2012 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

2012 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Vietnam
City	Vĩnh Yên
Dates	1–7 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	India
Tournament awards
MVP	Zhan Guojun

The 2012 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2012 AVC Cup for Men was the third edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2011 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Vinh Yen Gymnasium, Vĩnh Yên, Vietnam from 1 to 7 September 2012.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2011 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Vietnam (Host) South Korea (3rd) Japan Pakistan *	Iran (1st) China (2nd) Australia India

* Pakistan withdrew and replaced by Myanmar.

Venue

All matches
Vĩnh Yên, Vietnam
Vĩnh Yên Gymnasium
Capacity: Unknown

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	179	1.257	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	246	233	1.056
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	204	204	1.000
4	Myanmar	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	191	250	0.764

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	19:30	Myanmar	0–3	Vietnam	15–25	18–25	15–25			48–75	Report
01 Sep	21:00	South Korea	0–3	Japan	20–25	22–25	23–25			65–75	Report
02 Sep	18:00	Myanmar	1–3	South Korea	27–25	23–25	20–25	21–25		91–100	Report
02 Sep	20:00	Vietnam	0–3	Japan	23–25	19–25	20–25			62–75	Report
03 Sep	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam	25–21	25–17	31–29			81–67	Report
03 Sep	20:00	Japan	3–0	Myanmar	25–18	25–19	25–15			75–52	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	313	279	1.122	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	276	247	1.117
3	India	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	251	266	0.944
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	203	251	0.809

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	14:00	Iran	3–2	China	25–21	22–25	22–25	25–19	15–11	109–101	Report
01 Sep	16:00	India	3–0	Australia	25–18	25–22	25–23			75–63	Report
02 Sep	14:00	Iran	3–1	India	26–24	27–29	27–25	25–22		105–100	Report
02 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Australia	27–25	25–15	25–22			77–62	Report
03 Sep	14:00	India	1–3	China	17–25	25–23	17–25	17–25		76–98	Report
03 Sep	16:00	Australia	1–3	Iran	18–25	26–24	18–25	16–25		78–99	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 September – Vĩnh Yên
	Iran	3
					6 September – Vĩnh Yên
	Myanmar	0
					Iran	3
	5 September – Vĩnh Yên
					India	0
	South Korea	2
									7 September – Vĩnh Yên
	India	3
									Iran	1
	5 September – Vĩnh Yên
									China	3
	Japan	3
					6 September – Vĩnh Yên
	Australia	0
					Japan	0
	5 September – Vĩnh Yên
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									7 September – Vĩnh Yên
	Vietnam	0
									India	1
									Japan	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	6 September – Vĩnh Yên
	Myanmar	0
					7 September – Vĩnh Yên
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	3
	6 September – Vĩnh Yên
					Vietnam	0
	Australia	1
	Vietnam	3
					7th place
					7 September – Vĩnh Yên
					Myanmar	0
					Australia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Sep	14:00	South Korea	2–3	India	25–27	25–14	20–25	25–23	15–17	110–106
05 Sep	16:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–17	30–28	25–20			80–65
05 Sep	18:00	Iran	3–0	Myanmar	25–17	25–9	25–12			75–38
05 Sep	20:00	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–17	25–7	25–9			75–33

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Sep	14:00	Myanmar	0–3	South Korea	19–25	12–25	13–25			44–75	Report
06 Sep	16:00	Australia	1–3	Vietnam	23–25	25–21	21–25	21–25		90–96	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Sep	18:00	Japan	0–3	China	20–25	22–25	22–25			64–75	Report
06 Sep	20:00	Iran	3–0	India	25–23	25–13	25–23			75–59	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Sep	14:00	Myanmar	0–3	Australia	22–25	21–25	17–25			60–75

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam	25–22	25–18	25–19			75–59

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Sep	18:00	India	1–3	Japan	25–16	18–25	20–25	21–25		84–91

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Sep	20:00	Iran	1–3	China	18–25	14–25	25–13	29–31		86–94

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Iran
	Japan
4	India
5	South Korea
6	Vietnam
7	Australia
8	Myanmar

2012 Asian Men's Cup champions
China 1st title

Team Roster

Zhan Guojun, Dai Qingyao, Zhang Chen, Li Rui, Liang Chunlong, Zhong Weijun, Cui Jianjun, Geng Xin, Wang Chen, Ji Daoshuai, Li Runming, Kong Fanwei

Head Coach: Xie Guochen

Awards

• MVP: Zhan Guojun
• Best scorer: Gurinder Singh
• Best spiker: Zhong Weijun
• Best blocker: Alireza Jadidi
• Best server: Mohammad Taher Vadi
• Best setter: Hideomi Fukatsu
• Best libero: Kong Fanwei

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation