Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament (between 1999–2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in China. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
FormerlyAVC Cup Men's Club Tournament (1999–2002)
SportVolleyball
Founded1999 (1999)
AdministratorAVC
No. of teamsVarious
CountryAVC members
ContinentAsia and Oceania
Most recent
champion(s)		 Paykan Tehran
(8th title)
Most titles Paykan Tehran
(8 titles)
TV partner(s)PPTV
Official websiteAsian Volleyball Confederation

The winner of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Paykan Tehran hold the record for most victories, winning the competition eight times. Teams from Iran have won the tournament 16 times, the most for any nation. The current Asian champions are Iran's Paykan Tehran, who defeated Japan's Suntory Sunbirds 3–2 in the final of the 2022 event.

History
Main article: Asian Volleyball Confederation

The competition began in 1999, when the Asian Volleyball Confederation announced the establishment of the first official championship for men's and women's clubs, to be played under its supervision for the first time[1][2][3]. Its played the first 4 editions under the name AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament before it changed to its current name starting in 2004.

The first edition was played as a round-robin format. From 2000 to 2004, the tournament consisted of an 'elimination round' (consisting of a group stage, through which the top four teams advanced to the next round) and a 'final round' (consisting of a semi-final and a final). In the 2005 season, the round-robin format was returned. In the years 2006-2009, the tournament again consisted of two rounds: qualifying and final. Currently, the competition is played in a similar system as in the years 2006-2009, but the final tournament currently consists of a quarter-final, semi-final and final.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:[4]

  • 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
  • Teams were seeded by the result of 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, based on a serpentine system.
  • The tournament was held in 8 days.
  • A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID.
  • Two foreign players would be eligible for participating on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships
Edition Season Hosts Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Ref
1 1999  China Sichuan Fulan Round-robin Samsung Fire Paykan Tehran Round-robin Chengdu Enwei
2 2000  Thailand Samsung Fire 3–1 Paykan Tehran Jin Han Wang 3–1 PTT
3 2001  China Samsung Fire 3–0 Suntory Sunbirds Shanghai Cable TV 3–1 Sichuan Fulan
4 2002  Iran Paykan Tehran 3–1 Sanam Tehran Atyrau 3–1 Al Rayyan
– 2003  India Canceled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
5 2004  Iran Sanam Tehran 3–0 Paykan Tehran Atyrau 3–0 Shanghai Oriental [5]
6 2005  Pakistan Rahat CSKA Round-robin Saipa Tehran Shanghai Oriental Round-robin Habib Bank Limited
7 2006  Vietnam Paykan Tehran 3–1 Rahat CSKA Jakarta BNI Taplus 3–2 Army
8 2007  Bahrain Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al Hilal Al Arabi 3–1 Al Najma [6]
9 2008  Kazakhstan Paykan Tehran 3–1 Rahat Almaty Suntory Sunbirds 3–2 Al Nasr
10 2009  United Arab Emirates Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al Hilal Al Arabi 3–0 Al Nasr [7]
11 2010  China Paykan Tehran 3–1 Al Arabi Panasonic Panthers 3–0 Shanghai Tang Dynasty [8]
12 2011  India Paykan Tehran 3–0 Rahat Almaty Shanghai Tang Dynasty 3–0 Osaka Blazers Sakai [9]
13 2012  China Al Arabi 3–1 Shanghai Tang Dynasty Kalleh Mazandaran 3–0 Rahat Almaty [10]
14 2013  Iran Kalleh Mazandaran 3–0 Al Rayyan Taiwan Power Company 3–0 Liaoning [11]
15 2014  Philippines Matin Varamin 3–1 Al Rayyan Beijing BAIC Motor 3–0 Kondensat Zhaikmunay [12]
16 2015  Taiwan Taichung Bank 3–1 Al Arabi Paykan Tehran 3–1 Pavlodar [13]
17 2016  Myanmar Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 3–1 Al Arabi Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza 3–2 Shanghai Golden Age [14]
18 2017  Vietnam Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 3–0 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza Al Arabi 3–1 Altay [15]
19 2018  Myanmar Khatam Ardakan 3–0 Atyrau Wapda 3–2 Sanest Khánh Hòa [16]
20 2019  Taiwan Shahrdari Varamin 3–2 Panasonic Panthers Al Rayyan 3–0 Chennai Spartans [17]
– 2020  Thailand Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [18]
21 2021 Foolad Sirjan 3–1 Al-Arabi Burevestnik Almaty 3–0 Nakhon Ratchasima QminC [19]
22 2022  Iran Paykan Tehran 3–2 Suntory Sunbirds Moghavemat Shahdab Yazd 3–0 Taraz [20]
23 2023  Bahrain ' [21]

Performances by club
Club Titles Runners-up Third place Years won Years runners-up Years third place
Paykan Tehran 8 2 2 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022 2000, 2004 1999, 2015
Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 2 1 0 2000, 2001 1999 —
Shahrdari Varamin 2 0 0 2014, 2019 — —
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 2 0 0 2016, 2017 — —
Al Arabi 1 4 3 2012 2010, 2015, 2016, 2021 2007, 2009, 2017
Sanam Tehran 1 1 0 2004 2002 —
Rahat CSKA 1 1 0 2005 2006 —
Kalleh Mazandaran 1 0 1 2013 — 2012
Sichuan 1 0 0 1999 — —
Taichung Bank 1 0 0 2015 — —
Khatam Ardakan 1 0 0 2018 — —
Foolad Sirjan 1 0 0 2021 — —
Al Rayyan 0 2 1 — 2013, 2014 2019
Al Hilal 0 2 0 — 2007, 2009 —
Rahat Almaty 0 2 0 — 2008, 2011 —
Shanghai 0 1 3 — 2012 2001, 2005, 2011
Atyrau 0 1 2 — 2018 2002, 2004
Suntory Sunbirds 0 2 1 — 2001, 2022 2008
Wolf Dogs Nagoya 0 1 1 — 2017 2016
Panasonic Panthers 0 1 1 — 2019 2010
Saipa Tehran 0 1 0 — 2005 —
Jin Han Wang 0 0 1 — — 2000
Jakarta BNI 46 0 0 1 — — 2006
Taiwan Power Company 0 0 1 — — 2013
Beijing BAIC Motor 0 0 1 — — 2014
Wapda 0 0 1 — — 2018
Burevestnik Almaty 0 0 1 — — 2021
Moghavemat Shahdab Yazd 0 0 1 — — 2022

Performances by country
Country Titles Runner-up Third place Years won Years runner-up Years third place
 Iran 16 4 4 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 1999, 2012, 2015, 2022
 South Korea 2 1 0 2000, 2001 1999 —
 Qatar 1 6 4 2012 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019
 Kazakhstan 1 4 3 2005 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018 2002, 2004, 2021
 China 1 1 5 1999 2012 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2014
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2015 — 2013
 Japan 0 4 3 — 2001, 2017, 2019, 2022 2008, 2010, 2016
 Saudi Arabia 0 2 0 — 2007, 2009 —
 Indonesia 0 0 1 — — 2006
 Pakistan 0 0 1 — — 2018

Performances by zonal association
Zonal associationTitlesRunners-upThird place
CAZVA1788
EAZVA469
WAZVA184
SEAZVA001
Total222222

Medals

As of 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran164424
2 South Korea2103
3 Qatar16411
4 Kazakhstan1438
5 China1157
6 Chinese Taipei1012
7 Japan0437
8 Saudi Arabia0202
9 Indonesia0011
 Pakistan0011
Totals (10 entries)22222266

See also

References
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  2. "ASIAN MEN'S CLUB VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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