Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

{{Short description|Indoor volleyball competition for men's national teams}}

{{more citations needed|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

| current_season =

| last_season = 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

| upcoming_season =

| sport = Volleyball

| founded = {{Start date and age|1975}}

| inaugural = 1975

| teams = 16

| continents = Asia and Oceania (AVC)

| champion = {{vb|JPN}}
(10th title)

| most_champs = {{vb|JPN}}
(10 titles)

}}

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The top three teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its tenth title at the 2023 tournament.

History

The first tournament was held in 1975 with the participation of seven national teams. Japan captured the first gold. The next edition was held in 1979, were won by China and Wang Jiawei hailed as the first ever MVP of the tournament. However, in 1980s Japan managed to return at first position. They captured another Asian gold in 1983 and repeated this success at next edition in 1987. In 1989, twice runners-up South Korea won its maiden Asian title at the home tournament. The three teams from East Asia dominated the tournament for next three decades.

The domination of East Asian teams was ceased in 2007 when Australia unprecedentally won their first ever title. The next tournament was won again by Japan. In 2011, Iran took their first ever title at the home tournament and repeated this success at the next edition in 2013.

The 2015 Asian Championship took place again in Tehran, Iran. It was won by Japan who managed to beat home favorites – Iran – in 3–1 victory. They also won the next tournament.

The 2019 Asian Championship was hosted by Iran for the fourth time and they won and captured their 3rd title after defeating Australia in 3–0 victory. For the first time in the tournament, the 2021 edition was held in two venues in Japan. In the final match held in Chiba, Iran finally took their revenge against home favorites – Japan – in 3–0 victory and won their fourth Asian title.

The 2023 Asian Championship was held in Iran for the fifth time. However, the host and two-time defending champions failed to defend their title, having defeated by a young Japanese squad who had just captured historic bronze medal in the 2023 Nations League.

The 22 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Japan have won ten times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea and Iran, with four titles each; China, with three titles; and Australia, with one title.

China, Japan, and South Korea co-holds record for the participation at the Asian Championships (22 times).

Starting in 2026, the tournaments will now be held every even year, conforming to the 2025–28 Volleyball Calendar of the FIVB.{{cite web |title=Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 launched: The best ever! |url=https://www.fivb.com/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-launched-the-best-ever/ |website=FIVB |access-date=18 September 2024}}

Results summary

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center;"
bgcolor=#c1d8ff

!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=12%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffff|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffff|

!colspan=3|3rd place match

!width=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=#ffffff|

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Teams

bgcolor=#efefef

!width=14%|Champions

!width=9%|Score

!width=14%|Runners-up

!width=14%|3rd place

!width=9%|Score

!width=14%|4th place

1975
Details

|{{flagicon|AUS}}
Melbourne

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|KOR|1949}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|7

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|1979
Details

|{{flagicon|BHR|1972}}
Manama

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|KOR|1949}}

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|15

1983
Details

|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}}
Tokyo

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1949}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|TPE}}

|11

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|1987
Details

|{{flagicon|KUW}}
Kuwait City

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1984}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|KUW}}

|17

1989
Details

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}
Seoul

|{{vb-big|KOR|1984}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|3–2

|{{vb-big|PAK}}

|19

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|1991
Details

|{{flagicon|AUS}}
Perth

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|KOR|1984}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|15

1993
Details

|{{flagicon|THA}}
Nakhon Ratchasima

|{{vb-big|KOR|1984}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|KAZ}}

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|3–2

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|16

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|1995
Details

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}
Seoul

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1984}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|14

1997
Details

|{{flagicon|QAT}}
Doha

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|JPN|1947}}

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|TPE}}

|17

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|1999
Details

|{{flagicon|IRI}}
Tehran

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|14

2001
Details

|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}}
Changwon

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|12

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2003
Details

|{{flagicon|CHN}}
Tianjin

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|15

2005
Details

|{{flagicon|THA}}
Suphan Buri

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|IND}}

|18

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2007
Details

|{{flagicon|INA}}
Jakarta

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|Round-robin

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|17

2009
Details

|{{flagicon|PHI}}
Manila

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|{{vb-big|KOR|1997}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|18

