1991 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
City	Perth
Dates	11–16 August
Teams	15
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Australia

The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the sixth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Australia Volleyball Federation (AVF). The tournament was held in Perth, Western Australia from 11 to 16 August 1991.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	0	0	—	Pool E
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	0	3	0.000	0	0	—
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	51	93	0.548	9th–12th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Australia	3–1	New Zealand	15–3	15–9	3–15	15–10		48–37
12 Aug	Australia	3–?	Chinese Taipei
13 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–0	New Zealand	15–6	15–5	15–3			45–14

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	137	46	2.978	Pool F
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	117	93	1.258
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	1	7	0.143	96	126	0.762	9th–12th place
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	63	148	0.426	13th–15th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Thailand	3–1	United Arab Emirates	15–9	13–15	15–7	15–5		58–36
11 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Iran	15–6	15–6	17–15			47–27
12 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–0	15–3	15–7			45–10
12 Aug	Iran	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–4	15–6	15–8			45–18
13 Aug	Iran	3–0	Thailand	15–9	15–7	15–12			45–28
13 Aug	South Korea	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–2	15–5	15–2			45–9

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	0	MAX	Pool E
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	0	138	0.000
3	India	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	0	0	—	9th–12th place
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	0	150	0.000	13th–15th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	15–4	15–?	15–?			45–?
11 Aug	India	3–0	Saudi Arabia	15–?	15–5	16–14			45–?
12 Aug	Japan	3–0	India	15–3	15–10	15–?			45–?
12 Aug	Indonesia	3–1	Saudi Arabia	15–7	15–17	15–9	15–13		60–46
13 Aug	Indonesia	3–1	India	15–13	11–15	15–9	15-10		56–47
13 Aug	Japan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	15–1	15–8	15–3			45–12

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	27	5.000	Pool F
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	0	0	—
3	North Korea	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	0	0	—	9th–12th place
4	Western Samoa	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	30	135	0.222	13th–15th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Aug	North Korea	3–0	Western Samoa	15–8	15–7	15–4			45–19
11 Aug	China	3–0	Pakistan	15–3	15–6	15–2			45–11
12 Aug	China	3–0	Western Samoa	15–4	15–0	15–0			45–4
12 Aug	Pakistan	3–2	North Korea
13 Aug	Pakistan	3–0	Western Samoa	15–5	15–0	15–2			45–7
13 Aug	China	3–0	North Korea	15–2	15–2	15–8			45–12

Classification round

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	0	0	—
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	0	0	—	5th–8th place
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–4	15–3	15–5			45–12
14 Aug	Australia	3–0	Indonesia	15–7	15–3	15–13			45–23
15 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Indonesia
15 Aug	Japan	3–1	Australia	15–11	16–14	15–10			46–35

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	0	0	—
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	0	0	—	5th–8th place
4	Iran	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan	15–4	15–3	15–7			45–14
14 Aug	China	3–0	Iran	15–11	15–4	15–4			45–19
15 Aug	Pakistan	3–2	Iran	16–4	5–15	15–11	13–15	15–10	64–55
15 Aug	South Korea	3–2	China	16–17(?)	15–9	15–1	13–15	15–?

Final round

Classification 13th–15th

	13th–15th semifinals				13th place match
	14 August – Perth
	United Arab Emirates	3
					15 August – Perth
	Western Samoa	0
					United Arab Emirates	1
					Saudi Arabia	3
	Saudi Arabia	Bye
					15th place match
					Western Samoa	Bye

13th–15th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Western Samoa	15–3	15–4	15–5			45–12

13th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Aug	Saudi Arabia	3–1	United Arab Emirates	15–6	15–12	13–15	15-11		58–44

Classification 9th–12th

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	14 August – Perth
	Thailand	3
					15 August – Perth
	North Korea	2
					Thailand	3
	14 August – Perth
					India	2
	India	3
	New Zealand	0
					11th place match
					15 August – Perth
					North Korea	3
					New Zealand	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	India	3–0	New Zealand	15–5	15–11	15–5			45–35
14 Aug	Thailand	3–2	North Korea	4–15	8–15	15–13	15–1	15–10	57–54

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Aug	North Korea	3–2	New Zealand	9–15	10–15	15–10	15-13	15-6	64–59

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Aug	Thailand	3–2	India	15–4	15–13	9–15	4-15	15-11	58–58

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	17 August – Perth
	Chinese Taipei	3
					18 August – Perth
	Iran
					Chinese Taipei	3
	17 August – Perth
					Indonesia	1
	Indonesia	3
	Pakistan
					7th place match
					18 August – Perth
					Iran	3
					Pakistan	2

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–?	Iran
17 Aug	Indonesia	3–?	Pakistan

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Aug	Iran	3–2	Pakistan	12–15	10–15	15–12	15-11	15-12	67–65

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Indonesia	6–15	15–11	15–6	15-13		51–45

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	17 August
	Japan	3
					18 August
	China	1
					Japan	3
	17 August
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	3
	Australia	0
					3rd place
					18 August
					China	3
					Australia	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Australia	15–2	17–16	15–11			47–29
17 Aug	Japan	3–1	China	15–7	15–7	5–15	15–4		50–33

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Aug	China	3–0	Australia	15–11	15–2	15–9			45–22

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Aug	Japan	3–2	South Korea	10–15	16–14	15–13	10–15	15–8	66–65

Final standing

Rank Team  Japan  South Korea  China 4  Australia 5  Chinese Taipei 6  Indonesia 7  Iran 8  Pakistan 9  Thailand 10  India 11  North Korea 12  New Zealand 13  Saudi Arabia 14  United Arab Emirates 15  Western Samoa Qualified for the 1991 World Cup Already qualified as hosts for the 1991 World Cup and qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics qualifier

1991 Asian Men's champions  Japan 4th title

References

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