Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, previously the AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament (between 1999–2002), is an annual continental club volleyball competition organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continental governing body. The competition was first contested in 1999 in China. It was not held in 2003 and 2020 due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.

Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Statusactive
GenreContinental Championships
Volleyball
Date(s)varying
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1999 (1999)
Previous event2019
Next event2021
Organised byAsian Volleyball Confederation
Websiteasianvolleyball.net

The winner of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship qualifies for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Paykan Tehran hold the record for most victories, winning the competition seven times. Teams from Iran have won the tournament eleven times, the most for any nation. The current Asian champions are Iran's Shahrdari Varamin, who defeated Japan's Panasonic Panthers 3–2 in the final of the 2019 event.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2021 tournament was as follows:[1]

  • 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
  • Teams were seeded by the result of 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, based on a serpentine system.
  • The tournament was held in 8 days.
  • A team had a maximum 22 team members: 14 players, 6 officials, 1 accompanying referee, and 1 press with FIVB ID.
  • Two foreign players would be ineligible for participating on each team with a valid International Transfer Certificate.

In addition, the hosting national federation might have an additional team entry only in case of less than 8 participating teams.

Championships
Edition Season Hosts Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Ref
1 1999  China Sichuan Fulan Round-robin Samsung Fire Paykan Tehran Round-robin Chengdu Enwei
2 2000  Thailand Samsung Fire 3–1 Paykan Tehran Jin Han Wang 3–1 PTT
3 2001  China Samsung Fire 3–0 Suntory Sunbirds Shanghai Cable TV 3–1 Sichuan Fulan
4 2002  Iran Paykan Tehran 3–1 Sanam Tehran Atyrau 3–1 Al Rayyan
– 2003 Tournament cancelled due to 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
5 2004 Sanam Tehran 3–0 Paykan Tehran Atyrau 3–0 Shanghai Oriental [2]
6 2005  Pakistan Rahat CSKA Round-robin Saipa Tehran Shanghai Oriental Round-robin Habib Bank Limited
7 2006  Vietnam Paykan Tehran 3–1 Rahat CSKA Jakarta BNI Taplus 3–2 Army
8 2007  Bahrain Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al Hilal Al Arabi 3–1 Al Najma [3]
9 2008  Kazakhstan Paykan Tehran 3–1 Rahat Almaty Suntory Sunbirds 3–2 Al Nasr
10 2009  UAE Paykan Tehran 3–0 Al Hilal Al Arabi 3–0 Al Nasr [4]
11 2010  China Paykan Tehran 3–1 Al Arabi Panasonic Panthers 3–0 Shanghai Tang Dynasty [5]
12 2011  Indonesia Paykan Tehran 3–0 Rahat Almaty Shanghai Tang Dynasty 3–0 Osaka Blazers Sakai [6]
13 2012  China Al Arabi 3–1 Shanghai Tang Dynasty Kalleh Mazandaran 3–0 Rahat Almaty [7]
14 2013  Iran Kalleh Mazandaran 3–0 Al Rayyan Power 3–0 Liaoning [8]
15 2014  Philippines Matin Varamin 3–1 Al Rayyan Beijing BAIC Motor 3–0 Kondensat Zhaikmunay [9]
16 2015  Chinese Taipei Taichung Bank 3–1 Al Arabi Paykan Tehran 3–1 Pavlodar [10]
17 2016  Myanmar Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 3–1 Al Arabi Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza 3–2 Shanghai Golden Age [11]
18 2017  Vietnam Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 3–0 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza Al Arabi 3–1 Altay [12]
19 2018  Myanmar Khatam Ardakan 3–0 Atyrau Wapda 3–2 Sanest Khánh Hòa [13]
20 2019  Chinese Taipei Shahrdari Varamin 3–2 Panasonic Panthers Al Rayyan 3–0 Chennai Spartans [14]
– 2020  Thailand Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [15]
21 2021

Performances by club
Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Paykan Tehran 7 2 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 1999, 2015
Samsung Fire 2 1 2000, 2001 1999
Shahrdari Varamin 2 0 2014, 2019 —
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 2 0 2016, 2017 —
Al Arabi 1 3 2012 2010, 2015, 2016
Sanam Tehran 1 1 2004 2002
Rahat CSKA 1 1 2005 2006
Sichuan Fulan 1 0 1999 —
Kalleh Mazandaran 1 0 2013 —
Taichung Bank 1 0 2015 —
Khatam Ardakan 1 0 2018 —
Al Hilal 0 2 — 2007, 2009
Rahat Almaty 0 2 — 2008, 2011
Al Rayyan 0 2 — 2013, 2014
Suntory Sunbirds 0 1 — 2001
Saipa Tehran 0 1 — 2005
Shanghai Golden Age 0 1 — 2012
Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza 0 1 — 2017
Atyrau 0 1 — 2018
Panasonic Panthers 0 1 — 2019

Performances by country
Country Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
 Iran 14 4 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 1999, 2002, 2005, 2015
 South Korea 2 1 2000, 2001 1999
 Qatar 1 5 2012 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
 Kazakhstan 1 4 2005 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018
 China 1 1 1999 2012
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 2015 —
 Japan 0 2 — 2001]], 2017, 2019
 Saudi Arabia 0 2 — 2007, 2009

Performances by zonal association
Zonal associationTitlesRunners-up
CAZVA158
EAZVA44
WAZVA17
Total2020

See also

References
  1. "Regulations – 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. "Club Sanam crowned kings of Asia". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. "Paykan of Iran Defend Title at Asian Men's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. "Payakan qualifies for FIVB Men's Club World Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Paykan of Iran book ticket to FIVB World Men's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  6. "Paykan clinch club world champs berth". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  7. "Qatar score historic victory at Asian men's club volleyball championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  8. "Kaleh of Iran qualify for FIVB Men's Club World Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  9. "Matin Varamin claim Asian Club Championship title, ticket to FIVB Men's Club Championship". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  10. "Taichung Bank capture maiden Asian Men's Club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  11. "Bank Sarmayeh win Asian Men's Club Championship to secure 2017 World Championship berth". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  12. "Sarmayeh Bank underline Asian Men's Club title credentials with scintillating win over Toyota in final showdown". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  13. "Khatam Ardakan of Iran claim 2018 Asian Men's Club Championship title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  14. "Varamin keep Asian Club title in Iran for fourth year running". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  15. "Cancellation and postponement confirmed for 2020 AVC Championships". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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