2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
City	Changwon
Dates	9–16 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Shin Jin-sik

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the eleventh staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Changwon, South Korea from 8 to 16 September 2001.

Venue

Changwon, South Korea

Changwon Indoor Gymnasium

Capacity: 6,000

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
South Korea (Host & 3rd) Kazakhstan (11th) Saudi Arabia	China (1st) India (9th) Qatar	Australia (2nd) Chinese Taipei (7th) United Arab Emirates	Japan (4th) Iran (5th) Hong Kong Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	151	93	1.624	Pool E
2	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	3	3	5	0.600	151	179	0.844
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	154	184	0.837

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	14:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	15–25	11–25	24–26			50–76
10 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–19	23–25	19–25	16–14	108–104
11 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–17	25–14	25–12			75–43

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	183	146	1.253	Pool F
2	India	2	1	1	3	5	4	1.250	199	189	1.053
3	Qatar	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	126	173	0.728

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	11:30	China	3–2	India	22–25	25–19	25–20	21–25	15–12	108–101
10 Sep	11:30	Qatar	0–3	China	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
11 Sep	11:30	India	3–1	Qatar	25–20	25–15	23–25	25–21		98–81

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	118	1.271	Pool E
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	132	1.038
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	113	150	0.753

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	16:30	Australia	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56
10 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	18–25	22–25	22–25			62–75
11 Sep	15:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	22–25	17–25			57–75

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	188	140	1.343	Pool F
2	Iran	2	1	1	3	5	3	1.667	179	150	1.193
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	73	150	0.487

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	18:30	Hong Kong	0–3	Iran	14–25	10–25	13–25			37–75
10 Sep	17:30	Japan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–15	25–6	25–15			75–36
11 Sep	17:30	Iran	2–3	Japan	25–23	27–25	20–25	20–25	12–15	104–113

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	248	185	1.341	Semifinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	235	212	1.108
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	218	242	0.901	5th–8th place
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	187	249	0.751

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57
12 Sep	15:30	Australia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52
13 Sep	13:30	South Korea	3–1	Australia	23–25	25–23	25–18	25–19		98–85
13 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	22–25	19–25	26–28		92–99

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	264	229	1.153	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	244	237	1.030
3	Iran	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	274	282	0.972	5th–8th place
4	India	3	0	3	3	4	9	0.444	259	293	0.884

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	17:30	China	3–0	Iran	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61
12 Sep	19:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–22	25–18	26–24			76–64
13 Sep	17:30	China	0–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75
13 Sep	19:30	India	2–3	Iran	18–25	13–25	25–23	25–21	13–15	94–109

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	2	3	0	MAX	78	66	1.182	9th–12th places
2	United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	1	0	3	0.000	66	78	0.846

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	11:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	25–22	28–26			78–66

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Qatar	1	1	0	2	3	0	MAX	75	52	1.442	9th–12th places
2	Hong Kong	1	0	1	1	0	3	0.000	52	75	0.693

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	11:30	Qatar	3–0	Hong Kong	25–17	25–20	25–15			75–52

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	14 September – Changwon
	Kazakhstan	3
					15 September – Changwon
	Hong Kong	0
					Kazakhstan	3
	14 September – Changwon
					United Arab Emirates	0
	Qatar	2
	United Arab Emirates	3
					11th place
					15 September – Changwon
					Hong Kong	0
					Qatar	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Sep	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–12	25–11	25–14			75–37
14 Sep	16:00	Qatar	2–3	United Arab Emirates	27–29	25–22	25–20	21–25	12–15	110–111

11th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	10:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Qatar	13–25	11–25	19–25			43–75

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–19	25–22	25–13			75–54

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	15 September – Changwon
	Chinese Taipei	3
					16 September – Changwon
	India	0
					Chinese Taipei	1
	15 September – Changwon
					Iran	3
	Saudi Arabia	1
	Iran	3
					7th place
					16 September – Changwon
					India	3
					Saudi Arabia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	India	25–20	26–24	25–20			76–64
15 Sep	20:00	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iran	27–25	25–27	11–25	16–25		79–102

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	14:00	India	3–2	Saudi Arabia	30–32	25–22	25–16	22–25	16–14	118–109

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Iran	14–25	20–25	28–26	23–25		85–101

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	15 September – Changwon
	South Korea	3
					16 September – Changwon
	China	0
					South Korea	3
	15 September – Changwon
					Australia	1
	Australia	3
	Japan	0
					3rd place
					16 September – Changwon
					China	1
					Japan	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60
15 Sep	16:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–20	25–17			75–60

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	18:00	China	1–3	Japan	17–25	22–25	25–23	19–25		83–98

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	25–18	25–23	21–25	25–17		96–83

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Australia
	Japan
4	China
5	Iran
6	Chinese Taipei
7	India
8	Saudi Arabia
9	Kazakhstan
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Qatar
12	Hong Kong

	Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Asian Men's champions
South Korea 3rd title

Awards

• MVP: Shin Jin-sik
• Best scorer: Benjamin Hardy
• Best spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
• Best blocker: Dan Howard
• Best server: Shin Jin-sik
• Best setter: Choi Tae-woong
• Best digger: Kenji Yamamoto
• Best receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun

References

• Results