# 2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2010 AVC Cup for Men was the second edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2009 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Ghadir Arena, Urmia, Iran from 1 to 7 August 2010.

## Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Iran (Host & 2nd)  China (4th)  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia * | Japan (1st)  South Korea (3rd)  Australia  Kazakhstan |
* Indonesia withdrew and replaced by India.

## Venue

All matches :
* Urmia, Iran
* Ghadir Arena
* Capacity: 6,000

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 302 | 267 | 1.131 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 278 | 250 | 1.112 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 283 | 301 | 0.940 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 211 | 256 | 0.824 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 13:30 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | China | 19–25 | 16–25 | 14–25 | | | 49–75 | Report |
| 01 Aug | 18:00 | Iran | 3–2 | India | 25–15 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 23–25 | 15–10 | 111–92 | Report |
| 02 Aug | 13:30 | China | 3–1 | India | 25–22 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–20 | | 96–86 | Report |
| 02 Aug | 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Iran | 23–25 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | | 68–76 | Report |
| 03 Aug | 13:30 | India | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 22–25 | 33–31 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | 105–94 | Report |
| 03 Aug | 18:00 | China | 2–3 | Iran | 26–24 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 16–25 | 17–19 | 107–115 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 259 | 232 | 1.116 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 312 | 298 | 1.047 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 227 | 231 | 0.983 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 228 | 265 | 0.860 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 10:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–15 | 25–23 | 25–21 | | | 75–59 | Report |
| 01 Aug | 15:30 | South Korea | 3–2 | Japan | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 17–15 | 111–100 | Report |
| 02 Aug | 10:00 | Japan | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 27–29 | 16–25 | 20–25 | | | 63–79 | Report |
| 02 Aug | 15:30 | South Korea | 3–2 | Australia | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 15–13 | 108–109 | Report |
| 03 Aug | 10:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Japan | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–65 | Report |
| 03 Aug | 15:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–1 | South Korea | 26–24 | 25–21 | 13–25 | 25–23 | | 89–93 | Report |

## Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | |
| Iran | 3 | | | |
| Iran | 3 | 6 August | 6 August | | |
| Japan | 0 | 6 August | 6 August | |
| Japan | 0 | Iran | 3 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Iran | 3 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | India | 2 | |
| South Korea | 2 | India | 2 | |
| South Korea | 2 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| India | 3 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| India | 3 | | | | Iran | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | Iran | 3 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | China | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | | | | China | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | China | 3 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| China | 3 | China | 3 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| China | 3 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | India | 3 |
| | | | | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Japan | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 7 August | 7 August |
| South Korea | 3 | 7 August | 7 August |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 1 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | South Korea | 1 |
| 6 August | 6 August | Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Japan | 1 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 Aug | 10:00 | Australia | 2–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–23 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 19–21 | 115–118 | Report |
| 05 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 29–27 | | 102–93 | Report |
| 05 Aug | 16:30 | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | 26–24 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | | 76–62 | Report |
| 05 Aug | 18:30 | South Korea | 2–3 | India | 23–25 | 25–12 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 11–15 | 103–97 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 06 Aug | 10:00 | Japan | 1–3 | South Korea | 25–22 | 17–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | | 82–97 | Report |
| 06 Aug | 14:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–15 | 25–21 | | | 75–57 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 06 Aug | 16:30 | Iran | 3–2 | India | 25–19 | 22–25 | 20–25 | 25–17 | 15–11 | 107–97 | Report |
| 06 Aug | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | China | 25–19 | 21–25 | 20–25 | 27–29 | | 93–98 | Report |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Aug | 10:00 | Japan | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 16–25 | 15–25 | 25–15 | 21–25 | | 77–90 | Report |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Aug | 13:30 | South Korea | 1–3 | Australia | 31–29 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 22–25 | | 95–104 | Report |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Aug | 15:30 | India | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 27–25 | | 99–86 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Aug | 18:00 | Iran | 3–0 | China | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Iran |
| | China |
| | India |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | South Korea |
| 7 | Kazakhstan |
| 8 | Japan |
* 2010 Asian Men's Cup champions
* Iran 2nd title

## Awards

* MVP: Farhad Nazari Afshar
* Best scorer: Sanjay Kumar
* Best spiker: Cui Jianjun
* Best blocker: Alireza Nadi
* Best server: Wang Ming-chun
* Best setter: Saeid Marouf
* Best libero: Abdolreza Alizadeh