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2011
Details

|{{flagicon|IRI}}
Tehran

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|{{vb-big|KOR}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|16

2013
Details

|{{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|KOR}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|21

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2015
Details

|{{flagicon|IRI}}
Tehran

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|3–2

|{{vb-big|QAT}}

|16

2017
Details

|{{flagicon|INA}}
Gresik

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|KAZ}}

|{{vb-big|KOR}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|INA}}

|16

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2019
Details

|{{flagicon|IRI}}
Tehran

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|AUS}}

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{vb-big|KOR}}

|16

2021
Details

|{{flagicon|JPN}}
Chiba / Funabashi

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|TPE}}

|16

bgcolor=#e8e8f0

|2023
Details

|{{flagicon|IRN}}
Urmia

|{{vb-big|JPN}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|IRI}}

|{{vb-big|QAT}}

|3–0

|{{vb-big|CHN}}

|17

=Teams reaching the top four=

class="wikitable"
style="width:20%"|Team

!style="width:20%"|Champions

!style="width:20%"|Runners-up

!style="width:20%"|3rd place

!style="width:20%"|4th place

{{vb|JPN}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|10 (1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2023)

|4 (1989, 1997, 2007, 2021)

|4 (1979, 1993, 2001, 2019)

|2 (1999, 2013)

{{vb|KOR}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|4 (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)

|4 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2013)

|9 (1983, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)

|1 (2019)

{{vb|IRI}}

| style=background:#FFF68F|4 (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)

|3 (2009, 2015, 2023)

|1 (2003)

|1 (1995)

{{vb|CHN}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (1979, 1997, 1999)

|6 (1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2011)

|6 (1975, 1989, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2021)

|5 (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2023)

{{vb|AUS}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2007)

|3 (1999, 2001, 2019)

|1 (1997)

|5 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2011)

{{vb|KAZ}}

|

|2 (1993, 2017)

|

|

{{vb|QAT}}

|

|

|1 (2023)

|1 (2015)

{{vb|TPE}}

|

|

|

|3 (1983, 1997, 2021)

{{vb|KUW}}

|

|

|

|1 (1987)

{{vb|PAK}}

|

|

|

|1 (1989)

{{vb|IND}}

|

|

|

|1 (2005)

{{vb|INA}}

|

|

|

|1 (2017)

=Champions by region=

class="wikitable"

!Federation (Region)

!Champion(s)

!Number

EAVA (East Asia)

|Japan (10), South Korea (4), China (3)

|17 titles

CAVA (Central Asia)

|Iran (4)

|4 titles

OZVA (Oceania)

|Australia (1)

|1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

class="wikitable"
Times HostedNationsYear(s)
style="text-align:center;"|5{{IRI}}1999, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
style="text-align:center;"|3{{KOR}}1989, 1995, 2001
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"|2{{AUS}}1975, 1991
{{JPN}}1983, 2021
{{THA}}1993, 2005
{{INA}}2007, 2017
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;"|1{{BHR}}1979
{{CHN}}2003
{{KUW}}1987
{{PHI}}2009
{{QAT}}1997
{{UAE}}2013

Medal summary

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = vb

| event =

| team =

| gold_JPN = 10 | silver_JPN = 4 | bronze_JPN = 4

| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 4 | bronze_KOR = 9

| gold_IRI = 4 | silver_IRI = 3 | bronze_IRI = 1

| gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 6 | bronze_CHN = 6

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 3 | bronze_AUS = 1

| gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 2 | bronze_KAZ = 0

| gold_QAT = 0 | silver_QAT = 0 | bronze_QAT = 1

}}

Participating nations

;Legend

  • {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
  • {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
  • {{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
  • {{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
  • {{border|width=1px|color=gray| • }} – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  • {{border|width=3px|color=red|  }} – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament

class="wikitable shortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

|+

! {{diagonal split header|Team|Year}}

! {{flagicon|AUS}}
1975
(7)

