Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship
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The Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under-18 men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's Asian-continent governing body. Tournaments have been held every two years since 1997. It broke its biennial design only in 2008, a year after it held its 2007 competition in Colombo, and in 2018, following the holding of a competition in 2017 in Naypyidaw after the tournament skipped the year 2016. It formerly carried the title Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship (in the tournament's 11th edition), Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship (in the 10th edition), Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship (in the 4th-9th editions), and Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship (in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).
Upcoming season or competition: 2024 Men's Asian U18 Volleyball Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| First season | 1997 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Finals) |
| Continent | Asia and Oceania (AVC) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (3rd title) |
| Most titles |  Iran (7 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | SMMTV |
| Official website | Asian Volleyball Confederation |
The top four teams of each tournament qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The current champion is Japan, which won its third title at the 2022 tournament.
13 of the Championship's tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Iran have won seven times and Japan have won three times. The Championship's other winners are Chinese Taipei, South Korea and India, with one title each.
The 2022 Asian Championship took place in Tehran, Iran.
Result summary
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||||||
| 1997 Details |  Baguio |  Chinese Taipei | Round-robin |  South Korea |  Japan | Round-robin |  China | 8 | ||||
| 1999 Details |  Chiayi |  South Korea | Round-robin | Japan | China | Round-robin |  Saudi Arabia | 8 | ||||
| 2001 Details | Isfahan |  Iran | 3–1 | South Korea | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 |  North Korea | 10 | ||||
| 2003 Details |  Visakhapatnam |  India | 3–1 | Iran | North Korea | 3–0 | China | 9 | ||||
| 2005 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–0 | South Korea | India | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | 8 | ||||
| 2007 Details |  Kuala Lumpur | Iran | 3–0 | India | China | 3–2 | South Korea | 11 | ||||
| 2008 Details |  Colombo | Iran | 3–0 |  Japan | India | 3–2 | China | 11 | ||||
| 2010 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–2 | China | South Korea | 3–1 | India | 10 | ||||
| 2012 Details | Tehran | Iran | 3–2 | China | Japan | 3–2 |  South Korea | 11 | ||||
| 2014 Details | Colombo | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | China | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 15 | ||||
| 2017 Details |  Naypyidaw | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | China | 3–1 | Iran | 11 | ||||
| 2018 Details | Tabriz | Japan | 3–1 | South Korea | Iran | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | 17 | ||||
| 2020 Details | Shiraz | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2022 Details | Tehran | Japan | 3–0 | Iran | India | 3–2 | South Korea | 8 | ||||
| 2024 Details |  Manama | – | – | TBD | ||||||||
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7 (2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 2 (2003, 2022) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) |
| Japan | 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) | 3 (1999, 2008, 2014) | 2 (1997, 2012) | |
 South Korea | 1 (1999) | 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2017, 2018) | 1 (2010) | 3 (2007, 2012, 2022) |
| India | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 3 (2005, 2008, 2022) | 1 (2010) |
 Chinese Taipei | 1 (1997) | 1 (2001) | 3 (2005, 2014, 2018) | |
 China | 2 (2010, 2012) | 4 (1999, 2007, 2014, 2017) | 3 (1997, 2003, 2008) | |
 North Korea | 1 (2003) | 1 (2001) | ||
 Saudi Arabia | 1 (1999) |
Champions by region
| Federation (Region) | Champion(s) | Number |
|---|---|---|
| CAZVA (Central Asia) | Iran (7), India (1) | 8 titles |
| EAZVA (East Asia) | Japan (3), Chinese Taipei (1), South Korea (1) | 5 titles |
Hosts
| Times Hosted | Nations | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Iran | 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2008, 2014 |
| 1 | Taiwan | 1999 |
| India | 2003 | |
 Malaysia | 2007 | |
| Myanmar | 2017 | |
 Philippines | 1997 |
