Asian Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Last Season:2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Sport:Volleyball
Inaugural:1975
Teams:16
Continents:Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Champion:
(10th title)
Most Champs:
(10 titles)

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The top three teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its tenth title at the 2023 tournament.

History

The first tournament was held in 1975 with the participation of seven national teams. Japan captured the first gold. The next edition was held in 1979, were won by China and Wang Jiawei hailed as the first ever MVP of the tournament. However, in 1980s Japan managed to return at first position. They captured another Asian gold in 1983 and repeated this success at next edition in 1987. In 1989, twice runners-up South Korea won its maiden Asian title at the home tournament. The three teams from East Asia dominated the tournament for next three decades.

The domination of East Asian teams was ceased in 2007 when Australia unprecedentally won their first ever title. The next tournament was won again by Japan. In 2011, Iran took their first ever title at the home tournament and repeated this success at the next edition in 2013.

The 2015 Asian Championship took place again in Tehran, Iran. It was won by Japan who managed to beat home favorites – Iran – in 3–1 victory. They also won the next tournament.

The 2019 Asian Championship was hosted by Iran for the fourth time and they won and captured their 3rd title after defeating Australia in 3–0 victory. For the first time in the tournament, the 2021 edition was held in two venues in Japan. In the final match held in Chiba, Iran finally took their revenge against home favorites – Japan – in 3–0 victory and won their fourth Asian title.

The 2023 Asian Championship was held in Iran for the fifth time. However, the host and two-time defending champions failed to defend their title, having defeated by a young Japanese squad who had just captured historic bronze medal in the 2023 Nations League.

The 22 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Japan have won ten times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea and Iran, with four titles each; China, with three titles; and Australia, with one title.

China, Japan, and South Korea co-holds record for the participation at the Asian Championships (22 times).

Results summary

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffff3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffffTeams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
1975
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Melbourne		Round-robinRound-robin7
1979
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Manama		Round-robinRound-robin15
1983
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Tokyo		Round-robinRound-robin11
1987
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Kuwait City		3–03–017
1989
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Seoul		3–03–219
1991
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Perth		Round-robinRound-robin15
1993
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Nakhon Ratchasima		3–03–216
1995
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Seoul		Round-robinRound-robin14
1997
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Doha		Round-robinRound-robin17
1999
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Tehran		Round-robinRound-robin14
2001
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Changwon		3–13–112
2003
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Tianjin		Round-robinRound-robin15
2005
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Suphan Buri		3–03–118
2007
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Jakarta		Round-robinRound-robin17
2009
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Manila		3–13–118
2011
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Tehran		3–13–116
2013
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Dubai		3–03–121
2015
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Tehran		3–13–216
2017
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Gresik		3–13–016
2019
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Tehran		3–03–116
2021
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Chiba / Funabashi		3–03–016
2023
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Urmia		3–03–017

Teams reaching the top four

TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place
style=background:#FFF68F10 (1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2023)4 (1989, 1997, 2007, 2021)4 (1979, 1993, 2001, 2019)2 (1999, 2013)
style=background:#FFF68F4 (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)4 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2013)9 (1983, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)1 (2019)
style=background:#FFF68F4 (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)3 (2009, 2015, 2023)1 (2003)1 (1995)
style=background:#FFF68F3 (1979, 1997, 1999)6 (1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2011)6 (1975, 1989, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2021)5 (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2023)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2007)3 (1999, 2001, 2019)1 (1997)5 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2011)
2 (1993, 2017)
1 (2023)1 (2015)
3 (1983, 1997, 2021)
1 (1987)
1 (1989)
1 (2005)
1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)Champion(s)Number
EAZVA (East Asia)Japan (10), South Korea (4), China (3)17 titles
CAZVA (Central Asia)Iran (4)4 titles
OZVA (Oceania)Australia (1)1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Times HostedNationsYear(s)
51999, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
31989, 1995, 2001
21975, 1991
1983, 2021
1993, 2005
2007, 2017
11979
2003
1987
2009
1997
2013

Participating nations

Legend
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1975
(7)!
1979
(15)!
1983
(11)!
1987
(17)!
1989
(19)!
1991
(15)!
1993
(16)!
1995
(14)!
1997
(17)!
1999
(14)!
2001
(12)!
2003
(15)!
2005
(18)!
2007
(17)!
2009
(18)!
2011
(16)!
2013
(21)!
2015
(16)!
2017
(16)!
2019
(16)!
2021
(16)!
2023
(17)! Total
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Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
19757
197910
19833
19874
19893
19912
19931
1995None0
19972
1999None0
YearDebutantsTotal
2001None0
2003
20051
20071
20091
20112
20131
2015None0
2017
2019
2021
2023

Most valuable player by edition

See also

External links

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