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2008 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Sri Lanka
Dates	14–22 October
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Farhad Salafzoun
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The 2008 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 14 to 22 October 2008.

Pools composition

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	342	243	1.407	Quarterfinals
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	1	7	11	3	3.667	330	241	1.369
3	Australia	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	273	291	0.938
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	3	5	4	9	0.444	287	284	1.011
5	Maldives	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	127	300	0.423

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Oct	15:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	China	24–26	25–22	21–25	25–22	10–15	105–110
14 Oct	17:00	Sri Lanka	3–0	Maldives	25–13	25–7	25–10			75–30
15 Oct	15:00	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	12–25	16–25			45–75
15 Oct	19:00	China	3–0	Maldives	25–5	25–9	25–14			75–28
16 Oct	15:00	Maldives	0–3	Chinese Taipei	10–25	7–25	7–25			24–75
16 Oct	17:00	Australia	3–1	Sri Lanka	23–25	26–24	25–23	25–22		99–94
17 Oct	15:00	China	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–20	25–8	30–28			80–56
17 Oct	19:00	Australia	3–0	Maldives	25–15	25–15	25–15			75–45
18 Oct	17:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62
18 Oct	19:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–17	27–25	25–12			77–54

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	418	300	1.393	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	434	365	1.189
3	India	5	3	2	8	12	6	2.000	414	358	1.156
4	Thailand	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	341	309	1.104
5	Kuwait	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	238	364	0.654
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	226	375	0.603

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Oct	09:00	Japan	1–3	Iran	21–25	25–17	25–27	21–25		92–94
14 Oct	11:00	India	3–0	Thailand	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65
14 Oct	13:00	Kuwait	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–23	25–23			75–64
15 Oct	09:00	Iran	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53
15 Oct	11:00	Japan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–10	25–14			75–41
15 Oct	13:00	India	3–0	Kuwait	25–12	25–13	25–14			75–39
16 Oct	09:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Iran	13–25	6–25	14–25			33–75
16 Oct	11:00	Thailand	3–0	Kuwait	25–8	25–12	25–13			75–33
16 Oct	13:00	Japan	3–2	India	21–25	25–21	25–22	25–27	15–12	111–107
17 Oct	09:00	Iran	3–0	Kuwait	25–14	25–17	25–10			75–41
17 Oct	11:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	India	10–25	16–25	18–25			44–75
17 Oct	13:00	Thailand	0–3	Japan	21–25	29–31	23–25			73–81
18 Oct	09:00	Kuwait	0–3	Japan	15–25	17–25	18–25			50–75
18 Oct	11:00	India	1–3	Iran	20–25	18–25	26–24	17–25		81–99
18 Oct	13:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Thailand	15–25	16–25	13–25			44–75

Classification 9th–11th

	9th–11th places				9th place
	20 October – Colombo
	Maldives	0
					21 October – Colombo
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	3
	20 October – Colombo
					Kuwait	0
	Kuwait
	Bye

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	11:00	Maldives	0–3	Kazakhstan	12–25	8–25	8–25			28–75

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Oct	11:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Kuwait	25–19	25–21	25–15			75–55

Final round

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	20 October – Colombo
	China	3
					21 October – Colombo
	Thailand	0
					China	2
	20 October – Colombo
					Japan	3
	Japan	3
									22 October – Colombo
	Australia	0
									Japan	0
	20 October – Colombo
									Iran	3
	Iran	3
					21 October – Colombo
	Sri Lanka	0
					Iran	3
	20 October – Colombo
					India	2			3rd place
	Chinese Taipei	2
									22 October – Colombo
	India	3
									China	2
									India	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	21 October – Colombo
	Thailand	3
					22 October – Colombo
	Australia	0
					Thailand	0
	21 October – Colombo
					Chinese Taipei	3
	Sri Lanka	1
	Chinese Taipei	3
					7th place
					22 October – Colombo
					Australia	2
					Sri Lanka	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	13:00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–10	25–15			75–46
20 Oct	15:00	Iran	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–16	25–9			75–36
20 Oct	17:00	Chinese Taipei	2–3	India	25–21	22–25	17–25	25–17	13–15	102–103
20 Oct	19:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	28–26	25–23	25–21			78–70

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Oct	13:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–16	25–19	25–17			75–52
21 Oct	15:00	Sri Lanka	1–3	Chinese Taipei	24–26	19–25	25–19	13–25		81–95

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Oct	17:00	China	2–3	Japan	27–25	25–18	23–25	17–25	12–15	104–105
21 Oct	19:00	Iran	3–2	India	22–25	25–20	30–32	25–18	15–10	117–105

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	09:00	Australia	2–3	Sri Lanka	13–25	25–15	34–32	23–25	14–16	109–113

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Chinese Taipei

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	15:00	China	2–3	India	21–25	25–21	25–21	18–25	11–15	100–107

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Oct	17:00	Japan	0–3	Iran	19–25	13–25	17–25			49–75

Final standing

Rank Team  Iran  Japan  India 4  China 5  Chinese Taipei 6  Thailand 7  Sri Lanka 8  Australia 9  Kazakhstan 10  Kuwait 11  Maldives Qualified for the 2009 FIVB Youth World Championship

2008 Asian Youth Boys champions  Iran Fourth title Team Roster Farhad Salafzoun, Saeid Shiroud, Amir Ghafour, Armin Sadeghiani, Saman Faezi, Pouria Fayazi, Mohammad Reza Hosseini, Hamed Bagherpour, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour, Sajjad Dehnavi, Hamed Tariverdi, Mohammad Hashem Hosseini Head Coach: Jovica Cvetković

Awards

• MVP: Farhad Salafzoun
• Best scorer: Pouria Fayazi
• Best spiker: Dai Qingyao
• Best blocker: Saman Faezi
• Best server: Song Jianwei
• Best setter: Kosuke Tomonaga
• Best libero: Taiki Tsuruda

References

• www.asianvolleyball.org

External links

• FIVB

• 2008 in volleyball
• 2008 in Sri Lankan sport
• International volleyball competitions hosted by Sri Lanka
• Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship