1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1979 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
Dates	16–23 December
Teams	14
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
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The 1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 2nd Asian Championship, which took place from December 16 to December 23, 1979 in Manama, Bahrain.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bahrain (Host)  Australia  Kuwait  New Zealand	Japan (1st)  Iraq  Syria	South Korea (2nd)  Iran  Singapore  South Yemen	China (3rd)  Saudi Arabia  India  Lebanon

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	79	1.709
2	Kuwait	5	2	1	6	6	1.000
3	New Zealand	4	1	2	4	8	0.500
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	4	9	0.444	143	182	0.786

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Dec	New Zealand	3–2	Bahrain	12–15	15–12	15–5	14–16	15–10	71–58
17 Dec	Kuwait	3–1	New Zealand
17 Dec	Bahrain	0–3	Australia	10–15	10–15	8–15			28–45
18 Dec	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	15–11	15–12	15–4			45–27
19 Dec	Kuwait	3–2	Bahrain	9–15	15–10	15–10	12–15	15–7	66–57
19 Dec	Australia	3–0	New Zealand	15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	21	4.286
2	Iraq	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	80	105	0.762
3	Syria	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	68	112	0.607

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Dec	Syria	0–3	Japan	0–15	2–15	6–15			8–45
18 Dec	Japan	3–0	Iraq	15–9	15–1	15–3			45–13
19 Dec	Iraq	3–2	Syria	15–4	11–15	10–15	16–14	15–12	67–60

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	14	9.643
2	Iran	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	97	75	1.293
3	Singapore	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	69	109	0.633
4	South Yemen	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	32	135	0.237

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Dec	Singapore	3–0	South Yemen	15–8	15–6	15–5			45–19
17 Dec	South Korea	3–0	Iran	15–1	15–3	15–3			45–7
18 Dec	South Yemen	0–3	South Korea	2–15	0–15	1–15			3–45
18 Dec	Singapore	0–3	Iran	8–15	5–15	7–15			20–45
19 Dec	Iran	3–0	South Yemen	15–3	15–2	15–5			45–10
19 Dec	South Korea	3–0	Singapore	15–1	15–1	15–2			45–4

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	28	4.821
2	India	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	100	80	1.250
3	Saudi Arabia	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	70	122	0.574
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	60	135	0.444

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Dec	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	15–9	15–3	15–7			45–19
17 Dec	China	3–0	Lebanon	15–6	15–3	15–3			45–12
18 Dec	Saudi Arabia	0–3	China	1–15	2–15	3–15			6–45
18 Dec	Lebanon	0–3	India	13–15	1–15	2–15			16–45
19 Dec	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Lebanon	15–6	15–13	15–13			45–32
19 Dec	China	3–0	India	15–3	15–3	15–4			45–10

Final round

Classification 13th–15th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Lebanon	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	119	87	1.368
14	Bahrain	3	1	1	4	4	1.000
15	South Yemen	2	0	2	2	6	0.333

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Dec	South Yemen	1–3	Lebanon	2–15	15–12	5–15	14–16		36–58
22 Dec	Lebanon	3–1	Bahrain	15–17	16–14	15–13	15–7		61–51
23 Dec	Bahrain	3–1	South Yemen

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	Saudi Arabia	6	3	0	9	3	3.000
10	Syria	5	2	1	6	4	1.500
11	New Zealand	4	1	2	6	7	0.857
12	Singapore	3	0	3	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Dec	Syria	3–0	Singapore	15–3	16–14	15–8			46–25
21 Dec	Saudi Arabia	3–2	New Zealand	15–5	15–12	8–15	12–15	15–6	65–53
22 Dec	Syria	0–3	Saudi Arabia	2–15	16–18	12–15			30–48
22 Dec	Singapore	1–3	New Zealand	12–15	15–10	2–15	10–15		39–55
23 Dec	New Zealand	1–3	Syria
23 Dec	Singapore	1–3	Saudi Arabia

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	India	6	3	0	9	1	9.000
6	Iran	4	1	2	6	7	0.857
7	Kuwait	4	1	2	4	7	0.571
8	Iraq	4	1	2	4	8	0.500

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Dec	Iraq	3–2	Iran	16–14	7–15	15–2	2–15	15–9	55–55
21 Dec	India	3–0	Kuwait	15–4	15–5	15–1			45–10
22 Dec	India	3–0	Iraq	15–10	15–4	15–8			45–22
22 Dec	Kuwait	1–3	Iran	15–12	10–15	14–16	3–15		42–58
23 Dec	Kuwait	3–1	Iraq
23 Dec	Iran	1–3	India

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	145	66	2.197
2	South Korea	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	132	113	1.168
3	Japan	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	136	136	1.000
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	37	135	0.274

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Dec	China	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–3	15–2			45–9
21 Dec	South Korea	3–2	Japan	11–15	8–15	15–9	15–11	15–7	64–57
22 Dec	Japan	1–3	China	15–10	3–15	10–15	6–15		34–55
22 Dec	South Korea	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–2	15–6			45–11
23 Dec	Australia	0–3	Japan	5–15	4–15	8–15			17–45
23 Dec	China	3–0	South Korea	15–3	15–10	15–10			45–23

Final standing

Rank Team  China  South Korea  Japan 4  Australia 5  India 6  Iran 7  Kuwait 8  Iraq 9  Saudi Arabia 10  Syria 11  New Zealand 12  Singapore 13  Lebanon 14  Bahrain 15  South Yemen Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

1979 Asian Men's Champions  China First title

Awards

• MVP: Wang Jiawei
• Best Spiker: Kang Man-soo
• Best Blocker: Chen Gang
• Best Server: Xu Zhen
• Best Setter: Kim Ho-chul

References

• Results