# 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the eleventh staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Changwon, South Korea from 8 to 16 September 2001.

## Venue

* Changwon, South Korea
* Changwon Indoor Gymnasium
* Capacity: 6,000

## Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| South Korea (Host & 3rd)  Kazakhstan (11th)  Saudi Arabia | China (1st)  India (9th)  Qatar | Australia (2nd)  Chinese Taipei (7th)  United Arab Emirates | Japan (4th)  Iran (5th)  Hong Kong  Uzbekistan * |
* Withdrew

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 151 | 93 | 1.624 | Pool E |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 151 | 179 | 0.844 | Pool E |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 154 | 184 | 0.837 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | 14:30 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | South Korea | 15–25 | 11–25 | 24–26 | | | 50–76 |
| 10 Sep | 15:30 | Saudi Arabia | 3–2 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 16–14 | 108–104 |
| 11 Sep | 13:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–12 | | | 75–43 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 183 | 146 | 1.253 | Pool F |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 199 | 189 | 1.053 | Pool F |
| 3 | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 126 | 173 | 0.728 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | 11:30 | China | 3–2 | India | 22–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 15–12 | 108–101 |
| 10 Sep | 11:30 | Qatar | 0–3 | China | 17–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | | | 45–75 |
| 11 Sep | 11:30 | India | 3–1 | Qatar | 25–20 | 25–15 | 23–25 | 25–21 | | 98–81 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 118 | 1.271 | Pool E |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 137 | 132 | 1.038 | Pool E |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 113 | 150 | 0.753 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 09 Sep | 16:30 | Australia | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates | 25–17 | 25–17 | 25–22 | 75–56 |
| 10 Sep | 13:30 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Australia | 18–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 62–75 |
| 11 Sep | 15:30 | United Arab Emirates | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 18–25 | 22–25 | 17–25 | 57–75 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 188 | 140 | 1.343 | Pool F |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 179 | 150 | 1.193 | Pool F |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 73 | 150 | 0.487 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | 18:30 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Iran | 14–25 | 10–25 | 13–25 | | | 37–75 |
| 10 Sep | 17:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–15 | 25–6 | 25–15 | | | 75–36 |
| 11 Sep | 17:30 | Iran | 2–3 | Japan | 25–23 | 27–25 | 20–25 | 20–25 | 12–15 | 104–113 |

## Quarterfinals

* 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 Quarterfinals.

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 185 | 1.341 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 235 | 212 | 1.108 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 218 | 242 | 0.901 | 5th–8th place |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 187 | 249 | 0.751 | 5th–8th place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 13:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | 75–57 |
| 12 Sep | 15:30 | Australia | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 25–15 | 25–22 | 25–15 | | 75–52 |
| 13 Sep | 13:30 | South Korea | 3–1 | Australia | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–18 | 25–19 | 98–85 |
| 13 Sep | 15:30 | Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–21 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 26–28 | 92–99 |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 264 | 229 | 1.153 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 244 | 237 | 1.030 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 274 | 282 | 0.972 | 5th–8th place |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 259 | 293 | 0.884 | 5th–8th place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 17:30 | China | 3–0 | Iran | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | | 75–61 |
| 12 Sep | 19:30 | Japan | 3–0 | India | 25–22 | 25–18 | 26–24 | | | 76–64 |
| 13 Sep | 17:30 | China | 0–3 | Japan | 17–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 61–75 |
| 13 Sep | 19:30 | India | 2–3 | Iran | 18–25 | 13–25 | 25–23 | 25–21 | 13–15 | 94–109 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 9th–12th places |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 66 | 78 | 0.846 | 9th–12th places |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 12 Sep | 11:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates | 25–18 | 25–22 | 28–26 | | | 78–66 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 52 | 1.442 | 9th–12th places |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 52 | 75 | 0.693 | 9th–12th places |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 13 Sep | 11:30 | Qatar | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–17 | 25–20 | 25–15 | | | 75–52 |

## Classification 9th–12th

| 9th–12th places | 9th–12th places | 9th place | 9th place |
| 14 September – Changwon | 14 September – Changwon |
| Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 14 September – Changwon | 14 September – Changwon | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 14 September – Changwon | 14 September – Changwon | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| Qatar | 2 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon |
| | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| | | Qatar | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 14 Sep | 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–12 | 25–11 | 25–14 | | | 75–37 |
| 14 Sep | 16:00 | Qatar | 2–3 | United Arab Emirates | 27–29 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 110–111 |

### 11th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 15 Sep | 10:00 | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Qatar | 13–25 | 11–25 | 19–25 | | | 43–75 |

### 9th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 15 Sep | 12:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–13 | | | 75–54 |

## Classification 5th–8th

| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| India | 0 | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| India | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon | Iran | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Iran | 3 |
| Iran | 3 | | |
| Iran | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| | | India | 3 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 2 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 15 Sep | 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | India | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25–20 | | | 76–64 |
| 15 Sep | 20:00 | Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Iran | 27–25 | 25–27 | 11–25 | 16–25 | | 79–102 |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 16 Sep | 14:00 | India | 3–2 | Saudi Arabia | 30–32 | 25–22 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 16–14 | 118–109 |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 16 Sep | 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Iran | 14–25 | 20–25 | 28–26 | 23–25 | | 85–101 |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon |
| South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| China | 0 | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| China | 0 | South Korea | 3 |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon | | South Korea | 3 |
| 15 September – Changwon | 15 September – Changwon | Australia | 1 |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 16 September – Changwon | 16 September – Changwon |
| | | China | 1 |
| | | Japan | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 15 Sep | 14:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | China | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | | 75–60 |
| 15 Sep | 16:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Japan | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–17 | | | 75–60 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 16 Sep | 18:00 | China | 1–3 | Japan | 17–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | | 83–98 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 16 Sep | 20:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | Australia | 25–18 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 25–17 | | 96–83 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Australia |
| | Japan |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | India |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia |
| 9 | Kazakhstan |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates |
| 11 | Qatar |
| 12 | Hong Kong |
* Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup
* Already qualified as hosts for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup
* 2001 Asian Men's champions
* South Korea 3rd title

## Awards

* MVP: Shin Jin-sik
* Best scorer: Benjamin Hardy
* Best spiker: Lee Kyung-soo
* Best blocker: Dan Howard
* Best server: Shin Jin-sik
* Best setter: Choi Tae-woong
* Best digger: Kenji Yamamoto
* Best receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun