2002 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship

2002 Asian Junior Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	10–17 September
Teams	14
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Rouhollah Kolivand

The 2002 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship took place at the Azadi Volleyball Hall, Tehran, Iran from 10 September to 17 September 2002.

Pools composition

The teams were seeded according to their final rankings at the 2000 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran (Host & 3rd) India (9th) Yemen	China (1st) Bahrain (8th) United Arab Emirates	Japan (4th) Australia (7th) Qatar Chinese Taipei	South Korea (5th) Pakistan (6th) Kuwait Thailand

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	86	1.744	Pool E or Pool F
2	India	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	121	105	1.152
3	Yemen	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	70	150	0.467	Pool G

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Iran	3–0	India	25–10	25–18	25–18			75–46
11 Sep	Yemen	0–3	Iran	10–25	16–25	14–25			40–75
12 Sep	India	3–0	Yemen	25–11	25–9	25–10			75–30

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	108	1.389	Pool E or Pool F
2	Bahrain	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	164	165	0.994
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	135	176	0.767	Pool H

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	China	3–0	Bahrain	25–20	25–22	25–21			75–63
11 Sep	United Arab Emirates	0–3	China	18–25	14–25	13–25			45–75
12 Sep	Bahrain	3–1	United Arab Emirates	26–28	25–21	25–18	25–23		101–90

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	264	220	1.200	Pool E or Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	252	236	1.068
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	242	250	0.968	Pool G or Pool H
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	220	272	0.809

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Qatar	16–25	16–25	23–25			55–75
10 Sep	Japan	3–0	Australia	26–24	25–18	25–18			76–60
11 Sep	Japan	1–3	Chinese Taipei	18–25	25–20	21–25	18–25		82–95
11 Sep	Australia	1–3	Qatar	25–19	19–25	16–25	21–25		81–94
12 Sep	Qatar	3–1	Japan	20–25	25–18	25–20	25–21		95–84
12 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Australia	29–27	25–9	23–25	25–18		102–79

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	249	182	1.368	Pool E or Pool F
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	239	221	1.081
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	243	244	0.996	Pool G or Pool H
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	141	225	0.627

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	Kuwait	0–3	Thailand	23–25	12–25	17–25			52–75
10 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	25–20	25–20	29–27			79–67
11 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Kuwait	25–13	25–9	25–18			75–40
11 Sep	Pakistan	3–1	Thailand	25–23	27–25	20–25	25–20		97–93
12 Sep	Kuwait	0–3	Pakistan	19–25	16–25	14–25			49–75
12 Sep	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	25–20	14–25	19–25	17–25		75–95

Quarterfinals

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the Quarterfinals.

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	247	167	1.479	Semifinals
2	India	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	0	0	—
3	Qatar	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	0	0	—	5th–8th classification
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	191	247	0.773

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Qatar	0–3	India
13 Sep	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	22–25	25–12	25–16	25–21		97–74
14 Sep	India	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	25–23			75–62
14 Sep	Iran	3–0	Qatar	25–13	25–19	25–15			75–47

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	0	0	—
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	0	0	—	5th–8th classification
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan
13 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Bahrain
14 Sep	China	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–22	27–25			77–70
14 Sep	Bahrain	3–0	Pakistan

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	151	116	1.302	9th–12th classification
2	Australia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	125	1.080
3	Yemen	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	105	150	0.700	13th–14th classification

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Yemen	0–3	Australia	15–25	17–25	17–25			49–75
14 Sep	Yemen	0–3	Japan	11–25	23–25	22–25			56–75

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	178	132	1.348	9th–12th classification
2	United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	0	0	—
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	0	0	—	13th–14th classification

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Kuwait
14 Sep	United Arab Emirates	1–3	Thailand	27–25	12–25	15–25	26–28		80–103

Classification 13th–14th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Yemen	?–3	Kuwait

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th places				9th place
	16 September – Tehran
	Japan	3
					17 September – Tehran
	United Arab Emirates	0
					Japan	1
	16 September – Tehran
					Australia	3
	Thailand	0
	Australia	3
					11th place
					17 September – Tehran
					United Arab Emirates	3
					Thailand	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Australia	0–25	0–25	0–25			Forfeit
16 Sep	Japan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25–17	25–12	28–26			78–55

11th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Thailand	25–0	25–0	25–0			Forfeit

9th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Japan	1–3	Australia	22–25	19–25	25–23	23–25		89–98

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	16 September – Tehran
	Qatar	0
					17 September – Tehran
	Pakistan	3
					Pakistan	3
	16 September – Tehran
					Bahrain	?
	Bahrain	3
	Chinese Taipei	?
					7th place
					17 September – Tehran
					Qatar	?
					Chinese Taipei	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Qatar	0–3	Pakistan	18–25	22–25	23–25			63–75
16 Sep	Bahrain	3–?	Chinese Taipei

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Qatar	?–3	Chinese Taipei

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Pakistan	3–?	Bahrain

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	16 September – Tehran
	Iran	3
					17 September – Tehran
	South Korea	2
					Iran	3
	16 September – Tehran
					India	1
	China	2
	India	3
					3rd place
					17 September – Tehran
					South Korea	0
					China	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	China	2–3	India	23–25	17–25	25–21	25–23	10–15	100–109
16 Sep	Iran	3–2	South Korea	25–21	16–25	25–22	21–25	15–11	102–104

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	South Korea	0–3	China	24–26	23–25	19–25			66–76

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Iran	3–1	India	21–25	29–27	25–17	25–17		100–86

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	India
	China
4	South Korea
5	Pakistan
6	Bahrain
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Qatar
9	Australia
10	Japan
11	United Arab Emirates
12	Thailand
13	Kuwait
14	Yemen

	Qualified for the 2003 World Junior Championship
	Qualified for the 2003 World Junior Championship as host

2002 Asian Junior Men's champions
Iran Second title

Team Roster

Rouhollah Kolivand, Davoud Moghbeli, Amin Moammeri, Mohsen Andalib, Saeid Mostafavand, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mahmoud Tavanaei, Mohammad Soleimani, Mikaeil Yolmeh, Vahid Sadeghi, Farhad Zarif, Behzad Behnejad

Head Coach: Mostafa Karkhaneh

Awards

• MVP: Rouhollah Kolivand
• Best spiker: Yuan Xi
• Best blocker: Davoud Moghbeli
• Best server: Rouhollah Kolivand
• Best setter: Behzad Behnejad
• Best receiver: Farhad Zarif

External links

• www.jva.or.jp