2010 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship

2010 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	1–7 August
Teams	8
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
MVP	Farhad Nazari Afshar
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The 2010 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship was held at the Ghadir Arena, in Urmia, Iran.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Iran (Host & 2nd) China (4th) Chinese Taipei Indonesia *	Japan (1st) South Korea (3rd) Australia Kazakhstan

* Indonesia withdrew and replaced by India.

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	6	3	0	302	267	1.131	9	4	2.250
2	China	5	2	1	278	250	1.112	8	4	2.000
3	India	4	1	2	283	301	0.940	6	7	0.857
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	211	256	0.824	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Aug	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	19–25	16–25	14–25			49–75	Report
01 Aug	18:00	Iran	3–2	India	25–15	25–17	23–25	23–25	15–10	111–92	Report
02 Aug	13:30	China	3–1	India	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–20		96–86	Report
02 Aug	18:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Iran	23–25	21–25	24–26			68–76	Report
03 Aug	13:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	22–25	33–31	25–18	25–20		105–94	Report
03 Aug	18:00	China	2–3	Iran	26–24	25–22	23–25	16–25	17–19	107–115	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	5	2	1	259	232	1.116	8	3	2.667
2	South Korea	5	2	1	312	298	1.047	7	7	1.000
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	227	231	0.983	6	4	1.500
4	Japan	3	0	3	228	265	0.860	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Aug	10:00	Australia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59	Report
01 Aug	15:30	South Korea	3–2	Japan	25–18	23–25	25–17	21–25	17–15	111–100	Report
02 Aug	10:00	Japan	0–3	Kazakhstan	27–29	16–25	20–25			63–79	Report
02 Aug	15:30	South Korea	3–2	Australia	23–25	25–23	25–23	20–25	15–13	108–109	Report
03 Aug	10:00	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	Report
03 Aug	15:30	Kazakhstan	3–1	South Korea	26–24	25–21	13–25	25–23		89–93	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 August – Urmia
	Iran	3
					6 August – Urmia
	Japan	0
					Iran	3
	5 August – Urmia
					India	2
	South Korea	2
									7 August – Urmia
	India	3
									Iran	3
	5 August – Urmia
									China	0
	Australia	2
					6 August – Urmia
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	1			3rd place
	5 August – Urmia
					China	3
	China	3							India	3
	Kazakhstan	1							Chinese Taipei	1
									7 August – Urmia

	5th–8th places				5th place
	6 August – Urmia
	Japan	1
	South Korea	3
					7 August – Urmia
					South Korea	1
					Australia	3
					7th place
	6 August – Urmia			7 August – Urmia
	Australia	3		Japan	1
	Kazakhstan	0			Kazakhstan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Aug	10:00	Australia	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–23	26–24	22–25	23–25	19–21	115–118	Report
05 Aug	14:00	China	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–19	23–25	25–22	29–27		102–93	Report
05 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–0	Japan	26–24	25–16	25–22			76–62	Report
05 Aug	18:30	South Korea	2–3	India	23–25	25–12	25–20	19–25	11–15	103–97	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	10:00	Japan	1–3	South Korea	25–22	17–25	17–25	23–25		82–97	Report
06 Aug	14:00	Australia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Aug	16:30	Iran	3–2	India	25–19	22–25	20–25	25–17	15–11	107–97	Report
06 Aug	18:30	Chinese Taipei	1–3	China	25–19	21–25	20–25	27–29		93–98	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	10:00	Japan	1–3	Kazakhstan	16–25	15–25	25–15	21–25		77–90	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	13:30	South Korea	1–3	Australia	31–29	23–25	19–25	22–25		95–104	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	15:30	India	3–1	Chinese Taipei	22–25	25–20	25–16	27–25		99–86	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Aug	18:00	Iran	3–0	China	25–18	25–18	25–18			75–54	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	China
	India
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Australia
6	South Korea
7	Kazakhstan
8	Japan

2010 Asian Cup Champions
Iran Second title

Team Roster Javad Mohammadinejad, Saeid Marouf, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Alireza Nadi, Mohsen Andalib, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Arash Keshavarzi, Abdolreza Alizadeh, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Arash Kamalvand Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

Awards

• MVP: Farhad Nazari Afshar
• Best Scorer: Sanjay Kumar
• Best Spiker: Cui Jianjun
• Best Blocker: Alireza Nadi
• Best Server: Wang Ming-chun
• Best Setter: Saeid Marouf
• Best Libero: Abdolreza Alizadeh

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation