# 2019 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship is the third edition of the Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleyball Association. It is held in Naypyitaw, Myanmar from 3 to 11 August 2019.

## Participated teams

| Southeast Asia (SEAZA) | Central Asia (CAZA) | East Asia (EAZA) | Oceania (OZA) | West Asia (WAZA) |
| Myanmar (host)  Vietnam  Thailand | Kazakhstan  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  India | Chinese Taipei  China  Japan  Hong Kong | Australia  New Zealand | Bahrain  Saudi Arabia  Qatar |

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets except the host.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Myanmar (Hosts) | Japan (2) | Chinese Taipei (3) | Thailand (4) |
| Sri Lanka (10) | Kazakhstan (7) | Pakistan (6) | China (5) |
| Australia (11) | Saudi Arabia (–) | Qatar (–) | India (–) |
| Hong Kong (–) | Vietnam (–) | Bahrain (–) | New Zealand (–) |

## Venues

* Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall B, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool A, B and Final eight
* Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex – Hall C, Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Pool C, D and 9th–16th places

## Pool standing procedure

* Numbers of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 2–1: 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 Myanmar Daylight Time (UTC+06:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 291 | 236 | 1.233 | Pool E |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 229 | 224 | 1.022 | Pool E |
| 3 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 262 | 274 | 0.956 | Pool G |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 200 | 248 | 0.806 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Aug | 11:00 | Myanmar | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–64 | P2 |
| 3 Aug | 18:30 | Australia | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 29–27 | 25–17 | 25–14 | | | 79–58 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 13:30 | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Myanmar | 18–25 | 28–26 | 25–19 | 25–14 | | 96–84 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 16:00 | Hong Kong | 1–3 | Australia | 13–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 16–25 | | 75–98 | P2 |
| 5 Aug | 11:00 | Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 5 AUG | 13:30 | Myanmar | 2–3 | Australia | 26–24 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 25–27 | 10–15 | 103–114 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 246 | 183 | 1.344 | Pool F |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 230 | 216 | 1.065 | Pool F |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 191 | 221 | 0.864 | Pool H |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 183 | 230 | 0.796 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 3 Aug | 11:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 3 Aug | 16:00 | Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | Japan | 19–25 | 10–25 | 18–25 | | 47–75 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 11:00 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 30–28 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | 80–71 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 18:30 | Japan | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 25–22 | 96–80 | P2 |
| 5 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–15 | | 75–56 | P2 |
| 5 AUG | 18:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–22 | | 75–65 | P2 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 245 | 189 | 1.296 | Pool E |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 228 | 203 | 1.123 | Pool E |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 194 | 208 | 0.933 | Pool G |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 158 | 225 | 0.702 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 3 Aug | 16:00 | Qatar | 0–3 | Pakistan | 22–25 | 11–25 | 21–25 | | 54–75 | P2 |
| 3 Aug | 13:30 | Bahrain | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 20–25 | 19–25 | 23–25 | | 62–75 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 11:00 | Pakistan | 3–0 | Bahrain | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–15 | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Qatar | 25–14 | 25–20 | 25–12 | | 75–46 | P2 |
| 5 Aug | 18:30 | Qatar | 0–3 | Bahrain | 22–25 | 13–25 | 23–25 | | 58–75 | P2 |
| 5 AUG | 13:30 | Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Pakistan | 25–20 | 18–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | 78–95 | P2 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 299 | 250 | 1.196 | Pool F |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 292 | 257 | 1.136 | Pool F |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 303 | 287 | 1.056 | Pool H |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 147 | 247 | 0.595 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Aug | 13:30 | New Zealand | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–22 | 17–25 | 17–25 | 10–25 | | 69–97 | P2 |
| 3 Aug | 18:30 | China | 2–3 | India | 25–22 | 27–29 | 17–25 | 27–25 | 11–15 | 107–116 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 16:00 | Thailand | 2–3 | China | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–21 | 19–25 | 15–17 | 107–110 | P2 |
| 4 Aug | 13:30 | India | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–12 | | | 75–44 | P2 |
| 5 Aug | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–2 | India | 15–25 | 25–23 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 15–13 | 99–108 | P2 |
| 5 AUG | 11:00 | China | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–13 | 25–11 | 25–10 | | | 75–34 | P2 |

## Second round

* All times are Myanmar Daylight Time (UTC+06:00).
* The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 275 | 239 | 1.151 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 243 | 241 | 1.008 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 225 | 225 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 219 | 257 | 0.852 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | 11:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 36–38 | 23–25 | 16–25 | | 75–88 | P2 |
| 7 AUG | 16:00 | Pakistan | 3–1 | Sri Lanka | 25–17 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 30–28 | 101–90 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 11:00 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 24–26 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | 71–77 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 13:30 | Australia | 0–3 | Pakistan | 27–29 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | 71–79 | P2 |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 298 | 269 | 1.108 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 294 | 268 | 1.097 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 288 | 292 | 0.986 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 215 | 266 | 0.808 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | 13:30 | Japan | 3–1 | China | 25–20 | 24–26 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | 99–86 | P2 |
| 7 AUG | 18:30 | India | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–17 | 25–20 | | | 75–58 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | China | 24–26 | 18–25 | 25–19 | 10–25 | | 77–95 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 18:30 | Japan | 3–2 | India | 20–25 | 25–18 | 25–23 | 18–25 | 15–12 | 103–103 | P2 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 200 | 1.240 | 9th-12th places match |
| 2 | Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 235 | 222 | 1.059 | 9th-12th places match |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 241 | 251 | 0.960 | 13th-16th places match |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 222 | 273 | 0.813 | 13th-16th places match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | 18:30 | Myanmar | 3–1 | Qatar | 20–25 | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 95–83 | P2 |
| 7 AUG | 11:00 | Bahrain | 3–1 | Hong Kong | 25–16 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 98–77 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 18:30 | Hong Kong | 1–3 | Qatar | 13–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–27 | 81–100 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 13:30 | Myanmar | 0–3 | Bahrain | 21–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | 65–75 | P2 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 291 | 229 | 1.271 | 9th-12th places match |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 262 | 254 | 1.031 | 9th-12th places match |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 219 | 236 | 0.928 | 13th-16th places match |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 214 | 267 | 0.801 | 13th-16th places match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 7 Aug | 13:30 | Vietnam | 3–1 | New Zealand | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 95–86 | P2 |
| 7 AUG | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–1 | Saudi Arabia | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 25–10 | 97–73 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 11:00 | Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | New Zealand | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–17 | | 75–59 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 16:00 | Vietnam | 1–3 | Thailand | 20–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 23–25 | 87–97 | P2 |

