2023 Asian Men's U16 Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Asian Boys' 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
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Tournament details
Host nation Uzbekistan
CityTashkent
Dates22–29 July
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Attendance13,260 (390 per match)
Official website
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First

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, 2008.

Pools composition

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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

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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

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

Pool standing procedure

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  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

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Pool A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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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 4 3 1 8 9 6 1.500 244 258 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

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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

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5th–8th places

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5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
28 Jul
 
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
29 Jul
 
  Australia1
 
  Kazakhstan0
 
28 Jul
 
  Japan3
 
  Japan3
 
 
  Thailand2
 
7th place match
 
 
29 Jul
 
 
  Australia1
 
 
  Thailand3

5th–8th semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 Jul
 
 
  Iran3
 
29 Jul
 
  Chinese Taipei2
 
  Iran3
 
28 Jul
 
  Uzbekistan1
 
  Uzbekistan3
 
 
  Pakistan1
 
3rd place match
 
 
29 Jul
 
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
 
  Pakistan1

Semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Preechachan (2023-07-22). "INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDERWAY IN UZBEKISTAN ON JULY 22". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Preechachan (16 March 2023). "Results of Remaining Six 2023 AVC Championships Drawing of Lots Revealed". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ^ "The withdrawal of India and Bahrain". volleyball.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  4. ^ Preechachan (2023-07-25). "TOP 8 SPOTS CONFIRMED IN ONGOING TASHKENT-HOSTED INAUGURAL ASIAN MEN'S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
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