! {{flagicon|BHR|1972}}
1979
(15)

! {{flagicon|JPN|1947}}
1983
(11)

! {{flagicon|KUW}}
1987
(17)

! {{flagicon|KOR|1984}}
1989
(19)

! {{flagicon|AUS}}
1991
(15)

! {{flagicon|THA}}
1993
(16)

! {{flagicon|KOR|1984}}
1995
(14)

! {{flagicon|QAT}}
1997
(17)

! {{flagicon|IRI}}
1999
(14)

! {{flagicon|KOR|1997}}
2001
(12)

! {{flagicon|CHN}}
2003
(15)

! {{flagicon|THA}}
2005
(18)

! {{flagicon|INA}}
2007
(17)

! {{flagicon|PHI}}
2009
(18)

! {{flagicon|IRI}}
2011
(16)

! {{flagicon|UAE}}
2013
(21)

! {{flagicon|IRI}}
2015
(16)

! {{flagicon|INA}}
2017
(16)

! {{flagicon|IRI}}
2019
(16)

! {{flagicon|JPN}}
2021
(16)

! {{flagicon|IRI}}
2023
(17)

! Total

align=left|{{vb|AFG|2013}}

|•

15th20th14th

|3

align=left|{{vb|AUS}}

|style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="9acdff"|4th

bgcolor="9acdff"|4th6th11th10thstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolo="9acdff"|4th6th5thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="9acdff"|4th8thbgcolor=gold|1st7thbgcolor="9acdff|4th5th5th8thbgcolor="silver"|2nd6th

|21

align=left|{{vb|BHR}}

|•

style="border:3px solid red"|14th8th16th10th10th13th10th12th12th10th8th

|11

align=left|{{vb|BAN}}

|•

17th16th15th

|3

align=left|{{vb|CHN}}

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="9acdff"|4thbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="9acdff"|4thstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="9acdff"|4thbgcolor="9acdff"|4thbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rd6th6thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="9acdff"|4th

|22

align=left|{{vb|TPE}}

|•

bgcolor="9acdff"|4th6th9th5th10th6thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th7th6th9th13th8th8th13th9th6th7th5thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th6th

|20

align=left|{{vb|HKG}}

|•

10th14th12th18th17th16th16th14th16th

|9

align=left|{{vb|IND}}

|•

5th5th5th6th10th9th9th9th7th5thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th9th9th6th7th11th|•8th9th11th

|19

align=left|{{vb|INA}}

|6th

|•9th6th6th11thstyle="border:3px solid red"|7th6th11thstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="9acdff"|4th12th9th

|11

align=left|{{vb|IRI}}

|•

6th10th8th7th5thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th6thstyle="border:3px solid red"|5th5thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rd6th5thbgcolor="silver"|2ndstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1ststyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2nd5thstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1ststyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2nd

|20

align=left|{{vb|IRQ}}

|•

8th9th7th13th13th12th

|6

align=left|{{vb|JPN}}

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

bgcolor="cc9966"|3rdstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="9acdff"|4thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rd6thbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1st5thbgcolor="9acdff"|4thbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1st

|22

align=left|{{vb|JOR}}

|•

17th

|1

align=left|{{vb|KAZ}}

|•

bgcolor="silver"|2nd14th11th9th8th10th5th9th10th9thbgcolor="silver"|2nd10th11th13th

|14

align=left|{{vb|KUW}}

|•

7th7thstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="9acdff"|4th5th14th13th14th17th17th14th15th16th

|12

align=left|{{vb|LIB}}

|•

13th11th8th

|3

align=left|{{vb|MAC}}

|•

•|13th

|1

align=left|{{vb|MDV}}

|•

16th18th

|2

align=left|{{vb|MYA}}

|•

10th18th

|2

align=left|{{vb|NEP}}

|•

11th18th

|2

align=left|{{vb|NZL}}

|7th

11th8th12th12th12th11th12th14th15th

|10

align=left|{{vb|PRK}}

|•

11th

|1

align=left|{{vb|OMA}}

|•

19th15th13th

|3

align=left|{{vb|PAK}}

|•

7thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th8th8th8th7th8th7th9th13th7th10th12th7th7th7th

