2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship


The 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation with Myanmar Volleyball Federation. It was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018. The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the world championship.

Qualification

The 13 AVC member associations will participate in the tournament Myanmar qualified as host country. There are 10 teams participated in the 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, and the three remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The 13 AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia, East Asia, Oceania and Southeast Asia

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.
AssociationTeamMeans of qualification
MyanmarAsia World
AustraliaCanberra Heat
ChinaSichuan2016–17 Chinese Volleyball League winners
Chinese TaipeiLong Power2017–18 Enterprise Volleyball League winners
Hong KongYan chai
IranKhatam Ardakan2017–18 Iranian Volleyball Super League winners
JapanToray Arrows2016–17 V.Premier League winners
KazakhstanAtyrau
PakistanWapda
Sri LankaLanka Lions
ThailandNakhon Ratchasima2017–18 Volleyball Thailand League winners
TurkmenistanBinagar
VietnamSanest Khánh Hòa2017 Volleyball Vietnam League winners

Pools composition

This is the first Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking. The three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best four will contest Pool C.
Pool APool BPool CPool D
Iran China Thailand Myanmar
Japan Chinese Taipei Australia Pakistan
Kazakhstan Vietnam Sri Lanka Turkmenistan
Hong Kong

Preliminary round

Qualified for the [|Round of 8]
Qualified for the Play offs

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Rankings

[|Play offs] 4–8 / 9–13

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
Khatam Ardakan
Atyrau
Wapda
4 Sanest Khanh Hoa
5 Toray Arrows
6 Nakhon Ratchasima
7 Lanka Lions
8 Long Power
9 Canberra Heat
10 Yanchai
11 Asia World
12 Sichuan
13 Binagar

2018 Asian men's Club Champions

Khatam Ardakan
1st title

Awards