The twenty-first staging of the: Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Volleyball competition held in Japan
The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was theββtwenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12ββto 19 September 2021.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the "AVC representatives."
Host selectionβ»
On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bidsββto organize 2021 Asian Championship:
Qualificationβ»
Following the AVC regulations, "The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be," selected by
- team for the host country
- teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
- teams from each zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Qualified teamsβ»
- ^A Japan qualified as the hosts, is: originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to zonal entrants.
- ^B Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam also submitted their entry for their participation in the tournament. However they could not be accommodated due to all 16 teams already confirmed at the time; This include the confirmation of the participation of 3 Western Asian teams. And the conclusion of the Central Asia qualifier. Thailand was granted the sole Southeast Asian berth, "the top ranked Southeast Asian team in the 2019 edition," which has earlier confirmed their participation. No qualification tournament was held.
- ^C Sri Lanka originally qualified. But withdrew due to all of its players and "staff testing positive for COVID-19." As a result, Uzbekistan replaced Sri Lanka in August 2021.
Zonal qualificationβ»
Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Date
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Time
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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14 Jul |
14:30 |
Sri Lanka |
3β0 |
Uzbekistan |
25β23 |
25β13 |
25β22 |
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75β58 |
Report
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Pools compositionβ»
Preliminary roundβ»
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2019 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 July 2021. Final standings of the 2019 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 3rd.
- Pots
- Sri Lanka withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team. And was replaced by Uzbekistan.
Classification roundβ»
Squadsβ»
Venuesβ»
Preliminary round, Pool E, F, 5thβ8th places and Final four
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Preliminary round, Pool G, H, 13thβ16th places and 9thβ12th places
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Chiba, Japan
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Funabashi, Japan
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Chiba Port Arena
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Funabashi Arena
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Capacity: 7,512
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Capacity: 4,368
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Pool standing procedureβ»
- 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 3β0/3β1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3β2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary roundβ»
Pool Aβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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12 Sep |
09:30 |
CPA |
Bahrain |
3β0 |
India |
27β25 |
25β21 |
25β21 |
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77β67 |
P2
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12 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
3β0 |
Qatar |
25β20 |
25β23 |
25β21 |
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75β64 |
P2
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13 Sep |
12:00 |
CPA |
India |
0β3 |
Qatar |
22β25 |
14β25 |
20β25 |
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56β75 |
P2
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13 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Bahrain |
1β3 |
Japan |
25β23 |
17β25 |
23β25 |
16β25 |
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81β98 |
P2
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14 Sep |
12:00 |
CPA |
Qatar |
3β0 |
Bahrain |
25β19 |
25β20 |
26β24 |
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76β63 |
P2
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14 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
3β0 |
India |
25β15 |
25β15 |
25β18 |
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75β48 |
P2
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Pool Bβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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12 Sep |
15:00 |
CPA |
Thailand |
2β3 |
Pakistan |
25β22 |
23β25 |
25β21 |
23β25 |
12β15 |
108β108 |
P2
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12 Sep |
15:00 |
FBA |
Iran |
3β0 |
Hong Kong |
25β12 |
25β18 |
25β19 |
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75β49 |
P2
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13 Sep |
09:30 |
CPA |
Hong Kong |
1β3 |
Pakistan |
16β25 |
26β24 |
11β25 |
12β25 |
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65β99 |
P2
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13 Sep |
15:00 |
CPA |
Iran |
3β0 |
Thailand |
25β17 |
25β12 |
25β18 |
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75β47 |
P2
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14 Sep |
09:30 |
CPA |
Pakistan |
0β3 |
Iran |
20β25 |
19β25 |
15β25 |
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54β75 |
P2
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14 Sep |
15:00 |
CPA |
Thailand |
3β1 |
Hong Kong |
25β22 |
17β25 |
29β27 |
25β18 |
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96β92 |
P2
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Pool Cβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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12 Sep |
12:30 |
FBA |
Kuwait |
0β3 |
China |
12β25 |
16β25 |
18β25 |
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46β75 |
P2
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12 Sep |
17:30 |
FBA |
Australia |
3β0 |
Uzbekistan |
25β16 |
25β19 |
25β19 |
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75β54 |
P2
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13 Sep |
12:30 |
FBA |
Uzbekistan |
0β3 |
China |
14β25 |
18β25 |
16β25 |
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48β75 |
P2
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13 Sep |
15:00 |
FBA |
Australia |
3β0 |
Kuwait |
25β21 |
25β14 |
25β9 |
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75β44 |
P2
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14 Sep |
10:05 |
FBA |
Kuwait |
3β1 |
Uzbekistan |
29β27 |
16β25 |
25β21 |
25β21 |
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95β94 |
P2
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14 Sep |
