# 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international men's volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.).
The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran, from 14 to 20 May 2022. The champions qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

## Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:
* 1 team for the host country
* 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
* 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)
Due to anticipated difficulty for national federations to field teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AVC allowed two clubs from the same national federation to participate in the case that there are less than 8 federations enter the tournament. In the case of less than 16 entrants, Iran as host country is entitled to enter two teams. Their two berths are credited to have been attained as host nation and champions in the 2021 championships.

### Qualified associations

| Event(s) | Event(s) | Dates | Location | Berths | Qualifier(s) |
| Host Country | Host Country | — | — | 1 | Iran |
| 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 8–15 October 2021 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 5 | Iran Qatar Kazakhstan Thailand Iraq Kuwait Uzbekistan Philippines Sri Lanka |
| Direct zonal wildcards | East Asia | No later than 15 January 2022 | Bangkok | 1 | Japan |
| Direct zonal wildcards | West Asia | No later than 15 January 2022 | Bangkok | 1 | Iraq |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | |
    ^A Iran as host country is entitled to enter two teams if there are less than 16 entrants.
    ^B Iraq is entitled to enter two teams if there are less than 8 federations enter the tournament.
    ^C The Uzbekistan Volleyball Federation decided to withdraw their team from the competition.
    ^D The PNVF decided to withdraw the Dasma Monarchs due to training of the Philippines volleyball team in Qatar for the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.

## Participating teams

The following teams participated for the tournament.
| Association | Team | Domestic league standing |
| Iran | Paykan Tehran | 2021–22 Iranian Volleyball Super League runners–up |
| Iran | Shahdab Yazd | 2021–22 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions |
| Qatar | Al Rayyan | 2021–22 Qatari Volleyball League champions |
| Kazakhstan | Taraz | |
| Thailand | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions |
| Iraq | Erbil | |
| Iraq | South Gas | |
| Japan | Suntory Sunbirds | 2020–21 V.League Division 1 Men's champions |

## Venues

The tournament will be host in Azadi Indoor Stadium, located in Tehran, Iran.
All matches :
| Tehran | Tehran, Iran |
| Tehran | Azadi Indoor Stadium |
| Tehran | Capacity: 12,000 |

## Pool standing procedure

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

## Preliminary round

* All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Paykan Tehran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 270 | 208 | 1.298 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 234 | 214 | 1.093 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 232 | 259 | 0.896 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | South Gas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 192 | 247 | 0.777 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 14 May | 10:00 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–0 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–16 | | 75–56 | Report |
| 14 May | 16:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–0 | South Gas | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–14 | | 75–45 | Report |
| 15 May | 10:00 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 3–1 | South Gas | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 97–86 | Report |
| 15 May | 16:00 | Suntory Sunbirds | 1–3 | Paykan Tehran | 25–22 | 19–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 84–97 | Report |
| 16 May | 10:00 | South Gas | 0–3 | Suntory Sunbirds | 17–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | 61–75 | Report |
| 16 May | 16:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–1 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–18 | 25–13 | 98–79 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Shahdab Yazd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 247 | 184 | 1.342 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Taraz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 263 | 239 | 1.100 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 245 | 261 | 0.939 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Erbil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 175 | 246 | 0.711 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 May | 13:00 | Al Rayyan | 2–3 | Taraz | 25–23 | 15–25 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 10–15 | 98–109 | Report |
| 14 May | 19:00 | Shahdab Yazd | 3–0 | Erbil | 25–16 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| 15 May | 13:00 | Taraz | 3–0 | Erbil | 25–13 | 25–20 | 25–11 | | | 75–44 | Report |
| 15 May | 19:00 | Al Rayyan | 0–3 | Shahdab Yazd | 20–25 | 17–25 | 14–25 | | | 51–75 | Report |
| 16 May | 13:00 | Erbil | 1–3 | Al Rayyan | 25–21 | 14–25 | 21–25 | 17–25 | | 77–96 | Report |
| 16 May | 19:00 | Shahdab Yazd | 3–1 | Taraz | 25–16 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–17 | | 97–79 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

