2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 15th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament took place in Manama, Bahrain from 27 July to 4 August.^[1][2]

2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
City	Manama
Dates	28 July – 4 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Pakistan
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Ding Haocheng
Best Setter	Gong Haoqian
Best OH	Yu Xiang Rahimi Mohammad Amin
Best MB	Bateni Mohammadnima Jabran Jabran
Best OPP	Yahya Muhammad
Best Libero	Arabyarmohammadi Mohammadamin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Attendance	13,271 (237 per match)
Official website
asianvolleyball.net/new/15-asian-mens-u18-volleyball-championship/
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This tournament served as the qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.^[3]

Players must be born on or after January 1, 2007. Asia U18 players who have already played once in the FIVB U19 Championship cannot play in AVC U18 Championship as it is a qualification event for the following year of FIVB U19 event. In principle, the players can participate in Asian U18 and FIVB U19 only once.^[4]

China won their first title of the tournament after defeating Iran in a tiebreaker match (3–2) in the final.^[5] Pakistan defeated Japan in the third place match.^[6] Ding Haocheng of China named the MVP of the tournament.^[7]

Host selection

AVC awarded Bahrain the hosting rights of the 15th edition of Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship,^[1] after they hosted the 2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup.

Qualification

The 16 AVC member associations submitted their U19 men's national team to the 2024 Asian U19 Championship. The 16 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (1 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (4 teams).^[8]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host Country	1	Bahrain
Central Asian teams	4	Pakistan
		India
		Iran
		Kazakhstan
East Asian teams	5	China
		Chinese Taipei
		Japan
		South Korea
		Hong Kong
Oceanian teams	1	Australia
Southeast Asian teams	2	Thailand
		Philippines
West Asian teams	3	Kuwait
		Lebanon
		Saudi Arabia
Total 16

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 12 March 2024.^[9]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bahrain (Hosts)	Japan (1)	Iran (2)	India (3)
Thailand (7)	Chinese Taipei (6)	China (5)	South Korea (4)
Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	Lebanon	Kuwait (8)
Australia	Kazakhstan	Philippines	Pakistan

Format

In preliminary round, all teams are divided into four pools (A, B, C, & D) with four teams each. The teams battled in a single round-robin with the top two teams in each pool qualified to 1st–8th classification while bottom two teams qualified to 9th–16th classification.^[8]

In classification round, all teams in each pools (E, F, G, & H) battle again in a single round-robin where top two teams in pools E and F qualify to semifinals and the two bottom teams qualify to 5th–8th places, while the top two teams in pools G and H qualify to 9th–12th places and 13th–16th places, respectively. Teams who faced each other in the preliminary will not play again rather their win-loss record will carry over.^[8]

In final round, the teams battle in knockout format.^[8]

Venues

Preliminary, Classification, 1st–8th places	Preliminary, Classification, 9th–16th places
Manama, Bahrain
Isa Sport City Hall
Court 1	Court 2
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories^[8]
2. Match points^[8]
3. Sets quotient^[8]
4. Points quotient^[8]
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 ratio 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.^[8]

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.
Match forfeited: 0 point (25–0;25-0;25-0)

Preliminary round

• All times are Bahrain Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	282	237	1.190	Pool E
2	Bahrain (H)	3	1	2	4	7	8	0.875	329	351	0.937
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	307	300	1.023	Pool G
4	Hong Kong	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	281	279	1.007

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	16:30	Court 1	Australia	1–3	Thailand	25–21	18–25	13–25	21–25		77–96	Report
28 Jul	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	2–3	Hong Kong	23–25	25–18	25–19	33–35	12–15	118–112	Report
29 Jul	16:30	Court 1	Hong Kong	1–3	Australia	19–25	24–26	25–23	26–28		94–102	Report
29 Jul	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	2–3	Thailand	22–25	27–25	25–21	17–25	10–15	101–111	Report
30 Jul	16:30	Court 1	Thailand	3–0	Hong Kong	25–23	25–17	25–19			75–59	Report
30 Jul	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	3–2	Australia	17–25	36–34	16–25	25–20	16–14	110–118	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	191	1.314	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	234	239	0.979
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	258	264	0.977	Pool H
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	176	225	0.782

