Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Upcoming season or competition:; Current sports event 2026 Asian Men's Volleyball Championships
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1975; 51 years ago
First season	1975
No. of teams	12
Continents	Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent; champions	Japan; (10th title)
Most titles	Japan; (10 titles)

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body. The initial gap between championships was four years, but since 1987 they have been awarded every two years. The top three teams qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its tenth title at the 2023 tournament.

History

The first tournament was held in 1975 with the participation of seven national teams. Japan captured the first gold. The next edition was held in 1979, were won by China and Wang Jiawei hailed as the first ever MVP of the tournament. However, in 1980s Japan managed to return at first position. They captured another Asian gold in 1983 and repeated this success at next edition in 1987. In 1989, twice runners-up South Korea won its maiden Asian title at the home tournament. The three teams from East Asia dominated the tournament for next three decades.

The domination of East Asian teams was ceased in 2007 when Australia unprecedentally won their first ever title. The next tournament was won again by Japan. In 2011, Iran took their first ever title at the home tournament and repeated this success at the next edition in 2013.

The 2015 Asian Championship took place again in Tehran, Iran. It was won by Japan who managed to beat home favorites – Iran – in 3–1 victory. They also won the next tournament.

The 2019 Asian Championship was hosted by Iran for the fourth time and they won and captured their 3rd title after defeating Australia in 3–0 victory. For the first time in the tournament, the 2021 edition was held in two venues in Japan. In the final match held in Chiba, Iran finally took their revenge against home favorites – Japan – in 3–0 victory and won their fourth Asian title.

The 2023 Asian Championship was held in Iran for the fifth time. However, the host and two-time defending champions failed to defend their title, having defeated by a young Japanese squad who had just captured historic bronze medal in the 2023 Nations League.

The 22 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Japan have won ten times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea and Iran, with four titles each; China, with three titles; and Australia, with one title.

China, Japan, and South Korea co-holds record for the participation at the Asian Championships (22 times).

Starting in 2026, the tournaments will now be held every even year, conforming to the 2025–28 Volleyball Calendar of the FIVB.^[1]

Results summary

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
1975 Details	Melbourne	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Round-robin	File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea	Error creating thumbnail: China	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	7
1979 Details	Bahrain Manama	Error creating thumbnail: China	Round-robin	File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	15
1983 Details	Japan Tokyo	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea	Round-robin	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	11
1987 Details	Kuwait Kuwait City	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea	3–0	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	17
1989 Details	South Korea Seoul	File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea	3–0	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Error creating thumbnail: China	3–2	Error creating thumbnail: Pakistan	19
1991 Details	Perth	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Round-robin	File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea	Error creating thumbnail: China	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	15
1993 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima	File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea	3–0	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	3–2	Error creating thumbnail: China	16
1995 Details	South Korea Seoul	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea	Round-robin	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	14
1997 Details	Qatar Doha	Error creating thumbnail: China	Round-robin	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	Round-robin	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	17
1999 Details	Iran Tehran	Error creating thumbnail: China	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	14
2001 Details	South Korea Changwon	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: China	12
2003 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Tianjin	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	15
2005 Details	Suphan Buri	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: India	18
2007 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Jakarta	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	Round-robin	Error creating thumbnail: China	17
2009 Details	Manila	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–1	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: China	18
2011 Details	Iran Tehran	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: China	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	16
2013 Details	Dubai	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	3–0	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	Error creating thumbnail: China	3–1	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	21
2015 Details	Iran Tehran	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–1	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	Error creating thumbnail: China	3–2	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	16
2017 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Gresik	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–1	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	16
2019 Details	Iran Tehran	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: Australia	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–1	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	16
2021 Details	Chiba / Funabashi	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	Error creating thumbnail: China	3–0	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	16
2023 Details	Iran Urmia	Error creating thumbnail: Japan	3–0	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	3–0	Error creating thumbnail: China	17
2026 Details	Fukuoka							12

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
Japan	10 (1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2023)	4 (1989, 1997, 2007, 2021)	4 (1979, 1993, 2001, 2019)	2 (1999, 2013)
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	4 (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)	4 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2013)	9 (1983, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)	1 (2019)
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	4 (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)	3 (2009, 2015, 2023)	1 (2003)	1 (1995)
Error creating thumbnail: China	3 (1979, 1997, 1999)	6 (1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2011)	6 (1975, 1989, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2021)	5 (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2023)
Australia	1 (2007)	3 (1999, 2001, 2019)	1 (1997)	5 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2011)
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan		2 (1993, 2017)
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar			1 (2023)	1 (2015)
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei				3 (1983, 1997, 2021)
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait				1 (1987)
Pakistan				1 (1989)
India				1 (2005)
Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia				1 (2017)

Champions by region

Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAVA (East Asia)	Japan (10), South Korea (4), China (3)	17 titles
CAVA (Central Asia)	Iran (4)	4 titles
OZVA (Oceania)	Australia (1)	1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Number	Nations	Year(s)
5	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	1999, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
3	Japan	1983, 2021, 2026
3	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	1989, 1995, 2001
2	Australia	1975, 1991
	Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	2007, 2017
	Thailand	1993, 2005
1	File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain	1979
	Error creating thumbnail: China	2003
	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	1987
	Philippines	2009
	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	1997
	United Arab Emirates	2013

Medal summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	10	4	4	18
2	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	4	4	9	17
3	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	4	3	1	8
4	Error creating thumbnail: China	3	6	6	15
5	Australia	1	3	1	5
6	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	0	2	0	2
7	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		22	22	22	66

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
• – Did not enter / Did not qualify
– Hosts
Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament


Year Team	1975 (7)	Bahrain 1979 (15)	Japan 1983 (11)	Kuwait 1987 (17)	South Korea 1989 (19)	1991 (15)	1993 (16)	South Korea 1995 (14)	Qatar 1997 (17)	Iran 1999 (14)	South Korea 2001 (12)	Error creating thumbnail: 2003 (15)	2005 (18)	Error creating thumbnail: 2007 (17)	2009 (18)	Iran 2011 (16)	2013 (21)	Iran 2015 (16)	Error creating thumbnail: 2017 (16)	Iran 2019 (16)	2021 (16)	Iran 2023 (17)	2026 (12)	Total
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	20th	•	•	•	•	14th	•	3
Australia	4th	4th	6th	11th	10th	4th	6th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	1st	7th	4th	5th	5th	8th	2nd	6th	•	Q	22
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain	•	14th	•	8th	16th	•	•	•	10th	10th	•	13th	10th	•	•	•	12th	12th	•	•	10th	8th	Q	12
Error creating thumbnail: Bangladesh	•	•	•	•	17th	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	•	3
Error creating thumbnail: China	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	6th	6th	3rd	4th	Q	23
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	•	•	4th	6th	9th	5th	10th	6th	4th	7th	6th	9th	13th	8th	8th	13th	9th	6th	7th	5th	4th	6th	Q	21
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	•	•	10th	•	14th	•	•	•	•	•	12th	•	18th	•	17th	•	•	•	16th	16th	14th	16th	•	9
India	•	5th	5th	5th	6th	10th	9th	•	9th	9th	7th	5th	4th	9th	9th	6th	7th	11th	•	8th	9th	11th	Q	20
Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	6th	•	9th	•	•	6th	•	•	•	6th	•	•	11th	7th	6th	11th	•	•	4th	12th	•	9th	•	11
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	•	6th	•	10th	8th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	5th	3rd	6th	5th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	5th	1st	1st	2nd	Q	21
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq	•	8th	•	9th	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13th	•	13th	•	•	12th	•	6
Japan	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	1st	2nd	1st	5th	4th	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	Q	23
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	•	•	•	17th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	14th	•	11th	9th	8th	•	10th	5th	9th	10th	9th	2nd	10th	11th	13th	•	14
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	•	7th	7th	4th	5th	•	14th	13th	•	14th	•	•	•	17th	•	•	17th	14th	•	15th	16th	•	•	12
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon	•	13th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	•	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•	18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal	•	•	11th	•	18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Error creating thumbnail: New Zealand	7th	11th	8th	12th	12th	12th	11th	12th	•	•	•	14th	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	11
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	19th	15th	•	13th	•	•	Q	4
Pakistan	•	•	•	7th	4th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th	•	7th	9th	13th	•	7th	•	10th	12th	7th	7th	7th	•	16
Philippines	5th	•	•	•	•	•	15th	11th	14th	•	•	•	14th	•	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	•	•	•	•	19th	•	12th	10th	8th	13th	11th	11th	7th	11th	14th	12th	11th	4th	9th	9th	5th	3rd	Q	18
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	•	•	•	•	•	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	•	9th	•	13th	•	13th	•	•	12th	•	8th	12th	•	12th	•	•	21st	•	15th	•	12th	•	•	10
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th	3rd	4th	8th	5th	Q	23
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	•	•	•	•	13th	•	13th	9th	15th	12th	•	•	•	14th	16th	8th	15th	13th	14th	14th	•	•	•	12
Syria	•	10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Thailand	•	•	•	14th	15th	9th	7th	7th	11th	•	•	10th	5th	6th	13th	10th	6th	8th	11th	11th	15th	10th	Q	18
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	2
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	15th	11th	14th	•	•	17th	•	10th	15th	17th	•	•	•	14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	•	16th	•	•	16th	16th	•	•	•	13th	17th	•	6
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	15th	12th	•	•	•	10th	•	•	•	•	4
Discontinued team
File:Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen	•	15th	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
1975	Australia	7
	Error creating thumbnail: China
	Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia
	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
	Error creating thumbnail: New Zealand
	File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
	File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea
1979	File:Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain	10
	India
	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
	File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq
	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
	File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
	File:Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen
	File:Flag of Syria (1972–1980).svg Syria
1983	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	3
	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
1987	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	4
	Pakistan
	Thailand
	United Arab Emirates
1989	Error creating thumbnail: Bangladesh	3
	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
1991	File:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea	2
1991	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	2
1993	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	1
1995	None	0
1997	File:Flag of Municipal Council of Macau.svg Macau	2
1997	File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	2
1999	None	0

