2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tabriz, Iran from 29 June to 6 July 2018. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives. Players must be born on or after 1 January 2001. And they can enroll themselves maximum for one championship. On 14  December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the tournament which had not yet qualified to the 2021 U19 World Championship qualified for the 2021 U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives. Qualification. The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 boys' national team to the 2018 Asian U18 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (6  teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (2 teams). Qualified teams. The following teams qualified for the tournament. Pools composition. This was the first Asian U18 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into six pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in  the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets. Pool standing procedure. 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