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	11:30	Court 1	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	23–25	22–25			63–75	Report
28 Jul	14:00	Court 1	Kazakhstan	1–3	Japan	27–25	19–25	12–25	24–26		82–101	Report
29 Jul	11:30	Court 1	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–23	25–17	15–25	15–11	102–101	Report
29 Jul	14:00	Court 1	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Japan	20–25	18–25	14–25			52–75	Report
30 Jul	11:30	Court 1	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	19–25	19–25			61–75	Report
30 Jul	14:00	Court 1	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–16	25–20			75–57	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	251	207	1.213	Pool E
2	Iran	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	260	199	1.307
3	Philippines	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	184	209	0.880	Pool G
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	145	225	0.644

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	11:30	Court 2	Philippines	0–3	China	17–25	17–25	16–25			50–75	Report
28 Jul	14:00	Court 2	Lebanon	0–3	Iran	18–25	10–25	11–25			39–75	Report
29 Jul	11:30	Court 2	China	3–0	Lebanon	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	Report
29 Jul	14:00	Court 2	Philippines	0–3	Iran	14–25	20–25	25–27			59–77	Report
30 Jul	11:30	Court 2	Philippines	3–0	Lebanon	25–13	25–23	25–21			75–57	Report
30 Jul	14:00	Court 2	China	3–2	Iran	22–25	25–23	14–25	25–22	15–13	101–108	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	261	214	1.220	Pool F
2	South Korea	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	253	208	1.216
3	India	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	195	203	0.961	Pool H
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	141	225	0.627

Source: Daily Bulletin No.4

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	16:30	Court 2	India	3–0	Kuwait	25–15	25–20	25–14			75–49	Report
28 Jul	19:00	Court 2	South Korea	2–3	Pakistan	25–22	23–25	17–25	25–20	13–15	103–107	Report
29 Jul	16:30	Court 2	India	0–3	Pakistan	20–25	27–29	15–25			62–79	Report
29 Jul	19:00	Court 2	Kuwait	0–3	South Korea	10–25	14–25	20–25			44–75	Report
30 Jul	16:30	Court 2	India	0–3	South Korea	18–25	23–25	17–25			58–75	Report
30 Jul	19:00	Court 2	Pakistan	3–0	Kuwait	25–19	25–11	25–19			75–49	Report

Classification round

• All times are Bahrain Time (UTC+03:00).
• 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	China	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	251	201	1.249	Final four
2	Iran	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	258	208	1.240
3	Thailand	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	215	251	0.857	5th–8th places
4	Bahrain (H)	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	197	261	0.755

Source: Daily Bulletin No.6
(H) Host

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Thailand	0–3	Iran	18–25	23–25	20–25			61–75	Report
1 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	0–3	China	8–25	22–25	20–25			50–75	Report
2 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Thailand	0–3	China	10–25	13–25	20–25			43–75	Report
2 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Bahrain	0–3	Iran	12–25	20–25	14–25			46–75	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	278	227	1.225	Final four
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	290	290	1.000
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	264	265	0.996	5th–8th places
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	199	249	0.799

Source: Daily Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Pakistan	20–25	26–24	18–25	23–25		87–99	Report
1 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Japan	3–1	South Korea	28–30	25–21	25–17	25–18		103–86	Report
2 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Japan	3–1	Pakistan	22–25	28–26	25–18	25–15		100–84	Report
2 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	20–25	16–25	19–25			55–75	Report

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	9	9	3	3.000	292	255	1.145	9th–12th places
2	Philippines	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	253	244	1.037
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	287	282	1.018	13th–16th places
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	220	271	0.812

Source: Daily Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	11:30	Court 2	Australia	3–1	Lebanon	23–25	25–15	25–19	25–21		98–80	Report
1 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Philippines	3–1	Hong Kong	18–25	25–20	28–26	26–24		97–95	Report
2 Aug	11:30	Court 2	Hong Kong	3–1	Lebanon	23–25	25–22	25–15	25–21		98–83	Report
2 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Australia	3–1	Philippines	25–21	25–20	17–25	25–15		92–81	Report

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	145	1.552	9th–12th places
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	204	199	1.025
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	182	210	0.867	13th–16th places
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	172	229	0.751

Source: Daily Bulletin No.6

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Kazakhstan	3–0	Kuwait	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63	Report
1 Aug	19:00	Court 2	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25–13	25–11	25–18			75–42	Report
2 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Kuwait	25–14	25–19	29–27			79–60	Report
2 Aug	19:00	Court 2	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	16–25	19–25	19–25			54–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Bahrain Time (UTC+03:00).