Year	Debutants	Total
2001	None	0
2003	None	0
2005	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	1
2007	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives	1
2009	File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar	1
2011	File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan	2
2011	File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan	2
2013	File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman	1
2015	None	0
2017
2019
2021
2023
2026

Most valuable player by edition

1975 – Not awarded
1979 – Error creating thumbnail: Wang Jiawei (CHN)
1983 to 1997 – Not awarded
1999 – File:Flag of Iran.svg Behnam Mahmoudi (IRI)
2001 – File:Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Jin-sik (KOR)
2003 – Yejju Subba Rao (IND)
2005 – Marcos Sugiyama (JPN)
2007 – Dan Howard (AUS)
2009 – Tatsuya Fukuzawa (JPN)
2011 – File:Flag of Iran.svg Arash Kamalvand (IRI)
2013 – File:Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Marouf (IRI)
2015 – Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN)
2017 – Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)
2019 – Thomas Edgar (AUS)
2021 – File:Flag of Iran.svg Saber Kazemi (IRI)
2023 – Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)

References

^ "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 launched: The best ever!". FIVB. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

External links

Championship History
Sports123.com Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Volleyball Calendar 2025-2028 launched: The best ever!". FIVB. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

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v t e AVC Asian Men's Championship
Tournaments	Melbourne 1975 Manama 1979 Tokyo 1983 Kuwait City 1987 Seoul 1989 Perth 1991 Nakhon Ratchasima 1993 Seoul 1995 Doha 1997 Tehran 1999 Changwon 2001 Tianjin 2003 Suphan Buri 2005 Jakarta 2007 Manila 2009 Tehran 2011 Dubai 2013 Tehran 2015 Gresik 2017 Tehran 2019 Chiba / Funabashi 2021 Urmia 2023 Fukuoka 2026
Squads	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2026
Awards	Awards Most Valuable Player

v t e International men's volleyball
FIVB World Ranking Summer Olympic Games FIVB World Championship FIVB World Cup FIVB Nations League Universiade
Africa	CAVB African Championship African Games
Asia & Oceania	AVC Asian Championship Asian Nations Cup Asian Games Asian Cup (Defunct)
Europe	CEV European Championship European League Small Countries Division GSSE Games
North America	NORCECA NORCECA Championship
Central America	AFECAVOL Central American Championship Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games
South America	CSV South American Championship Copa América South American Games
Inter-America	Pan American Cup Pan American Games America's Cup (Defunct)
Multi-sport events	Arab Games Bolivarian Games Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games Military World Games
Discontinued	FIVB World League FIVB World Grand Champions Cup FIVB Challenger Cup Goodwill Games Final Four Cup European Games

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