Asian Men's Volleyball Cup Explained

Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Last Season:2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Sport:Volleyball
Inaugural:2008
Teams:12 (Finals)
Continent:Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Champion:
(2nd title)
Most Champs:
(3 titles)
Tv:PPTV
Website:Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, also known as the AVC Cup for Men, was an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the top senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation, the sport's continent governing body. The tournaments have been awarded every two years since 2008. The champion is China, which won its second title at the 2022 tournament.

The 7 Asian Volleyball Cup tournaments have been won by four different national teams. Iran have won three times. The other Asian Cup winners are China, with two titles; and both South Korea and Qatar, with one title each.

The 2022 Asian Cup was to take place in Taipei, Taiwan, but because of its strict COVID-19 protocols, it was reallocated to Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.[1]

This event should not be confused with the other, continental competition for Asian national volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup.

Results summary

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=10 bgcolor=#ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffff3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=#ffffffTeams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2008
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Nakhon Ratchasima
3–23–08
2010
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Urmia
3–03–18
2012
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Vĩnh Yên
3–13–18
2014
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Almaty
3–03–18
2016
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Nakhon Pathom
3–13–18
2018
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Taipei
3–23–29
2020
Naypyitaw
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
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Nakhon Pathom
3–0width=1% rowspan=1 bgcolor=#ffffff3–0width=1% rowspan=1 bgcolor=#ffffff11

Teams reaching the top four

TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place
style=background:#FFF68F3 (2008, 2010, 2016)2 (2012, 2018)1 (2014)
style=background:#FFF68F2 (2012, 2022)2 (2010, 2016)1 (2008)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2014)1 (2008)1 (2022)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2018)
1 (2022)3 (2012, 2016, 2018)1 (2008)
1 (2014)1 (2010)1 (2012)
1 (2014)
1 (2022)
3 (2010, 2016, 2018)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)Champion(s)Number
CAZVA (Central Asia)Iran (3)3 titles
EAZVA (East Asia)China (2), South Korea (1)3 titles
WAZVA (West Asia)Qatar (1)1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of cups hosted.

Times Hosted Nations Year(s)
3 2008, 2016, 2022
1 2010
2014
2018
2012

Participating nations

Legend
Team
2008
(8)

2010
(8)

2012
(8)

2014
(8)

2016
(8)

2018
(9)

2022
(11)
Total
5th5th7th7th6th6th8th7
3rd1
3rd2nd1st5th2nd1st6
7th4th4th4th9th5
11th1
3rd4th2nd10th4
8th1
1st1st2nd4th1st2nd5th7
4th8th3rd6th3rd3rd2nd7
7th3rd5th7th4
8th1
6th1
1st1
2nd6th5th1st8th8th4th7
6th8th7th5th7th5
6th9th2

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
20088
20102
20122
2014None0
2016
20181
20223

Awards

YearMost Valuable Player
2008 Hamzeh Zarini
2010 Farhad Nazari Afshar
2012 Zhan Guojun
2014 Seo Jae-duck
2016 Alireza Behboudi
2018 Mohamed Ibrahim
2022 Zhang Jingyin
YearBest Setter
2008 Saranchit Charoensuk
2010 Saeid Marouf
2012 Hideomi Fukatsu
2014 Han Sun-soo
2016 Shohei Yamaguchi
2018 Javad Karimi
2022 Akihiro Fukatsu
YearBest Outside Spikers
align=center rowspan=22014 Sinnadhu Prabagaran
Saeid Shiroud
align=center rowspan=22016 Liu Libin
Rahman Davoudi
align=center rowspan=22018 Renan Ribeiro
Liu Hung-min
align=center rowspan=22022 Zhang Jingyin
Mohamed Abdulla
YearBest Middle Blockers
align=center rowspan=22014 G. R. Vaishnav
Mostafa Sharifat
align=center rowspan=22016 Miao Ruantong
Masoud Gholami
align=center rowspan=22018 Mohamed Ibrahim
Rahman Taghizadeh
align=center rowspan=22022 Zhang Zhejia
Peng Shikun
YearBest Opposite Spiker
2014 Seo Jae-duck
2016 Jiang Chuan
2018 Mubarak Hammad
2022 Issei Otake
YearBest Libero
2008 Yeo Oh-hyun
2010 Abdolreza Alizadeh
2012 Kong Fanwei
2014 Kairat Baibekov
2016 Tung Li-yi
2018 Tomohiro Ogawa
2022 Husain Sultan

Former awards

YearBest Scorer
2008 Yasuyuki Shibakoya
2010 Sanjay Kumar
2012 Gurinder Singh
YearBest Spiker
2008 Park Chul-woo
2010 Cui Jianjun
2012 Zhong Weijun
TournamentBest Blocker
2010 Alireza Nadi
2012 Alireza Jadidi
TournamentBest Server
2008 Cui Jianjun
2010 Wang Ming-chun
2012 Mohammad Taher Vadi

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Drawing of lots for 2022 AVC Cup for Men unveiled . . 16 July 2022 . 23 June 2022.