1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1997 Asian Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Qatar

Dates

3–11 September

Teams

Venues

2 (in 1 host city)

Champions

China (2nd title)

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The 1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 9th Asian Championship, which took place from September 3 to September 11, 1997 in Doha, Qatar.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan (1st)	China (2nd)	Iran (4th)	South Korea (3rd)
Qatar (Host) Saudi Arabia ?	Australia (5th) Uzbekistan Philippines	Chinese Taipei (6th) Bahrain ?	Thailand (7th) Pakistan India United Arab Emirates

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Qatar	4	2	0
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1
3	?	2	0	2

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	43	2.093
2	Philippines	3	1	1
3	Uzbekistan	2	0	2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
03 Sep	Australia	3–0	Uzbekistan	15–7	15–3	15–8	45–18
04 Sep	Philippines	0–3	Australia	12–15	5–15	8–15	25–45
05 Sep	Uzbekistan	?–3	Philippines

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0
2	Bahrain	3	1	1
3	?	2	0	2

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Pakistan	5	2	1
2	India	5	2	1
3	Thailand	5	2	1
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Sep	Pakistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates	16–14	15–12	15–8			46–34
03 Sep	India	2–3	Thailand	7–15	15–2	15–1	10–15	12–15	59–48
04 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	11–15	9–15	8–15			28–45
04 Sep	United Arab Emirates	?–3	India
05 Sep	Thailand	3–?	United Arab Emirates
05 Sep	India	3–?	Pakistan

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	9	1	9.000
2	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1
3	Iran	4	1	2	5	7	0.714
4	Qatar	3	0	3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Sep	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei
06 Sep	Iran	3–1	Qatar	?–15	15–11	15–13	15–?
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Iran	15–5	15–5	15–10			45–20
07 Sep	Qatar	?–3	Chinese Taipei
08 Sep	Iran	2–3	Chinese Taipei	15–11	10–15	15–9	9–15	9–15	58–65
08 Sep	Japan	3–0	Qatar

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	0	MAX
2	Australia	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	121	99	1.222
3	South Korea	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	93	113	0.823
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
06 Sep	China	3–0	Pakistan
06 Sep	South Korea	0–3	Australia	14–16	13–15	6–15	33–46
07 Sep	Pakistan	0–3	Australia	7–15	1–15	12–15	20–45
07 Sep	China	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–6	15–5	45–15
08 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	15–9	15–4	15–9	45–22
08 Sep	China	3–0	Australia	15–9	15–7	16–14	46–30

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bahrain	6	3	0
2	Saudi Arabia	5	2	1
3	Macau	4	1	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	6	3	0
2	India	5	2	1
3	Philippines	4	1	2
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	India	5	2	1
10	Bahrain	5	2	1
11	Thailand	5	2	1	7	6	1.167
12	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3

	Score
Saudi Arabia	1–3	Thailand
Bahrain	?–3	India
Saudi Arabia	?–3	India
Bahrain	3–1	Thailand

Classification 5th–8th

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
5	South Korea	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	149	75	1.987
6	Iran	5	2	1	6	5	1.200
7	Pakistan	4	1	2	4
8	Qatar	3	0	3		9

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
10 Sep	Iran	3–1	Pakistan	15–13	16–17	15–2	15–7	61–39
10 Sep	Qatar	1–3	South Korea	5–15	16–14	6–15	13–15	40–59
11 Sep	Iran	0–3	South Korea	7–15	1–15	5–15		13–45
11 Sep	Qatar	?–3	Pakistan

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	1	9.000
2	Japan	5	2	1	7	4	1.750
3	Australia	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	95	121	0.785
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
10 Sep	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–8	15–8		45–19
10 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China
11 Sep	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	9–15	7–15	14–16		30–46
11 Sep	Japan	1–3	China	12–15	15–8	7–15	10–15	44–53

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	China
02 !	Japan
03 !	Australia
4	Chinese Taipei
5	South Korea
6	Iran
7	Pakistan
8	Qatar
9	India
10	Bahrain
11	Thailand
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Macau
14	Philippines
15	Sri Lanka
16	Uzbekistan
17	United Arab Emirates

	Qualified for the 1997 World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Asian Men's Champions
China Second title

References

Results

Asian Volleyball Championship

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