2001 Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship

2001 Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	1–8 March
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mohammad Soleimani

The 2001 Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship was held at the Mellat Sport Complex, Isfahan, Iran from 1 to 8 March 2001.

Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Iran (Host) China (3rd) Chinese Taipei Qatar Australia	South Korea (1st) Japan (2nd) North Korea Saudi Arabia India

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	356	290	1.228	Quarterfinals
2	China	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	347	297	1.168
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	294	292	1.007
4	Qatar	4	1	3	5	3	10	0.300	272	311	0.875
5	Australia	4	0	4	4	2	12	0.167	270	349	0.774

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Mar	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	21–25	17–25			60–75
01 Mar	Iran	3–1	China	28–26	25–19	27–29	25–22		105–96
02 Mar	Australia	1–3	Qatar	14–25	18–25	25–23	23–25		80–98
02 Mar	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–14	24–26	25–17	25–18		99–75
03 Mar	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65
03 Mar	Iran	3–0	Qatar	27–25	25–22	25–21			77–68
04 Mar	China	3–0	Qatar	25–22	25–16	25–10			75–48
04 Mar	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–22	25–14	25–15			75–51
05 Mar	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	25–14	25–17	29–27			79–58
05 Mar	Australia	1–3	China	15–25	17–25	28–26	19–25		79–101

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	326	252	1.294	Quarterfinals
2	India	4	3	1	7	9	6	1.500	335	336	0.997
3	North Korea	4	2	2	6	9	7	1.286	353	370	0.954
4	Japan	4	1	3	5	3	11	0.273	310	337	0.920
5	Saudi Arabia	4	0	4	4	4	12	0.333	346	375	0.923

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Mar	Saudi Arabia	1–3	India	23–25	25–23	22–25	18–25		88–98
01 Mar	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65
02 Mar	India	0–3	South Korea	16–25	11–25	21–25			48–75
02 Mar	North Korea	3–1	Saudi Arabia	25–20	26–24	17–25	25–23		93–92
03 Mar	Japan	0–3	India	23–25	27–29	19–25			69–79
03 Mar	North Korea	1–3	South Korea	21–25	28–26	19–25	12–25		80–101
04 Mar	Saudi Arabia	0–3	South Korea	13–25	23–25	23–25			59–75
04 Mar	Japan	0–3	North Korea	24–26	22–25	21–25			67–76
05 Mar	India	3–2	North Korea	24–26	25–19	21–25	25–21	15–13	110–104
05 Mar	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Japan	18–25	22–25	25–14	32–30	10–15	107–109

Classification 9th–10th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Mar	Australia	1–3	Saudi Arabia	25–23	18–25	14–25	18–25		75–98

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 March – Isfahan
	South Korea	3
					7 March – Isfahan
	Qatar	0
					South Korea	3
	6 March – Isfahan
					North Korea	0
	China	2
									8 March – Isfahan
	North Korea	3
									South Korea	1
	6 March – Isfahan
									Iran	3
	Iran	3
					7 March – Isfahan
	Japan	1
					Iran	3
	6 March – Isfahan
					Chinese Taipei	1			3rd place
	India	2
									8 March – Isfahan
	Chinese Taipei	3
									North Korea	2
									Chinese Taipei	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	7 March – Isfahan
	Qatar	1
					8 March – Isfahan
	China	3
					Japan	2
	7 March – Isfahan
					China	3
	Japan	3
	India	0
					7th place
					8 March – Isfahan
					Qatar	1
					India	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Mar	South Korea	3–0	Qatar	25–23	25–20	25–12			75–55
06 Mar	China	2–3	North Korea	25–15	22–25	25–22	23–25	13–15	108–102
06 Mar	Iran	3–1	Japan	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–18		98–81
06 Mar	India	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–23	25–27	17–25	13–15	105–111

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Mar	Qatar	1–3	China	25–21	22–25	18–25	18–25		83–96
07 Mar	Japan	3–0	India	25–20	25–21	30–28			80–69

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Mar	South Korea	3–0	North Korea	25–19	26–24	25–21			76–64
07 Mar	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	23–25	25–13	26–24		99–80

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Mar	Qatar	1–3	India	18–25	31–29	24–26	22–25		95–105

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Mar	Japan	2–3	China	25–23	27–25	26–28	22–25	16–18	116–119

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Mar	North Korea	2–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	25–20	25–15	15–25	8–15	97–101

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Mar	South Korea	1–3	Iran	18–25	23–25	27–25	23–25		91–100

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	South Korea
	Chinese Taipei
4	North Korea
5	China
6	Japan
7	India
8	Qatar
9	Saudi Arabia
10	Australia

Qualified for the 2001 FIVB Youth World Championship

2001 Asian Youth Boys champions
Iran First title

Team Roster

Mohammad Soleimani, Davoud Moghbeli, Shahriar Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Fadaei, Mohsen Andalib, Mahmoud Tavanaei, Rouhollah Kolivand, Behzad Behnejad, Mehdi Mahdavi, Farhad Zarif, Mehdi Farahdoust, Mikaeil Yolmeh

Head Coach: Mostafa Karkhaneh

Awards

• MVP: Mohammad Soleimani
• Best scorer: Kang Dong-jin
• Best spiker: Mohammad Soleimani
• Best blocker: Davoud Moghbeli
• Best server: Kang Dong-jin
• Best setter: Song Byung-il
• Best digger: Farhad Zarif
• Best receiver: Liu Hsiung

References

• www.jva.or.jp

External links

• FIVB