2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2014 AVC Cup for Men was the fourth edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2013 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 18 to 24 August 2014.

2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
City	Almaty
Dates	18–24 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament awards
MVP	Seo Jae-duck
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Pools composition

The teams are qualified based on their final ranking at the 2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Seeding is in accordance with the final ranking of 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B
Kazakhstan (Host)  Japan (3rd)  South Korea  India	China (1st)  Iran (2nd)  Australia  Thailand

Venue

All matches
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Baluan Sholak Sports Palace
Capacity: 5,000

Preliminary round

• All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	273	223	1.224	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	242	215	1.126
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	194	206	0.942
4	Japan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	190	255	0.745

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	16:00	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–19	26–28	25–11	25–17		101–75	Report
18 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	23–25	17–25	19–25			59–75	Report
19 Aug	14:00	Japan	0–3	India	11–25	25–27	23–25			59–77	Report
19 Aug	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–22	25–14	25–22			75–58	Report
20 Aug	16:00	India	1–3	South Korea	25–22	22–25	21–25	22–25		90–97	Report
20 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–12	27–25			77–56	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	289	237	1.219	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	227	246	0.923
3	Thailand	3	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	287	274	1.047
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	211	257	0.821

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–2	Thailand	23–25	25–16	20–25	25–19	18–16	111–101	Report
18 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64	Report
19 Aug	11:00	Australia	0–3	Thailand	14–25	20–25	27–29			61–79	Report
19 Aug	16:00	China	0–3	Iran	21–25	14–25	15–25			50–75	Report
20 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–13	28–30	25–23	25–20		103–86	Report
20 Aug	14:00	Thailand	2–3	China	25–19	22–25	25–18	22–25	13–15	107–102	Report

Final round

• All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 August
	Iran	3
					23 August
	Japan	0
					Iran	1
	22 August
					India	3
	India	3
									24 August
	Thailand	0
									India	0
	22 August
									South Korea	3
	South Korea	3
					23 August
	Australia	1
					South Korea	3
	22 August
					Kazakhstan	0			3rd place match
	China	2
									24 August
	Kazakhstan	3
									Iran	1
									Kazakhstan	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	23 August
	Japan	3
					24 August
	Thailand	2
					Japan	1
	23 August
					China	3
	Australia	1
	China	3
					7th place match
					24 August
					Thailand	0
					Australia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	26–28	26–24	25–19	25–19		102–90	Report
22 Aug	14:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–14	25–18			75–52	Report
22 Aug	16:00	India	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–23	26–24			76–66	Report
22 Aug	18:00	China	2–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	22–25	32–30	25–21	13–15	112–116	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	11:00	Japan	3–2	Thailand	25–23	26–24	23–25	16–25	15–11	105–108	Report
23 Aug	14:00	Australia	1–3	China	22–25	33–31	20–25	22–25		97–106	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	16:00	Iran	1–3	India	25–20	27–29	29–31	25–27		106–107	Report
23 Aug	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–18			75–54	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Australia	22–25	23–25	13–25			58–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	14:00	Japan	1–3	China	20–25	25–21	12–25	23–25		80–96	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	16:00	Iran	1–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–17	19–25	16–25		83–92	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	18:00	India	0–3	South Korea	23–25	21–25	25–27			69–77	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  South Korea  India  Kazakhstan 4  Iran 5  China 6  Japan 7  Australia 8  Thailand

2014 Asian Men's Cup champions  South Korea 1st title Team Roster Song Myung-geun, Han Sun-soo, Shin Yung-suk, Lee Min-gyu, Park Sang-ha, Kwak Seung-suk, Bu Yong-chan, Choi Min-ho, Jeon Kwang-in, Park Chul-woo, Seo Jae-duck, Jeong Min-su Head Coach: Park Ki-won

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

  Seo Jae-duck

• Best Setter

  Han Sun-soo

• Best Outside Spikers

  Sinnadhu Prabagaran

  Saeid Shiroud

• Best Middle Blockers

  G. R. Vaishnav

  Mostafa Sharifat

• Best Opposite Spiker

  Seo Jae-duck

• Best Libero

  Kairat Baibekov