1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
{{Short description|The second staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship}}
{{Infobox FIVB tournament
| competition = Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
| continent = Asia
| gender =
| year = 1979
| logo =
| size =
| caption =
| host = {{BHR}}
| city = Manama
| dates = 16–23 December
| teams = 14
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champions = CHN
| title_number = 1
| second = KOR
| third = JPN
| fourth = AUS
| mvp = {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Jiawei
| website =
| last = 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
| next = 1983 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
}}
The 1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the second staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BHV). The tournament was held in Manama, Bahrain from 16 to 23 December 1979.
Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
class="wikitable"
!width=25%|Pool A !width=25%|Pool B !width=25%|Pool C !width=25%|Pool D |
{{vb|BHR|1972}} (Host) {{vb|AUS}} {{vb|KUW}} {{vb|NZL}} |valign=top| {{vb|JPN}} (1st) {{vb|IRQ|1963}} {{vb|SYR|1972}} | {{vb|KOR}} (2nd) {{vb|IRI}} {{vb|SIN}} {{vb|South Yemen}} | {{vb|CHN}} (3rd) {{vb|KSA}} {{vb|IND}} {{vb|LIB}} |
Preliminary round
=Pool A=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = AUS | name_AUS ={{vb|AUS}}
| team2 = KUW | name_KUW ={{vb|KUW}}
| team3 = NZL | name_NZL ={{vb|NZL}}
| team4 = BHR | name_BHR ={{vb|BHR|1972}}
|bwin_AUS =3 |bloss_AUS =0 |sw_AUS =9 |sl_AUS =0 |spw_AUS =135 |spl_AUS =79
|bwin_KUW =2 |bloss_KUW =1 |sw_KUW =6 |sl_KUW =6 |spw_KUW = |spl_KUW =
|bwin_NZL =1 |bloss_NZL =2 |sw_NZL =4 |sl_NZL =8 |spw_NZL = |spl_NZL =
|bwin_BHR =0 |bloss_BHR =3 |sw_BHR =4 |sl_BHR =9 |spw_BHR =143 |spl_BHR =182
| col_QSF = #ccffcc | text_QSF = Semifinals
| result1 = QSF
| col_Q5 = #dfefff | text_Q5 =5th–8th place
| result2 = Q5
| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–12th place
| result3 = Q9
| col_Q13 = #ffcccc | text_Q13 =13th–15th place
| result4 = Q13|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|16 Dec|{{vb-rt|NZL}}|3–2|{{vb|BHR|1972}}|12–15|15–12|15–5|14–16|15–10|71–58}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|KUW}}|3–1|{{vb|NZL}}|}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|BHR|1972}}|0–3|{{vb|AUS}}|10–15|10–15|8–15|||28–45}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|AUS}}|3–0|{{vb|KUW}}|15–11|15–12|15–4|||45–27}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|KUW}}|3–2|{{vb|BHR|1972}}|9–15|15–10|15–10|12–15|15–7|66–57}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|AUS}}|3–0|{{vb|NZL}}|15–7|15–9|15–8|||45–24}}
{{end}}
=Pool B=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vb|JPN}}
| team2 = IRQ | name_IRQ ={{vb|IRQ|1963}}
| team3 = SYR | name_SYR ={{vb|SYR|1972}}
|bwin_JPN =2 |bloss_JPN =0 |sw_JPN =6 |sl_JPN =0 |spw_JPN =90 |spl_JPN =21
|bwin_IRQ =1 |bloss_IRQ =1 |sw_IRQ =3 |sl_IRQ =5 |spw_IRQ =80 |spl_IRQ =105
|bwin_SYR =0 |bloss_SYR =2 |sw_SYR =2 |sl_SYR =6 |spw_SYR =68 |spl_SYR =112
| col_QSF = #ccffcc | text_QSF = Semifinals
| result1 = QSF
| col_Q5 = #dfefff | text_Q5 =5th–8th place
| result2 = Q5
| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–12th place
| result3 = Q9|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|SYR|1972}}|0–3|{{vb|JPN}}|0–15|2–15|6–15|||8–45}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vb|IRQ|1963}}|15–9|15–1|15–3|||45–13}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|IRQ|1963}}|3–2|{{vb|SYR|1972}}|15–4|11–15|10–15|16–14|15–12|67–60}}
{{end}}
=Pool C=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vb|KOR}}
| team2 = IRI | name_IRI ={{vb|IRI}}
| team3 = SIN | name_SIN ={{vb|SIN}}
| team4 = SYE | name_SYE ={{vb|South Yemen}}
|bwin_KOR =3 |bloss_KOR =0 |sw_KOR =9 |sl_KOR =0 |spw_KOR =135 |spl_KOR =14
|bwin_IRI =2 |bloss_IRI =1 |sw_IRI =6 |sl_IRI =3 |spw_IRI =97 |spl_IRI =75
|bwin_SIN =1 |bloss_SIN =2 |sw_SIN =3 |sl_SIN =6 |spw_SIN =69 |spl_SIN =109
|bwin_SYE =0 |bloss_SYE =3 |sw_SYE =0 |sl_SYE =9 |spw_SYE =32 |spl_SYE =135
| col_QSF = #ccffcc | text_QSF = Semifinals
