 2023 . Asian Volleyball Confederation . en-US.
2. Web site: ASIAN MEN'S CLUB VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP . 11 February 2023 . Asian Volleyball Confederation . en-US.
3. Web site: AVC History – Asian Volleyball Confederation – AVC . 12 February 2023 . en-US.
4. Web site: Regulations – 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship . . 11 January 2021 . 11 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230211014047/https://asianvolleyball.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2-2021-Asian-Mens-Club-in-THA-Apr-25-May-2.pdf . live.
5. Web site: Club Sanam crowned kings of Asia . . 30 April 2004 . 8 January 2021.
6. Web site: Paykan of Iran Defend Title at Asian Men's Club Championship . . 9 June 2007 . 10 January 2021.
7. Web site: Payakan qualifies for FIVB Men's Club World Championship . . 25 June 2009 . 10 January 2021.
8. Web site: Paykan of Iran book ticket to FIVB World Men's Club Championship . . 14 June 2010 . 10 January 2021.
9. Web site: Paykan clinch club world champs berth . . 31 July 2011 . 10 January 2021.
10. Web site: Qatar score historic victory at Asian men's club volleyball championship . . 7 August 2012 . 10 January 2021.
11. Web site: Kaleh of Iran qualify for FIVB Men's Club World Championship . . 30 April 2013 . 10 January 2021.
12. Web site: Matin Varamin claim Asian Club Championship title, ticket to FIVB Men's Club Championship . . 16 April 2014 . 10 January 2021.
13. Web site: Taichung Bank capture maiden Asian Men's Club title . . 22 August 2015 . 10 January 2021.
14. Web site: Bank Sarmayeh win Asian Men's Club Championship to secure 2017 World Championship berth . . 1 August 2016 . 10 January 2021.
15. Web site: Sarmayeh Bank underline Asian Men's Club title credentials with scintillating win over Toyota in final showdown . . 7 July 2017 . 10 January 2021.
16. Web site: Khatam Ardakan of Iran claim 2018 Asian Men's Club Championship title . . 6 August 2018 . 10 January 2021.
17. Web site: Varamin keep Asian Club title in Iran for fourth year running . . 26 April 2019 . 10 January 2021.
18. Web site: Sirjan Foulad Iranian dominate 2021 Asian Men's Club Championship to secure berth for Club Worlds . . 15 October 2021 . 15 May 2022.
19. Web site: Host's Peykan defend Asian Men's Club Title for Iran after five set thriller against Suntory Sunbirds . . 20 May 2022 . 21 May 2022.
20. Web site: Suntory Sunbirds shine brightest to claim Japan's historic Asian Men's Club title in Bahrain . . 22 May 2023 . 22 May 2023.
21. Web site: Preechachan . FOOLAD SIRJAN IRANIAN CROWNED ASIAN MEN’S CLUB CHAMPIONS FOR SECOND TIME . . 18 September 2024 . 15 September 2024.