# Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualification

The Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Jiangmen, China from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Iran qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

## Qualification

The top eight teams from the 2019 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for the tournament. However, Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament. Final standings of the 2019 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.
* Iran (1)
* Australia (2)
* South Korea (4)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* China (6)
* Pakistan (7) (withdrew)
* India (8)
* Qatar (9)
* Kazakhstan (10) (Replacement)

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 Asian Championship.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Iran | Australia |
| Chinese Taipei | South Korea |
| China | India |
| Kazakhstan | Qatar |

## Venue

* All matches
* Jiangmen, China
* Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium
* Capacity: 8,500

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 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 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 228 | 170 | 1.341 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 241 | 223 | 1.081 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 238 | 253 | 0.941 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 186 | 247 | 0.753 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 17:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Iran | 16–25 | 17–25 | 14–25 | | | 47–75 | P2 |
| 7 Jan | 20:00 | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | | 75–51 | P2 |
| 8 Jan | 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Iran | 26–28 | 16–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–78 | P2 |
| 8 Jan | 20:00 | China | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | 15–25 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 15–9 | 103–97 | P2 |
| 9 Jan | 16:40 | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 19–25 | 25–11 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | 94–75 | P2 |
| 9 Jan | 20:00 | Iran | 3–0 | China | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | | 75–63 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 257 | 234 | 1.098 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 299 | 282 | 1.060 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 272 | 280 | 0.971 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 218 | 250 | 0.872 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 10:00 | Qatar | 3–0 | India | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | | 75–65 | P2 |
| 7 Jan | 13:30 | Australia | 3–2 | South Korea | 23–25 | 25–23 | 26–24 | 20–25 | 19–17 | 113–114 | P2 |
| 8 Jan | 10:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Qatar | 15–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 59–75 | P2 |
| 8 Jan | 13:30 | South Korea | 3–0 | India | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | | 75–62 | P2 |
| 9 Jan | 10:00 | India | 1–3 | Australia | 27–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 22–25 | | 91–100 | P2 |
| 9 Jan | 13:30 | Qatar | 2–3 | South Korea | 18–25 | 26–28 | 25–22 | 25–20 | 13–15 | 107–110 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 January | 11 January |
| Qatar | 1 |
| Qatar | 1 | 12 January | 12 January |
| China | 3 | 12 January | 12 January |
| China | 3 | China | 0 |
| 11 January | 11 January | | China | 0 |
| 11 January | 11 January | Iran | 3 |
| Iran | 3 | Iran | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | | |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Jan | 16:00 | Iran | 3–2 | South Korea | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 15–13 | 109–102 | P2 |
| 11 Jan | 20:00 | Qatar | 1–3 | China | 22–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | | 85–98 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jan | 20:00 | China | 0–3 | Iran | 14–25 | 22–25 | 14–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Iran |
| 2 | China |
| 3 | Qatar |
| 3 | South Korea |
| 5 | Australia |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | India |
| 7 | Kazakhstan |
* Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

## Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Iran | 12 January 2020 | 1 (2016) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.