2014 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship

2014 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Kazakhstan
Dates	18–24 August
Teams	8
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
MVP	Seo Jae-duck
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The 2014 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship was held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 18 to 24 August 2014.

Pools composition

The teams are qualified based on their final ranking at the 2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Seeding is in accordance with the final ranking of 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Kazakhstan (Host) Japan (3rd) South Korea India	China (1st) Iran (2nd) Australia Thailand

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	9	3	0	273	223	1.224	9	2	4.500
2	India	6	2	1	242	215	1.126	7	3	2.333
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	194	206	0.942	3	6	0.500
4	Japan	0	0	3	190	255	0.745	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	16:00	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–19	26–28	25–11	25–17		101–75	Report
18 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	23–25	17–25	19–25			59–75	Report
19 Aug	14:00	Japan	0–3	India	11–25	25–27	23–25			59–77	Report
19 Aug	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–22	25–14	25–22			75–58	Report
20 Aug	16:00	India	1–3	South Korea	25–22	22–25	21–25	22–25		90–97	Report
20 Aug	19:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–12	27–25			77–56	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	8	3	0	289	237	1.219	9	3	3.000
2	China	5	2	1	227	246	0.923	6	5	1.200
3	Thailand	5	1	2	287	274	1.047	7	6	1.167
4	Australia	0	0	3	211	257	0.821	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–2	Thailand	23–25	25–16	20–25	25–19	18–16	111–101	Report
18 Aug	14:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64	Report
19 Aug	11:00	Australia	0–3	Thailand	14–25	20–25	27–29			61–79	Report
19 Aug	16:00	China	0–3	Iran	21–25	14–25	15–25			50–75	Report
20 Aug	11:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–13	28–30	25–23	25–20		103–86	Report
20 Aug	14:00	Thailand	2–3	China	25–19	22–25	25–18	22–25	13–15	107–102	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 August – Almaty
	Iran	3
					23 August – Almaty
	Japan	0
					Iran	1
	22 August – Almaty
					India	3
	India	3
									24 August – Almaty
	Thailand	0
									India	0
	22 August – Almaty
									South Korea	3
	South Korea	3
					23 August – Almaty
	Australia	1
					South Korea	3			3rd place
	22 August – Almaty
					Kazakhstan	0
	China	2							Iran	1
	Kazakhstan	3							Kazakhstan	3
									24 August – Almaty

	5th–8th places				5th place
	23 August – Almaty
	Japan	3
	Thailand	2
					24 August – Almaty
					Japan	1
					China	3
					7th place
	23 August – Almaty			24 August – Almaty
	Australia	1		Thailand	0
	China	3			Australia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Aug	11:00	South Korea	3–1	Australia	26–28	26–24	25–19	25–19		102–90	Report
22 Aug	14:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–14	25–18			75–52	Report
22 Aug	16:00	India	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–23	26–24			76–66	Report
22 Aug	18:00	China	2–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	22–25	32–30	25–21	13–15	112–116	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	11:00	Japan	3–2	Thailand	25–23	26–24	23–25	16–25	15–11	105–108	Report
23 Aug	14:00	Australia	1–3	China	22–25	33–31	20–25	22–25		97–106	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Aug	16:00	Iran	1–3	India	25–20	27–29	29–31	25–27		106–107	Report
23 Aug	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–18			75–54	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Australia	22–25	23–25	13–25			58–75	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	14:00	Japan	1–3	China	20–25	25–21	12–25	23–25		80–96	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	16:00	Iran	1–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	25–17	19–25	16–25		83–92	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	18:00	India	0–3	South Korea	23–25	21–25	25–27			69–77	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	India
	Kazakhstan
4	Iran
5	China
6	Japan
7	Australia
8	Thailand

2014 Asian Cup Champions
South Korea First title

Team Roster Song Myung-geun, Han Sun-soo, Shin Yung-suk, Lee Min-gyu, Park Sang-ha, Kwak Seung-suk, Bu Yong-chan, Choi Min-ho, Jeon Kwang-in, Park Chul-woo, Seo Jae-duck, Jeong Min-su Head Coach: Park Ki-won

Awards

• MVP: Seo Jae-duck
• Best Setter: Han Sun-soo
• Best Outside Spikers: Sinnadhu Prabagaran and Saeid Shiroud
• Best Middle Blockers: G. R. Vaishnav and Mostafa Sharifat
• Best Opposite Spiker: Seo Jae-duck
• Best Libero: Kairat Baibekov

External links

• Asian Volleyball Confederation