2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	8–15 October
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Foolad Sirjan (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Saber Kazemi
Official website
2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
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The 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the

The last edition was held in 2019. A tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:^[3]

• 1 team for the host country
• 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified associations

Event(s)	Dates	Location	Berths	Qualifier(s)
Host Country	—	—	1	ThailandA
2019 Asian Championship	27 April–5 May 2019	Taipei	5	Indonesia ThailandA KazakhstanB
CAZVA representatives	No later than 2 February 2021	Bangkok	1	Uzbekistan
SEAZVA representatives			1	Philippines
WAZVA representatives			2	Iraq Kuwait
Total			10

^A Thailand as host country is entitled to enter two teams if they are less than 16 entrants. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and tenth placers in the 2019 championships.

^B As Thailand already qualified as host, a berth was given to Kazakhstan through their eleventh place finishing of the 2019 championship.

Participating teams

The following teams participated for the tournament.

Association	Team	Domestic league standing
Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions
	Diamond Food	2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League runner-up
Iran	Foolad Sirjan	2020–21 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions
Qatar	Al Arabi
Sri Lanka	CEB
Kazakhstan	Burevestnik Almaty
Uzbekistan	AGMK
Philippines	Rebisco	N/A (National team)
Iraq	South Gas
Kuwait	Kazma

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 3 August 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Venues

Matches will be held at the Terminal Hall – Terminal 21 Korat, an indoor arena within the Terminal 21

All rounds
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Terminal 21 Korat
Capacity: 3,500

Preliminary round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Burevestnik Almaty	4	3	1	10	11	3	3.667	328	284	1.155	Semifinals
2	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	4	3	1	8	9	6	1.500	346	334	1.036
3	South Gas	4	3	1	7	10	7	1.429	393	361	1.089	5th–8th semifinals
4	Kazma	4	1	3	5	7	9	0.778	334	344	0.971
5	CEB	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	222	300	0.740	9th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	15:50	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–2	Kazma	25–22	19–25	18–25	25–21	16–14	103–107	P2
8 Oct	19:30	South Gas	3–2	Burevestnik Almaty	25–16	26–24	23–25	23–25	15–13	112–103	P2
9 Oct	12:50	CEB	0–3	Kazma	19–25	22–25	17–25			58–75	P2
9 Oct	15:30	South Gas	1–3	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	28–30	29–27	21–25	20–25		98–107	P2
10 Oct	10:00	CEB	0–3	South Gas	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P2
10 Oct	15:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	0–3	Burevestnik Almaty	18–25	21–25	22–25			61–75	P2
11 Oct	10:00	CEB	0–3	Burevestnik Almaty	20–25	12–25	20–25			52–75	P2
11 Oct	12:30	South Gas	3–2	Kazma	22–25	25–15	21–25	25–15	15–13	108–93	P2
12 Oct	10:00	Kazma	0–3	Burevestnik Almaty	17–25	20–25	22–25			59–75	P2
12 Oct	12:30	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	3–0	CEB	25–21	25–20	25–13			75–54	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Foolad Sirjan	4	4	0	12	12	3	4.000	370	288	1.285	Semifinals
2	Al Arabi	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	307	253	1.213
3	Diamond Food	4	2	2	4	7	10	0.700	382	396	0.965	5th–8th semifinals
4	AGMK	4	1	3	4	6	10	0.600	321	368	0.872
5	Rebisco	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	300	375	0.800	9th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Oct	10:00	Rebisco	0–3	Foolad Sirjan	15–25	22–25	5–25			42–75	P2
8 Oct	12:30	AGMK	2–3	Diamond Food	25–19	18–25	25–23	23–25	13–15	104–107	P2
9 Oct	10:00	Rebisco	1–3	AGMK	26–24	23–25	18–25	19–25		86–99	P2
9 Oct	18:45	Al Arabi	3–0	Diamond Food	25–23	25–17	25–19			75–59	P2
10 Oct	12:30	Foolad Sirjan	3–1	AGMK	26–24	25–14	24–26	25–10		100–74	P2
10 Oct	18:30	Al Arabi	3–0	Rebisco	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	P2
11 Oct	15:50	Rebisco	2–3	Diamond Food	34–36	26–24	28–26	19–25	12–15	119–126	P2
11 Oct	19:25	Foolad Sirjan	3–1	Al Arabi	25–23	22–25	25–16	25–18		97–82	P2
12 Oct	15:30	Foolad Sirjan	3–1	Diamond Food	25–19	25–23	23–25	25–23		98–90	P2
12 Oct	18:30	AGMK	0–3	Al Arabi	12–25	20–25	12–25			44–75	P2

Final round

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

9th–10th places

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	15:30	CEB	2–3	Rebisco	14–25	25–22	18–25	25–21	11–15	93–108	P2

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	14 October
	South Gas	3
					15 October
	AGMK	1
					South Gas	3
	14 October
					Kazma	0
	Diamond Food	1
	Kazma	3
					7th place match
					15 October
					AGMK	1
					Diamond Food	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Oct	10:00	South Gas	3–1	AGMK	25–21	25–21	22–25	25–21		97–88	P2
14 Oct	12:45	Diamond Food	1–3	Kazma	22–25	25–20	23–25	21–25		91–95	P2

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	10:00	AGMK	1–3	Diamond Food	25–22	34–36	21–25	18–25		98–108	P2

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	13:00	South Gas	3–0	Kazma	25–20	25–22	25–14			75–56	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	14 October
	Burevestnik Almaty	2
					15 October
	Al Arabi	3
					Al Arabi	1
	14 October
					Foolad Sirjan	3
	Foolad Sirjan	3
	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	0
					3rd place match
					15 October
					Burevestnik Almaty	3
					Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Oct	15:45	Burevestnik Almaty	2–3	Al Arabi	25–15	15–25	25–15	26–28	9–15	100–98	P2
14 Oct	18:45	Foolad Sirjan	3–0	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	25–19	25–23	25–22			75–64	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	15:30	Burevestnik Almaty	3–0	Nakhon Ratchasima QminC	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	18:30	Al Arabi	1–3	Foolad Sirjan	19–25	25–21	23–25	22–25		89–96	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Foolad Sirjan Al Arabi Burevestnik Almaty 4 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 5 South Gas 6 Kazma 7 Diamond Food 8 AGMK 9 Rebisco 10 CEB Qualified for the 2021 Club World Championship

2021 Asian Men's Club Champions  Foolad Sirjan 1st title 14–man roster Sahand Allah Verdian, Mahdi Jelveh, Aleksandar Blagojević, Amir Hossein Derakhshan, Ramin Khani, Rasoul Shahsavari Nejad, Ali Asghar Razmfar, Mohammad Sadeghi Malati, Shahrooz Homayonfarmanesh, Mojtaba Gholizad, Alireza Behboudi (c), Armin Tashakkori, Saber Kazemi, Mostafa Heidari Head coach Saeid Rezaei

Awards

See also

• 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
• 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

References