2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship was the inaugural edition of the Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Uzbekistan (UZBV). The tournament was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 22 to 29 July 2023.^[1]

2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship

Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	22–29 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Uzbekistan
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Attendance	13,260 (390 per match)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net/new/1st-asian-mens-u16-volleyball-championship/
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This tournament served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship as the AVC representatives.^[1]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2007.

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 16 March 2023.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Uzbekistan (H)	Bahrain*	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait*
Kazakhstan	India*	Iran	Pakistan
Hong Kong	Thailand	Japan	Mongolia
—	Australia	China	Chinese Taipei

* Kuwait, Bahrain and India withdrew from the tournament.^[3]

Format

All teams are divided into 4 pools. Robin round to classify ranking. Top 2 teams advance to top 8, split to Pool E (for teams from Pools A and C) and Pool F (for teams from Pools B and D). After that, teams will play cross matches to determine the best two teams from Pools E and F to qualify for the 1-4 semifinals, with teams finishing third and fourth places in each pool relegated to Classification Round for ranking 5-8.

The lower-ranked teams finishing third in Pools A, C and D and fourth in Pool C will next play a single round-robin competition. Teams which have already met in the pool round-robin preliminaries will not play again, but their results in the pool play will be taken into consideration for ranking 9-12.^[4]

Venue

Assigned matches	Assigned matches
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yunusobod	JAR
Capacity: unknown

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of Victories
2. Match points
3. Set quotient
4. Points quotient
5. 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

• All times are Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	108	1.389	Pool E
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	129	1.047
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	102	150	0.680	Pool G

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	17:30	YSB	Hong Kong	0–3	Uzbekistan	15–25	16–25	17–25			48–75	Report
23 Jul	15:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–21	25–15	25–18			75–54	Report
24 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–19	25–20			75–60	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	96	75	1.280	Pool F
2	Australia	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	75	96	0.781

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	1–3	Thailand	17–25	25–21	18–25	15–25		75–96	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	260	201	1.294	Pool E
2	Japan	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	273	232	1.177
3	China	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	226	228	0.991	Pool G
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	127	225	0.564

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	10:30	YSB	Saudi Arabia	0–3	China	19–25	20–25	12–25			51–75	Report
22 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–2	Japan	22–25	17–25	25–20	25–22	15–10	104–102	Report
23 Jul	12:30	YSB	Japan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–18	25–18	25–10			75–46	Report
23 Jul	17:30	YSB	Iran	3–0	China	31–29	25–17	25–23			81–69	Report
24 Jul	12:30	YSB	China	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–21	18–25	23–25		82–96	Report
24 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–12	25–6	25–12			75–30	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	88	1.705	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	124	111	1.117
3	Mongolia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	75	150	0.500	Pool G

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	12:30	YSB	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Pakistan	15–25	18–25	16–25			49–75	Report
23 Jul	10:00	YSB	Mongolia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	20–25	12–25	4–25			36–75	Report
24 Jul	15:00	JAR	Pakistan	3–0	Mongolia	25–9	25–17	25–13			75–39	Report

Classification round

• All times are Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	305	266	1.147	Semifinals
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	264	271	0.974
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	216	234	0.923	5th–8th places
4	Japan	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	271	285	0.951

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	10:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	1–3	Iran	15–25	25–23	20–25	19–25		79–98	Report
26 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	2–3	Japan	22–25	19–25	25–23	25–20	13–15	104–108	Report
27 Jul	15:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–18	27–25			77–61	Report
27 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	1–3	Iran	26–24	17–25	15–25	27–29		85–103	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	139	1.619	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	232	208	1.115
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	244	258	0.946	5th–8th places
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	150	246	0.610

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	12:30	YSB	Thailand	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–16	26–28	16–25	26–24	11–15	104–108	Report
26 Jul	15:00	YSB	Australia	0–3	Pakistan	13–25	19–25	14–25			46–75	Report
27 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	1–25	11–25	17–25			29–75	Report
27 Jul	12:30	YSB	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	9–25	16–25	19–25			44–75	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	China	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	247	187	1.321
10	Mongolia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	227	202	1.124
11	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	200	238	0.840
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	200	242	0.826

Source: Match Result

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	12:30	JAR	Hong Kong	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–23	25–21	25–23			75–67	Report
26 Jul	15:00	JAR	Mongolia	0–3	China	24–26	17–25	19–25			60–76	Report
27 Jul	12:30	JAR	Hong Kong	1–3	China	21–25	15–25	25–21	15–25		76–96	Report
27 Jul	15:00	JAR	Mongolia	3–1	Saudi Arabia	17–25	25–19	25–17	25–16		92–77	Report
28 Jul	15:00	JAR	Hong Kong	0–3	Mongolia	15–25	15–25	19–25			49–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Uzbekistan time (UTC+05:00).

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 Jul
	Kazakhstan	3
					29 Jul
	Australia	1
					Kazakhstan	0
	28 Jul
					Japan	3
	Japan	3
	Thailand	2
					7th place match
					29 Jul
					Australia	1
					Thailand	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	10:00	YSB	Kazakhstan	3–1	Australia	25–20	26–24	28–30	25–17		104–91	Report
28 Jul	12:30	YSB	Japan	3–2	Thailand	17–25	25–15	22–25	25–18	15–9	104–92	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	10:00	YSB	Australia	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–22	24–26	23–25		93–98	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	12:30	YSB	Kazakhstan	0–3	Japan	12–25	20–25	18–25			50–75	Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	28 Jul
	Iran	3
					29 Jul
	Chinese Taipei	2
					Iran	3
	28 Jul
					Uzbekistan	1
	Uzbekistan	3
	Pakistan	1
					3rd place match
					29 Jul
					Chinese Taipei	3
					Pakistan	1

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	15:00	YSB	Iran	3–2	Chinese Taipei	21–25	14–25	25–22	25–17	15–13	100–102	Report
28 Jul	17:30	YSB	Uzbekistan	3–1	Pakistan	25–23	25–21	17–25	25–23		92–92	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	15:00	YSB	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Pakistan	25–13	18–25	25–23	25–22		93–83	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	17:30	YSB	Iran	3–1	Uzbekistan	19–25	25–22	25–16	25–22		94–85	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  Uzbekistan  Chinese Taipei 4  Pakistan 5  Japan 6  Kazakhstan 7  Thailand 8  Australia 9  China 10  Mongolia 11  Hong Kong 12  Saudi Arabia Qualified for the 2024 World Boys Championship

2023 Asian Men's U16 champions  Iran 1st title

Awards

• Most valuable player

   Mohammad Raouf Khoshhal Dashliboroun (IRI)

• Best setter

   Halimov Shohruhxon (UZB)

• Best outside hitters

   Haydarov Ogabek (UZB)

   Mohammad Raouf Khoshhal Dashliboroun (IRI)

• Best middle blockers

   Taha Mohseni Bababdani (IRI)

   Liou Guan-Peng (TPE)

• Best opposite spiker

   Huang Pin-Yen (TPE)

• Best libero

   Masoud Eimery (IRI)

See also

• 2023 Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship
• 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship