2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

International indoor volleyball tournament Asian Men's Volleyball Cup Asia 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima 20–26 September 8 1 1 1 IRI 1 KOR CHN JPN IRI Hamzeh Zarini 2010 The 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2008 AVC Cup for Men was the inaugural edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Pool APool BTHA (Host) KOR (3rd) CHN IRIAUS (1st) JPN (2nd) TPE INA Venue All matchesNakhon Ratchasima, ThailandMCC Hall Convention CenterCapacity: Unknown120px Preliminary round Pool A main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete KOR KOR IRI IRI CHN CHN THA THA 3 0 9 3 289 243 2 1 7 5 261 256 1 2 7 6 275 275 0 3 0 9 174 225 #ccffcc Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF 20 Sep 11:00 KOR 3–1 IRI 23–25 25–17 25–17 25–22 98–81 20 Sep 16:00 CHN 3–0 THA 25–17 25–21 25–16 75–54 21 Sep 11:00 KOR 3–2 CHN 25–16 23–25 23–25 30–28 15–13 116–107 21 Sep 16:00 THA 0–3 IRI 23–25 23–25 19–25 65–75 22 Sep 11:00 IRI 3–2 CHN 23–25 17–25 25–15 25–21 15–7 105–93 22 Sep 16:00 KOR 3–0 THA 25–18 25–20 25–17 75–55 Pool B main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete JPN JPN AUS AUS TPE TPE INA INA 3 0 9 5 315 284 2 1 8 3 255 213 1 2 5 6 216 252 0 3 1 9 218 255 #ccffcc Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF 20 Sep 13:00 TPE 0–3 AUS 12–25 18–25 14–25 44–75 20 Sep 18:00 JPN 3–1 INA 24–26 25–20 25–19 25–23 99–88 21 Sep 13:00 INA 0–3 AUS 24–26 16–25 25–27 65–78 21 Sep 18:00 JPN 3–2 TPE 26–28 21–25 25–22 25–10 15–9 112–94 22 Sep 13:00 TPE 3–0 INA 28–26 25–23 25–16 78–65 22 Sep 18:00 AUS 2–3 JPN 20–25 25–16 25–23 19–25 13–15 102–104 Final round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 3rd place high yes 24 September KOR 3 INA 0 24 September AUS 0 CHN 3 24 September JPN 3 THA 0 24 September IRI 3 TPE 0 25 September KOR 3 CHN 1 25 September JPN 1 IRI 3 26 September KOR 2 IRI 3 26 September CHN 3 JPN 0 5th–8th places 5th place 7th place high 25 September INA 2 AUS 3 25 September THA 3 TPE 1 26 September AUS 3 THA 0 26 September INA 1 TPE 3 Quarterfinals 24 Sep 11:00 KOR 3–0 INA 25–15 29–27 25–23 79–65 24 Sep 13:00 AUS 0–3 CHN 14–25 20–25 22–25 56–75 24 Sep 16:00 IRI 3–0 TPE 25–11 25–16 25–19 75–46 24 Sep 18:00 JPN 3–0 THA 25–18 25–21 25–20 75–59 5th–8th semifinals 25 Sep 11:00 INA 2–3 AUS 23–25 25–19 17–25 25–20 8–15 98–104 25 Sep 13:00 THA 3–1 TPE 25–19 25–18 21–25 25–21 96–83 Semifinals 25 Sep 16:00 KOR 3–1 CHN 25–17 26–24 25–27 25–15 101–83 25 Sep 18:00 JPN 1–3 IRI 20–25 17–25 28–26 22–25 87–101 7th place 26 Sep 11:00 INA 1–3 TPE 21–25 23–25 25–21 27–29 96–100 5th place 26 Sep 13:00 AUS 3–0 THA 29–27 25–16 25–17 79–60 3rd place 26 Sep 16:00 CHN 3–0 JPN 25–22 25–16 25–19 75–57 Final 26 Sep 18:00 KOR 2–3 IRI 25–13 15–25 25–27 25–15 7–15 97–95 Final standing RankTeam IRI KOR CHN 4JPN 5AUS 6THA 7TPE 8INA vb 2008 Asian Men's Cup champions IRI 1st 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: IRI Hamzeh Zarini Best scorer: JPN Yasuyuki Shibakoya Best spiker: KOR Park Chul-woo Best server: CHN Cui Jianjun Best setter: THA Saranchit Charoensuk Best receiver: KOR Yeo Oh-hyun Best digger: TPE Chien Wei-lun Best libero: KOR Yeo Oh-hyun External links Asian Volleyball Confederation Volleyball Thailand Sports 2008 Category:2008 in volleyball 2008 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball, Asian Men's Cup