# 2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

The 2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2014 AVC Cup for Men was the fourth edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2013 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 18 to 24 August 2014.

## Pools composition

The teams are qualified based on their final ranking at the 2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Seeding is in accordance with the final ranking of 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Kazakhstan (Host)  Japan (3rd)  South Korea  India | China (1st)  Iran (2nd)  Australia  Thailand |

## Venue

All matches :
* Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Baluan Sholak Sports Palace
* Capacity: 5,000

## Preliminary round

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

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 273 | 223 | 1.224 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 242 | 215 | 1.126 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 194 | 206 | 0.942 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 190 | 255 | 0.745 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 16:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | Japan | 25–19 | 26–28 | 25–11 | 25–17 | 101–75 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 19:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | India | 23–25 | 17–25 | 19–25 | | 59–75 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 0–3 | India | 11–25 | 25–27 | 23–25 | | 59–77 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 18:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–22 | | 75–58 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 16:00 | India | 1–3 | South Korea | 25–22 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 22–25 | 90–97 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 19:00 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Japan | 25–19 | 25–12 | 27–25 | | 77–56 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 289 | 237 | 1.219 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 227 | 246 | 0.923 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 287 | 274 | 1.047 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 211 | 257 | 0.821 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 11:00 | Iran | 3–2 | Thailand | 23–25 | 25–16 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 18–16 | 111–101 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–0 | Australia | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–64 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 11:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Thailand | 14–25 | 20–25 | 27–29 | | | 61–79 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 16:00 | China | 0–3 | Iran | 21–25 | 14–25 | 15–25 | | | 50–75 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 11:00 | Iran | 3–1 | Australia | 25–13 | 28–30 | 25–23 | 25–20 | | 103–86 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 14:00 | Thailand | 2–3 | China | 25–19 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 13–15 | 107–102 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 22 August | 22 August | | | |
| Iran | 3 | | | |
| Iran | 3 | 23 August | 23 August | | |
| Japan | 0 | 23 August | 23 August | |
| Japan | 0 | Iran | 1 | |
| 22 August | 22 August | | Iran | 1 | |
| 22 August | 22 August | India | 3 | |
| India | 3 | India | 3 | |
| India | 3 | | | | 24 August | 24 August |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | 24 August | 24 August |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | India | 0 |
| 22 August | 22 August | | | | | India | 0 |
| 22 August | 22 August | | | | South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 23 August | 23 August | | | |
| Australia | 1 | 23 August | 23 August | | | |
| Australia | 1 | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 22 August | 22 August | | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 22 August | 22 August | Kazakhstan | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| China | 2 | Kazakhstan | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| China | 2 | | | | 24 August | 24 August |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | 24 August | 24 August |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | Iran | 1 |
| | | | | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 23 August | 23 August |
| Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Thailand | 2 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Thailand | 2 | Japan | 1 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | Japan | 1 |
| 23 August | 23 August | China | 3 |
| Australia | 1 | China | 3 |
| China | 3 | | |
| China | 3 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 24 August | 24 August |
| | | Thailand | 0 |
| | | Australia | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Aug | 11:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | Australia | 26–28 | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | 102–90 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 14:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | 25–20 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 16:00 | India | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–19 | 25–23 | 26–24 | | | 76–66 | Report |
| 22 Aug | 18:00 | China | 2–3 | Kazakhstan | 20–25 | 22–25 | 32–30 | 25–21 | 13–15 | 112–116 | Report |

### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Aug | 11:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Thailand | 25–23 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 16–25 | 15–11 | 105–108 | Report |
| 23 Aug | 14:00 | Australia | 1–3 | China | 22–25 | 33–31 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | 97–106 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Aug | 16:00 | Iran | 1–3 | India | 25–20 | 27–29 | 29–31 | 25–27 | | 106–107 | Report |
| 23 Aug | 18:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | Report |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 11:00 | Thailand | 0–3 | Australia | 22–25 | 23–25 | 13–25 | | | 58–75 | Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 1–3 | China | 20–25 | 25–21 | 12–25 | 23–25 | | 80–96 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 16:00 | Iran | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 23–25 | 25–17 | 19–25 | 16–25 | | 83–92 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 18:00 | India | 0–3 | South Korea | 23–25 | 21–25 | 25–27 | | | 69–77 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | India |
| | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | Thailand |
* 2014 Asian Men's Cup champions
* South Korea 1st title

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Seo Jae-duck
* Best Setter
    Han Sun-soo
* Best Outside Spikers
    Sinnadhu Prabagaran
    Saeid Shiroud
* Best Middle Blockers
    G. R. Vaishnav
    Mostafa Sharifat
* Best Opposite Spiker
    Seo Jae-duck
* Best Libero
    Kairat Baibekov