# 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

## Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Kazakhstan (Host) Bahrain (4th) Japan Kuwait | Iran (1st) Qatar (3rd) * China United Arab Emirates Indonesia * |
* Withdrew, replaced by Kazakhstan B.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Almaty | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 252 | 211 | 1.194 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 270 | 251 | 1.076 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Al-Arabi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 229 | 240 | 0.954 | |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 179 | 228 | 0.785 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 17 Jul | 16:00 | Al-Arabi | 1–3 | Suntory Sunbirds | 19–25 | 25–20 | 15–25 | 31–33 | 90–103 |
| 17 Jul | 19:00 | Al-Najma | 0–3 | Almaty | 19–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | 58–75 |
| 18 Jul | 16:00 | Al-Najma | 0–3 | Al-Arabi | 18–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 62–75 |
| 18 Jul | 18:00 | Almaty | 3–1 | Suntory Sunbirds | 25–21 | 25–20 | 27–29 | 25–19 | 102–89 |
| 19 Jul | 16:00 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–0 | Al-Najma | 25–18 | 28–26 | 25–15 | | 78–59 |
| 19 Jul | 18:00 | Al-Arabi | 0–3 | Almaty | 23–25 | 19–25 | 22–25 | | 64–75 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Paykan Tehran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 180 | 1.383 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Al-Nasr | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 208 | 191 | 1.089 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Henan Tianguan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 233 | 237 | 0.983 | |
| 4 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 143 | 225 | 0.636 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 17 Jul | 11:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–1 | Henan Tianguan | 24–26 | 25–23 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 99–84 |
| 17 Jul | 14:00 | Al-Nasr | 3–0 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 25–15 | 25–13 | 25–14 | | 75–42 |
| 18 Jul | 11:00 | Henan Tianguan | 3–0 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 25–17 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | 75–56 |
| 18 Jul | 14:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–0 | Al-Nasr | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–14 | | 75–51 |
| 19 Jul | 11:00 | Al-Nasr | 3–0 | Henan Tianguan | 25–22 | 32–30 | 25–22 | | 82–74 |
| 19 Jul | 14:00 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 0–3 | Paykan Tehran | 21–25 | 9–25 | 15–25 | | 45–75 |

## Classification 5th–8th

| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty |
| Al-Arabi | 3 |
| Al-Arabi | 3 | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| Esil | 1 | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| Esil | 1 | Al-Arabi | 1 |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty | | Al-Arabi | 1 |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty | Henan | 3 |
| Henan | 3 | Henan | 3 |
| Al-Najma | 1 | | |
| Al-Najma | 1 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| | | Esil | 0 |
| | | Al-Najma | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 21 Jul | 11:00 | Al-Arabi | 3–1 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | 98–85 |
| 21 Jul | 14:00 | Henan Tianguan | 3–1 | Al-Najma | 25–23 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–21 | | 98–86 |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 22 Jul | 11:00 | Esil Petropavlovsk | 0–3 | Al-Najma | 19–25 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | | 55–75 |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 22 Jul | 14:00 | Al-Arabi | 1–3 | Henan Tianguan | 19–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 24–26 | | 90–99 |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty |
| Almaty | 3 |
| Almaty | 3 | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| Al-Nasr | 2 | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| Al-Nasr | 2 | Almaty | 1 |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty | | Almaty | 1 |
| 21 July – Almaty | 21 July – Almaty | Paykan | 3 |
| Paykan | 3 | Paykan | 3 |
| Suntory | 0 | | |
| Suntory | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 22 July – Almaty | 22 July – Almaty |
| | | Al-Nasr | 2 |
| | | Suntory | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 21 Jul | 16:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–0 | Suntory Sunbirds | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–15 | | | 75–55 |
| 21 Jul | 18:00 | Almaty | 3–2 | Al-Nasr | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–27 | 15–10 | 113–101 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 22 Jul | 16:00 | Al-Nasr | 2–3 | Suntory Sunbirds | 25–22 | 16–25 | 25–20 | 13–25 | 13–15 | 92–107 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 22 Jul | 18:00 | Almaty | 1–3 | Paykan Tehran | 25–20 | 26–28 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | 92–98 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Paykan Tehran |
| | Almaty |
| | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 4 | Al-Nasr |
| 5 | Henan Tianguan |
| 6 | Al-Arabi |
| 7 | Al-Najma |
| 8 | Esil Petropavlovsk |

## Awards

* MVP: Marat Imangaliyev (Almaty)
* Best scorer: Hicham Guemmadi (Al-Nasr)
* Best server: Ali Kerboua (Al-Nasr)
* Best spiker: Mohsen Andalib (Paykan)
* Best blocker: Alireza Nadi (Paykan)
* Best receiver: Dmitriy Gorbatkov (Almaty)
* Best setter: Alexey Stepanov (Almaty)
* Best digger: Kenji Sabato (Suntory)