2008 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship

2008 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	20–26 September
Teams	8
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
MVP	Hamzeh Zarini
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The 2008 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship was the first men's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship from September 20 to September 26, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host) South Korea (3rd) China Iran	Australia (1st) Japan (2nd) Chinese Taipei Indonesia

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	289	243	1.189	9	3	3.000
2	Iran	5	2	1	261	256	1.020	7	5	1.400
3	China	4	1	2	275	275	1.000	7	6	1.167
4	Thailand	3	0	3	174	225	0.773	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Iran	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–22		98–81
20 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54
21 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–2	China	25–16	23–25	23–25	30–28	15–13	116–107
21 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75
22 Sep	11:00	Iran	3–2	China	23–25	17–25	25–15	25–21	15–7	105–93
22 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	315	284	1.109	9	5	1.800
2	Australia	5	2	1	255	213	1.197	8	3	2.667
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	216	252	0.857	5	6	0.833
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	218	255	0.855	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	12–25	18–25	14–25			44–75
20 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–23		99–88
21 Sep	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	24–26	16–25	25–27			65–78
21 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–2	Chinese Taipei	26–28	21–25	25–22	25–10	15–9	112–94
22 Sep	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Indonesia	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65
22 Sep	18:00	Australia	2–3	Japan	20–25	25–16	25–23	19–25	13–15	102–104

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	South Korea	3
					25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Indonesia	0
					South Korea	3
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					China	1
	Australia	0
									26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	China	3
									South Korea	2
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
									Iran	3
	Japan	3
					25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Thailand	0
					Japan	1			3rd place
	24 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Iran	3
	Iran	3							China	3
	Chinese Taipei	0							Japan	0
									26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima

	5th–8th places				5th place
	25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Indonesia	2
	Australia	3
					26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
					Australia	3
					Thailand	0
					7th place
	25 September – Nakhon Ratchasima			26 September – Nakhon Ratchasima
	Thailand	3		Indonesia	1
	Chinese Taipei	1			Chinese Taipei	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Sep	11:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–15	29–27	25–23			79–65
24 Sep	13:00	Australia	0–3	China	14–25	20–25	22–25			56–75
24 Sep	16:00	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–16	25–19			75–46
24 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	2–3	Australia	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–20	8–15	98–104
25 Sep	13:00	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	21–25	25–21		96–83

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Sep	16:00	South Korea	3–1	China	25–17	26–24	25–27	25–15		101–83
25 Sep	18:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	28–26	22–25		87–101

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	11:00	Indonesia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	21–25	23–25	25–21	27–29		96–100

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	13:00	Australia	3–0	Thailand	29–27	25–16	25–17			79–60

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	16:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–19			75–57

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Sep	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Iran	25–13	15–25	25–27	25–15	7–15	97–95

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	South Korea
	China
4	Japan
5	Australia
6	Thailand
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Indonesia

2008 Asian Cup Champions
Iran First title

Team Roster Mojtaba Attar, Saeid Marouf, Javad Mohammadinejad, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarini, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Alireza Nadi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mousavi Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

Awards

• MVP: Hamzeh Zarini
• Best Scorer: Yasuyuki Shibakoya
• Best Spiker: Park Chul-woo
• Best Server: Cui Jianjun
• Best Setter: Saranchit Charoensuk
• Best Receiver: Yeo Oh-hyun
• Best Digger: Chien Wei-lun
• Best Libero: Yeo Oh-hyun

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation