2018_Asian_Boys'_U18_Volleyball_Championship
The 2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tabriz, Iran from 29 June to 6 July 2018.[1][2] The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Iran |
| City | Tabriz |
| Dates | 29 June – 6 July |
| Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Champions |  Japan (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  South Korea |
| Third place | Iran |
| Fourth place |  Chinese Taipei |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Taito Mizumachi |
| Best Setter | Taiga Itoyama |
| Best OH | Chang Hung-yeh Park Seung-su |
| Best MB | Alireza Abdollahi Riku Ito |
| Best OPP | Bardia Saadat |
| Best Libero | Jang Ji-won |
| Official website | |
| Asian Boys' U18 Championship | |
Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001. And they can enroll themselves maximum for one championship.
On 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the tournament which had not yet qualified to the 2021 U19 World Championship qualified for the 2021 U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.[3]
The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 boys' national team to the 2018 Asian U18 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (6 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (2 teams).
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country | 1 | Iran | |
| Central Asian teams | 5 |  India | |
 Kazakhstan | |||
 Pakistan | |||
 Sri Lanka | |||
 Turkmenistan | |||
 Uzbekistan | |||
| East Asian teams | 5 |  China | |
| Chinese Taipei | |||
 Hong Kong | |||
| Japan | |||
| South Korea | |||
| Oceanian teams | 2 |  Australia | |
 New Zealand | |||
| Southeast Asian teams | 2 |  Malaysia | |
 Thailand | |||
| West Asian teams | 2 |  Oman | |
 Qatar | |||
| Total 17 | |||
This was the first Asian U18 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into six pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C.[4] But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.
Shahid Poursharifi Arena, Tabriz, Iran- Shahid Aghdami Arena, Tabriz, Iran
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- If the tie continues as per the point ratio 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.
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
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
- Originally, the winners of pool D had to play against the third ranked team of pool E in the playoffs. However, due to the absence of Uzbekistan, there were only two teams in pool E, so the winners of pool D went directly to the round of 12.
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 172 | 145 | 1.186 | Round of 12 |
| 2 | Japan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 167 | 156 | 1.071 | |
| 3 | China |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 112 | 150 | 0.747 |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 158 | 162 | 0.975 | Round of 12 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 140 | 137 | 1.022 | |
| 3 | Iran |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 159 | 158 | 1.006 |
Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 173 | 139 | 1.245 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Australia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 160 | 159 | 1.006 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 157 | 192 | 0.818 |
Pool D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 171 | 140 | 1.221 | Round of 12 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 151 | 151 | 1.000 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Oman |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 151 | 182 | 0.830 |
Pool E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 44 | 1.705 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 44 | 75 | 0.587 |
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun | 16:00 | SAA | New Zealand | 0–3 | Pakistan | 18–25 | 12–25 | 14–25 | 44–75 | P2 | ||
Pool F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 153 | 93 | 1.645 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Turkmenistan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 130 | 127 | 1.024 | |
| 3 | Qatar |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 87 | 150 | 0.580 |
- All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
| Playoffs | Round of 12 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | Bye | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | Bye | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 1 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 July | 6 July | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| India | 3 | Iran | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5th–10th quarterfinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | ||||||||
| 5 July | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Malaysia | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 July | ||||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 July | ||||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||
| China | 3 | 7th place match | ||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 July | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
| 11th–14th semifinals | 11th place match | |||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| 5 July | ||||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 1 | |||||
| Oman | 1 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||
| 13th place match | ||||||
| 5 July | ||||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| Oman | 3 | |||||
| 15th–17th semifinal | 15th place match | |||||
| 5 July | ||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| Turkmenistan | 3 | |||||
| Turkmenistan | 3 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||
Playoffs
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul | 13:30 | SPA | Australia | 3–0 | Turkmenistan | 25–16 | 30–28 | 25–21 | 80–65 | P2 | ||
| 2 Jul | 16:00 | SPA | Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Qatar | 25–10 | 25–23 | 25–13 | 75–46 | P2 | ||
| 2 Jul | 16:00 | SAA | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–14 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 75–56 | P2 | ||
| 2 Jul | 18:30 | SPA | Hong Kong | 2–3 | Malaysia | 25–27 | 22–25 | 26–24 | 26–24 | 16–18 | 115–118 | P2 |
| 2 Jul | 18:30 | SAA | Oman | 1–3 | Pakistan | 17–25 | 28–26 | 10–25 | 15–25 | 70–101 | P2 | |
Round of 12
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul | 13:30 | SPA | Thailand | 3–0 | Malaysia | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–16 | 75–53 | P2 | ||
| 3 Jul | 13:30 | SAA | South Korea | 3–0 | Pakistan | 25–12 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 75–48 | P2 | ||
| 3 Jul | 16:00 | SPA | Japan | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–12 | 25–18 | 25–23 | 75–53 | P2 | ||
| 3 Jul | 16:00 | SAA | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Australia | 25–20 | 25–20 | 27–25 | 77–65 | P2 | ||
| 3 Jul | 18:30 | SPA | Iran | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–21 | 25–17 | 25–13 | 75–51 | P2 | ||
| 3 Jul | 18:30 | SAA | China | 2–3 | India | 25–23 | 18–25 | 25–18 | 19–25 | 11–15 | 98–106 | P2 |
5th–10th quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
15th–17th semifinal
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul | 13:30 | SAA | Turkmenistan | 3–2 | Hong Kong | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–22 | 25–16 | 15–12 | 107–100 | P2 |
11th–14th semifinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
15th place match
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | 10:00 | SAA | Qatar | 0–3 | Turkmenistan | 17–25 | 11–25 | 20–25 | 48–75 | P2 | ||
13th place match
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | 13:30 | SAA | New Zealand | 1–3 | Oman | 19–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 84–97 | P2 | |
11th place match
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | 16:00 | SAA | Pakistan | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–22 | 26–28 | 27–25 | 103–96 | P2 | |
9th place match
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | 18:35 | SAA | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Malaysia | 25–22 | 25–14 | 24–26 | 25–23 | 99–85 | P2 | |
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
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- Most valuable player
Taito Mizumachi
- Best setter
- Taiga Itoyama
- Best outside spikers
Chang Hung-yeh
Park Seung-su
- Best middle blockers
- Alireza Abdollahi
- Riku Ito
- Best opposite spiker
- Best libero
- Jang Ji-won
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