2022 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

2022 Asian Boys' U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	15–22 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	India
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Hiroki Bito
Best Setter	Emran Kook Jili
Best OH	Shunta Ono; S.Matin Hosseini
Best MB	Taha Behboudnia; Kush Singh
Best OPP	Aryan Baliyan
Best Libero	Sena Kameoka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Attendance	5,100 (213 per match)
Official website
	2022 Asian Boys' U18 Championship
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The 2022 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held at Volleyball Federation Hall, Tehran, Iran from 15 to 22 August 2022.^[1]

This tournament is served as qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.^[2]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2005.^[3]

Pools composition edit

Eight teams are divided into 2 Pools (Pool A & Pool B)

Seeding for the host and top 3 teams from the previous event by serpentine system.
Drawing of Lots for the remaining 4 teams (based on the previous ranking and zones).

Pool A	Pool B
Iran (Host) Chinese Taipei (4th) China Kuwait	Japan (1st) South Korea (2nd) Thailand India

Format edit

Preliminary Round: Round Robin to determined ranking.

Knockout Stage: All 8 teams enter to quarterfinal for cross elimination (A1:B4, B1:A4 etc) to determined champion.

Venue edit

All matches
Tehran, Iran
Volleyball Federation Hall
Capacity: 3,000

Pool standing procedure edit

Number of Victories
Match points
Set quotient
Points quotient
If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient 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

Preliminary round edit

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	155	1.452	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	217	193	1.124
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	216	226	0.956
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	161	245	0.657

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
15 Aug	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Kuwait	25–11	25–17	20–25	25–16	95–69	Report
16 Aug	17:00	China	0–3	Iran	21–25	17–25	22–25		60–75	Report
17 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	32–30	25–22		82–72	Report
17 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Kuwait	25–12	25–21	25–13		75–46	Report
18 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–19	25–12		75–46	Report
18 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–18	25–16		75–49	Report

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	6	1.500	320	292	1.096	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	282	268	1.052
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	236	238	0.992
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	248	288	0.861

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Aug	11:30	Japan	3–2	India	25–20	25–23	23–25	21–25	15–13	109–106	Report
15 Aug	14:30	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	27–25	25–17	25–20			77–62	Report
16 Aug	11:30	India	3–1	Thailand	25–21	24–26	27–25	25–23		101–95	Report
16 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	21–25	25–18	25–14	15–25	15–13	101–95	Report
17 Aug	11:30	Thailand	2–3	Japan	15–25	25–22	17–25	25–23	9–15	91–110	Report
18 Aug	11:30	South Korea	0–3	India	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75	Report

Final round edit

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+4:30).

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

20 August

Japan	3
		21 August
Kuwait	0
		Japan	3
20 August
		South Korea	1
China	2
				22 August
South Korea	3
				Japan	3
20 August
				Iran	0
India	3
		21 August
Chinese Taipei	1
		India	0
20 August
		Iran	3	3rd place match
Iran	3
				22 August
Thailand	1
				South Korea	2

				India	3

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

21 August

Kuwait	0
		22 August
China	3
		China	3
21 August
		Chinese Taipei	2
Chinese Taipei	3

Thailand	1
		7th place match

		22 August

		Kuwait	1

		Thailand	3

Quarterfinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	09:00	China	2–3	South Korea	22–25	25–23	22–25	25–22	13–15	107–110	Report
20 Aug	11:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–14	25–27	25–23		100–83	Report
20 Aug	14:00	Japan	3–0	Kuwait	25–21	25–18	25–12			75–51	Report
20 Aug	17:00	Iran	3–1	Thailand	24–26	25–13	25–19	25–15		99–73	Report

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	09:00	China	3–0	Kuwait	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	Report
21 Aug	11:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Thailand	21–25	25–22	26–24	25–20		97–91	Report

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	14:00	South Korea	1–3	Japan	39–37	22–25	21–25	14–25		96–112	Report
21 Aug	17:00	India	0–3	Iran	15–25	19–25	18–25			52–75	Report

7th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	09:00	Kuwait	1–3	Thailand	25–23	18–25	8–25	17–25		68–98	Report

5th place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	11:30	China	3–2	Chinese Taipei	25–16	15–25	18–25	25–20	17–15	100–101	Report

3rd place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	14:00	South Korea	2–3	India	20–25	21–25	28–26	25–19	12–15	106–110	Report

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	17:00	Japan	3–0	Iran	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Iran
	India
4	South Korea
5	China
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Thailand
8	Kuwait

	Qualified for the 2023 World Youth Championship

2022 Asian Boys' U18 champions
Japan 3rd title

12–boy roster

Setter：Ota Yoshihara(c), Aguri Hara

Outside Hitter：Kai Cousins, Yuta Doi, Rinto Nagata, Hiroki Bito, Shunta Ono
Middle Blocker：Hyo Yamashita, Yuzuki Akimoto, Mark Allen Junior Rosen, Takeru Watanabe
Libero： Sena Kameoka

Head coach: Hiroshi Honda

Awards edit

Source:^[4]

Most valuable player
Hiroki Bito (JPN)
Best setter
Emran Kook Jili (IRI)
Best outside hitters
Shunta Ono (JPN)

S.Matin Hosseini (IRI)
Best middle blockers
Taha Behboudnia (IRI)

Kush Singh (IND)
Best opposite spiker
Aryan Baliyan (IND)
Best libero
Sena Kameoka (JPN)

References edit

^ "14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Tehran burgeoning as joint meeting held ahead of the outset". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Top four confirmed for action-packed semifinals in 14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Iran". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "14th Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship" (PDF).
^ Preechachan (22 August 2022). "JAPAN DOMINATE 14TH ASIAN MEN'S U18 CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEHRAN". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links edit

[1] "14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Tehran burgeoning as joint meeting held ahead of the outset". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[2] "Top four confirmed for action-packed semifinals in 14th Asian Men's U18 Championship in Iran". asianvolleyball.net. Preechachan. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[3] "14th Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship" (PDF).

[4] Preechachan (22 August 2022). "JAPAN DOMINATE 14TH ASIAN MEN'S U18 CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEHRAN". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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