17:40 |
FBA |
China |
2β3 |
Australia |
27β25 |
25β20 |
21β25 |
26β28 |
12β15 |
111β113 |
P2
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Pool Dβ»
Classification roundβ»
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
- 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 Eβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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16 Sep |
12:20 |
CPA |
Qatar |
3β0 |
Australia |
25β20 |
25β20 |
25β21 |
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75β61 |
P2
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16 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
1β3 |
China |
19β25 |
29β27 |
21β25 |
19β25 |
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88β102 |
P2
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17 Sep |
12:00 |
CPA |
Qatar |
2β3 |
China |
26β28 |
25β21 |
28β26 |
19β25 |
10β15 |
108β115 |
P2
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17 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
3β0 |
Australia |
25β23 |
25β17 |
25β23 |
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75β63 |
P2
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Pool Fβ»
Pool Gβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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16 Sep |
12:30 |
FBA |
India |
3β0 |
Kuwait |
25β20 |
25β20 |
25β20 |
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75β60 |
P2
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16 Sep |
15:00 |
FBA |
Bahrain |
3β0 |
Uzbekistan |
25β19 |
27β25 |
25β19 |
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77β63 |
P2
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17 Sep |
10:00 |
FBA |
India |
3β0 |
Uzbekistan |
25β19 |
25β13 |
25β22 |
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75β54 |
P2
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17 Sep |
17:30 |
FBA |
Bahrain |
3β0 |
Kuwait |
25β21 |
25β19 |
25β19 |
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75β59 |
P2
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Pool Hβ»
Final roundβ»
13thβ16th placesβ»
13thβ16th semifinalsβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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18 Sep |
10:00 |
FBA |
Uzbekistan |
3β2 |
Thailand |
28β26 |
23β25 |
25β19 |
22β25 |
20β18 |
118β113 |
P2
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18 Sep |
13:00 |
FBA |
Kuwait |
2β3 |
Hong Kong |
18β25 |
25β22 |
21β25 |
25β20 |
14β16 |
103β108 |
P2
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15th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
12:30 |
FBA |
Kuwait |
1β3 |
Thailand |
16β25 |
25β21 |
23β25 |
20β25 |
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84β96 |
P2
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13th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
10:00 |
FBA |
Hong Kong |
0β3 |
Uzbekistan |
20β25 |
23β25 |
21β25 |
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64β75 |
P2
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9thβ12th placesβ»
9thβ12th semifinalsβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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18 Sep |
15:55 |
FBA |
Bahrain |
3β1 |
Kazakhstan |
16β25 |
25β23 |
28β26 |
25β22 |
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94β96 |
P2
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18 Sep |
18:30 |
FBA |
India |
3β0 |
Saudi Arabia |
25β22 |
25β22 |
25β23 |
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75β67 |
P2
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11th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
15:00 |
FBA |
Kazakhstan |
3β0 |
Saudi Arabia |
25β16 |
25β20 |
25β23 |
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75β59 |
P2
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9th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
17:30 |
FBA |
Bahrain |
2β3 |
India |
16β25 |
23β25 |
25β20 |
25β23 |
14β16 |
103β109 |
P2
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5thβ8th placesβ»
5thβ8th semifinalsβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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18 Sep |
09:30 |
CPA |
Qatar |
3β0 |
South Korea |
25β16 |
32β30 |
25β22 |
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82β68 |
P2
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18 Sep |
12:00 |
CPA |
Australia |
3β0 |
Pakistan |
25β16 |
26β24 |
25β23 |
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76β63 |
P2
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7th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
09:30 |
CPA |
South Korea |
0β3 |
Pakistan |
23β25 |
15β25 |
26β28 |
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64β78 |
P2
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5th place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
12:00 |
CPA |
Qatar |
3β0 |
Australia |
25β21 |
25β11 |
25β23 |
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75β55 |
P2
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Final fourβ»
Semifinalsβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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18 Sep |
15:05 |
CPA |
China |
1β3 |
Iran |
22β25 |
25β17 |
22β25 |
17β25 |
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86β92 |
P2
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18 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
3β1 |
Chinese Taipei |
25β16 |
22β25 |
25β21 |
25β20 |
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97β82 |
P2
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3rd place matchβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
15:00 |
CPA |
Chinese Taipei |
0β3 |
China |
17β25 |
16β25 |
17β25 |
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50β75 |
P2
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Finalβ»
Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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19 Sep |
18:00 |
CPA |
Japan |
0β3 |
Iran |
25β27 |
22β25 |
29β31 |
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76β83 |
P2
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Final standingβ»
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2021 Asian Men's champions
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Iran 4th title
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14βman roster
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Mahdi Jelveh, Milad Ebadipour (c), Reza Abedini, Amir Hossein Toukhteh, Aliasghar Mojarad, Esmaeil Mosafer, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Meisam Salehi, Saber Kazemi, Amir Hossein Esfandiar, Ali Ramezani, Javad Karimi, Amin Esmaeilnejad, Abolfazl Gholipour
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Head coach
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Behrouz Ataei
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Awardsβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»