## Classification round

* All times are Myanmar Daylight Time (UTC+06:00).

### Bracket

| Thirteenth place play-offs | Thirteenth place play-offs | Thirteenth place match | Thirteenth place match |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug |
| Qatar | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| New Zealand | 1 | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| New Zealand | 1 | Qatar | 3 |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug | | Qatar | 3 |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug | Hong Kong | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Hong Kong | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | | |
| Hong Kong | 3 | Fifteenth place match | Fifteenth place match |
| | | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| | | New Zealand | 0 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 3 |

### 13th place play-offs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Aug | 13:30 | Qatar | 3–1 | New Zealand | 22–25 | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25–13 | | 98–82 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 16:00 | Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Hong Kong | 25–18 | 25–27 | 26–28 | 19–25 | | 95–98 | P2 |

### 15th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 11:00 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia | 14–25 | 20–25 | 20–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 |

### 13th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 13:30 | Qatar | 3–1 | Hong Kong | 25–16 | 24–26 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | 99–84 | P2 |

### Bracket

| Ninth place play-offs | Ninth place play-offs | Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug |
| Bahrain | 0 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| Vietnam | 3 | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| Vietnam | 3 | Vietnam | 3 |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug | | Vietnam | 3 |
| 9 Aug | 9 Aug | Myanmar | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | Myanmar | 0 |
| Myanmar | 3 | | |
| Myanmar | 3 | Eleventh place match | Eleventh place match |
| | | 10 Aug | 10 Aug |
| | | Bahrain | 0 |
| | | Thailand | 3 |

### 9th place play-offs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Aug | 11:00 | Bahrain | 0–3 | Vietnam | 18–25 | 19–25 | 14–25 | | | 51–75 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 18:30 | Thailand | 0–3 | Myanmar | 20–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 |

### 11th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 16:00 | Bahrain | 0–3 | Thailand | 23–25 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | | 68–76 | P2 |

### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 18:30 | Vietnam | 3–0 | Myanmar | 27–25 | 25–23 | 25–21 | | | 77–69 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are Myanmar Daylight Time (UTC+06:00).

### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place play-offs | Fifth place play-offs | Fifth place play-offs | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | China | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | | |
| | | | China | China | 3 | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Japan | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | | | 0 | | | | | | | |
| China | China | 2 | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | | | | | India | India | 1 |
| | | | | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 1 | | | | | India | India | 3 | | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | India | India | | | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | Australia | Australia | 1 | | | | | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 9 Aug | 11:00 | Pakistan | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–18 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 92–85 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 13:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–21 | 25–16 | 25–14 | | 75–51 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | China | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | 76–63 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 18:30 | India | 3–1 | Australia | 16–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 27–25 | 93–90 | P2 |

### 5th place play-offs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 11:00 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | China | 23–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | | 92–98 | P2 |
| 10 Aug | 13:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–1 | Australia | 25–22 | 14–25 | 25–23 | 25–22 | | 89–92 | P2 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 11:00 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 | Australia | 24–26 | 16–25 | 18–25 | | | 58–76 | P2 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 13:30 | China | 2–3 | Kazakhstan | 22–25 | 25–14 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 11–15 | 105–96 | P2 |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 2–3 | Chinese Taipei | 20–25 | 17–25 | 25–16 | 25–15 | 17–19 | 104–100 | P2 |
| 10 Aug | 18:30 | Pakistan | 1–3 | India | 25–21 | 16–25 | 22–25 | 18–25 | | 81–96 | P2 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Pakistan | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | | 75–59 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | India | 25–21 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 25–23 | | 94–89 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| | India |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Pakistan |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | China |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | Sri Lanka |
| 9 | Vietnam |
| 10 | Myanmar |
| 11 | Thailand |
| 12 | Bahrain |
| 13 | Qatar |
| 14 | Hong Kong |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia |
| 16 | New Zealand |
* 2019 Asian Men's U23 champions
* Chinese Taipei 1st title
* 12–man roster
* Chou Chien-hung, Jhang Yun-liang, Liu Chia-chang, Chen Cheng-chi, Chan Min-han (c), Huang Cheng-hao, Lin Yi-huei, Chang Yu-sheng, Sung Po-ting, Yen Chen-fu, Ko Kai-jie, Lin Yu-cheng
* Head coach
* Moro Branislav

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Chan Min-han
* Best setter
    Appavu Muyhudsmy
* Best outside spikers
    Ali Usman Faryad
    Arai Yudai
* Best middle blockers
    Murayama Go
    Prince
* Best opposite spiker
    Chang Yu-sheng
* Best libero
    Jhang Yun-liang