| result1 = QSF
| col_Q5 = #dfefff | text_Q5 =5th–8th place
| result2 = Q5
| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–12th place
| result3 = Q9
| col_Q13 = #ffcccc | text_Q13 =13th–15th place
| result4 = Q13|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|SIN}}|3–0|{{vb|South Yemen}}|15–8|15–6|15–5|||45–19}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vb|IRI}}|15–1|15–3|15–3|||45–7}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|South Yemen}}|0–3|{{vb|KOR}}|2–15|0–15|1–15|||3–45}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|SIN}}|0–3|{{vb|IRI}}|8–15|5–15|7–15|||20–45}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|IRI}}|3–0|{{vb|South Yemen}}|15–3|15–2|15–5|||45–10}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vb|SIN}}|15–1|15–1|15–2|||45–4}}
{{end}}
=Pool D=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = CHN | name_CHN ={{vb|CHN}}
| team2 = IND | name_IND ={{vb|IND}}
| team3 = KSA | name_KSA ={{vb|KSA}}
| team4 = LIB | name_LIB ={{vb|LIB}}
|bwin_CHN =3 |bloss_CHN =0 |sw_CHN =9 |sl_CHN =0 |spw_CHN =135 |spl_CHN =28
|bwin_IND =2 |bloss_IND =1 |sw_IND =6 |sl_IND =3 |spw_IND =100 |spl_IND =80
|bwin_KSA =1 |bloss_KSA =2 |sw_KSA =3 |sl_KSA =6 |spw_KSA =70 |spl_KSA =122
|bwin_LIB =0 |bloss_LIB =3 |sw_LIB =0 |sl_LIB =9 |spw_LIB =60 |spl_LIB =135
| col_QSF = #ccffcc | text_QSF = Semifinals
| result1 = QSF
| col_Q5 = #dfefff | text_Q5 =5th–8th place
| result2 = Q5
| col_Q9 = #ffffcc | text_Q9 =9th–12th place
| result3 = Q9
| col_Q13 = #ffcccc | text_Q13 =13th–15th place
| result4 = Q13|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|IND}}|3–0|{{vb|KSA}}|15–9|15–3|15–7|||45–19}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Dec|{{vb-rt|CHN}}|3–0|{{vb|LIB}}|15–6|15–3|15–3|||45–12}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|KSA}}|0–3|{{vb|CHN}}|1–15|2–15|3–15|||6–45}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Dec|{{vb-rt|LIB}}|0–3|{{vb|IND}}|13–15|1–15|2–15|||16–45}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|KSA}}|3–0|{{vb|LIB}}|15–6|15–13|15–13|||45–32}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Dec|{{vb-rt|CHN}}|3–0|{{vb|IND}}|15–3|15–3|15–4|||45–10}}
{{end}}
Final round
=Classification 13th–15th=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| highest_pos = 13
| team13 = LIB | name_LIB ={{vb|LIB}}
| team14 = BHR | name_BHR ={{vb|BHR|1972}}
| team15 = SYE | name_SYE ={{vb|South Yemen}}
|bwin_LIB =2 |bloss_LIB =0 |sw_LIB =6 |sl_LIB =2 |spw_LIB =119 |spl_LIB =87
|bwin_BHR =1 |bloss_BHR =1 |sw_BHR =4 |sl_BHR =4 |spw_BHR = |spl_BHR =
|bwin_SYE =0 |bloss_SYE =2 |sw_SYE =2 |sl_SYE =6 |spw_SYE = |spl_SYE =
|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|South Yemen}}|1–3|{{vb|LIB}}|2–15|15–12|5–15|14–16||36–58}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|LIB}}|3–1|{{vb|BHR|1972}}|15–17|16–14|15–13|15–7||61–51}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|BHR|1972}}|3–1|{{vb|South Yemen}}|}}
{{end}}
=Classification 9th–12th=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| highest_pos = 9
| team9 = KSA | name_KSA ={{vb|KSA}}
| team10 = SYR | name_SYR ={{vb|SYR|1972}}
| team11 = NZL | name_NZL ={{vb|NZL}}
| team12 = SIN | name_SIN ={{vb|SIN}}
|bwin_KSA =3 |bloss_KSA =0 |sw_KSA =9 |sl_KSA =3 |spw_KSA = |spl_KSA =
|bwin_SYR =2 |bloss_SYR =1 |sw_SYR =6 |sl_SYR =4 |spw_SYR = |spl_SYR =
|bwin_NZL =1 |bloss_NZL =2 |sw_NZL =6 |sl_NZL =7 |spw_NZL = |spl_NZL =
|bwin_SIN =0 |bloss_SIN =3 |sw_SIN =2 |sl_SIN =9 |spw_SIN = |spl_SIN =
|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|SYR|1972}}|3–0|{{vb|SIN}}|15–3|16–14|15–8|||46–25}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|KSA}}|3–2|{{vb|NZL}}|15–5|15–12|8–15|12–15|15–6|65–53}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|SYR|1972}}|0–3|{{vb|KSA}}|2–15|16–18|12–15|||30–48}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|SIN}}|1–3|{{vb|NZL}}|12–15|15–10|2–15|10–15||39–55}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|NZL}}|1–3|{{vb|SYR|1972}}|}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|SIN}}|1–3|{{vb|KSA}}|}}
{{end}}
=Classification 5th–8th=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| highest_pos = 5
| team5 = IND | name_IND ={{vb|IND}}
| team6 = IRI | name_IRI ={{vb|IRI}}
| team7 = KUW | name_KUW ={{vb|KUW}}
| team8 = IRQ | name_IRQ ={{vb|IRQ|1963}}
|bwin_IND =3 |bloss_IND =0 |sw_IND =9 |sl_IND =1 |spw_IND = |spl_IND =
|bwin_IRI =1 |bloss_IRI =2 |sw_IRI =6 |sl_IRI =7 |spw_IRI = |spl_IRI =
|bwin_KUW =1 |bloss_KUW =2 |sw_KUW =4 |sl_KUW =7 |spw_KUW = |spl_KUW =
|bwin_IRQ =1 |bloss_IRQ =2 |sw_IRQ =4 |sl_IRQ =8 |spw_IRQ = |spl_IRQ =
|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|IRQ|1963}}|3–2|{{vb|IRI}}|16–14|7–15|15–2|2–15|15–9|55–55}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|IND}}|3–0|{{vb|KUW}}|15–4|15–5|15–1|||45–10}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|IND}}|3–0|{{vb|IRQ|1963}}|15–10|15–4|15–8|||45–22}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|KUW}}|1–3|{{vb|IRI}}|15–12|10–15|14–16|3–15||42–58}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|KUW}}|3–1|{{vb|IRQ|1963}}|}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|IRI}}|1–3|{{vb|IND}}|}}
{{end}}
=Championship=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = CHN | name_CHN ={{vb|CHN}}
| team2 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vb|KOR}}
| team3 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vb|JPN}}
| team4 = AUS | name_AUS ={{vb|AUS}}
|bwin_CHN =3 |bloss_CHN =0 |sw_CHN =9 |sl_CHN =1 |spw_CHN =145 |spl_CHN =66
|bwin_KOR =2 |bloss_KOR =1 |sw_KOR =6 |sl_KOR =5 |spw_KOR =132 |spl_KOR =113
|bwin_JPN =1 |bloss_JPN =2 |sw_JPN =6 |sl_JPN =6 |spw_JPN =136 |spl_JPN =136
|bwin_AUS =0 |bloss_AUS =3 |sw_AUS =0 |sl_AUS =9 |spw_AUS =37 |spl_AUS =135
|source=
}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|CHN}}|3–0|{{vb|AUS}}|15–4|15–3|15–2|||45–9}}
{{Vb res 2|21 Dec|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–2|{{vb|JPN}}|11–15|8–15|15–9|15–11|15–7|64–57}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|JPN}}|1–3|{{vb|CHN}}|15–10|3–15|10–15|6–15||34–55}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Dec|{{vb-rt|KOR}}|3–0|{{vb|AUS}}|15–3|15–2|15–6|||45–11}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|AUS}}|0–3|{{vb|JPN}}|5–15|4–15|8–15|||17–45}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Dec|{{vb-rt|CHN}}|3–0|{{vb|KOR}}|15–3|15–10|15–10|||45–23}}
{{end}}
Final standing
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank !width=170|Team |
bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold1}} | align="left"|{{vb|CHN}} |
bgcolor=#dfefff
|{{Silver2}} | align="left"|{{vb|KOR}} |
bgcolor=#dfefff
|{{Bronze3}} | align="left"|{{vb|JPN}} |
bgcolor=#ffffcc
| 4 | align="left"|{{vb|AUS}} |
bgcolor=#ffffcc
| 5 | align="left"|{{vb|IND}} |
6
| align="left"|{{vb|IRI}} |
7
| align="left"|{{vb|KUW}} |
8
| align="left"|{{vb|IRQ|1963}} |
9
| align="left"|{{vb|KSA}} |
10
| align="left"|{{vb|SYR|1972}} |
11
| align="left"|{{vb|NZL}} |
12
| align="left"|{{vb|SIN}} |
13
| align="left"|{{vb|LIB}} |
14
| align="left"|{{vb|BHR|1972}} |
15
| align="left"|{{vb|South Yemen}} |
class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" | |
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc| | Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics (Later boycotted the Games) |
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefff| | Qualified for the 1980 World Olympic Qualifier |
width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc| | Qualified for the 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (China, South Korea and Japan pre-qualified; India later withdrew and replaced by Iraq) |
{{col-2}}
{{winners|vb|1979 Asian Men's champions|CHN|1st}}
{{col-end}}
Awards
- MVP: {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Jiawei
- Best spiker: {{flagicon|KOR}} Kang Man-soo
- Best blocker: {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Gang
- Best server: {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Zhen
- Best setter: {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ho-chul
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930031825/http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_1979.html Results]
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