# 2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held at the Volleyball Federation Hall, Tehran, Iran from 15 to 22 August 2022.
The competition served as a qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as AVC's representatives.
Players born on or after January 1, 2005 were eligible to participate.

## Pools composition

Eight teams were divided into 2 Pools (Pool A & Pool B)
* Seeding for the host and top 3 teams from the previous event by serpentine system.
* Drawing of lots for the remaining 4 teams (based on the previous ranking and zones).
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Iran (Host)  Chinese Taipei (4th)  China  Kuwait | Japan (1st)  South Korea (2nd)  Thailand  India |

## Format

Preliminary Round: Round Robin to determine ranking.
Knockout Stage: All 8 teams entered a quarterfinal for cross elimination (A1:B4, B1:A4 etc) to determine the champion.

## Venue

* All matches
* Tehran, Iran
* Volleyball Federation Hall
* Capacity: 3,000

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of victories
* Match points
* Set quotient
* Points quotient
* If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

## Preliminary round

* All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
* Qualified for the Quarterfinals

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 155 | 1.452 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 217 | 193 | 1.124 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 216 | 226 | 0.956 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 161 | 245 | 0.657 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 15 Aug | 17:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Kuwait | 25–11 | 25–17 | 20–25 | 25–16 | 95–69 | Report |
| 16 Aug | 17:00 | China | 0–3 | Iran | 21–25 | 17–25 | 22–25 | | 60–75 | Report |
| 17 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–20 | 32–30 | 25–22 | | 82–72 | Report |
| 17 Aug | 17:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–12 | 25–21 | 25–13 | | 75–46 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–12 | | 75–46 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 17:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–15 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | 75–49 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1.500 | 320 | 292 | 1.096 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 282 | 268 | 1.052 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 236 | 238 | 0.992 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 248 | 288 | 0.861 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Aug | 11:30 | Japan | 3–2 | India | 25–20 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 21–25 | 15–13 | 109–106 | Report |
| 15 Aug | 14:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | Thailand | 27–25 | 25–17 | 25–20 | | | 77–62 | Report |
| 16 Aug | 11:30 | India | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–21 | 24–26 | 27–25 | 25–23 | | 101–95 | Report |
| 16 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–2 | South Korea | 21–25 | 25–18 | 25–14 | 15–25 | 15–13 | 101–95 | Report |
| 17 Aug | 11:30 | Thailand | 2–3 | Japan | 15–25 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 25–23 | 9–15 | 91–110 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 11:30 | South Korea | 0–3 | India | 23–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | | 64–75 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+4:30).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 20 August | 20 August | | | |
| Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | 21 August | 21 August | | |
| Kuwait | 0 | 21 August | 21 August | |
| Kuwait | 0 | Japan | 3 | |
| 20 August | 20 August | | Japan | 3 | |
| 20 August | 20 August | South Korea | 1 | |
| China | 2 | South Korea | 1 | |
| China | 2 | | | | 22 August | 22 August |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | 22 August | 22 August |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | Japan | 3 |
| 20 August | 20 August | | | | | Japan | 3 |
| 20 August | 20 August | | | | Iran | 0 |
| India | 3 | | | | Iran | 0 |
| India | 3 | 21 August | 21 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 21 August | 21 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | India | 0 | | | |
| 20 August | 20 August | | India | 0 | | | |
| 20 August | 20 August | Iran | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Iran | 3 | Iran | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Iran | 3 | | | | 22 August | 22 August |
| Thailand | 1 | | | | 22 August | 22 August |
| Thailand | 1 | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| | | | | | India | 3 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 21 August | 21 August |
| Kuwait | 0 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 22 August | 22 August |
| China | 3 | 22 August | 22 August |
| China | 3 | China | 3 |
| 21 August | 21 August | | China | 3 |
| 21 August | 21 August | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | | |
| Thailand | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 22 August | 22 August |
| | | Kuwait | 1 |
| | | Thailand | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 Aug | 09:00 | China | 2–3 | South Korea | 22–25 | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 13–15 | 107–110 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 11:30 | India | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–27 | 25–23 | | 100–83 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–12 | | | 75–51 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 17:00 | Iran | 3–1 | Thailand | 24–26 | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–15 | | 99–73 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 09:00 | China | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–18 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 21 Aug | 11:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Thailand | 21–25 | 25–22 | 26–24 | 25–20 | | 97–91 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 14:00 | South Korea | 1–3 | Japan | 39–37 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 14–25 | | 96–112 | Report |
| 21 Aug | 17:00 | India | 0–3 | Iran | 15–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 09:00 | Kuwait | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–23 | 18–25 | 8–25 | 17–25 | | 68–98 | Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 11:30 | China | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | 25–16 | 15–25 | 18–25 | 25–20 | 17–15 | 100–101 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 14:00 | South Korea | 2–3 | India | 20–25 | 21–25 | 28–26 | 25–19 | 12–15 | 106–110 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 17:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Iran | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 75–67 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Iran |
| | India |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | Kuwait |
* Qualified for the 2023 FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship
* 2022 Men's Asian U18 champions
* Japan 3rd title
* 12–boy roster
* Setter：Ota Yoshihara(c), Aguri Hara
* Outside Hitter：Kai Cousins, Yuta Doi, Rinto Nagata, Hiroki Bito, Shunta Ono
* Middle Blocker：Hyo Yamashita, Yuzuki Akimoto, Mark Allen Junior Rosen, Takeru Watanabe
* Libero： Sena Kameoka
* Head coach: Hiroshi Honda

## Awards

Source:
* Most valuable player
    Hiroki Bito (JPN)
* Best setter
    Emran Kook Jili (IRI)
* Best outside hitters
    Shunta Ono (JPN)
    S.Matin Hosseini (IRI)
* Best middle blockers
    Taha Behboudnia (IRI)
    Kush Singh (IND)
* Best opposite spiker
    Aryan Baliyan (IND)
* Best libero
    Sena Kameoka (JPN)