2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament
# 2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament

The 2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament was the 3rd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Shehong, China. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of Korea won the tournament after beating Suntory Sunbirds of Japan.

## Preliminary round

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Suntory Sunbirds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 183 | 151 | 1.212 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Shanghai Cable TV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 179 | 190 | 0.942 | Semifinals |
| 3 | CSKA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 153 | 174 | 0.879 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 24 Jun | Shanghai Cable TV | 3–1 | CSKA | 26–24 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–17 | 96–85 |
| 25 Jun | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–1 | Shanghai Cable TV | 25–19 | 30–32 | 25–17 | 25–15 | 105–83 |
| 26 Jun | CSKA | 0–3 | Suntory Sunbirds | 26–28 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | 68–78 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 227 | 160 | 1.419 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sichuan Fulan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 257 | 261 | 0.985 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Sanam Tehran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 252 | 240 | 1.050 | |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 192 | 267 | 0.719 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 24 Jun | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 3–0 | Al-Rayyan | 25–20 | 25–11 | 25–17 | | | 75–48 |
| 24 Jun | Sichuan Fulan | 3–2 | Sanam Tehran | 25–23 | 19–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 15–7 | 103–102 |
| 25 Jun | Sanam Tehran | 0–3 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 20–25 | 19–25 | 17–25 | | | 56–75 |
| 25 Jun | Al-Rayyan | 1–3 | Sichuan Fulan | 12–25 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 21–25 | | 82–98 |
| 26 Jun | Sanam Tehran | 3–1 | Al-Rayyan | 19–25 | 25–17 | 25–10 | 25–10 | | 94–62 |
| 26 Jun | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 3–0 | Sichuan Fulan | 25–17 | 27–25 | 25–14 | | | 77–56 |

## Classification 5th–7th

| 5th–7th places | 5th–7th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong |
| CSKA | 3 |
| CSKA | 3 | 29 June – Shehong | 29 June – Shehong |
| Al-Rayyan | 1 | 29 June – Shehong | 29 June – Shehong |
| Al-Rayyan | 1 | CSKA | 1 |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong | | CSKA | 1 |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong | Sanam | 3 |
| Sanam | | Sanam | 3 |
| Bye | | | |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 Jun | CSKA | 3–1 | Al-Rayyan | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–16 | | 95–81 |

### 5th place

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 Jun | CSKA | 1–3 | Sanam Tehran | 28–26 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | 95–101 |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong |
| Suntory | 3 |
| Suntory | 3 | 29 June – Shehong | 29 June – Shehong |
| Sichuan | 1 | 29 June – Shehong | 29 June – Shehong |
| Sichuan | 1 | Suntory | 0 |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong | | Suntory | 0 |
| 28 June – Shehong | 28 June – Shehong | Samsung | 3 |
| Samsung | 3 | Samsung | 3 |
| Shanghai | 0 | | |
| Shanghai | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 29 June – Shehong | 29 June – Shehong |
| | | Sichuan | 1 |
| | | Shanghai | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 Jun | Suntory Sunbirds | 3–1 | Sichuan Fulan | 25–23 | 25–19 | 27–29 | 25–19 | | 102–90 |
| 28 Jun | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 3–0 | Shanghai Cable TV | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–64 |

### 3rd place

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 Jun | Sichuan Fulan | 1–3 | Shanghai Cable TV | 25–23 | 21–25 | 16–25 | 26–28 | | 88–101 |

### Final

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 Jun | Suntory Sunbirds | 0–3 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 20–25 | 15–25 | 19–25 | | | 54–75 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance |
| | Suntory Sunbirds |
| | Shanghai Cable TV |
| 4 | Sichuan Fulan |
| 5 | Sanam Tehran |
| 6 | CSKA |
| 7 | Al-Rayyan |

## Awards

* MVP: Shin Jin-sik (Samsung)
* Best scorer: Zhao Zhiang (Sichuan)
* Best spiker: Zhao Zhiang (Sichuan)
* Best blocker: Ding Jun (Shanghai)
* Best server: Behnam Mahmoudi (Sanam)
* Best libero: Katsutoshi Tsumagari (Suntory)
* Best setter: Choi Tae-woong (Samsung)
* Best Digger: Katsutoshi Tsumagari (Suntory)
