1993 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the seventh staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 11 to 19 September 1993.

1993 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Dates	11–19 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	4	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	Pakistan	2	1	1	3	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	2	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
	Thailand	3–0	Pakistan
	Pakistan	3–?	Kuwait
	Thailand	3–?	Kuwait

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	0	0	—
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	4	4	0	MAX	0	0	—
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	New Zealand	3–?	Sri Lanka
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Iran	15–2	15–3	15–8			45–13
14 Sep	Iran	3–1	New Zealand	15–8	10–15	15–11	15–8		55–42
14 Sep	Japan	3–0	Sri Lanka
15 Sep	Iran	3–1	Sri Lanka	15–9	15–11	8–15	15–9		53–44
15 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	15–3	15–8	15–0			45–11

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	0	0	—
3	India	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	0	0	—
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–?	Chinese Taipei
13 Sep	South Korea	3–0	India	15–3	15–13	15–6			45–22
14 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–0	India
14 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–11	15–10	15–1			45–22
15 Sep	India	3–2	Chinese Taipei	3–15	15–6	8–15	15–7	15–4	56–47
15 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–1	South Korea	15–11	12–15	16–14	15–10		58–50

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	4	3	1	7	9	3	3.000	0	0	—
3	Qatar	4	2	2	6	6	0	MAX	0	0	—
4	Philippines	4	1	3	5	4	0	MAX	0	0	—
5	Bangladesh	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Australia	3–0	Philippines	15–10	15–0	15–2			45–12
11 Sep	China	3–0	Bangladesh
12 Sep	Bangladesh	0–3	Australia	4–15	4–15	13–15			21–45
12 Sep	Qatar	0–3	China	6–15	7–15	4–15			17–45
13 Sep	Philippines	3–?	Bangladesh
13 Sep	Australia	3–0	Qatar	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
14 Sep	Bangladesh	?–3	Qatar
14 Sep	Philippines	0–3	China
15 Sep	Qatar	3–1	Philippines	15–6	12–15	15–12	15–10		57–43
15 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	15–11	15–7	15–9			45–27

Quarterfinals

• 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 Quarter-finals.

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	6	0	0	—	0	0	—	Championship round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	0	0	—	0	0	—	5th–8th classification
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	3	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Thailand	0–3	South Korea	8–15	10–15	4–15			22–45
16 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	Kazakhstan
17 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	South Korea
17 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Kazakhstan	0–15	9–15	0–15			9–45

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Championship round
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	0	0	—
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	91	135	0.674	5th–8th classification
4	Iran	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–4	15–9			45–17
16 Sep	Iran	0–3	China	6–15	4–15	8–15			18–45
17 Sep	Iran	0–3	Australia	14–16	7–15	14–16			35–47
17 Sep	Japan	3–0	China	15–13	15–10	15–9			45–32

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	18 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Thailand	0
					19 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Iran	3
					Iran	3
	18 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Australia	0
	Australia	3
	Pakistan	0
					7th place
					19 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Thailand	3
					Pakistan	1

5th-8th place semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Iran	5–15	14–16	7–15			26–46
18 Sep	Australia	3–0	Pakistan	15–12	15–6	15–3			45–21

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Pakistan	15–9	11–15	15–12	15–13		56–49

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	Iran	3–0	Australia	15–13	16–14	16–14			47–41

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	18 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Kazakhstan	3
					19 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	China	?
					Kazakhstan	0
	18 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					South Korea	3
	Japan	1
	South Korea	3
					3rd place
					19 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					China	2
					Japan	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Kazakhstan	3–?	China
18 Sep	Japan	1–3	South Korea	15–12	14–16	7–15	8–15		44–58

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	China	2–3	Japan	11–15	15–7	15–11	10–15	10–15	61–63

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	Kazakhstan	0–3	South Korea	11–15	5–15	13–15			29–45

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Kazakhstan
	Japan
4	China
5	Iran
6	Australia
7	Thailand
8	Pakistan
9	India
10	Chinese Taipei
11	New Zealand
12	Qatar
13	Sri Lanka
14	Kuwait
15	Philippines
16	Bangladesh

	Qualified for the 1994 World Championship
	Qualified for the 1994 World Championship Qualifier (Kazakhstan later withdrew and replaced by Chinese Taipei)

1993 Asian Men's champions
South Korea 2nd title

References

• Results