Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship Explained

Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
Last Season:2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
Sport:Volleyball
Inaugural:1980
Teams:16
Continents:Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Champion:
(8th title)
Most Champs:
(8 titles)

The Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 20 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. Tournaments have been awarded every two years since 1980. The top four teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. The current champion is Iran, which won its seventh title at the 2024 tournament.

The 20 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by four different national teams: Iran have won seven times, South Korea with six title, China with four titles, and Japan with three titles.

Result summary

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1980
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Seoul
Round-robinRound-robin10
1984
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Riyadh
8
1986
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Bangkok
3–23–115
1988
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Jakarta
3–117
1990
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Bangkok
14
1992
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Tehran
13
1994
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Doha
Round-robinRound-robin12
1996
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Ho Chi Minh City
Round-robinRound-robin13
1998
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Tehran
Round-robinRound-robin12
2000
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Tehran
Round-robinRound-robin13
2002
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Tehran
3–13–014
2004
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Doha
3–13–219
2006
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Tehran
Round-robinRound-robin16
2008
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Tehran
3–13–013
2010
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Nakhon Pathom
3–13–216
2012
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Urmia
3–03–013
2014
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Manama
3–03–018
2016
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Kaohsiung
3–23–216
2018
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Riffa
3–03–123
2020
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Tehran
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
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Riffa
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2024
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Surabaya
3–03–116

Teams reaching the top four

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place
style=background:#FFF68F8 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024)3 (2004, 2010, 2016)2 (2000, 2012)1 (1992)
style=background:#FFF68F6 (1980, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2004)4 (1988, 1998, 2018, 2024)4 (1990, 2014, 2016, 2022)1 (2002)
style=background:#FFF68F4 (1990, 1996, 2000, 2016)4 (1984, 2008, 2012, 2014)5 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2002)2 (1998, 2010)
style=background:#FFF68F3 (1988, 2010, 2012)5 (1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2006)3 (1984, 1996, 2024)4 (1994, 2000, 2004, 2016)
3 (1994, 2002, 2022)3 (1980, 2006, 2010)3 (1996, 2008, 2010)
1 (1996)1 (1998)1 (2006)
1 (2000)1 (1984)
1 (2018)2 (1990, 2022)
1 (2008)
1 (2010)
3 (1980, 1988, 2024)
1 (1986)
1 (2014)
1 (2018)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)Champion(s)Number
EAZVA (East Asia)South Korea (6), China (4), Japan (3)13 titles
CAZVA (Central Asia)Iran (8)8 titles

Hosts

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
71992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2020
32014, 2018, 2022
1986, 1990, 2010
21994, 2004
1988, 2024
11984
1980
2016
1996

Participating nations

Legend
! !
1980
(10)!
1984
(8)!
1986
(15)!
1988
(17)!
1990
(14)!
1992
(13)!
1994
(12)!
1996
(13)!
1998
(12)!
2000
(13)!
2002
(14)!
2004
(19)!
2006
(16)!
2008
(13)!
2010
(16)!
2012
(13)!
2014
(18)!
2016
(16)!
2018
(23)!
2022
(17)!
2024
(16)! Total
13th1
5th11th10th8th6th8th8th7th7th9th7th7th5th15th7th9th7th15th11th19
6th10th6th10th8th6th18th11th4th15th9th7th12
5th14th2
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8th12th13th11th4th10th6
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19th20th2
10th12th12th11th9th10th8th8th5th9
9th12th12th13th11th13th12th15th18th17th15th11
21st1
13th23rd2
13th16th15th22nd4
7th1
16th14th8th14th14th17th6
4th10th2
10th8th2
9th5th8th6th5th13th9th3rd13th14th8th11
11th1
15th14th7th11th8th3rd8th8th8th7th10th12th11th16th14
8th4th7th10th12thbgcolor=silver2nd10th12th14th16th9th8th12
7th14th13th3
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8th9th4th7th12th11th10th7th8th8th5th3rd4th9th14
11th13th6th11th4
6th8th9th11th15th13th18th12th8
12th16th2
9th12th13th3
14th16th16th3

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
198010
19843
19865
19882
19901
1992
1994
19963
19981
2000None0
2002
20041
2006None0
20081
2010None0
20123
2014None0
2016
20181
2022
2024None0

