Korea and Iran in final showdown of the 2018 Asian Games Men’s Volleyball Tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia
Following the recent drawing of lots of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 Volleyball Tournament conducted by Honorary Life Vice President and Executive Director of AVC Mr Shanrit Wongprasert, assisted by Mr Dong Wei from the Chinese Volleyball Association, the match schedule has already published on hangzhou2022.cn, the official website of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games 2022.
Shanrit and Dong conduct drawing of lots on July 27, 2023
According to the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (HAGOC), four competition venues will serve as the battleground for the Asian Games Volleyball Tournament in Hangzhou, China, namely; Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Gymnasium (HZNU Gymnasium), Linping Sports Center Gymnasium (LSC Gymnasium), Deqing Sports Center Gymnasium (DQ Sports Gymnasium) and China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium (CXC Gymnasium).
The pool round-robin preliminaries will be held at all four venues. The men’s final showdown will take place on September 26 at Linping Sports Center Gymnasium, with the women’s final being organized on October 7 at Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Gymnasium.
Due to the Asian teams’ busy schedule in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments – the men’s event from September 30 to October 8 in Brazil, China and Japan, and the women’s event from September 16 to 24 in Japan, China and Poland, the 19th Asian Games Volleyball Tournament has been split into two periods to avoid unexpected crashes of multi volleyball events at that time. The Asian Games men’s event is due to be held between September 19 and 26, with the women’s competition taking place from September 30 to October 7.
In the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 Men’s Volleyball Tournament, a strong field of 19 teams confirmed their participation in the Hangzhou Asian Games and have been split into six pools. Pool A consists of hosts China, which captured the AVC Cup for Men title last year in Thailand and 16th place at the recent FIVB Volleyball Nations League, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Defending and consecutive two-time champions Iran, current world No.10 which had also captured back-to-back Asian Senior Men’s Championship titles, are in Pool B together with Nepal and world No.77 Bahrain, while Pool C features Korea, India and Cambodia.
Iran on top of the podium in the previous Games in Jakarta in 2018
Chinese Taipei, Pakistan and Mongolia are in Pool D, with Pool E comprising world No.19 Qatar, AVC Challenge Cup champions Thailand and Hong Kong China. World No.5 Japan, which made history by finishing the podium for the first time at the recent FIVB Volleyball Nations League, are in Pool F together with Indonesia, Philippines and Afghanistan.
Teams will strut their stuff in the pool round-robin preliminaries from September 19 to 21. Only top 2 teams from each pool will advance to round of last 12, with qualified teams contesting cross matches (B1 vs E2, A2 vs F1, A1 vs F2, B2 v E1, C1 vs D2, C2 v D1). The six winning teams will next fight for ranking 1-6, with the remaining 6 losers relegated to ranking 7-12.
On September 19, the opening day of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Volleyball Tournament, Kyrgyzstan will begin their first-round campaign against Kazakhstan in Pool A at China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium, followed by another Pool B match between Nepal and Bahrain and the Pool C encounter between India and Cambodia.
The other Day 1 action sees Pakistan challenge Mongolia in Pool D and Thailand take on Hong Kong, China in Pool E at Linping Sports Center Gymnasium, while Japan face Afghanistan and Indonesia play Philippines in Pool F at Deqing Sports Center Gymnasium.
Meanwhile, a total of 13 women’s teams will strive for their success in Hangzhou, with formidable China back to defend their crown on home soil.
China, current world No.6 and recently capturing their unprecedented silver medal at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, are in Pool A together with India and DPR Korea, while Pool B consists of world No.15 Thailand, which picked up silver medal at the previous edition in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018, Chinese Taipei and Mongolia.
China celebrate victory against Thailand in final of 2018 Asian Games Women’s Volleyball Tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia
Pool C features world No.35 Korea, which reigned supreme when they hosted the 17th edition in 2014 in Incheon, joined by AVC Challenge Cup winners Vietnam and Nepal, while world No.44 Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Hong Kong China are in Pool D with Japan, current world No.8 and reigning consecutive two-time Asian champions.
Regarding format of play in the women’s event, teams will contest the pool round-robin preliminaries from September 30 to October 2, with top two teams from each pool advancing to ranking 1-8 in Pool E (A1, A2, C1, C2) and Pool F (B1, B2, D1, D2), while lower-ranked teams finishing 3rd and 4th places from each pool will be relegated to Classification Round for ranking 9-13 in Pool G (A3, C3), and Pool H (B3, D3, D4).
In this round, teams will contest a round robin again. Teams which have already met in the preliminaries need not play again, but their results will be taken for consideration for team ranking.
After that, top two teams from Pool E and Pool F will compete in the cross semifinals, with the two winning teams through to the final showdown.
India and DPR Korea will contest their opening Pool A match at Deqing Sports Center Gymnasium on the Day 1 women’s action on September 30, followed by the match between Vietnam and Nepal in Pool C and Chinese Taipei against Mongolia in Pool B.
On the same day, Japan will take on Hong Kong, China in Pool D at Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Gymnasium, followed by another Pool D encounter between Kazakhstan and Afghanistan.
For full match schedule of all men’s and women’s matches in the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 Volleyball Tournament, please click https://www.hangzhou2022.cn/En/competitions/sports/ball/202204/t20220408_47280.shtml
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