|16

align=left|{{vb|PHI}}

|5th

15th11th14th14thstyle="border:3px solid red"|15th

|6

align=left|{{vb|QAT}}

|•

19th12th10thstyle="border:3px solid red"|8th13th11th11th7th11th14th12th11thbgcolor="9acdff"|4th9th9th5thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|17

align=left|{{vb|SAM}}

|•

15th

|1

align=left|{{vb|KSA}}

|•

9th13th13th12th8th12th12th21st15th12th

|10

align=left|{{vb|SIN}}

|•

12th

|1

align=left|{{vb|KOR}}

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1ststyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd5thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdstyle="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="silver"|2nd7thbgcolor="cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="9acdff"|4th8th5th

|22

align=left|{{vb|SRI}}

|•

13th13th9th15th12th14th16th8th15th13th14th14th

|12

align=left|{{vb|SYR}}

|•

10th

|1

align=left|{{vb|THA}}

|•

14th15th9thstyle="border:3px solid red"|7th7th11th10thstyle="border:3px solid red"|5th6th13th10th6th8th11th11th15th10th

|17

align=left|{{vb|TKM}}

|•

14th16th

|2

align=left|{{vb|UAE}}

|•

15th11th14th17th10th15th17thstyle="border:3px solid red"|14th

|8

align=left|{{vb|UZB}}

|•

16th16th16th16th13th17th

|6

align=left|{{vb|VIE}}

|•

12th15th12th10th

|4

align="center" colspan="24"|Discontinued team
align=left|{{vb|YMD}}

|•

15th16th

|2

=Debut of teams=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Year

!Debutants

!Total

rowspan=7|1975

|{{vb|AUS}}

|rowspan=7 align=center|7

{{vb|CHN}}
{{vb|INA}}
{{vb|JPN|1947}}
{{vb|NZL}}
{{vb|PHI|1936}}
{{vb|KOR|1949}}
rowspan=10|1979

|{{vb|BHR|1972}}

|rowspan=10 align=center|10

{{vb|IND}}
{{vb|IRI}}
{{vb|IRQ|1963}}
{{vb|KUW}}
{{vb|LIB}}
{{vb|KSA}}
{{vb|SIN}}
{{vb|YMD}}
{{vb|SYR|1972}}
rowspan=3|1983

|{{vb|TPE}}

|rowspan=3 align=center|3

{{vb|HKG|1959}}
{{vb|NEP}}
rowspan=4|1987

|{{vb|JOR}}

|rowspan=4 align=center|4

{{vb|PAK}}
{{vb|THA}}
{{vb|UAE}}
rowspan=3|1989

|{{vb|BAN}}

|rowspan=3 align=center|3

{{vb|QAT}}
{{vb|SRI}}
rowspan=2|1991

|{{vb|PRK|1948}}

|rowspan=2 align=center|2

{{vb|SAM}}
1993

|{{vb|KAZ}}

|align=center|1

1995

|None

|align=center|0

rowspan=2|1997

|{{vb|MAC|municipal}}

|rowspan=2 align=center|2

{{vb|UZB}}
1999

|None

|align=center|0

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Year

! Debutants

! Total

2001

|rowspan=2|None

|rowspan=2 align=center|0

2003
2005

|{{vb|VIE}}

|align=center|1

2007

|{{vb|MDV}}

|align=center|1

2009

|{{vb|MYA}}

|align=center|1

rowspan=2|2011

|{{vb|AFG|2004}}

|rowspan=2 align=center|2

{{vb|TKM}}
2013

|{{vb|OMA}}

|align=center|1

2015

|rowspan=5|None

|rowspan=5 align=center|0

2017
2019
2021
2023

{{col-end}}

Most valuable player by edition

See also

References

{{reflist}}