13th–16th places

	13th–16th semifinals				13th place match
	3 August
	Hong Kong	3
					4 August
	Kuwait	1
					Hong Kong	3
	3 August
					Lebanon	2
	Lebanon	3
	Saudi Arabia	1
					15th place match
					4 August
					Kuwait	0
					Saudi Arabia	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	11:30	Court 2	Hong Kong	3–1	Kuwait	18–25	25–27	25–21	25–14		93–87	Report
3 Aug	14:00	Court 2	Lebanon	3–1	Saudi Arabia	14–25	26–24	25–16	25–19		90–84	Report

15th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	10:30	Court 2	Kuwait	0–3	Saudi Arabia	19–25	23–25	24–26			66–76	P2

13th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	13:00	Court 2	Hong Kong	3–2	Lebanon	25–17	25–23	23–25	19–25	15–6	107–96	P2

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	3 August
	Australia	0
					4 August
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	0
	3 August
					India	3
	Philippines	1
	India	3
					11th place match
					4 August
					Australia	1
					Philippines	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	16:30	Court 2	Australia	0–3	Kazakhstan	18–25	17–25	16–25			51–75	Report
3 Aug	19:00	Court 2	Philippines	1–3	India	21–25	20–25	25–17	19–25		85–92	Report

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	15:30	Court 2	Australia	1–3	Philippines	18–25	21–25	25–15	23–25		87–90	P2

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	18:00	Court 2	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	21–25	23–25	15–25			59–75	P2

5th–8th semifinals

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	3 August
	Thailand	3
					4 August
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Thailand	1
	3 August
					South Korea	3
	Bahrain	0
	South Korea	3
					7th place match
					4 August
					Chinese Taipei	1
					Bahrain	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	26–24	25–21	17–25	25–22		93–92	Report
3 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Bahrain	0–3	South Korea	15–25	16–25	21–25			52–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	11:30	Court 1	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Bahrain	23–25	25–23	29–31	18–25		95–104	P2

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	14:00	Court 1	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	22–25	25–23	21–25	17–25		85–98	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	3 August
	China	3
					3 August
	Pakistan	2
					China	3
	3 August
					Iran	2
	Iran	3
	Japan	0
					3rd place match
					3 August
					Pakistan	3
					Japan	0

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	16:30	Court 1	China	3–2	Pakistan	25–23	22–25	25–22	23–25	15–8	110–103	Report
3 Aug	19:00	Court 1	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	16:30	Court 1	Pakistan	3–0	Japan	25–13	25–22	25–17			75–52	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Aug	19:00	Court 1	China	3–2	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–19	20–25	15–10	108–96	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Iran  Pakistan 4  Japan 5  South Korea 6  Thailand 7  Bahrain 8  Chinese Taipei 9  India 10  Kazakhstan 11  Philippines 12  Australia 13  Hong Kong 14  Lebanon 15  Saudi Arabia 16  Kuwait Qualified for the 2025 U19 World Championship

2024 Asian Men's U18 champions  China First title 12–man roster Ding Haocheng (c), Hu Hanlin, Yu Xiang, Gong Minghao, Wang Jinkebo, Zhao Nan, Zhang Hao, Niu Ge, Wang Kai, Gong Haoqian, Li Xuyang, Luo Zhenbo Head coach Hou Chundi

Awards

The Dream Team of the tournament.

• Most valuable player

   Ding Haocheng (CHN)

• Best setter

   Gong Haoqian (CHN)

• Best outside spikers

   Yu Xiang (CHN)

   Rahimi Mohammad Amin (IRI)

• Best middle blockers

   Bateni Mohammad Nima (IRI)

   Jabran Jabran (PAK)

• Best opposite spiker

   Yahya Muhammad (PAK)

• Best libero

   Arabyarmohammadi Mohammad Amin (IRI)

Qualified teams for FIVB U19 World Championship

The following teams from AVC qualified for the 2025 FIVB Men's U19 World Championship.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the FIVB U19 World Championship1
Pakistan	2 August 2024[10]	0 (None)
Japan	2 August 2024[11]	12 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
China	3 August 2024[12]	7 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Iran	3 August 2024[13]	14 (1989, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year.

See also

• 2024 Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship
• 2024 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship