2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Tianjin
Dates	5–12 September
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament awards
MVP	Yejju Subba Rao
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The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twelfth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The tournament was held in Tianjin, China from 5 to 12 September 2003.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (Host & 4th) Saudi Arabia (8th) Kazakhstan	South Korea (1st) India (7th) Bahrain Thailand	Australia (2nd) Chinese Taipei (6th) United Arab Emirates Pakistan	Japan (3rd) Iran (5th) Qatar New Zealand

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	151	108	1.398	Pool E or Pool F
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	0	0	—	Pool E or Pool F
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	0	0	—	Pool G

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
05 Sep	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	26–24	25–14	25–20	76–58
06 Sep	China	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–17	25–15	75–50
07 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–1	Saudi Arabia

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	302	268	1.127	Pool E or Pool F
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	259	203	1.276	Pool E or Pool F
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	231	250	0.924	Pool G or Pool H
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	202	273	0.740	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Bahrain	1–3	Thailand	28–26	12–25	17–25	21–25		78–101
05 Sep	South Korea	2–3	India	25–23	22–25	25–20	22–25	15–17	109–110
06 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51
06 Sep	India	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–16	25–23	25–16		97–80
07 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain	25–12	25–16	25–16			75–44
07 Sep	Thailand	1–3	India	19–25	18–25	25–22	17–25		79–97

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	284	266	1.068	Pool E or Pool F
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	0	0	—	Pool E or Pool F
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	0	0	—	Pool G or Pool H
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Chinese Taipei
05 Sep	Australia	3–2	Pakistan	17–25	22–25	25–17	25–17	15–12	104–96
06 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Australia	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75
06 Sep	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Pakistan	26–28	25–19	25–16	22–25	12–15	110–103
07 Sep	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	15–25	25–19	19–25	31–29	15–10	105–108
07 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	270	214	1.262	Pool E or Pool F
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	231	207	1.116	Pool E or Pool F
3	Qatar	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	226	252	0.897	Pool G or Pool H
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	226	280	0.807	Pool G or Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56
05 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47
06 Sep	Qatar	3–2	New Zealand	25–20	22–25	25–21	21–25	15–11	108–102
06 Sep	Japan	1–3	Iran	15–25	20–25	25–23	21–25		81–98
07 Sep	New Zealand	1–3	Iran	21–25	25–22	18–25	13–25		77–97
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Qatar	25–22	25–23	25–17			75–62

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	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	230	175	1.314	Championship round
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	6	7	0.857	266	268	0.993	Championship round
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	231	242	0.955	5th–8th classification
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	214	256	0.836	5th–8th classification

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Australia	3–2	Kazakhstan	19–25	25–16	21–25	25–21	15–10	105–97
08 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan	25–16	29–27	25–17			79–60
09 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–23			75–59
09 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–17	25–17			75–57

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	305	279	1.093	Championship round
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	273	277	0.986	Championship round
3	India	3	1	2	4	6	8	0.750	308	314	0.981	5th–8th classification
4	Japan	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	280	296	0.946	5th–8th classification

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	India	1–3	Japan	22–25	21–25	25–23	21–25		89–98
08 Sep	Iran	0–3	South Korea	15–25	18–25	35–37			68–87
09 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–23	25–19	33–35	26–24		109–101
09 Sep	Iran	3–2	India	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–23	15–13	107–109

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	0	0	—	9th–12th classification
2	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	180	174	1.034	9th–12th classification
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	0	0	—	13th–15th classification

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Saudi Arabia	3–1	United Arab Emirates	25–21	25–19	22–25	25–12		97–77
09 Sep	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–22	21–25	14–25		83–97

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	281	214	1.313	9th–12th classification
2	Qatar	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	301	300	1.003	9th–12th classification
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	246	260	0.946	13th–15th classification
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	204	258	0.791	13th–15th classification

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Thailand	3–0	New Zealand	25–13	25–12	25–16			75–41
08 Sep	Qatar	3–1	Bahrain	22–25	25–21	25–23	26–24		98–93
09 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	New Zealand	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61
09 Sep	Thailand	3–2	Qatar	17–25	25–15	23–25	25–20	15–10	105–95

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–15th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	Bahrain	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	154	129	1.194
14	New Zealand	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	157	166	0.946
15	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	159	175	0.909

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	United Arab Emirates	1–3	New Zealand	25–14	18–25	18–25	30–32		91–96
12 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–18	29–27	25–23			79–68

Classification 9th–12th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	247	196	1.260
10	Thailand	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	262	252	1.040
11	Qatar	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	228	252	0.905
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	237	274	0.865

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
11 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	25–17	25–17	25–20		75–54
11 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Saudi Arabia	25–19	25–18	23–25	25–20	98–82
12 Sep	Qatar	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–22	28–26	26–24		79–72
12 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	22–25	18–25		59–75

Classification 5th–8th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
5	India	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	241	220	1.095
6	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	261	235	1.111
7	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	223	222	1.005
8	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	179	227	0.789

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
11 Sep	India	3–0	Kazakhstan	27–25	25–21	25–17		77–63
11 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	Japan	25–22	14–25	25–19	25–22	89–88
12 Sep	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–22	25–17		75–57
12 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	India	22–25	20–25	17–25		59–75

Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	288	257	1.121
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	273	242	1.128
3	Iran	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	250	282	0.887
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	243	273	0.890

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Australia	16–25	25–19	25–19	25–22		91–85
11 Sep	China	3–1	Iran	25–18	25–16	19–25	25–16		94–75
12 Sep	Iran	3–2	Australia	25–21	25–18	21–25	21–25	15–12	107–101
12 Sep	South Korea	3–2	China	27–25	22–25	21–25	25–21	15–8	110–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Iran
4	Australia
5	India
6	Japan
7	Pakistan
8	Kazakhstan
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Thailand
11	Qatar
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Bahrain
14	New Zealand
15	United Arab Emirates

	Qualified for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier
	Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Qualifier
	Already qualified as hosts for the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Olympic Qualifier

2003 Asian Men's champions
South Korea 4th title

Awards

MVP: Yejju Subba Rao
Best scorer: Dan Howard
Best spiker: Yejju Subba Rao
Best blocker: Yejju Subba Rao
Best server: Zheng Liang
Best setter: Wang Hebing
Best digger: Yeo Oh-hyun
Best receiver: Suk Jin-wook

References

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