Men's Asian Volleyball Cup

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

Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2008; 15 years ago (2008)
Inaugural season	2008
No. of teams	12 (Finals)
Continent	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent champion(s)	China (2nd title)
Most titles	Iran (3 titles)
TV partner(s)	PPTV
Official website	Asian Volleyball Confederation

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

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2008 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Iran	3–2	South Korea		China	3–0	Japan		8
2010 Details	Urmia		Iran	3–0	China		India	3–1	Chinese Taipei		8
2012 Details	Vĩnh Yên		China	3–1	Iran		Japan	3–1	India		8
2014 Details	Almaty		South Korea	3–0	India		Kazakhstan	3–1	Iran		8
2016 Details	Nakhon Pathom		Iran	3–1	China		Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei		8
2018 Details	Taipei		Qatar	3–2	Iran		Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei		9
2020	Naypyitaw		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Nakhon Pathom		China	3–0	Japan		Bahrain	3–0	South Korea		11

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
Iran	3 (2008, 2010, 2016)	2 (2012, 2018)		1 (2014)
China	2 (2012, 2022)	2 (2010, 2016)	1 (2008)
South Korea	1 (2014)	1 (2008)		1 (2022)
Qatar	1 (2018)
Japan		1 (2022)	3 (2012, 2016, 2018)	1 (2008)
India		1 (2014)	1 (2010)	1 (2012)
Kazakhstan			1 (2014)
Bahrain			1 (2022)
Chinese Taipei				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	Thailand	2008, 2016, 2022
1	Iran	2010
	Kazakhstan	2014
	Taiwan	2018
	Vietnam	2012

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	3	2	0	5
2	China	2	2	1	5
3	South Korea	1	1	0	2
4	Qatar	1	0	0	1
5	Japan	0	1	3	4
6	India	0	1	1	2
7	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (9)	2022 (11)	Total
Australia	5th	5th	7th	7th	6th	6th	8th	7
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	1
China	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	2nd	•	1st	6
Chinese Taipei	7th	4th	•	•	4th	4th	9th	5
Hong Kong	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	1
India	•	3rd	4th	2nd	•	•	10th	4
Indonesia	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Iran	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	5th	7
Japan	4th	8th	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	2nd	7
Kazakhstan	•	7th	•	3rd	5th	7th	•	4
Myanmar	•	•	8th	•	•	•	•	1
Pakistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	1
Qatar	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	1
South Korea	2nd	6th	5th	1st	8th	8th	4th	7
Thailand	6th	•	•	8th	7th	5th	7th	5
Vietnam	•	•	6th	•	•	9th	•	2

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2008	Australia	8
	China
	Chinese Taipei
	Indonesia
	Iran
	Japan
	South Korea
	Thailand
2010	India	2
	Kazakhstan
2012	Myanmar	2
	Vietnam
2014	None	0
2016
2018	Qatar	1
2022	Bahrain	3
	Hong Kong
	Pakistan

Awards

Year Most 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

Year Best Setter 2008   Saranchit Charoensuk 2010   Saeid Marouf 2012   Hideomi Fukatsu 2014   Han Sun-soo 2016   Shohei Yamaguchi 2018   Javad Karimi 2022   Akihiro Fukatsu

Year Best Outside Spikers 2014   Sinnadhu Prabagaran   Saeid Shiroud 2016   Liu Libin   Rahman Davoudi 2018   Renan Ribeiro   Liu Hung-min 2022   Zhang Jingyin   Mohamed Abdulla

Year Best Middle Blockers 2014   G. R. Vaishnav   Mostafa Sharifat 2016   Miao Ruantong   Masoud Gholami 2018   Mohamed Ibrahim   Rahman Taghizadeh 2022   Zhang Zhejia   Peng Shikun

Year Best Opposite Spiker 2014   Seo Jae-duck 2016   Jiang Chuan 2018   Mubarak Hammad 2022   Issei Otake

Year Best 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

Year Best Scorer 2008   Yasuyuki Shibakoya 2010   Sanjay Kumar 2012   Gurinder Singh

Year Best Spiker 2008   Park Chul-woo 2010   Cui Jianjun 2012   Zhong Weijun

Tournament Best Blocker 2010   Alireza Nadi 2012   Alireza Jadidi

Tournament Best Server 2008   Cui Jianjun 2010   Wang Ming-chun 2012   Mohammad Taher Vadi

Tournament Best Digger 2008   Chien Wei-lun

Tournament Best Receiver 2008   Yeo Oh-hyun

See also

• Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
• Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Asian Games
• Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Drawing of lots for 2022 AVC Cup for Men unveiled". AVC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation – official website