2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Men was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008.

2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	20–26 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Hamzeh Zarini
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Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host)   South Korea (3rd)   China   Iran	Australia (1st)   Japan (2nd)   Chinese Taipei   Indonesia

Venue

All matches
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
MCC Hall Convention Center
Capacity: Unknown

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	289	243	1.189	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	261	256	1.020
3	China	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	275	275	1.000
4	Thailand	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	174	225	0.773

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–22		98–81
20 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54
21 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–16	23–25	23–25	30–28	15–13	116–107
21 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75
22 Sep	11:00	Iran	3–2	China	23–25	17–25	25–15	25–21	15–7	105–93
22 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	5	1.800	315	284	1.109	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	255	213	1.197
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	216	252	0.857
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	218	255	0.855

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	12–25	18–25	14–25			44–75
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–23		99–88
21 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	24–26	16–25	25–27			65–78
21 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	26–28	21–25	25–22	25–10	15–9	112–94
22 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65
22 Sep	18:00	Australia	2–3	Japan	20–25	25–16	25–23	19–25	13–15	102–104

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 September
	South Korea	3
					25 September
	Indonesia	0
					South Korea	3
	24 September
					China	1
	Australia	0
									26 September
	China	3
									South Korea	2
	24 September
									Iran	3
	Japan	3
					25 September
	Thailand	0
					Japan	1
	24 September
					Iran	3			3rd place
	Iran	3
									26 September
	Chinese Taipei	0
									China	3
									Japan	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	25 September
	Indonesia	2
					26 September
	Australia	3
					Australia	3
	25 September
					Thailand	0
	Thailand	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					7th place
					26 September
					Indonesia	1
					Chinese Taipei	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	29–27	25–23			79–65
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	20–25	22–25			56–75
24 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–19			75–46
24 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–20	8–15	98–104
25 Sep	13:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–21		96–83

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	China	25–17	26–24	25–27	25–15		101–83
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	28–26	22–25		87–101

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	25–21	27–29		96–100

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Australia	3–0	Thailand	29–27	25–16	25–17			79–60

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–19			75–57

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Iran	25–13	15–25	25–27	25–15	7–15	97–95

Final standing

Rank Team     Iran     South Korea     China 4   Japan 5   Australia 6   Thailand 7   Chinese Taipei 8   Indonesia

2008 Asian Men's Cup champions    Iran 1st title Team Roster Mojtaba Attar, Saeid Marouf, Javad Mohammadinejad, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarini, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Alireza Nadi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mousavi Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

Awards

• MVP:   Hamzeh Zarini
• Best scorer:   Yasuyuki Shibakoya
• Best spiker:   Park Chul-woo
• Best server:   Cui Jianjun
• Best setter:   Saranchit Charoensuk
• Best receiver:   Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best digger:   Chien Wei-lun
• Best libero:   Yeo Oh-hyun

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