# 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 22nd staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Urmia, Iran from 19 to 26 August 2023.
This was Iran's fifth time serving as the host nation.
Japan won their tenth title by defeating in straight sets the host and two-time defending champions Iran in the final. Iran took their third silver medal of the tournament. Qatar won their first medal of the tournament, claiming the bronze after defeating China (3–0) in the third place match. Yūki Ishikawa named as the MVP of the tournament.
Japan, Iran, and Qatar, the top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.

## 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)

### Qualified teams

The AVC stated that there were originally eighteen entrant teams that were due to participate in the tournament. However, on 17 August 2023, Mongolia announced that they withdrew from the tournament.
| Event(s) | Event(s) | Dates | Location | Berths | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | 20 December 2022 | — | 1 | Iran |
| 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 12 – 19 September 2021 | Chiba and Funabashi | 10 | Iran Japan China Chinese Taipei Qatar Australia Pakistan South Korea India Bahrain Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan |
| Direct zonal wildcards | Central Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 2 | Sri Lanka Bangladesh Afghanistan |
| Direct zonal wildcards | East Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 1 | Hong Kong Mongolia |
| Direct zonal wildcards | Southeast Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 2 | Thailand Indonesia Philippines |
| Direct zonal wildcards | West Asia | 2 February 2023 | — | 1 | Iraq Kuwait |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | |
Note:
* ↑ The host Iran was originally in top 10 of the previous edition. The spot was reallocated to Kazakhstan (11th placers). However, since Australia (6th placers) withdrew from the tournament and either did Saudi Arabia (12th placers), the spot was reallocated to Uzbekistan (13th placers).

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2021 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2021 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 March 2023. Final standings of the 2021 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| Iran (Hosts) | Japan (2) | China (3) | Chinese Taipei (4) | Qatar (5) | Pakistan (7) |
| Hong Kong (14) | Uzbekistan (13) | Kazakhstan (11) | Bahrain (10) | India (9) | South Korea (8) |
| Iraq (–) | Thailand (15) | Indonesia (–) | Mongolia (–)* | Afghanistan (–) | Bangladesh (–) |
* Mongolia withdrew from the tournament.

## Venues

| Preliminary round and Final twelve | Preliminary round, 13th–17th places and Final twelve |
| Urmia, Iran ||
| Ghadir Arena | Shahidan Ahandoust Hall |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |

## 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 Standard Time (UTC+03:30).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 169 | 111 | 1.523 | Final twelve |
| 2 | Iraq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 167 | 193 | 0.865 | Final twelve |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 144 | 176 | 0.818 | 13th–17th places |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | Hong Kong | 2–3 | Iraq | 21–25 | 16–25 | 25–14 | 25–22 | 12–15 | 99–101 | P2 Report |
| 20 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | Iran | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | | 75–45 | P2 Report |
| 21 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | Iraq | 1–3 | Iran | 25–19 | 12–25 | 15–25 | 14–25 | | 66–94 | P2 Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 102 | 1.471 | Final twelve |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 137 | 128 | 1.070 | Final twelve |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 93 | 150 | 0.620 | 13th–17th places |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Japan | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 75–62 | P2 Report |
| 20 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | Japan | 8–25 | 19–25 | 13–25 | 40–75 | P2 Report |
| 21 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Thailand | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–17 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 75–53 | P2 Report |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 220 | 203 | 1.084 | Final twelve |
| 2 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 206 | 191 | 1.079 | Final twelve |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 174 | 206 | 0.845 | 13th–17th places |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | Indonesia | 2–3 | China | 22–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 28–26 | 13–15 | 107–113 | P2 Report |
| 20 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Indonesia | 26–24 | 19–25 | 12–25 | 21–25 | | 78–99 | P2 Report |
| 21 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | China | 3–2 | Kazakhstan | 20–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 15–12 | 107–96 | P2 Report |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 110 | 104 | 1.058 | Final twelve |
| 2 | Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 104 | 110 | 0.945 | Final twelve |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 Aug | 19:15 | SAH | Bahrain | 2–3 | Chinese Taipei | 25–23 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 22–25 | 11–15 | 104–110 | P2 Report |

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 112 | 1.339 | Final twelve |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 156 | 157 | 0.994 | Final twelve |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 136 | 173 | 0.786 | 13th–17th places |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | Qatar | 3–0 | India | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | 75–58 | P2 Report |
| 20 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | Afghanistan | 0–3 | Qatar | 19–25 | 16–25 | 19–25 | | 54–75 | P2 Report |
| 21 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | India | 3–1 | Afghanistan | 25–15 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 98–82 | P2 Report |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 183 | 160 | 1.144 | Final twelve |
| 2 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 175 | 160 | 1.094 | Final twelve |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 112 | 150 | 0.747 | 13th–17th places |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | Bangladesh | 0–3 | South Korea | 19–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | 60–75 | P2 Report |
| 20 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | Pakistan | 3–0 | Bangladesh | 25–16 | 25–14 | 25–22 | | 75–52 | P2 Report |
| 21 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | South Korea | 3–1 | Pakistan | 26–28 | 25–20 | 32–30 | 25–22 | 108–100 | P2 Report |

## Final round
### 13th–17th places

| 13th–17th places | 13th–17th places | 13th–16th places | 13th–16th places | | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| | | 24 August | 24 August | | |
| | | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| 23 August | 23 August | Kazakhstan | 3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | 25 August | 25 August |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | 25 August | 25 August |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| | | | | | Afghanistan | 1 |
| | | 24 August | 24 August | | | |
| | | Bangladesh | 1 | | | |
| | | Afghanistan | 3 | | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| Afghanistan | W | Afghanistan | 3 | | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| Afghanistan | W | | | | 25 August | 25 August |
| Bye | | | | | 25 August | 25 August |
| Bye | | | | | Hong Kong | 1 |
| | | | | | Bangladesh | 3 |

#### 13th–17th places

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | Uzbekistan | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 25–18 | 23–25 | 17–25 | 19–25 | | 84–93 | P2 Report |

#### 13th–16th places

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 18–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | P2 Report |
| 24 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | Bangladesh | 1–3 | Afghanistan | 25–22 | 21–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | 90–97 | P2 Report |

#### 15th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 10:15 | SAH | Hong Kong | 1–3 | Bangladesh | 22–25 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 19–25 | | 89–95 | P2 Report |

#### 13th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 13:15 | SAH | Kazakhstan | 3–1 | Afghanistan | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–13 | | 98–75 | P2 Report |

### Final twelve

| Round of 12 | Round of 12 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | | | |
| Iran | 3 | | | | | | |
| Pakistan | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 25 August | 25 August | | |
| | | | | | Iran | 3 | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | | Iran | 3 | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | China | 0 | |
| China | 3 | | | | China | 0 | |
| China | 3 | 24 August | 24 August | | | | | |
| India | 2 | 24 August | 24 August | | | | |
| India | 2 | China | 3 | | | | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | China | 3 | | | | |
| 23 August | 23 August | South Korea | 1 | | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 1 | | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Indonesia | 2 | | | | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Indonesia | 2 | | | | | | | Iran | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | | | | | Iran | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | | | | Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | | | | | | | Japan | 3 |
| Bahrain | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 25 August | 25 August | | | | |
| | | | | | Japan | 3 | | | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | | Japan | 3 | | | |
| 23 August | 23 August | | | | Qatar | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | Qatar | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 24 August | 24 August | | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Iraq | 0 | 24 August | 24 August | | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Iraq | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | China | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | China | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | Qatar | 3 | | | | | Qatar | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 | Qatar | 3 | | | | | Qatar | 3 |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| South Korea | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 7th–12th places | 7th–12th places | 7th–10th places | 7th–10th places | | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 25 August | 25 August | | |
| | | Pakistan | 3 | |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Pakistan | 3 | |
| 24 August | 24 August | Indonesia | 2 | |
| India | 0 | Indonesia | 2 | |
| India | 0 | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Indonesia | 3 | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Indonesia | 3 | | | | Pakistan | 3 |
| | | | | | Bahrain | 1 |
| | | 25 August | 25 August | | | |
| | | Bahrain | 3 | | | |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Bahrain | 3 | | |
| 24 August | 24 August | Thailand | 2 | | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| Iraq | 1 | Thailand | 2 | | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| Iraq | 1 | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | 26 August | 26 August |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | Indonesia | 3 |
| | | | | | Thailand | 0 |
| 11th place match | 11th place match |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| India | 3 |
| Iraq | 0 |

#### Round of 12

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Aug | 10:15 | GHA | South Korea | 3–2 | Indonesia | 25–16 | 19–25 | 22–25 | 25–19 | 16–14 | 107–99 | P2 Report |
| 23 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Japan | 3–0 | Bahrain | 25–14 | 25–14 | 25–17 | | | 75–45 | P2 Report |
| 23 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | Qatar | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–64 | P2 Report |
| 23 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | China | 3–2 | India | 31–29 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 15–13 | 112–110 | P2 Report |
| 23 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | Iran | 3–0 | Pakistan | 25–18 | 25–15 | 25–13 | | | 75–46 | P2 Report |
| 23 Aug | 19:15 | SAH | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Iraq | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | | 75–55 | P2 Report |

#### 7th–12th places

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 10:15 | GHA | India | 0–3 | Indonesia | 29–31 | 18–25 | 12–25 | | | 59–81 | P2 Report |
| 24 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Iraq | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–22 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 18–25 | | 82–97 | P2 Report |

#### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Qatar | 16–25 | 15–25 | 23–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 Report |
| 24 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | China | 3–1 | South Korea | 21–25 | 25–22 | 28–26 | 25–18 | | 99–91 | P2 Report |

#### 7th–10th places

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 10:15 | GHA | Pakistan | 3–2 | Indonesia | 19–25 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–13 | 15–12 | 107–97 | P2 Report |
| 25 Aug | 13:15 | GHA | Bahrain | 3–2 | Thailand | 17–25 | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–21 | 15–10 | 102–104 | P2 Report |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:15 | GHA | Japan | 3–1 | Qatar | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–14 | 28–26 | | 100–83 | P2 Report |
| 25 Aug | 19:15 | GHA | Iran | 3–0 | China | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | | 75–66 | P2 Report |

#### 11th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:15 | SAH | India | 3–0 | Iraq | 25–17 | 25–23 | 25–16 | | | 75–56 | P2 Report |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 10:00 | SAH | Indonesia | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–21 | | | 75–65 | P2 Report |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 13:00 | SAH | Pakistan | 3–1 | Bahrain | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | 96–83 | P2 Report |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 19:15 | SAH | South Korea | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 25–19 | | 93–81 | P2 Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 15:00 | GHA | China | 0–3 | Qatar | 23–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 18:00 | GHA | Iran | 0–3 | Japan | 20–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | | 56–75 | P2 Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Iran |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Pakistan |
| 8 | Bahrain |
| 9 | Indonesia |
| 10 | Thailand |
| 11 | India |
| 12 | Iraq |
| 13 | Kazakhstan |
| 14 | Afghanistan |
| 15 | Bangladesh |
| 16 | Hong Kong |
| 17 | Uzbekistan |
* Qualified for the 2025 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2025 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking
* 2023 Asian Men's champions
* Japan 10th title
* 14–man roster
* Yuji Nishida, Taishi Onodera, Kento Miyaura, Tatsunori Otsuka, Akihiro Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekita, Kentaro Takahashi, Ran Takahashi, Tomohiro Ogawa, Yūki Ishikawa, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Larry Evbade-Dan, Ryu Yamamoto, Masato Kai
* Head coach
* Philippe Blain

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)
* Best setter
    Mohammad Taher Vadi (IRI)
* Best outside spikers
    Ran Takahashi (JPN)
    Raimi Wadidie (QAT)
* Best middle blockers
    Belal Nabel Abunabot (QAT)
    Taishi Onodera (JPN)
* Best opposite spiker
    Amin Esmaeilnejad (IRI)
* Best libero
    Yang Yiming (CHN)