Awards

Most Valuable Player

TournamentMost Valuable Player
1998 Tehran Alireza Nadi
2002 Tehran Rouhollah Kolivand
2004 Doha Tatsuya Fukuzawa
2006 Tehran Pouria Fathollahi
2008 Tehran Mojtaba Ghiasi
2010 Nakhon Pathom Taiki Tsuruda
2012 Urmia Masahiro Sekita
2014 Manama Mohammad Javad Manavinejad
2016 Kaohsiung Liu Zhihao
2018 Riffa Amir Hossein Esfandiar
2022 Riffa Amir Mohammad Golzadeh

Best Opposite Spiker

TournamentBest Opposite Spiker
2014 Manama Mohamed Anan
2016 Kaohsiung Rasoul Aghchehli
2018 Riffa Ali Abushanan
2022 Riffa Amir Mohammad Golzadeh

Best Outside Spikers

TournamentBest Outside Spikers
2014 Manama Amir Hossein Esfandiar
Yu Yuantai
2016 Kaohsiung Akbar Valaei
Xia Runtao
2018 Riffa Morteza Sharifi
Porya Yali
2022 Riffa Lee Yun-soo
Kittipong Sangsak

Best Middle Blockers

TournamentBest Middle Blockers
2014 Manama Sahand Allah Verdian
Zhang Zhejia
2016 Kaohsiung Ali Asghar Mojarad
Tao Zixuan
2018 Riffa Soranan Nuampara
Mehran Feyz
2022 Riffa Dushyan Singh
Erfan Norouzi

Best Setter

TournamentBest Setter
1998 Tehran Mohammad Shariati
2002 Tehran Behzad Behnejad
2004 Doha You Kwang-woo
2006 Tehran Shogo Okamoto
2008 Tehran Farhad Salafzoun
2010 Nakhon Pathom Xu Xiantao
2012 Urmia Mao Tianyi
2014 Manama Yu Yaochen
2016 Kaohsiung Javad Karimi
2018 Riffa Choi Ik-je
2022 Riffa Arshia Behnezhad

Best Libero

TournamentBest Libero
2010 Nakhon Pathom Satoshi Ide
2012 Urmia Raita Takino
2014 Manama Lee Sang-uk
2016 Kaohsiung Oh Eun-ryeol
2018 Riffa Park Kyeong-min
2022 Riffa Karthikeyan K

Former awards

Best Scorer

TournamentBest Scorer
1998 Tehran Behnam Mahmoudi
2004 Doha Hiromitsu Matsuzaki
2006 Tehran Hiromitsu Matsuzaki
2008 Tehran Dai Qingyao
2010 Nakhon Pathom Dai Qingyao
2012 Urmia Javad Hosseinabadi

Best Spiker

TournamentBest Spiker
1998 Tehran Mohammad Torkashvand
2002 Tehran Yuan Zhi
2004 Doha Mohammad Soleimani
2006 Tehran Guttikonda Pradeep
2008 Tehran Dai Qingyao
2010 Nakhon Pathom Song Jianwei
2012 Urmia Jin Zhihong

Best Server

TournamentBest Server
1998 Tehran Behnam Mahmoudi
2002 Tehran Rouhollah Kolivand
2004 Doha Lim Si-hyung
2006 Tehran Mansour Zadvan
2008 Tehran Farhad Salafzoun
2010 Nakhon Pathom Song Jianwei
2012 Urmia Alireza Nasr Esfahani

Best Blocker

TournamentBest Blocker
1998 Tehran Liu Yuyi
2002 Tehran Davoud Moghbeli
2004 Doha Jumah Faraj
2006 Tehran Mohammad Mousavi
2008 Tehran Alireza Jadidi
2010 Nakhon Pathom G. R. Vaishnav
2012 Urmia Dipesh Kumar Sinha

Best Receiver

TournamentBest Receiver
2002 Tehran Farhad Zarif
2004 Doha Salem Mansour
2006 Tehran Chien Wei-lun
2008 Tehran Shahrukh Khan

Best Digger

TournamentBest Digger
2004 Doha Arash Sadeghiani
2006 Tehran Tomohiko Sakanashi
2008 Tehran Golmohammad Sakhavi

See also

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