2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament

2001 Asian Club Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	24–29 June
Teams	7
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Samsung Fire (2nd title)
MVP	Shin Jin-sik
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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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Suntory Sunbirds	4	2	0	6	1	6.000	183	151	1.212
2	Shanghai Cable TV	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	179	190	0.942
3	CSKA	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	153	174	0.879

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	227	160	1.419
2	Sichuan Fulan	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	257	261	0.985
3	Sanam Tehran	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	252	240	1.050
4	Al-Rayyan	3	0	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 place
	28 June – Shehong
	CSKA	3
	Al-Rayyan	1
					29 June – Shehong
					CSKA	1
					Sanam	3
	28 June – Shehong
	Sanam
	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				Final
	28 June – Shehong
	Suntory	3
	Sichuan	1
					29 June – Shehong
					Suntory	0
					Samsung	3
					3rd place
	28 June – Shehong			29 June – Shehong
	Samsung	3		Sichuan	1
	Shanghai	0			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-wong (Samsung)
• Best Digger: Katsutoshi Tsumagari (Suntory)

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• (Persian) Results