# 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.

## Host selection

On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Championship:
* Japan

## Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be selected by
* team for the host country
* teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
* teams from each zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

### Qualified teams

| Event(s) | Event(s) | Dates | Location | Berths | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | 11 February 2020 | N/A | 1 | Japan |
| 2019 Asian Championship | 2019 Asian Championship | 13 – 21 September 2019 | Tehran | 9 | Iran Australia Japan South Korea Chinese Taipei China Pakistan India Qatar Kazakhstan |
| Direct zonal wildcards | East Asia | No later than 2 February 2021 | N/A | 1 | Hong Kong |
| Direct zonal wildcards | Southeast Asia | No later than 2 February 2021 | N/A | 1 | Thailand |
| Direct zonal wildcards | West Asia | No later than 2 February 2021 | N/A | 3 | Bahrain Saudi Arabia Kuwait |
| 2021 Central Asian Qualifier | 2021 Central Asian Qualifier | 14 July 2021 | Colombo | 1 | Sri Lanka Uzbekistan |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | |
    ^A Japan qualified as the hosts, is originally top 10 of previous edition. The spot was reallocated to zonal entrants.
    ^B Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam also submitted their entry for their participation in the tournament. However they could not be accommodated due to all 16 teams already confirmed at the time; This include the confirmation of the participation of 3 Western Asian teams and the conclusion of the Central Asia qualifier. Thailand was granted the sole Southeast Asian berth, the top ranked Southeast Asian team in the 2019 edition, which has earlier confirmed their participation. No qualification tournament was held.
    ^C Sri Lanka originally qualified but withdrew due to all of its players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Uzbekistan replaced Sri Lanka in August 2021.

### Zonal qualification

Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
* Time is Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Jul | 14:30 | Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–23 | 25–13 | 25–22 | | | 75–58 | Report |

## Pools composition
### Preliminary round

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2019 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 July 2021. Final standings of the 2019 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 3rd.

#### Pots

| Seeded Teams | Seeded Teams | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Japan (Hosts)  Iran (1)  Australia (2)  South Korea (4) | Chinese Taipei (5)  China (6)  Pakistan (7)  India (8) | Qatar (9)  Kazakhstan (10)  Thailand (11)  Sri Lanka (14)* | Kuwait (15)  Hong Kong (16)  Bahrain (N/A)  Saudi Arabia (N/A) |
* Sri Lanka withdrew after the draw due to COVID-19 outbreak among the team, and was replaced by Uzbekistan.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Japan (Hosts) | Iran (1) | Australia (2) | South Korea (4) |
| India (8) | Pakistan (7) | China (6) | Chinese Taipei (5) |
| Qatar | Thailand | Sri Lanka Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan |
| Bahrain | Hong Kong | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia |

### Classification round

| Final eight | Final eight | Final eight | Final eight | 9th–16th places | 9th–16th places | 9th–16th places | 9th–16th places |
| Pool E | Pool E | Pool F | Pool F | Pool G | Pool G | Pool H | Pool H |
| 1A | Japan (Hosts) | 1B | Iran | 3A | Bahrain | 3B | Thailand |
| 1C | Australia | 1D | Chinese Taipei | 3C | Kuwait | 3D | Saudi Arabia |
| 2A | Qatar | 2B | Pakistan | 4A | India | 4B | Hong Kong |
| 2C | China | 2D | South Korea | 4C | Uzbekistan | 4D | Kazakhstan |