Medal summary
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament
| Nation | 1997 (8) | 1999 (8) | 2001 (10) | 2003 (9) | 2005 (8) | 2007 (11) | 2008 (11) | 2010 (10) | 2012 (11) | 2014 (15) | 2017 (11) | 2018 (17) | 2022 (8) | Total |
 Australia | 6th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 8th | • | 12 |
| Bahrain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 1 |
 Bangladesh | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 1 |
| China | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 13 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 13 |
 Hong Kong | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 13th | 11th | 17th | • | 4 |
| India | • | • | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 7th | 3rd | 10 |
| Iran | • | • | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 11 |
| Japan | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
 Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9th | • | 12th | × | 5 |
 Kuwait | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 2 |
| Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 2 |
 Maldives | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11t | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | 2 |
| Myanmar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 1 |
 New Zealand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | 1 |
| North Korea | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Oman | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 1 |
 Pakistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 1 |
| Philippines | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Qatar | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 16th | • | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | • | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 3 |
| South Korea | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 4th | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 9th | • | 7 |
 Thailand | 5th | 6th | • | 5th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 7th | 11 |
 Turkmenistan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | • | 3 |
 United Arab Emirates | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Debut of teams
Awards
Best Outside Spikers
| Tournament | Best Opposite Spiker |
|---|---|
| 2014 Colombo | Amir Hossein Esfandiar |
| Jan Min-han | |
| 2017 Naypyidaw | Morteza Sharifi |
| Mahiro Saeki | |
| 2018 Tabriz | Chang Hung-yeh |
| Park Seung-su | |
| 2022 Tehran | Shunta Ono |
| S.Matin Hosseini |
Best Opposite Spiker
| Tournament | Best Opposite Spiker |
|---|---|
| 2014 Colombo | Rasoul Aghchehli |
| 2017 Naypyidaw | Im Dong-hyeok |
| 2018 Tabriz | Bardia Saadat |
| 2022 Tehran | Aryan Baliyan |
Best Setter
| Tournament | Best Setter |
|---|---|
| 2001 Isfahan | Song Byung-il |
| 2003 Visakhapatnam | Ramaswami Kamraj |
| 2005 Tehran | Kim Gwang-guk |
| 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Cheng Li-sheng |
| 2008 Colombo | Kosuke Tomonaga |
| 2010 Tehran | Lee Min-gyu |
| 2012 Tehran | Yu Yaochen |
| 2014 Colombo | Javad Karimi |
| 2017 Naypyidaw | Choi Ik-je |
| 2018 Tabriz | Taiga Itoyama |
| 2022 Tehran | Emran Kook Jili |
Best Middle Blockers
| Tournament | Best Middle Blockers |
|---|---|
| 2014 Colombo | Ali Asghar Mojarad |
| Tao Zixuan | |
| 2017 Naypyidaw | Wang Dongchen |
| Shunichiro Sato | |
| 2018 Tabriz | Alireza Abdollahi |
| Riku Ito | |
| 2022 Tehran | Taha Behboudnia |
| Kush Singh |
Best Libero
| Tournament | Best Libero |
|---|---|
| 2005 Tehran | Abdolreza Alizadeh |
| 2008 Colombo | Taiki Tsuruda |
| 2010 Tehran | Oh Jae-seong |
| 2012 Tehran | Lee Sang-uk |
| 2014 Colombo | Tomohiro Horie |
| 2017 Naypyidaw | Park Kyeong-min |
| 2018 Tabriz | Jang Ji-won |
| 2022 Tehran | Sena Kameoka |
Former awards
Best Spiker
| Tournament | Best Spiker |
|---|---|
| 2001 Isfahan | Mohammad Soleimani |
| 2003 Visakhapatnam | Pak Yong-nam |
| 2005 Tehran | Kang Young-jun |
| 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Chen Ping |
| 2008 Colombo | Dai Qingyao |
| 2010 Tehran | Jin Seong-tae |
| 2012 Tehran | Zhang Zhejia |
Best Blocker
| Tournament | Best Blocker |
|---|---|
| 2001 Isfahan | Davoud Moghbeli |
| 2003 Visakhapatnam | Sanjay Kumar |
| 2005 Tehran | Guttikonda Pradeep |
| 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Aidan Zingel |
| 2008 Colombo | Saman Faezi |
| 2010 Tehran | Armin Sadeghiani |
| 2012 Tehran | Sahand Allahverdian |
Best Digger
| Tournament | Best Digger |
|---|---|
| 2001 Isfahan | Farhad Zarif |
| 2003 Visakhapatnam | Moslem Mohammadizadeh |
| 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Shogo Hayase |
See also
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