Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualification

The Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Jiangmen, China from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Iran qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics[1] (postponed to 2021[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

2020 Men's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityJiangmen
Dates7–12 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up China
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Official website

Qualification

The top eight teams from the 2019 Asian Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for this tournament.[3] But, Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the tournament.[4] Final standings of the 2019 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2019 Asian Championship.[4]

Pool A Pool B
 Iran  Australia
 Chinese Taipei  South Korea
 China  India
 Kazakhstan  Qatar

Venue

All matches
Jiangmen, China
Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,500

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Iran 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 228 170 1.341
2  China 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 241 223 1.081
3  Chinese Taipei 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 238 253 0.941
4  Kazakhstan 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 186 247 0.753
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jan17:00Chinese Taipei  0–3  Iran 16–2517–2514–25  47–75P2
7 Jan20:00China  3–0  Kazakhstan 25–1925–1425–18  75–51P2
8 Jan16:00Kazakhstan  0–3  Iran 26–2816–2518–25  60–78P2
8 Jan20:00China  3–2  Chinese Taipei 15–2525–1623–2525–2215–9103–97P2
9 Jan16:40Chinese Taipei  3–1  Kazakhstan 19–2525–1125–1825–21 94–75P2
9 Jan20:00Iran  3–0  China 25–2225–2025–21  75–63P2

Pool B

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Qatar 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 257 234 1.098
2  South Korea 2 1 6 8 5 1.600 299 282 1.060
3  Australia 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 272 280 0.971
4  India 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 218 250 0.872
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jan10:00Qatar  3–0  India 25–2225–2025–23  75–65P2
7 Jan13:30Australia  3–2  South Korea 23–2525–2326–2420–2519–17113–114P2
8 Jan10:00Australia  0–3  Qatar 15–2521–2523–25  59–75P2
8 Jan13:30South Korea  3–0  India 25–1925–2025–23  75–62P2
9 Jan10:00India  1–3  Australia 27–2521–2521–2522–25 91–100P2
9 Jan13:30Qatar  2–3  South Korea 18–2526–2825–2225–2013–15107–110P2

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 January
 
 
 Qatar1
 
12 January
 
 China3
 
 China0
 
11 January
 
 Iran3
 
 Iran3
 
 
 South Korea2
 

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jan16:00Iran  3–2  South Korea 22–2525–2125–1822–2515–13109–102P2
11 Jan20:00Qatar  1–3  China 22–2518–2525–2320–25 85–98P2

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jan20:00China  0–3  Iran 14–2522–2514–25  50–75P2

Final standing

Rank Team
1  Iran
2  China
3  Qatar
 South Korea
5  Australia
 Chinese Taipei
7  India
 Kazakhstan
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
 Iran 12 January 2020 1 (2016)
  1. Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

References

  1. "Last stop on Road to Tokyo 2020 all set up". FIVB. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. "Iran on cloud nine to reclaim Asian crown on home soil". AVC. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. "Drawing of lots confirmed for AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020". AVC. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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