2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2008 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Kazakhstan
Dates17–22 July
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Paykan Tehran (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Marat Imangaliyev

Pools composition

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

Pool A Pool B

Kazakhstan (Host)
Bahrain (4th)
Japan
Kuwait

Iran (1st)
Qatar (3rd) *
China
United Arab Emirates
Indonesia *

* Withdrew, replaced by Kazakhstan B.

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Almaty 6 3 0 252 211 1.194 9 1 9.000
2 Suntory Sunbirds 5 2 1 270 251 1.076 7 4 1.750
3 Al-Arabi 4 1 2 229 240 0.954 4 6 0.667
4 Al-Najma 3 0 3 179 228 0.785 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 16:00 Al-Arabi 1–3 Suntory Sunbirds 19–25 25–20 15–25 31–33   90–103
17 Jul 19:00 Al-Najma 0–3 Almaty 19–25 20–25 19–25     58–75
18 Jul 16:00 Al-Najma 0–3 Al-Arabi 18–25 21–25 23–25     62–75
18 Jul 18:00 Almaty 3–1 Suntory Sunbirds 25–21 25–20 27–29 25–19   102–89
19 Jul 16:00 Suntory Sunbirds 3–0 Al-Najma 25–18 28–26 25–15     78–59
19 Jul 18:00 Al-Arabi 0–3 Almaty 23–25 19–25 22–25     64–75

Pool B
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Paykan Tehran 6 3 0 249 180 1.383 9 1 9.000
2 Al-Nasr 5 2 1 208 191 1.089 6 3 2.000
3 Henan Tianguan 4 1 2 233 237 0.983 4 6 0.667
4 Esil Petropavlovsk 3 0 3 143 225 0.636 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Jul 11:00 Paykan Tehran 3–1 Henan Tianguan 24–26 25–23 25–15 25–20   99–84
17 Jul 14:00 Al-Nasr 3–0 Esil Petropavlovsk 25–15 25–13 25–14     75–42
18 Jul 11:00 Henan Tianguan 3–0 Esil Petropavlovsk 25–17 25–18 25–21     75–56
18 Jul 14:00 Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al-Nasr 25–18 25–19 25–14     75–51
19 Jul 11:00 Al-Nasr 3–0 Henan Tianguan 25–22 32–30 25–22     82–74
19 Jul 14:00 Esil Petropavlovsk 0–3 Paykan Tehran 21–25 9–25 15–25     45–75

Classification 5th–8th
 
5th–8th places5th place
 
      
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 
 Al-Arabi3
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 Esil1
 
 Al-Arabi1
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 Henan3
 
 Henan3
 
 
 Al-Najma1
 
7th place
 
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 
 Esil0
 
 
 Al-Najma3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 11:00 Al-Arabi 3–1 Esil Petropavlovsk 23–25 25–20 25–22 25–18   98–85
21 Jul 14:00 Henan Tianguan 3–1 Al-Najma 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–21   98–86

7th place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 11:00 Esil Petropavlovsk 0–3 Al-Najma 19–25 20–25 16–25     55–75

5th place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 14:00 Al-Arabi 1–3 Henan Tianguan 19–25 22–25 25–23 24–26   90–99

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 
 Almaty3
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 Al-Nasr2
 
 Almaty1
 
21 July – Almaty
 
 Paykan3
 
 Paykan3
 
 
 Suntory0
 
3rd place
 
 
22 July – Almaty
 
 
 Al-Nasr2
 
 
 Suntory3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
21 Jul 16:00 Paykan Tehran 3–0 Suntory Sunbirds 25–20 25–20 25–15     75–55
21 Jul 18:00 Almaty 3–2 Al-Nasr 23–25 25–20 25–19 25–27 15–10 113–101

3rd place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 16:00 Al-Nasr 2–3 Suntory Sunbirds 25–22 16–25 25–20 13–25 13–15 92–107

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul 18:00 Almaty 1–3 Paykan Tehran 25–20 26–28 22–25 19–25   92–98

Final standing
Rank Team
Paykan Tehran
Almaty
Suntory Sunbirds
4 Al-Nasr
5 Henan Tianguan
6 Al-Arabi
7 Al-Najma
8 Esil Petropavlovsk

Awards
  • MVP: Marat Imangaliyev (Almaty)
  • Best Scorer: Hicham Guemmadi (Al-Nasr)
  • Best Server: Ali Kerboua (Al-Nasr)
  • Best Spiker: Mohsen Andalib (Paykan)
  • Best Blocker: Alireza Nadi (Paykan)
  • Best Receiver: Dmitriy Gorbatkov (Almaty)
  • Best Setter: Alexey Stepanov (Almaty)
  • Best Digger: Kenji Sabato (Suntory)

References
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