Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualification

The Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Jiangmen, China from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Iran qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics[1] (postponed to 2021[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

2020 Men's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityJiangmen
Dates7–12 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up China
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Official website
FIVB

Qualification

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The top eight teams from the 2019 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for the tournament.[3] However, Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament.[4] Final standings of the 2019 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 Asian Championship.[4]

Pool A Pool B
  Iran   Australia
  Chinese Taipei   South Korea
  China   India
  Kazakhstan   Qatar

Venue

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All matches
  Jiangmen, China
Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,500
 

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 228 170 1.341 Semifinals
2   China 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 241 223 1.081
3   Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 238 253 0.941
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 186 247 0.753
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jan 17:00 Chinese Taipei   0–3   Iran 16–25 17–25 14–25     47–75 P2
7 Jan 20:00 China   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–19 25–14 25–18     75–51 P2
8 Jan 16:00 Kazakhstan   0–3   Iran 26–28 16–25 18–25     60–78 P2
8 Jan 20:00 China   3–2   Chinese Taipei 15–25 25–16 23–25 25–22 15–9 103–97 P2
9 Jan 16:40 Chinese Taipei   3–1   Kazakhstan 19–25 25–11 25–18 25–21   94–75 P2
9 Jan 20:00 Iran   3–0   China 25–22 25–20 25–21     75–63 P2

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Qatar 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 257 234 1.098 Semifinals
2   South Korea 3 2 1 6 8 5 1.600 299 282 1.060
3   Australia 3 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 272 280 0.971
4   India 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 218 250 0.872
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jan 10:00 Qatar   3–0   India 25–22 25–20 25–23     75–65 P2
7 Jan 13:30 Australia   3–2   South Korea 23–25 25–23 26–24 20–25 19–17 113–114 P2
8 Jan 10:00 Australia   0–3   Qatar 15–25 21–25 23–25     59–75 P2
8 Jan 13:30 South Korea   3–0   India 25–19 25–20 25–23     75–62 P2
9 Jan 10:00 India   1–3   Australia 27–25 21–25 21–25 22–25   91–100 P2
9 Jan 13:30 Qatar   2–3   South Korea 18–25 26–28 25–22 25–20 13–15 107–110 P2

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 January
 
 
  Qatar1
 
12 January
 
  China3
 
  China0
 
11 January
 
  Iran3
 
  Iran3
 
 
  South Korea2
 

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jan 16:00 Iran   3–2   South Korea 22–25 25–21 25–18 22–25 15–13 109–102 P2
11 Jan 20:00 Qatar   1–3   China 22–25 18–25 25–23 20–25   85–98 P2

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jan 20:00 China   0–3   Iran 14–25 22–25 14–25     50–75 P2

Final standing

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Rank Team
1   Iran
2   China
3   Qatar
  South Korea
5   Australia
  Chinese Taipei
7   India
  Kazakhstan
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

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Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics[a]
  Iran 12 January 2020 1 (2016)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Last stop on Road to Tokyo 2020 all set up". FIVB. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Iran on cloud nine to reclaim Asian crown on home soil". AVC. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Drawing of lots confirmed for AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020". AVC. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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