2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
# 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 18th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ninh Bình and Nam Định, Vietnam from 28 June to 6 July 2017.

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their final standing of the 2016 edition. AVC reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the final standing of the 2016 edition. All teams not seeded were drawn in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 February 2017. But, United Arab Emirates later withdrew. Final standing of the 2016 edition are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 7th.

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| - | - | - | - |
| Vietnam (Hosts) | Iran (1) | Qatar (2) | Japan (3) |
| Iraq (10) | Chinese Taipei (6) | Kazakhstan (5) | China (4) |
| Sri Lanka (–) | United Arab Emirates (12) | Hong Kong (14) | Maldives (–) |
| | | Australia (–) | Thailand (11) |

## Venues

* Ninh Bình Gymnasium, Ninh Bình, Vietnam – Preliminary round, Pool E, F, Quarterfinals and Final four
* Nam Định Gymnasium, Nam Định, Vietnam – Preliminary round, Pool E, G, 5th-8th places and 9th–12th places

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* 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

* All times are Vietnam Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 190 | 177 | 1.073 | Pool E |
| 2 | Al-Bahri SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 164 | 162 | 1.012 | Pool E |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 153 | 168 | 0.911 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jun | 20:00 | Vietnam | 3–1 | Al-Bahri SC | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 25–23 | 97–89 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 20:00 | Al-Bahri SC | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–23 | | 75–65 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 20:00 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | Vietnam | 19–25 | 25–17 | 24–26 | 20–25 | 88–93 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 60 | 1.250 | Pool F |
| 2 | Taichung Bank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 60 | 75 | 0.800 | Pool F |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Jun | 20:00 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3–0 | Taichung Bank | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | P2 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Altay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 228 | 169 | 1.349 | Pool E |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 221 | 180 | 1.228 | Pool E |
| 3 | Yan Chai | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 201 | 255 | 0.788 | Pool G |
| 4 | Canberra Heat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 201 | 247 | 0.814 | Pool G |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jun | 15:00 | Altay | 3–0 | Yan Chai | 25–15 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | | 75–56 | P2 |
| 28 Jun | 17:30 | Al Arabi | 3–0 | Canberra Heat | 25–15 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 15:00 | Canberra Heat | 0–3 | Altay | 8–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | | | 42–75 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 17:30 | Al Arabi | 3–0 | Yan Chai | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | | 75–48 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 17:30 | Al Arabi | 0–3 | Altay | 25–27 | 24–26 | 22–25 | | | 71–78 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 17:30 | Yan Chai | 3–2 | Canberra Heat | 25–18 | 10–25 | 18–25 | 29–27 | 15–10 | 97–105 | P2 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 227 | 151 | 1.503 | Pool F |
| 2 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 232 | 219 | 1.059 | Pool F |
| 3 | Air Force | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 238 | 226 | 1.053 | Pool H |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 124 | 225 | 0.551 | Pool H |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jun | 15:00 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3–0 | Air Force | 25–17 | 27–25 | 25–20 | | | 77–62 | P2 |
| 28 Jun | 17:30 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 3–0 | Maldives | 25–11 | 25–9 | 25–23 | | | 75–43 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 15:00 | Air Force | 2–3 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 25–16 | 12–15 | 101–104 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 17:30 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3–0 | Maldives | 25–14 | 25–8 | 25–14 | | | 75–36 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 15:00 | Maldives | 0–3 | Air Force | 15–25 | 9–25 | 21–25 | | | 45–75 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 20:00 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3–0 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | | 75–53 | P2 |

## Classification round

* All times are Vietnam Standard Time (UTC+07:00).
* 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 classification round.

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Altay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 271 | 234 | 1.158 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 221 | 193 | 1.145 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 245 | 261 | 0.939 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Al-Bahri SC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 219 | 268 | 0.817 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 02 Jul | 17:30 | Altay | 3–1 | Al-Bahri SC | 21–25 | 25–8 | 25–19 | 25–22 | 96–74 | P2 |
| 02 Jul | 20:00 | Vietnam | 0–3 | Al Arabi | 15–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | 59–75 | P2 |
| 03 Jul | 17:30 | Al-Bahri SC | 0–3 | Al Arabi | 22–25 | 15–25 | 19–25 | | 56–75 | P2 |
| 03 Jul | 20:00 | Vietnam | 1–3 | Altay | 21–25 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 89–97 | P2 |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 244 | 190 | 1.284 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 233 | 204 | 1.142 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Taichung Bank | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 240 | 273 | 0.879 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 223 | 273 | 0.817 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 02 Jul | 15:00 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3–1 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 25–14 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 25–15 | 94–72 | P2 |
| 02 Jul | 20:00 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3–1 | Taichung Bank | 25–27 | 25–19 | 25–13 | 25–17 | 100–76 | P2 |
| 03 Jul | 15:00 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3–0 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 25–14 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | 75–58 | P2 |
| 03 Jul | 20:00 | Taichung Bank | 3–1 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 26–28 | 26–24 | 25–21 | 27–25 | 104–98 | P2 |

### Pool G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canberra Heat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 192 | 179 | 1.073 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 182 | 170 | 1.071 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 3 | Yan Chai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 180 | 205 | 0.878 | 13th place |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 02 Jul | 17:30 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | Canberra Heat | 19–25 | 25–12 | 20–25 | 18–25 | | 82–87 | P2 |
| 03 Jul | 17:30 | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Yan Chai | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–27 | 25–19 | | 100–83 | P2 |

### Pool H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 45 | 1.667 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Maldives | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 45 | 75 | 0.600 | 9th–12th semifinals |

