18TH ASIAN MEN’S U20 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The national volleyball team of Iranian juniors are preparing themselves for their sixth medal
in the 18th Asian Junior Volleyball Championship to celebrate their fifteenth presence with a
valuable medal.
Chinese Taipei will host the 18th Asian U-20 Volleyball Championship from 9
th to 17th July.
There are 16 teams in the preliminary round where Iranian juniors are in the same pool with
Qatar, Hong Kong and one team from the central Asia that is not yet decided on. The
preliminary round will start from 9th up to 11th July, the groupings of which are as follows:
Pool I: Chinese Taipei (host), Thailand, Kazakhstan, Myanmar
Pool II: Iran, Qatar, one team from Central Asia, Hong Kong
Pool III: China, Japan, India, and one team from West Asia
Pool IV: South Korea, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Australia
The 17th edition of Asian U-20 championship (the last one) has been held in 2014 with 20
participating teams in Bahrain, Miami where Iran crowned the championship and is now one
to claim the title in 2016 hereafter all AVC volleyball events are to happen with 16 teams to
elevate the quality of tournaments. In so doing, some series of qualification matches would be
held in advance to issue the passing ticket hence.
Iranian juniors in Asia
Iranian juniors have already made fifteen presence in Asian championship with the total medals
of 5 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze.
South Korea with 6 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze is the most gloriousteam of Asia ahead of Iran.
The next top ranked teams of junior boys goes to Japan (3 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze), China (3
gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze), and India (2 silver & 3 bronze).
The national juniors of Iran have first participated in this tournament in 1988 when finished
11th. Here are the previous titles earned by Iranian juniors:
1988: 11th
1990: 9th
1992: 4th
1994: 6th
1996: 6th
1998: Champion
2000: 3rd
2002: champion
2004: vice-champion
2006: champion
2008: champion
2010: vice-champion
2012: 3rd
2014: champion
2016: ???
The host cities and the top four teams of the last editions are as:
Seoul (1980): South Korea, Japan, India, Indonesia
Riyadh (1984): South Korea, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia
Bangkok (1986): South Korea, Japan, China, North Korea
Jakarta (1988): Japan, South Korea, China, Indonesia
Bangkok (1990): China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand
Tehran (1992): South Korea, India, China, Iran
Doha (1994): South Korea, India, China, Japan
Ho Chi Minh (1996): China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, India
Tehran (1998): Iran, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, China
Tehran (2000): China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Japan
Tehran (2002): Iran, India, China, South Korea
Doha (2004): South Korea, Iran, Qatar, Japan
Tehran (2006): Iran, Japan, India, Chinese Taipei
Tehran (2008): Iran, China, Pakistan, India
Nakhon Pathom (2010): Japan, Iran, India, China
Urmia (2012): Japan, China, Iran, India
Miami (2014): Iran, China, South Korea, Bahrain
2016:???