2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Men was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host) South Korea (3rd) China Iran	Australia (1st) Japan (2nd) Chinese Taipei Indonesia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	289	243	1.189	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	261	256	1.020
3	China	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	275	275	1.000
4	Thailand	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	174	225	0.773

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–22		98–81
20 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54
21 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–16	23–25	23–25	30–28	15–13	116–107
21 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75
22 Sep	11:00	Iran	3–2	China	23–25	17–25	25–15	25–21	15–7	105–93
22 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	5	1.800	315	284	1.109	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	255	213	1.197
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	216	252	0.857
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	218	255	0.855

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	12–25	18–25	14–25			44–75
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–23		99–88
21 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	24–26	16–25	25–27			65–78
21 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	26–28	21–25	25–22	25–10	15–9	112–94
22 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65
22 Sep	18:00	Australia	2–3	Japan	20–25	25–16	25–23	19–25	13–15	102–104

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
24 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	29–27	25–23	79–65
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	20–25	22–25	56–75
24 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–19	75–46
24 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–20	75–59

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–20	8–15	98–104
25 Sep	13:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–21		96–83

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	China	25–17	26–24	25–27	25–15		101–83
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	28–26	22–25		87–101

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	25–21	27–29		96–100

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Australia	3–0	Thailand	29–27	25–16	25–17			79–60

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–19			75–57

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Iran	25–13	15–25	25–27	25–15	7–15	97–95

2008 Asian Men's Cup champions
Iran 1st title

Team Roster

Head Coach: Hossein Maadani