Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The first tournament was held in 1975 with the participation of seven national teams. Japan captured the first gold. The next edition was held in 1979, were won by China and Wang Jiawei hailed as the first ever MVP of the tournament. However, in 1980s Japan managed to return at first position. They captured another Asian gold in 1983 and repeated this success at next edition in 1987. In 1989, twice runners-up South Korea won its maiden Asian title at the home tournament. The three teams from East Asia dominated the tournament for next three decades.

The domination of East Asian teams was ceased in 2007 when Australia unprecedentally won their first ever title. The next tournament was won again by Japan. In 2011, Iran took their first ever title at the home tournament and repeated this success at the next edition in 2013.

The 2015 Asian Championship took place again in Tehran, Iran. It was won by Japan who managed to beat home favorites – Iran – in 3–1 victory. They also won the next tournament.

The 2019 Asian Championship was hosted by Iran for the fourth time and they won and captured their 3rd title after defeating Australia in 3–0 victory. For the first time in the tournament, the 2021 edition was held in two venues in Japan. In the final match held in Chiba, Iran finally took their revenge against home favorites – Japan – in 3–0 victory and won their fourth Asian title.

The 2023 Asian Championship was held in Iran for the fifth time. However, the host and two-time defending champions failed to defend their title, having defeated by a young Japanese squad who had just captured historic bronze medal in the 2023 Nations League.

The 22 Asian Championship tournaments have been won by five different national teams. Japan have won ten times. The other Asian Championship winners are South Korea and Iran, with four titles each; China, with three titles; and Australia, with one title.

China, Japan, and South Korea co-holds record for the participation at the Asian Championships (22 times).

Starting in 2026, the tournaments will now be held every even year, conforming to the 2025–28 Volleyball Calendar of the FIVB.^[1]

Teams reaching the top four

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Team	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
Japan	10 (1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2023)	4 (1989, 1997, 2007, 2021)	4 (1979, 1993, 2001, 2019)	2 (1999, 2013)
South Korea	4 (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)	4 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2013)	9 (1983, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)	1 (2019)
Iran	4 (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)	3 (2009, 2015, 2023)	1 (2003)	1 (1995)
China	3 (1979, 1997, 1999)	6 (1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2011)	6 (1975, 1989, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2021)	5 (1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2023)
Australia	1 (2007)	3 (1999, 2001, 2019)	1 (1997)	5 (1975, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2011)
Kazakhstan		2 (1993, 2017)
Qatar			1 (2023)	1 (2015)
Chinese Taipei				3 (1983, 1997, 2021)
Kuwait				1 (1987)
Pakistan				1 (1989)
India				1 (2005)
Indonesia				1 (2017)

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Champions by region

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Federation (Region)	Champion(s)	Number
EAVA (East Asia)	Japan (10), South Korea (4), China (3)	17 titles
CAVA (Central Asia)	Iran (4)	4 titles
OZVA (Oceania)	Australia (1)	1 title

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List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

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Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
•  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
•    – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for the forthcoming tournament

Debut of teams

More information Year, Debutants ...

Year Debutants Total 1975  Australia 7  China  Indonesia  Japan  New Zealand  Philippines  South Korea 1979  Bahrain 10  India  Iran  Iraq  Kuwait  Lebanon  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  South Yemen  Syria 1983  Chinese Taipei 3  Hong Kong    Nepal 1987  Jordan 4  Pakistan  Thailand  United Arab Emirates 1989  Bangladesh 3  Qatar  Sri Lanka 1991  North Korea 2  Samoa 1993  Kazakhstan 1 1995 None 0 1997  Macau 2  Uzbekistan 1999 None 0

Year Debutants Total 2001 None 0 2003 2005  Vietnam 1 2007  Maldives 1 2009  Myanmar 1 2011  Afghanistan 2  Turkmenistan 2013  Oman 1 2015 None 0 2017 2019 2021 2023 2026

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• 1975 – Not awarded
• 1979 –  Wang Jiawei (CHN)
• 1983 to 1997 – Not awarded
• 1999 –  Behnam Mahmoudi (IRI)
• 2001 –  Shin Jin-sik (KOR)
• 2003 –  Yejju Subba Rao (IND)
• 2005 –  Marcos Sugiyama (JPN)
• 2007 –  Dan Howard (AUS)
• 2009 –  Tatsuya Fukuzawa (JPN)
• 2011 –  Arash Kamalvand (IRI)
• 2013 –  Saeid Marouf (IRI)
• 2015 –  Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN)
• 2017 –  Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)
• 2019 –  Thomas Edgar (AUS)
• 2021 –  Saber Kazemi (IRI)
• 2023 –  Yūki Ishikawa (JPN)

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