2001 Asian Youth Boys Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	1–8 April
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mohammad Soleimani

The 2001 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Mellat Sport Complex, Isfahan, Iran from 1 to 8 April 2001.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	356	290	1.228	Quarterfinals
2	China	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	347	297	1.168
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	294	292	1.007
4	Qatar	4	1	3	5	3	10	0.300	272	311	0.875
5	Australia	4	0	4	4	2	12	0.167	270	349	0.774

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Apr	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	21–25	17–25			60–75
01 Apr	Iran	3–1	China	28–26	25–19	27–29	25–22		105–96
02 Apr	Australia	1–3	Qatar	14–25	18–25	25–23	23–25		80–98
02 Apr	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–14	24–26	25–17	25–18		99–75
03 Apr	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65
03 Apr	Iran	3–0	Qatar	27–25	25–22	25–21			77–68
04 Apr	China	3–0	Qatar	25–22	25–16	25–10			75–48
04 Apr	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–22	25–14	25–15			75–51
05 Apr	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Qatar	25–14	25–17	29–27			79–58
05 Apr	Australia	1–3	China	15–25	17–25	28–26	19–25		79–101

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	326	252	1.294	Quarterfinals
2	India	4	3	1	7	9	6	1.500	335	336	0.997
3	North Korea	4	2	2	6	9	7	1.286	353	370	0.954
4	Japan	4	1	3	5	3	11	0.273	310	337	0.920
5	Saudi Arabia	4	0	4	4	4	12	0.333	346	375	0.923

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Apr	Saudi Arabia	1–3	India	23–25	25–23	22–25	18–25		88–98
01 Apr	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65
02 Apr	India	0–3	South Korea	16–25	11–25	21–25			48–75
02 Apr	North Korea	3–1	Saudi Arabia	25–20	26–24	17–25	25–23		93–92
03 Apr	Japan	0–3	India	23–25	27–29	19–25			69–79
03 Apr	North Korea	1–3	South Korea	21–25	28–26	19–25	12–25		80–101
04 Apr	Saudi Arabia	0–3	South Korea	13–25	23–25	23–25			59–75
04 Apr	Japan	0–3	North Korea	24–26	22–25	21–25			67–76
05 Apr	India	3–2	North Korea	24–26	25–19	21–25	25–21	15–13	110–104
05 Apr	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Japan	18–25	22–25	25–14	32–30	10–15	107–109

Classification 9th–10th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Apr	Australia	1–3	Saudi Arabia	25–23	18–25	14–25	18–25		75–98

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 April – Isfahan
	South Korea	3
					7 April – Isfahan
	Qatar	0
					South Korea	3
	6 April – Isfahan
					North Korea	0
	China	2
									8 April – Isfahan
	North Korea	3
									South Korea	1
	6 April – Isfahan
									Iran	3
	Iran	3
					7 April – Isfahan
	Japan	1
					Iran	3
	6 April – Isfahan
					Chinese Taipei	1			3rd place
	India	2
									8 April – Isfahan
	Chinese Taipei	3
									North Korea	2
									Chinese Taipei	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	7 April – Isfahan
	Qatar	1
					8 April – Isfahan
	China	3
					Japan	2
	7 April – Isfahan
					China	3
	Japan	3
	India	0
					7th place
					8 April – Isfahan
					Qatar	1
					India	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Apr	South Korea	3–0	Qatar	25–23	25–20	25–12			75–55
06 Apr	China	2–3	North Korea	25–15	22–25	25–22	23–25	13–15	108–102
06 Apr	Iran	3–1	Japan	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–18		98–81
06 Apr	India	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–23	25–27	17–25	13–15	105–111

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Apr	Qatar	1–3	China	25–21	22–25	18–25	18–25		83–96
07 Apr	Japan	3–0	India	25–20	25–21	30–28			80–69

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Apr	South Korea	3–0	North Korea	25–19	26–24	25–21			76–64
07 Apr	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	23–25	25–13	26–24		99–80

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Apr	Qatar	1–3	India	18–25	31–29	24–26	22–25		95–105

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Apr	Japan	2–3	China	25–23	27–25	26–28	22–25	16–18	116–119

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Apr	North Korea	2–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	25–20	25–15	15–25	8–15	97–101

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Apr	South Korea	1–3	Iran	18–25	23–25	27–25	23–25		91–100

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  South Korea  Chinese Taipei 4  North Korea 5  China 6  Japan 7  India 8  Qatar 9  Saudi Arabia 10  Australia Qualified for the 2001 World Youth Championship

2001 Asian Youth Boys champions  Iran First title Team Roster Mohammad Soleimani, Davoud Moghbeli, Shahriar Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Fadaei, Mohsen Andalib, Mahmoud Tavanaei, Rouhollah Kolivand, Behzad Behnejad, Mehdi Mahdavi, Farhad Zarif, Mehdi Farahdoust, Mikaeil Yolmeh Head Coach: Mostafa Karkhaneh

Awards

• MVP: Mohammad Soleimani
• Best scorer: Kang Dong-jin
• Best spiker: Mohammad Soleimani
• Best blocker: Davoud Moghbeli
• Best server: Kang Dong-jin
• Best setter: Song Byung-il
• Best digger: Farhad Zarif
• Best receiver: Liu Hsiung

References

• www.jva.or.jp

External links

• FIVB