2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 12 to 20 May 2015. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and served as the Asian qualifier for the 2015 Men's U23 World Championship to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which the top two teams qualified for the world championship.^[1] Iran won the tournament and Purya Fayazi was the most valuable player.

2015 Asian Men's U23 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Myanmar
Dates	12–20 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Purya Fayazi
Official website
Asian Men's U23 Championship
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Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2014 Asian U20 Championship. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2014 Asian U20 Championship. All teams not seeded were drawn. But, Afghanistan, Malaysia and Turkmenistan later withdrew. Final standing of the 2014 Asian U20 Championship are shown in brackets except the hosts who did not participate in the 2014 Asian U20 Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Myanmar (Hosts)	Iran (1)	China (2)	South Korea (3)
Thailand (8)	Qatar (7)	Chinese Taipei (6)	Japan (5)
Afghanistan (–)	Philippines (–)	Vietnam (–)	Indonesia (–)
Maldives (15)	Malaysia (–)	Turkmenistan (13)	Kazakhstan (10)
Saudi Arabia (12)	India (9)	Australia (–)

Venues

• Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall B, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool A, B and Final eight
• Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall C, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool C, D and 9th–16th places

Pool standing procedure

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

• All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Myanmar	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	166	1.361	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	220	201	1.095
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	244	258	0.946	9th–16th quarterfinals
4	Maldives	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	196	261	0.751

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 May	12:30	Myanmar	3–0	Maldives	25–12	25–14	25–16			75–42	Report
12 May	14:30	Thailand	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–16	25–22	34–32			84–70	Report
13 May	12:30	Myanmar	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	Report
14 May	12:30	Maldives	0–3	Thailand	23–25	18–25	15–25			56–75	Report
15 May	12:30	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Myanmar	20–25	24–26	19–25			63–76	Report
16 May	12:30	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Maldives	25–19	25–27	21–25	25–15	15–12	111–98	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	160	1.406	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	208	208	1.000
3	Qatar	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	188	201	0.935	9th–16th quarterfinals
4	Philippines	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	178	230	0.774

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	14:30	Iran	3–0	India	25–23	25–21	25–9			75–53	Report
13 May	16:30	Qatar	3–0	Philippines	25–14	25–18	25–19			75–51	Report
14 May	14:30	India	3–0	Philippines	25–19	25–21	30–28			80–68	Report
15 May	14:30	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–12	25–18	25–18			75–48	Report
16 May	14:30	Qatar	0–3	India	23–25	20–25	22–25			65–75	Report
16 May	16:30	Philippines	0–3	Iran	18–25	21–25	20–25			59–75	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	281	256	1.098	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	261	234	1.115
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	274	263	1.042	9th–16th quarterfinals
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	162	225	0.720

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 May	14:30	Vietnam	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	19–25	23–25			57–75	Report
13 May	12:30	Australia	2–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	24–26	25–22	25–21	13–15	110–109	Report
13 May	14:30	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–11	25–14	25–23			75–48	Report
14 May	12:30	Australia	1–3	China	23–25	25–22	20–25	21–25		89–97	Report
15 May	12:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	China	22–25	25–23	25–20	25–21		97–89	Report
16 May	12:30	Vietnam	0–3	Australia	19–25	21–25	17–25			57–75	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	186	1.333	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	255	249	1.024
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	242	261	0.927	9th–16th quarterfinals
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	245	294	0.833

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 May	16:30	South Korea	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–22	23–25	25–11	25–23		98–81	Report
12 May	18:30	Indonesia	1–3	Japan	20–25	27–29	25–22	23–25		95–101	Report
14 May	14:30	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	15–25	22–25	25–23	17–25		79–98	Report
14 May	16:30	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	Report
15 May	16:30	Indonesia	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–21	23–25	25–20		98–85	Report
16 May	16:30	Japan	0–3	South Korea	21–25	22–25	13–25			56–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30).
• The first and third placed teams of each Preliminary round pools were seeded in Quarterfinals and 9th–16th Quarterfinals respectively. The second and fourth placed teams of each Preliminary round pools were drawn to match the first and third placed teams respectively. The teams in same pool in preliminary round didn't play each other in Quarterfinals and 9th–16th Quarterfinals.