## Final round

* All times are Vietnam Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

### 9th–12th places

| 9th–12th semifinals | 9th–12th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 04 July | 04 July |
| Canberra Heat | 3 |
| Canberra Heat | 3 | 05 July | 05 July |
| Maldives | 2 | 05 July | 05 July |
| Maldives | 2 | Canberra Heat | 0 |
| 04 July | 04 July | | Canberra Heat | 0 |
| 04 July | 04 July | Air Force | 3 |
| Air Force | 3 | Air Force | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | | |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | 05 July | 05 July |
| | | Maldives | 1 |
| | | Sri Lanka | 3 |

**9th–12th semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04 Jul | 17:30 | Canberra Heat | 3–2 | Maldives | 26–24 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 15–12 | 109–103 | P2 |
| 04 Jul | 20:00 | Air Force | 3–0 | Sri Lanka | 25–17 | 25–23 | 27–25 | | | 77–65 | P2 |

**11th place match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Jul | 17:00 | Maldives | 1–3 | Sri Lanka | 25–20 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | 83–95 | P2 |

**9th place match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Jul | 20:00 | Canberra Heat | 0–3 | Air Force | 20–25 | 15–25 | 21–25 | | | 56–75 | P2 |

### Final eight

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04 July | 04 July | | | |
| Altay | 3 | | | |
| Altay | 3 | 05 July | 05 July | | |
| Beijing BAIC Motor | 0 | 05 July | 05 July | |
| Beijing BAIC Motor | 0 | Altay | 0 | |
| 04 July | 04 July | | Altay | 0 | |
| 04 July | 04 July | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | |
| Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | |
| Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3 | | | | 06 July | 06 July |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | 06 July | 06 July |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 0 |
| 04 July | 04 July | | | | | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 0 |
| 04 July | 04 July | | | | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 |
| Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | | | | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 |
| Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | 06 July | 06 July | | | |
| Al-Bahri SC | 1 | 06 July | 06 July | | | |
| Al-Bahri SC | 1 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | | | |
| 04 July | 04 July | | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | | | |
| 04 July | 04 July | Al Arabi | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Al Arabi | 3 | Al Arabi | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Al Arabi | 3 | | | | 06 July | 06 July |
| Taichung Bank | 0 | | | | 06 July | 06 July |
| Taichung Bank | 0 | | | | Altay | 1 |
| | | | | | Al Arabi | 3 |
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 05 July | 05 July |
| Al-Bahri SC | 3 |
| Al-Bahri SC | 3 | 06 July | 06 July |
| Taichung Bank | 2 | 06 July | 06 July |
| Taichung Bank | 2 | Al-Bahri SC | 3 |
| 05 July | 05 July | | Al-Bahri SC | 3 |
| 05 July | 05 July | Beijing BAIC Motor | 1 |
| Beijing BAIC Motor | 3 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 1 |
| Vietnam | 0 | | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 06 July | 06 July |
| | | Taichung Bank | 3 |
| | | Vietnam | 1 |

**Quarterfinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04 Jul | 12:30 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3–1 | Al-Bahri SC | 25–12 | 25–13 | 23–25 | 25-16 | 98–50 | P2 |
| 04 Jul | 15:00 | Altay | 3–0 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–14 | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 04 Jul | 17:30 | Al Arabi | 3–0 | Taichung Bank | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–16 | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 04 Jul | 20:00 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 3–0 | Vietnam | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | 75–60 | P2 |

**5th–8th semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Jul | 12:30 | Al-Bahri SC | 3–2 | Taichung Bank | 20–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 15–13 | 108–105 | P2 |
| 05 Jul | 15:00 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 3–0 | Vietnam | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 76–62 | P2 |

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05 Jul | 17:30 | Altay | 0–3 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 16–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 |
| 05 Jul | 20:00 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3–0 | Al Arabi | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–19 | | | 75–59 | P2 |

**7th place match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Jul | 15:00 | Taichung Bank | 3–1 | Vietnam | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–17 | | 96–84 | P2 |

**5th place match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Jul | 10:00 | Al-Bahri SC | 3–1 | Beijing BAIC Motor | 25–14 | 25–14 | 19–25 | 25–22 | | 94–75 | P2 |

**3rd place match**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Jul | 17:30 | Altay | 1–3 | Al Arabi | 25–22 | 13–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | 77–97 | P2 |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06 Jul | 20:00 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza | 0–3 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 37–39 | 14–25 | 23–25 | | | 74–89 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza |
| | Al Arabi |
| 4 | Altay |
| 5 | Al-Bahri SC |
| 6 | Beijing BAIC Motor |
| 7 | Taichung Bank |
| 8 | Vietnam |
| 9 | Air Force |
| 10 | Canberra Heat |
| 11 | Sri Lanka |
| 12 | Maldives |
| 13 | Yan Chai |

* Qualified for the 2018 Club World Championship
* 2017 Asian Men's Club Champions
* Sarmayeh Bank Tehran 2nd title
* 14–man Roster
* Mahmoudi, Ebadipour, Ghaemi, Mousavi, G. Karkhaneh, Zarif, Gholami, Davoudi, Mahdavi (c), Shafiei, Żygadło, Jalali, Yousefi, Heidarishahi
* Head coach
* M. Karkhaneh

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player

    Shahram Mahmoudi (Sarmayeh Bank Tehran)
* Best Setter

    Łukasz Żygadło (Sarmayeh Bank Tehran)
* Best Outside Spikers

    Shuzo Yamada (Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza)
    Milad Ebadipour (Sarmayeh Bank Tehran)
* Best Middle Blockers

    Mohammad Mousavi (Sarmayeh Bank Tehran)
    Damir Akimov (Altay)
* Best Opposite Spiker

    György Grozer (Al Arabi)
* Best Libero

    Koichiro Koga (Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza)