## Venues

| Preliminary round, Pool E, F, 5th–8th places and Final four | Preliminary round, Pool G, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places |
| Chiba, Japan | Funabashi, Japan |
| Chiba Port Arena | Funabashi Arena |
| Capacity: 7,512 | Capacity: 4,368 |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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 Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 193 | 1.285 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 215 | 194 | 1.108 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 221 | 241 | 0.917 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 171 | 227 | 0.753 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 12 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Bahrain | 3–0 | India | 27–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | 77–67 | P2 |
| 12 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 3–0 | Qatar | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–21 | | 75–64 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | India | 0–3 | Qatar | 22–25 | 14–25 | 20–25 | | 56–75 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Bahrain | 1–3 | Japan | 25–23 | 17–25 | 23–25 | 16–25 | 81–98 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | Qatar | 3–0 | Bahrain | 25–19 | 25–20 | 26–24 | | 76–63 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 3–0 | India | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | 75–48 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 150 | 1.500 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 261 | 248 | 1.052 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 251 | 275 | 0.913 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 206 | 270 | 0.763 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Sep | 15:00 | CPA | Thailand | 2–3 | Pakistan | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 12–15 | 108–108 | P2 |
| 12 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Iran | 3–0 | Hong Kong | 25–12 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–49 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Hong Kong | 1–3 | Pakistan | 16–25 | 26–24 | 11–25 | 12–25 | | 65–99 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 15:00 | CPA | Iran | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–17 | 25–12 | 25–18 | | | 75–47 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Pakistan | 0–3 | Iran | 20–25 | 19–25 | 15–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 15:00 | CPA | Thailand | 3–1 | Hong Kong | 25–22 | 17–25 | 29–27 | 25–18 | | 96–92 | P2 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 263 | 209 | 1.258 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 261 | 207 | 1.261 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 185 | 244 | 0.758 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 196 | 245 | 0.800 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Sep | 12:30 | FBA | Kuwait | 0–3 | China | 12–25 | 16–25 | 18–25 | | | 46–75 | P2 |
| 12 Sep | 17:30 | FBA | Australia | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–16 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 12:30 | FBA | Uzbekistan | 0–3 | China | 14–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | | | 48–75 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Australia | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–9 | | | 75–44 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 10:05 | FBA | Kuwait | 3–1 | Uzbekistan | 29–27 | 16–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | 95–94 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 17:40 | FBA | China | 2–3 | Australia | 27–25 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 26–28 | 12–15 | 111–113 | P2 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 196 | 1.265 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 237 | 207 | 1.145 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 178 | 217 | 0.820 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 182 | 225 | 0.809 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 12 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 12 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | South Korea | 18–25 | 17–25 | 20–25 | | 55–75 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | 15–25 | 16–25 | 17–25 | | 48–75 | P2 |
| 13 Sep | 17:30 | FBA | South Korea | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | 25–17 | 25–16 | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 12:45 | FBA | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia | 23–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 67–75 | P2 |
| 14 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Chinese Taipei | 3–1 | South Korea | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 98–87 | P2 |

## Classification round

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
* 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 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 238 | 229 | 1.039 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 328 | 309 | 1.061 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 247 | 251 | 0.984 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 237 | 261 | 0.908 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Sep | 12:20 | CPA | Qatar | 3–0 | Australia | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 16 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 1–3 | China | 19–25 | 29–27 | 21–25 | 19–25 | | 88–102 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | Qatar | 2–3 | China | 26–28 | 25–21 | 28–26 | 19–25 | 10–15 | 108–115 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–63 | P2 |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 155 | 1.452 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 239 | 252 | 0.948 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 219 | 231 | 0.948 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 203 | 248 | 0.819 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 16 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Pakistan | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei | 20–25 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 90–97 | P2 |
| 16 Sep | 15:00 | CPA | Iran | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Pakistan | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–23 | 25–22 | 25–14 | | 75–59 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 15:15 | CPA | Iran | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 25–10 | 25–23 | 25–11 | | 75–44 | P2 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 229 | 189 | 1.212 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 217 | 191 | 1.136 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 214 | 244 | 0.877 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 211 | 247 | 0.854 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 16 Sep | 12:30 | FBA | India | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 75–60 | P2 |
| 16 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Bahrain | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–19 | 27–25 | 25–19 | 77–63 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | India | 3–0 | Uzbekistan | 25–19 | 25–13 | 25–22 | 75–54 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 17:30 | FBA | Bahrain | 3–0 | Kuwait | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 75–59 | P2 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 245 | 202 | 1.213 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 235 | 217 | 1.083 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 271 | 280 | 0.968 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 194 | 246 | 0.789 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 16 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | Thailand | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | 25–18 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 22–25 | 89–93 | P2 |
| 16 Sep | 17:30 | FBA | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia | 12–25 | 18–25 | 19–25 | | 49–75 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 12:30 | FBA | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Kazakhstan | 16–25 | 21–25 | 16–25 | | 53–75 | P2 |
| 17 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Thailand | 1–3 | Saudi Arabia | 20–25 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 22–25 | 86–95 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### 13th–16th places

| 13th–16th semifinals | 13th–16th semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 18 September | 18 September |
| Kuwait | 2 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Hong Kong | 3 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 18 September | 18 September | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 18 September | 18 September | Uzbekistan | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 |
| Thailand | 2 | | |
| Thailand | 2 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 19 September | 19 September |
| | | Kuwait | 1 |
| | | Thailand | 3 |