9th–16th places

	9th–16th quarterfinals				9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	18 May
	Saudi Arabia	3
					19 May
	Philippines	2
					Saudi Arabia	0
	18 May
					Indonesia	3
	Indonesia	3
									20 May
	Vietnam	0
									Indonesia	3
	18 May
									Australia	1
	Qatar	3
					19 May
	Kazakhstan	1
					Qatar	1
	18 May
					Australia	3			11th place match
	Australia	3
									20 May
	Maldives	1
									Saudi Arabia	0
									Qatar	3

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	19 May
	Philippines	3
					20 May
	Vietnam	2
					Philippines	1
	19 May
					Kazakhstan	3
	Kazakhstan	3
	Maldives	0
					15th place match
					20 May
					Vietnam	3
					Maldives	1

9th–16th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	12:30	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Philippines	25–18	24–26	25–27	25–21	15–11	114–103	Report
18 May	14:30	Indonesia	3–0	Vietnam	25–13	25–20	25–16			75–49	Report
18 May	16:30	Qatar	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–22	19–25	25–23		94–89	Report
18 May	18:30	Australia	3–1	Maldives	25–16	23–25	25–20	25–10		98–71	Report

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	12:30	Philippines	3–2	Vietnam	28–26	28–30	31–33	27–25	15–8	129–122
19 May	14:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	Maldives	25–23	25–20	25–19			75–62

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	16:30	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Indonesia	21–25	13–25	17–25			51–75
19 May	18:30	Qatar	1–3	Australia	15–25	25–23	24–26	23–25		87–99

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	10:30	Vietnam	3–1	Maldives	25–18	24–26	25–20	25–20		99–84

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	12:30	Philippines	1–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	25–20	18–25	16–25		77–95

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	14:30	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Qatar	18–25	16–25	18–25			52–75

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	16:30	Indonesia	3–1	Australia	25–21	21–25	25–15	25–16		96–77

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	18 May
	Myanmar	1
					19 May
	China	3
					China	2
	18 May
					South Korea	3
	South Korea	3
									20 May
	Thailand	0
									South Korea	0
	18 May
									Iran	3
	Iran	3
					19 May
	Japan	0
					Iran	3
	18 May
					Chinese Taipei	2			3rd place match
	Chinese Taipei	3
									20 May
	India	1
									China	1
									Chinese Taipei	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	19 May
	Myanmar	3
					20 May
	Thailand	0
					Myanmar	3
	19 May
					Japan	2
	Japan	3
	India	0
					7th place match
					20 May
					Thailand	3
					India	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	12:30	Myanmar	1–3	China	21–25	14–25	25–21	22–25		82–96	Report
18 May	14:30	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–18	25–18			75–58	Report
18 May	16:30	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–15	25–23			75–57	Report
18 May	18:30	Chinese Taipei	3–1	India	23–25	26–24	25–20	25–21		99–90	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	12:30	Myanmar	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65
19 May	14:30	Japan	3–0	India	25–22	25–15	25–17			75–54

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 May	16:30	China	2–3	South Korea	25–22	20–25	16–25	25–20	10–15	96–107
19 May	18:30	Iran	3–2	Chinese Taipei	19–25	22–25	25–22	25–20	15–12	106–104

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	10:30	Thailand	3–2	India	20–25	23–25	25–22	25–19	16–14	109–105

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	12:30	Myanmar	3–2	Japan	23–25	25–22	25–17	19–25	15–13	107–102

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	14:30	China	1–3	Chinese Taipei	25–27	21–25	25–21	23–25		94–98

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	16:30	South Korea	0–3	Iran	16–25	21–25	21–25			58–75

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  South Korea  Chinese Taipei 4  China 5  Myanmar 6  Japan 7  Thailand 8  India 9  Indonesia 10  Australia 11  Qatar 12  Saudi Arabia 13  Kazakhstan 14  Philippines 15  Vietnam 16  Maldives Qualified for the 2015 U23 World Championship

2015 Asian Men's U23 champions  Iran 1st title 12–man roster Pouya, Ghaleh, Razipour, Bagheri, Fallah, Fayazi (c), Shahsavari, Javaheri, Hosseinabadi, Manavinejad, Fathali, Nasr Head coach Akbari

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Purya Fayazi

• Best setter

  Mostafa Bagheri

• Best outside spikers

  Purya Fayazi

  Liu Hung-Min

• Best middle blockers

  Kim In-hyeok

  Javad Hosseinabadi

• Best opposite spiker

  Jung Ji-seok

• Best libero

  Lee Ji-hun

See also

• 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship