# 2025 AVC Men's Champions League

The 2025 AVC Men's Champions League will be the first edition of the newly-rebranded AVC Men's Champions League, and the 25th overall edition of the formerly named Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship), an annual international men's volleyball club tournament, organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and the SV.League. It is scheduled to be held from 11 to 18 May 2025 in Japan.

## Host selection

In February, JVA announced that Japan will be the official host team of the tournament.

## Participating teams
### Teams by zonal association

| Central Asia (CAVA) | East Asia (EAVA) | Oceania (OZVA) | Southeast Asia (SAVA) | West Asia (WAVA) |
| Iran  Kazakhstan | China  Chinese Taipei  Japan (hosts) | Australia | Philippines  Thailand  Vietnam | Bahrain  Qatar |

### Entrant teams

The following teams are expected to take part in tournament.
| Association | Team | Domestic league standing |
| Australia | Queensland Pirates | 2024–25 Australian Men's Volleyball League champions |
| Bahrain | TBD | 2024–25 Bahraini Men's Volleyball League champions |
| China | Shanghai Bright | 2024–25 Chinese Volleyball Super League champions |
| Chinese Taipei | Taichung Bank | |
| Iran | TBD | 2024–25 Iranian Volleyball Super League champions |
| Japan | Suntory Sunbirds Osaka | 2023–24 V.League Division 1 champions |
| Japan | Osaka Bluteon | 2023–24 V.League Division 1 runners-up |
| Kazakhstan | FK Aktobe | |
| Philippines | Cignal HD Spikers | N/A (national team) |
| Qatar | Al Rayyan | |
| Thailand | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 2023–24 Men's Volleyball Thailand League champions |
| Vietnam | Sport Center 3 | N/A (national team) |

## Squads

With the rebranded tournament, each team can now have a maximum of three foreign players in its roster that can play at any time.

## Pools composition

The teams will be split into four pools with three teams each. The draw of lots is scheduled to took place at The Grand Fourwings Hotel Bangkokon 12 March 2025.
Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB Senior World Rankings as of 8 January 2025. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The host's two teams and the top two countries are automatically seeded as the first teams of the four pools.
| Seeded teams | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Suntory Sunbirds Osaka (6) (H-A) Osaka Bluteon (6) (H-B) Iranian Team (15) Al Rayyan (21) | Shanghai Bright (24) Queensland Pirates (33) Taichung Bank (45) Sport Center 3 (52) | FK Aktobe (53) Cignal HD Spikers (56) Nakhon Ratchasima QminC (57) Bahraini Team (58) |

### Drawing results

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Suntory Sunbirds Osaka (6) (H-A) | Osaka Bluteon (6) (H-B) | Iranian Team (15) | Al Rayyan (21) |
| Queensland Pirates (33) | Shanghai Bright (24) | Taichung Bank (45) | Sport Center 3 (52) |
| FK Aktobe (53) | Cignal HD Spikers (56) | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC (57) | Bahraini Team (58) |

## Venues

The tournament will be hosted in Hirakata and Kyoto in the Kansai region.
| Preliminary round | Final round | Panasonic ArenaShimadzu Arena2025 AVC Men's Champions League (Kansai region) |
| Hirakata | Kyoto | Panasonic ArenaShimadzu Arena2025 AVC Men's Champions League (Kansai region) |
| Panasonic Arena | Shimadzu Arena Kyoto | Panasonic ArenaShimadzu Arena2025 AVC Men's Champions League (Kansai region) |
| Capacity: 2,200 | Capacity: 8,635 | Panasonic ArenaShimadzu Arena2025 AVC Men's Champions League (Kansai region) |

## 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 Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Suntory Sunbirds Osaka (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Queensland Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | FK Aktobe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Osaka Bluteon (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Shanghai Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cignal HD Spikers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Taichung Bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Nakhon Ratchasima QminC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sport Center 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |

## Final round

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Quarterfinals | Final | Final |
| A1 |
| D2 |
| A2 |
| A2 | 18 May | 18 May |
| D1 | 18 May | 18 May |
| B1 | | |
| C2 | | |
| | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 | 18 May | 18 May |
| C1 | 18 May | 18 May |

### Quarterfinals

| Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |
| – | – | – | – | 0–0 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| | | – | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |
| | | – | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | | – | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |

### Final

| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | | – | – | – | – | | | 0–0 | |

## Final standing

* Rank
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* Qualified for the 2025 Club World Championship