### Brackets

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 18 May | 18 May | | | |
| Paykan Tehran | 3 | | | |
| Paykan Tehran | 3 | 19 May | 19 May | | |
| Erbil | 0 | 19 May | 19 May | |
| Erbil | 0 | Paykan Tehran | 3 | |
| 18 May | 18 May | | Paykan Tehran | 3 | |
| 18 May | 18 May | Taraz | 1 | |
| Taraz | 3 | Taraz | 1 | |
| Taraz | 3 | | | | 20 May | 20 May |
| Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 1 | | | | 20 May | 20 May |
| Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 1 | | | | Paykan Tehran | 3 |
| 18 May | 18 May | | | | | Paykan Tehran | 3 |
| 18 May | 18 May | | | | Suntory Sunbirds | 2 |
| Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | | | | Suntory Sunbirds | 2 |
| Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | 19 May | 19 May | | | |
| Al Rayyan | 0 | 19 May | 19 May | | | |
| Al Rayyan | 0 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | | | |
| 18 May | 18 May | | Suntory Sunbirds | 3 | | | |
| 18 May | 18 May | Shahdab Yazd | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Shahdab Yazd | 3 | Shahdab Yazd | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Shahdab Yazd | 3 | | | | 20 May | 20 May |
| South Gas | 0 | | | | 20 May | 20 May |
| South Gas | 0 | | | | Taraz | 0 |
| | | | | | Shahdab Yazd | 3 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 19 May | 19 May |
| Erbil | 1 |
| Erbil | 1 | 20 May | 20 May |
| Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 3 | 20 May | 20 May |
| Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 3 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 1 |
| 19 May | 19 May | | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 1 |
| 19 May | 19 May | Al Rayyan | 3 |
| Al Rayyan | 3 | Al Rayyan | 3 |
| South Gas | 1 | | |
| South Gas | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 20 May | 20 May |
| | | Erbil | 2 |
| | | South Gas | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | 10:00 | Taraz | 3–1 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 25–15 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–18 | 97–75 | Report |
| 18 May | 13:00 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–0 | Al Rayyan | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | 75–62 | Report |
| 18 May | 16:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–0 | Erbil | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–14 | | 75–46 | Report |
| 18 May | 19:00 | Shahdab Yazd | 3–0 | South Gas | 25–22 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | 75–59 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 May | 10:00 | Erbil | 1–3 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 17–25 | 13–25 | 25–22 | 18–25 | | 73–97 | Report |
| 19 May | 13:00 | Al Rayyan | 3–1 | South Gas | 25–17 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | | 97–82 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 May | 16:00 | Paykan Tehran | 3–1 | Taraz | 34–36 | 25–17 | 25–21 | 25–17 | | 109–91 | Report |
| 19 May | 19:00 | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–1 | Shahdab Yazd | 22–25 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | 97–88 | Report |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 09:30 | Erbil | 2–3 | South Gas | 25–17 | 16–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 12–15 | 100–102 | Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 12:30 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 1–3 | Al Rayyan | 25–23 | 16–25 | 20–25 | 18–25 | | 79–98 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 15:30 | Taraz | 0–3 | Shahdab Yazd | 20–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | | | 57–75 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 May | 18:30 | Paykan Tehran | 3–2 | Suntory Sunbirds | 21–25 | 26–28 | 25–13 | 25–20 | 15–12 | 112–98 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Paykan Tehran |
| | Suntory Sunbirds |
| | Shahdab Yazd |
| 4 | Taraz |
| 5 | Al Rayyan |
| 6 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC |
| 7 | South Gas |
| 8 | Erbil |
* Qualified for the 2022 Club World Championship
* 2022 Asian Men's Club Champions
* Paykan Tehran 8th title
* 14–man roster
* Saeid Marouf (c), Mohammad Taher Vadi, Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Porya Yali, Hamzeh Zarini, Earvin N'Gapeth, Armin Afshin Far, Pourya Fayazi, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Armin Tashakori, Ali Shafiei, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour
* Head coach
* Peyman Akbari

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Saeid Marouf (IRI) (Paykan Tehran)
* Best Setter
    Saeid Marouf (IRI) (Paykan Tehran)
* Best Outside Spikers
    Masahiro Yanagida (JPN) (Suntory Sunbirds)
    Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA) (Paykan Tehran)
* Best Middle Blockers
    Mohammad Mousavi (IRI) (Paykan Tehran)
    Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov (KAZ) (Taraz)
* Best Opposite Spiker
    Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS) (Suntory Sunbirds)
* Best Libero
    Mohammed Reza Moazzen (IRI) (Shahdab Yazd)