The 2024 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 15th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament took place in Manama, Bahrain from 27 July to 4 August.[1][2]
This tournament served as the qualification tournament for the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.[3]
Players must be born on or after January 1, 2007. Asia U18 players who have already played once in the FIVB U19 Championship cannot play in AVC U18 Championship as it is a qualification event for the following year of FIVB U19 event. In principle, the players can participate in Asian U18 and FIVB U19 only once.[4]
China won their first title of the tournament after defeating Iran in a tiebreaker match (3–2) in the final.[5] Pakistan defeated Japan in the third place match.[6] Ding Haocheng of China named the MVP of the tournament.[7]
Host selection
AVC awarded Bahrain the hosting rights of the 15th edition of Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship,[1] after they hosted the 2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup.
Qualification
The 16 AVC member associations submitted their U19 men's national team to the 2024 Asian U19 Championship. The 16 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (1 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (4 teams).[8]
In preliminary round, all teams are divided into four pools (A, B, C, & D) with four teams each. The teams battled in a single round-robin with the top two teams in each pool qualified to 1st–8th classification while bottom two teams qualified to 9th–16th classification.[8]
In classification round, all teams in each pools (E, F, G, & H) battle again in a single round-robin where top two teams in pools E and F qualify to semifinals and the two bottom teams qualify to 5th–8th places, while the top two teams in pools G and H qualify to 9th–12th places and 13th–16th places, respectively. Teams who faced each other in the preliminary will not play again rather their win-loss record will carry over.[8]
In final round, the teams battle in knockout format.[8]
If the tie continues as per the point quotient between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.[8]
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser. Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser. Match forfeited: 0 point (25–0;25-0;25-0)
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 classification round.
^Solomon, Patrick Oliver (5 August 2024). "China Fight Back to Claim Championship". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^"Pakistan Clinches Bronze Medal in Asian Men's U18 Volleyball C'ship". Associated Press of Pakistan. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^Preechachan (4 August 2024). "China Reign Supreme at 15th Asian Men's U18 Championship After Stunning Win Against Iran in Electrifying Final in Bahrain". AVC. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ abcdefghi"Competition Regulations - 15th Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship" (PDF). AVC. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^Preechachan (12 March 2024). "Results of Drawing of Lots Unveiled for 2024 Asian Underage Volleyball Championships". AVC. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^Preechachan (1 August 2024). "Pakistan Move a Step Closer to Asian Men's U18 Championship Semifinals After 3-1 Rout of Chinese Taipei". AVC. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^Preechachan (1 August 2024). "Japan Through to Asian Men's U18 Semi-Finals While Eliminating Korea from Further Title Contention". AVC. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^Preechachan (2 August 2024). "China Secure Semis Berth with Dominant Win Against Thailand". AVC. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^Preechachan (2 August 2024). "Iran Storm Past Bahrain to Book Semifinal Berth in Asian Men's U18 Championship". AVC. Retrieved 3 August 2024.