1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the tenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from 2 to 9 September 1999.

1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	2–9 September
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Behnam Mahmoudi
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Venues

Tehran, Iran
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Azadi Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 3,000

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 6th)   Qatar (8th)   Indonesia	China (1st)   Pakistan (7th)   Kazakhstan	Japan (2nd)   South Korea (5th)   India   Bahrain	Australia (3rd)   Chinese Taipei (4th)   Kuwait   Sri Lanka

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	4	2	0	6	1	6.000	172	135	1.274
2	Indonesia	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	160	163	0.982
3	Qatar	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	116	150	0.773

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	18:00	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–20	25–13	25–17			75–50
03 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	1–3	Iran	19–25	25–22	22–25	19–25		85–97
04 Sep	15:00	Qatar	0–3	Indonesia	23–25	23–25	20–25			66–75

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	120	1.250
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	134	127	1.055
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	113	150	0.753

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–20	25–19	25–22			75–61
03 Sep	19:00	Pakistan	0–3	China	16–25	23–25	20–25			59–75
04 Sep	17:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Pakistan	20–25	15–25	17–25			52–75

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	259	217	1.194
2	South Korea	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	254	220	1.155
3	India	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	209	239	0.874
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	203	249	0.815

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	18:00	Bahrain	1–3	India	21–25	25–23	24–26	19–25		89–99
02 Sep	20:00	South Korea	2–3	Japan	18–25	24–26	25–20	25–23	12–15	104–109
03 Sep	15:00	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59
03 Sep	15:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–18	25–21	25–19			75–58
04 Sep	17:30	India	0–3	South Korea	19–25	16–25	17–25			52–75
04 Sep	19:30	Bahrain	0–3	Japan	18–25	14–25	23–25			55–75

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	251	179	1.402
2	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	223	222	1.005
3	Sri Lanka	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	269	296	0.909
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	208	254	0.819

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	14:00	Kuwait	1–3	Sri Lanka	25–23	22–25	22–25	28–30		97–103
02 Sep	20:00	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–12	25–16			75–49
03 Sep	17:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Sri Lanka	23–25	25–18	25–18	25–20		98–81
03 Sep	19:30	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	25–12	25–15	25–18			75–45
04 Sep	15:30	Sri Lanka	1–3	Australia	15–25	19–25	28–26	23–25		85–101
04 Sep	19:00	Kuwait	0–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	21–25	21–25			66–76

Quarterfinals

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the Quarterfinals.

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	281	244	1.152
2	South Korea	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	256	222	1.153
3	Iran	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	241	257	0.938
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	194	249	0.779

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	17:00	Iran	0–3	South Korea	22–25	23–25	11–25			56–75
05 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	0–3	Japan	20–25	15–25	17–25			52–75
06 Sep	19:00	Iran	1–3	Japan	21–25	22–25	25–22	20–25		88–97
06 Sep	19:00	Indonesia	0–3	South Korea	25–27	16–25	16–25			57–77

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	227	181	1.254
2	Australia	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	239	202	1.183
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	180	212	0.849
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	197	248	0.794

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	19:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–21	25–18			75–56
05 Sep	19:00	Pakistan	1–3	Australia	25–23	17–25	16–25	18–25		76–98
06 Sep	17:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–20	27–25	25–21			77–66
06 Sep	17:00	Pakistan	0–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	196	172	1.140
2	Bahrain	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	182	186	0.978
3	Qatar	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	170	190	0.895

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	15:00	Qatar	1–3	Bahrain	23–25	19–25	25–18	20–25		87–93
06 Sep	15:00	Qatar	1–3	India	19–25	25–22	16–25	23–25		83–97

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	197	175	1.126
2	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	192	196	0.980
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	183	201	0.910

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Kuwait	25–19	23–25	25–22	25–20		98–86
06 Sep	15:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Sri Lanka	25–19	24–26	25–22	25–22		99–89

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 13th–14th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Qatar	2	1	0	3	0	MAX	76	62	1.226
14	Kuwait	1	0	1	0	3	0.000	62	76	0.816

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	11:00	Qatar	3–0	Kuwait	26–24	25–18	25–20			76–62

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	India	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	249	194	1.284
10	Bahrain	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	258	246	1.049
11	Kazakhstan	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	221	239	0.925
12	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	219	268	0.817

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	15:00	India	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–14	25–21	25–14			75–49
08 Sep	15:00	Bahrain	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–23	25–22			75–66
09 Sep	11:00	Bahrain	3–1	Sri Lanka	19–25	25–21	25–17	25–18		94–81
09 Sep	11:00	India	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–23	25–14			75–56

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	Iran	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	305	273	1.117
6	Indonesia	5	2	1	7	7	1.000	305	295	1.034
7	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	7	6	1.167	271	284	0.954
8	Pakistan	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	252	281	0.897

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	17:00	Iran	3–1	Pakistan	20–25	25–18	25–18	28–26		98–87
08 Sep	17:00	Indonesia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–16	24–26	23–25	25–18	15–10	112–95
09 Sep	14:30	Indonesia	3–2	Pakistan	25–22	22–25	25–19	21–25	15–12	108–103
09 Sep	16:30	Iran	3–2	Chinese Taipei	20–25	25–17	22–25	25–18	18–16	110–101

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	234	228	1.026
2	Australia	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	246	233	1.056
3	South Korea	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	258	266	0.970
4	Japan	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	273	284	0.961

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	19:00	Japan	1–3	Australia	31–29	23–25	19–25	24–26		97–105
08 Sep	19:00	South Korea	3–1	China	20–25	25–17	25–19	25–21		95–82
09 Sep	15:30	South Korea	0–3	Australia	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75
09 Sep	17:30	Japan	0–3	China	22–25	23–25	22–25			67–75

Final standing

Rank Team     China     Australia     South Korea 4   Japan 5   Iran 6   Indonesia 7   Chinese Taipei 8   Pakistan 9   India 10   Bahrain 11   Kazakhstan 12   Sri Lanka 13   Qatar 14   Kuwait Qualified for the 1999 World Cup and 2000 World Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2000 World Olympic Qualifier (later withdrew and replaced by Chinese Taipei) Already qualified for the 1999 World Cup as hosts and qualified for the 2000 World Olympic Qualifier Already qualified as hosts for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Asian Men's champions    China 3rd title

Awards

• MVP:   Behnam Mahmoudi
• Best Scorer:   Benjamin Hardy
• Best Spiker:   Benjamin Hardy
• Best Blocker:   Kim Se-jin
• Best Server:   Zhu Gang
• Best Setter:   Zhou Jianan
• Best Digger:   Koichi Nishimura
• Best Receiver:   Li Tieming

References

• JVA ( 2009-05-13)