#### 13th–16th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Thailand | 28–26 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 22–25 | 20–18 | 118–113 | P2 |
| 18 Sep | 13:00 | FBA | Kuwait | 2–3 | Hong Kong | 18–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 14–16 | 103–108 | P2 |

#### 15th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 12:30 | FBA | Kuwait | 1–3 | Thailand | 16–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 20–25 | | 84–96 | P2 |

#### 13th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 10:00 | FBA | Hong Kong | 0–3 | Uzbekistan | 20–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 64–75 | P2 |

### 9th–12th places

| 9th–12th semifinals | 9th–12th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 18 September | 18 September |
| Bahrain | 3 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | Bahrain | 2 |
| 18 September | 18 September | | Bahrain | 2 |
| 18 September | 18 September | India | 3 |
| India | 3 | India | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | 19 September | 19 September |
| | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |

#### 9th–12th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Sep | 15:55 | FBA | Bahrain | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 16–25 | 25–23 | 28–26 | 25–22 | | 94–96 | P2 |
| 18 Sep | 18:30 | FBA | India | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 75–67 | P2 |

#### 11th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 15:00 | FBA | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Saudi Arabia | 25–16 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | | 75–59 | P2 |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 17:30 | FBA | Bahrain | 2–3 | India | 16–25 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 14–16 | 103–109 | P2 |

### 5th–8th places

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 18 September | 18 September |
| Qatar | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 | 19 September | 19 September |
| South Korea | 0 | 19 September | 19 September |
| South Korea | 0 | Qatar | 3 |
| 18 September | 18 September | | Qatar | 3 |
| 18 September | 18 September | Australia | 0 |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 0 |
| Pakistan | 0 | | |
| Pakistan | 0 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 19 September | 19 September |
| | | South Korea | 0 |
| | | Pakistan | 3 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | Qatar | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–16 | 32–30 | 25–22 | | | 82–68 | P2 |
| 18 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | Australia | 3–0 | Pakistan | 25–16 | 26–24 | 25–23 | | | 76–63 | P2 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 09:30 | CPA | South Korea | 0–3 | Pakistan | 23–25 | 15–25 | 26–28 | | | 64–78 | P2 |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 12:00 | CPA | Qatar | 3–0 | Australia | 25–21 | 25–11 | 25–23 | | | 75–55 | P2 |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 18 September | 18 September |
| Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 19 September | 19 September |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | Japan | 0 |
| 18 September | 18 September | | Japan | 0 |
| 18 September | 18 September | Iran | 3 |
| China | 1 | Iran | 3 |
| Iran | 3 | | |
| Iran | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 19 September | 19 September |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| | | China | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Sep | 15:05 | CPA | China | 1–3 | Iran | 22–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 17–25 | | 86–92 | P2 |
| 18 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 97–82 | P2 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 15:00 | CPA | Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | China | 17–25 | 16–25 | 17–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Sep | 18:00 | CPA | Japan | 0–3 | Iran | 25–27 | 22–25 | 29–31 | | | 76–83 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Iran |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Qatar |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Pakistan |
| 8 | South Korea |
| 9 | India |
| 10 | Bahrain |
| 11 | Kazakhstan |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia |
| 13 | Uzbekistan |
| 14 | Hong Kong |
| 15 | Thailand |
| 16 | Kuwait |
* Qualified for the 2022 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2022 World Championship via the FIVB World Ranking
* 2021 Asian Men's champions
* Iran 4th title
* 14–man roster
* Mahdi Jelveh, Milad Ebadipour (c), Reza Abedini, Amir Hossein Toukhteh, Aliasghar Mojarad, Esmaeil Mosafer, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Meisam Salehi, Saber Kazemi, Amir Hossein Esfandiar, Ali Ramezani, Javad Karimi, Amin Esmaeilnejad, Abolfazl Gholipour
* Head coach
* Behrouz Ataei

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Saber Kazemi (IRI)
* Best setter
    Javad Karimi (IRI)
* Best outside spikers
    Milad Ebadipour (IRI)
    Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)
* Best middle blockers
    Aliasghar Mojarad (IRI)
    Li Yongzhen (CHN)
* Best opposite spiker
    Kento Miyaura (JPN)
* Best libero
    Mohammad Reza Hazratpour (IRI)